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Prompting 101

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Modules
M1 · What is a Prompt? ✓
M2 · Good vs. Bad ✓
M3 · Give AI Context ▶
M4 · Prompting for Goals 🔒
M5 · Prompt Chaining 🔒
M6 · Tone & Voice 🔒
M7 · Constraints 🔒
M8 · Iterating 🔒
M9 · Real-World 🔒
Prompting 101 · Course Overview

The most important
AI skill nobody teaches.

Prompting is how you talk to AI — and most people do it wrong. This course teaches you to write prompts that actually work, from the basics to advanced techniques.

9
Modules
~90
Minutes total
1
Live AI sandbox
Continue Where You Left Off
Module 03
Give AI Context
The four-part formula that changes every prompt you'll ever write.
Course Progress2 / 9 modules complete
All 9 Modules
01
What is a Prompt?
The basics — what a prompt is and why wording matters more than you think.
✓ Done
02
Good vs. Bad Prompts
Side-by-side comparisons. Spot what makes a prompt weak — and fix it.
✓ Done
03
Give AI Context
The four-part formula: Role + Task + Context + Format. Changes everything.
▶ Continue
04
Prompting for Different Goals
Writing, summarizing, brainstorming — each goal needs a different style.
▶ Start
05
Prompt Chaining
Build multi-step conversations that compound results.
🔒
06
Tone & Voice Control
Make AI sound formal, casual, funny, or serious. You're the director.
🔒
07
Constraints & Limits
Tell the AI what NOT to do. Boundaries make outputs sharper.
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08
Iterating on Your Prompt
Your first prompt is a draft. Learn to refine and push AI toward exactly what you need.
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09
Real-World Prompting
Final project. Apply every skill to a real task — school, work, or creative. You choose.
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Progress
← Prompting 101
Module Overview
❌ What Makes a Prompt Bad? · 1 min
👁 Spot the Difference · 1 min
🧠 Why It Happens · 1 min
🔧 Fix It: Part 1 · 1 min
⚡ Fix It: Part 2 · 1 min
✅ Quick Check
🏆 Complete
Prompting 101 · Module 2 of 9

Most people can't tell a
good prompt from a bad one.

You will. By the end of this module you'll be able to look at any prompt and immediately know what's wrong with it — and why. That instinct is what separates someone who uses AI from someone who uses it well.

~7 min
6 sections
+45 XP
Sections in this module
01
What Makes a Prompt Bad?
Three failure modes · 1 min
02
Spot the Difference
Three side-by-side pairs · 1 min
03
Why Bad Prompts Happen
The mindset shift · 1 min
04
Fix It: Part 1
Spot what's missing · 1 min
05
Fix It: Part 2
See the rewrite · 1 min
06
Quick Check
One question · 1 min
Section 011 min

Bad prompts fail in three ways.

Not ten. Not a hundred. Three. Learn to spot these and you can diagnose almost any weak prompt instantly.

Too Vague "Help me with my essay." No topic, no direction, no goal. No Context "Explain black holes." For who? What level? How long? No Direction "Write something about climate." What format? What's the goal?
Too Vague
The prompt doesn't say what you actually want. AI guesses — and usually guesses wrong. "Help me" is not a task.
No Context
Missing background information. AI doesn't know your audience, level, or purpose. Without context, outputs are generic by definition.
No Direction
No format, no length, no tone. AI fills in the blanks randomly. Telling AI how to respond is just as important as what to respond about.
Quick Check
Which failure mode does "Tell me about World War 2" have?
A
Too vague — it doesn't say what to cover
B
No direction — no format or length specified
C
All three — it's vague, has no context, and no direction
✓ All three at once. Most bad prompts fail in multiple ways — that's why results feel so random.
Actually all three apply — it's vague (WW2 is huge), missing context (for who?), and missing direction (what format, how long?).
Section 021 min

Three pairs. Feel the gap.

No explanations yet. Just look at each pair and notice the difference.

Pair 1 · School
"Summarize the French Revolution."
"Summarize the French Revolution in 5 bullet points for a 7th grader. Focus on causes and key events."
Pair 2 · Creative
"Write a poem."
"Write a 12-line poem about the feeling of finishing a hard exam. Hopeful tone. No rhymes."
Pair 3 · Real Life
"Give me ideas."
"Give me 5 science fair project ideas for 8th grade that involve everyday household materials and take under a week to complete."
Notice the pattern
Every good prompt tells the AI what, for who, how, and how much. The bad ones skip all of that and hope for the best.
Quick Check
What do all three "good" prompts have that the bad ones don't?
A
They are longer
B
They give specific details — topic, audience, format, and constraints
C
They use more polite language
✓ Exactly. Specificity is the whole game. Length follows naturally when you add detail.
Not length or politeness — it's specificity. Audience, format, and constraints are what make the difference.
Section 031 min

Why do people write bad prompts?

Not because they're lazy. Because they're thinking about prompts the wrong way.

TEXTING A FRIEND They know you. They fill in gaps automatically. PROMPTING AI It knows nothing about you. Every gap = a guess.
The real problem
When you text a friend "help me with my essay," they ask follow-up questions. They know your class, your teacher, your writing level. AI has none of that. Every gap in your prompt is filled with a random assumption.
The mindset shift
Stop writing prompts like you're thinking out loud. Start writing prompts like you're giving instructions to someone who knows nothing about you. That single shift changes everything.
Quick Check
Why does treating AI like a friend lead to bad results?
A
AI doesn't understand casual language
B
Unlike a friend, AI has no background knowledge about you — every missing detail becomes a random guess
C
AI requires formal, professional language to work properly
✓ Right. AI understands casual language fine — it just has no context about you to fill in the gaps.
AI handles casual language fine. The issue is that unlike a friend, it has no background knowledge to fill in what you didn't say.
Section 041 min

Fix It: Part 1 — Spot what's missing.

Before you can fix a bad prompt, you need to diagnose it. Look at each one below and ask: what information is missing?

Prompt A
"Write me a cover letter."
What's missing?
❓ What job?
❓ What experience?
❓ What tone?
❓ How long?
Prompt B
"Explain how the economy works."
What's missing?
❓ What aspect?
❓ What level?
❓ For who?
❓ How detailed?
The diagnostic habit
Every time you write a prompt, ask: What does AI need to know that I haven't told it yet? That question alone will double your output quality.
Section 051 min

Fix It: Part 2 — Now rewrite it.

Here's what happens when you fill in the gaps. Same prompts — completely different results.

Prompt A — Fixed
❌ Before
"Write me a cover letter."
✅ After
"Write a one-page cover letter for a high school student applying for a summer internship at a local marketing agency. Enthusiastic but professional tone. Highlight creativity and willingness to learn."
Prompt B — Fixed
❌ Before
"Explain how the economy works."
✅ After
"Explain how supply and demand works to a 7th grader using a real-world example they'd relate to — like sneakers or video games. Keep it under 150 words."
See what happened?
Every fix added context, audience, format, or direction. That's the pattern. And in Module 3, you'll learn a four-part formula that makes this automatic every time.
Quick Check
What's the core move when fixing a bad prompt?
A
Make it shorter and more direct
B
Use more formal vocabulary
C
Fill in the missing details — audience, format, direction, and context
✓ That's it. Fill the gaps. Module 3 gives you a formula to do it automatically.
Not length or vocabulary — it's about filling the gaps: audience, format, direction, and context.
Section 061 min

One question.

Let's check the core pattern recognition landed.

Which of these prompts would give you the most useful result from an AI?
A
"Tell me about climate change."
B
"Write something about the environment."
C
"Explain the three main causes of climate change to a 7th grader in plain language. Use one real-world example per cause. Keep it under 200 words."
D
"Climate change information please."
🎉 Exactly. Specific audience, clear format, concrete constraints — that's what good prompts look like.
Not quite. Option C gives AI an audience (7th grader), format (plain language, real examples), and a constraint (200 words). That specificity is what makes it work.
🎯
Module 2 Complete

You can spot a bad prompt cold.

You know the three failure modes. You know the mindset shift. You've seen how filling the gaps transforms results.

Module 3 gives you the formula. Role + Task + Context + Format — the four-part system that makes great prompting automatic.

+45 XP
Earned this module
Study Guide
M2 · Good vs. Bad Prompts
Key Terms
Vague prompt
A prompt that doesn't specify what you actually want. AI guesses and usually guesses wrong.
Missing context
Leaving out background information — audience, level, purpose — that AI needs to give a useful response.
No direction
Failing to specify format, length, or tone. AI fills these in randomly.
Specificity
The quality of giving precise, concrete details. The single most important factor in prompt quality.
Core Concepts
Three failure modes: Too vague, no context, no direction. Most bad prompts fail in all three at once.
AI ≠ a friend. A friend fills in gaps from knowing you. AI has zero background knowledge — every gap becomes a random assumption.
The diagnostic question: "What does AI need to know that I haven't told it yet?" Ask this before every prompt.
Fixing a bad prompt means filling in audience, format, direction, and context — the same four things Module 3 turns into a formula.
Quick Reference Examples
❌ Bad
"Write me a cover letter."
✅ Fixed
"Write a one-page cover letter for a high school student applying for a marketing internship. Enthusiastic but professional. Highlight creativity."
❌ Bad
"Explain how the economy works."
✅ Fixed
"Explain supply and demand to a 7th grader using sneakers as an example. Under 150 words."
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Progress
← Prompting 101
Module Overview
🎯 Four Goal Types · 1 min
⚡ The Action Verb · 1 min
✍️ Create · 1 min
🔍 Analyze · 1 min
📋 Summarize · 1 min
💡 Brainstorm · 1 min
🤖 Sandbox
✅ Quick Check
🏆 Complete
Prompting 101 · Module 4 of 9

Same topic.
Four completely different prompts.

You've got the formula. Now the question is: what are you actually trying to do? Writing, analyzing, summarizing, brainstorming — each one needs a different approach. Get this wrong and even a perfectly structured prompt misses.

~8 min
8 sections
Live sandbox
+45 XP
Create
"Write a story about climate change for 7th graders."
Analyze
"Analyze the three main causes of climate change and their economic impact."
Summarize
"Summarize this article on climate change in 3 bullet points."
Brainstorm
"Brainstorm 10 creative ways a student could raise awareness about climate change."
Same topic. Same AI.
Every output above is completely different — not because the context changed, but because the goal changed. That's what this module is about.
Section 011 min

Four goal types. Every prompt fits one.

Before you write a prompt, ask: what am I actually trying to get? Almost every prompt falls into one of these four buckets.

✍️
Create
Generate something new — a story, an essay, a plan, an email, code.
🔍
Analyze
Break something down — find patterns, compare, evaluate, critique.
📋
Summarize
Compress information — shorten, extract key points, distill.
💡
Brainstorm
Generate options — ideas, possibilities, alternatives, variations.
Quick Check
You want AI to give you 10 different ways to start a presentation. Which goal type is that?
A
Summarize
B
Analyze
C
Brainstorm
D
Create
✓ Brainstorm — you want options and possibilities, not a single finished output.
Not quite — Brainstorm is for generating multiple options. Create produces one finished thing; Analyze breaks something down; Summarize compresses existing content.
Section 021 min

The action verb is the most important word in your prompt.

Change the verb, change everything. The formula from M3 gives AI structure — but the verb tells it what mode to operate in.

Same topic: "You are a science teacher. [VERB] how photosynthesis works for a 7th grader. Under 100 words." WRITE → creative explanation, narrative style ANALYZE → breakdown of steps, cause and effect SUMMARIZE → compressed key points only
The rule
Pick your goal type first. Then choose the right verb. Then build the rest of the prompt around it. Goal → Verb → Formula.
Quick Check
Which change would most dramatically alter AI's output for the same topic?
A
Adding more words to the prompt
B
Changing the action verb
C
Changing the format instruction
✓ The verb sets the entire mode. Everything else shapes it, but the verb decides what kind of output you get.
The verb is the biggest lever. It sets AI's entire operating mode — create, analyze, summarize, or brainstorm.
Section 031 min

✍️ Create

Use when you want AI to produce something new — a draft, a story, a plan, a product. The output didn't exist before you asked.

Best verbs for Create
Write Draft Generate Build Design Create
❌ Weak
"Write something about space."
→ No direction. Could be anything.
✅ Strong
"Write a 200-word short story about an astronaut on their first solo spacewalk. Tense, first-person. For high schoolers."
→ Specific output, defined tone, clear audience.
Section 041 min

🔍 Analyze

Use when you want AI to break something down, find patterns, compare options, or evaluate quality. You're giving it something to work with — not asking it to invent.

Best verbs for Analyze
Analyze Compare Evaluate Break down Critique Identify
❌ Weak
"Tell me about my essay."
→ Vague. AI doesn't know what you want it to evaluate.
✅ Strong
"Analyze the argument structure of my intro paragraph. Identify any logical gaps. Be specific — quote the exact lines that are weak."
→ Clear scope, specific output, actionable.
Section 051 min

📋 Summarize

Use when you want AI to compress existing information. You're giving it a lot — you want back the essential parts only.

Best verbs for Summarize
Summarize Condense Extract Distill Outline
❌ Weak
"Summarize this."
→ How short? What format? What matters most?
✅ Strong
"Summarize this article in 3 bullet points. Each bullet max 15 words. Focus on the main argument and evidence only."
→ Format, length, and focus are all defined.
Summarize ≠ Analyze
Summarize compresses. Analyze interprets. "Summarize this article" → key points. "Analyze this article" → what the argument means, whether it holds up, what's missing.
Section 061 min

💡 Brainstorm

Use when you want volume and variety — not one polished output, but a range of ideas to choose from. AI is exceptionally good at this.

Best verbs for Brainstorm
Brainstorm List Suggest Give me options Come up with
❌ Weak
"Give me ideas for my project."
→ What kind of project? How many ideas? What constraints?
✅ Strong
"Brainstorm 8 science fair project ideas for 8th grade. Each must use household materials, take under a week, and have a clear hypothesis to test."
→ Quantity, constraints, and clear criteria defined.
Brainstorm tip
Always specify a number. "Give me ideas" gets 3-5. "Give me 15 ideas" forces AI to push past the obvious ones — the best ideas are usually in the second half.
Section 07sandbox

Try all four on the same topic.

Pick any topic you care about. Write four prompts — one Create, one Analyze, one Summarize, one Brainstorm. See how different the outputs are.

Your topic: anything. Your task: try each goal type and notice how the verb changes everything.

Try Write, Analyze, Summarize, and Brainstorm on the same topic. The difference will be obvious.

Section 081 min

One question.

Let's lock in the core idea.

You want AI to read your essay draft and tell you what's working and what isn't. Which goal type and verb fits best?
A
Create — "Write feedback on my essay"
B
Analyze — "Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of my essay draft"
C
Summarize — "Summarize what my essay is about"
D
Brainstorm — "Give me ideas for my essay"
🎉 Exactly. Analyze + Evaluate — you're giving AI existing work and asking it to break it down and judge it.
Not quite. You want AI to break down and judge existing work — that's Analyze. "Evaluate" is the right verb. Create produces new content; Summarize compresses it; Brainstorm generates options.
🎯
Module 4 Complete

You know what mode to use.

Goal type first. Verb second. Formula third. That's the full stack now — and you're using it every time you open an AI tool.

+45 XP
Earned this module
Study Guide
M4 · Prompting for Different Goals
Key Terms
Goal type
The category of what you want AI to do: Create, Analyze, Summarize, or Brainstorm.
Action verb
The word in your prompt that tells AI what mode to operate in. The single most important word.
Create
Generate something new. Verbs: write, draft, build, design, generate.
Analyze
Break down existing content. Verbs: analyze, compare, evaluate, critique, identify.
Summarize
Compress information to its essence. Verbs: summarize, condense, extract, distill, outline.
Brainstorm
Generate multiple options or ideas. Verbs: brainstorm, list, suggest, give me options.
Core Concepts
Goal → Verb → Formula. Pick your goal type first, choose the right verb, then build the M3 formula around it.
Summarize ≠ Analyze. Summarize compresses. Analyze interprets, evaluates, and judges.
Brainstorm tip: Always specify a number. "Give me 15 ideas" pushes AI past obvious answers — best ideas are usually in the second half.
Analyze needs input. You're giving AI something to work with. Provide the text, data, or content you want analyzed.
Quick Reference — Verb Cheat Sheet
✍️ Create
write · draft · build · generate · design · create
🔍 Analyze
analyze · compare · evaluate · critique · identify
📋 Summarize
summarize · condense · extract · distill · outline
💡 Brainstorm
brainstorm · list · suggest · give me options
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Progress
← Prompting 101
Module Overview
💡 You Already Know This · 1 min
🎯 Why It Matters · 2 min
⚡ The Gap · 1 min
🗺 What's Coming · 1 min
✅ Quick Check
🏆 Complete
Prompting 101 · Module 1 of 9

You already know
how to prompt AI.

ChatGPT, Siri, Google Search — you've been prompting AI for years. This module isn't about learning what a prompt is. It's about understanding why getting better at it will matter more than almost any skill you'll learn.

~6 min
5 sections
+40 XP
Sections in this module
01
You Already Know This
What a prompt actually is · 1 min
02
Why Prompting Actually Matters
Real stakes for a 7th grader · 2 min
03
The Gap
What separates average from skilled · 1 min
04
What's Coming
Your 9-module roadmap · 1 min
05
Quick Check
One question · 1 min
Section 01 1 min

You already know what a prompt is.

Every time you type something into ChatGPT, ask Siri a question, or search on Google — that's a prompt. An instruction you give to AI. You've done it thousands of times.

🔍 Google Search = prompt 🤖 ChatGPT = prompt 🎙️ Siri / Alexa = prompt
The real definition
A prompt is any instruction you give to an AI. Text in → output out. Knowing what a prompt is isn't the skill. Knowing how to write a good one is.
The key distinction
There's a massive gap between someone who can use AI and someone who can use it well. This course closes that gap.
Quick Check
Which of these is NOT an example of prompting AI?
A
Typing a question into ChatGPT
B
Asking Siri to set a timer
C
Texting a friend
D
Searching something on Google
✓ Right. Texting a friend is human-to-human — the others are all prompts to an AI system.
Not quite — texting a friend is human-to-human communication, not prompting an AI.
Section 02 2 min

Why should you actually care?

Not "because it's useful someday." Right now, today, better prompting means:

📝
Better school work in less time
A good prompt gets you a useful outline, explanation, or draft. A bad one gives you something you can't use.
🎨
Creative projects that actually work
Stories, images, music, code — prompting skill is what separates "meh" from "how did you make that?"
💼
A real career advantage — starting now
Every job in 10 years will involve AI. The people who know how to direct it well will have an enormous edge over those who don't.
Average prompter ~30% of AI's potential Skilled prompter 90%+ Same AI. Same access. Completely different results.
The uncomfortable truth
Most people use AI like a bad Google search. The gap between them and someone who actually knows what they're doing is enormous — and it's going to keep growing.
Quick Check
What's the main reason prompting skill matters for your future?
A
So you can use AI faster than your friends
B
AI will be part of almost every career — knowing how to direct it well is a real advantage
C
Prompting is required to get into college
✓ Exactly. This isn't a hobby skill — it's a career skill that most people your age aren't developing.
Think bigger — it's about career readiness. AI will touch almost every job in the next decade.
Section 03 1 min

The gap is bigger than you think.

Same task. Same AI. Two completely different approaches.

❌ Average prompt
"Help me study for my history test."
→ Generic tips. Nothing specific. Could have Googled it.
✅ Skilled prompt
"You are a history tutor. I have a test on WW2 causes in 2 days. I know the basics but get confused on the difference between immediate and long-term causes. Quiz me with 5 questions, then explain what I got wrong."
→ A personalized study session. Built exactly for this student's weak spot.
Notice
The skilled prompt used a role, a specific task, real context, and a format. That's the formula you'll learn in Module 3 — and it changes everything.
Quick Check
What made the second prompt so much better?
A
It was longer
B
It gave the AI a role, specific context, and a clear format to follow
C
It used more polite language
✓ Right. Role + context + format = the formula. You'll master it in M3.
It wasn't the length — it was the structure. Role, context, and format are what make the difference.
Section 04 1 min

Here's what you're about to unlock.

9 modules. Each one adds a new layer to your prompting skill.

M1
What is a Prompt? ← You are here
M2
Good vs. Bad Prompts — spot the difference instantly
M3
Give AI Context — the formula that changes everything
M4
Prompting for Different Goals
M5
Tone & Voice Control
M6–9
Constraints · Chaining · Iterating · Real-World
The payoff
By M9 you'll be able to walk into any AI tool and get exactly what you need on the first try. Most adults can't do that.
Section 05 1 min

One question.

Let's make sure the core idea landed.

What's the most important thing to understand about prompting at the end of Module 1?
A
Prompting is a new skill that only AI experts understand
B
Longer prompts always produce better results
C
You already know what prompting is — this course is about learning to do it well, because that gap matters enormously
D
AI will do the work for you if you're patient enough
🎉 Exactly. You're not starting from zero — you're leveling up something you already use.
Not quite. Reread option C — the whole point is that the gap between average and skilled prompting is real, and closeable.
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Module 1 Complete

You know why this matters.

Most people your age are using AI at 30% of its potential. You're about to leave them behind. Module 2 is next — you'll learn to spot a weak prompt instantly.

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Study Guide
M1 · What is a Prompt?
Key Terms
Prompt
Any instruction, question, or input you give to an AI system. Text in → output out.
Prompting
The act of writing and sending prompts to an AI. Everyone who uses AI is already prompting.
Prompting skill
The ability to write prompts that reliably produce useful, accurate, specific outputs — not just any output.
The Gap
The difference in output quality between an average prompter (~30% potential) and a skilled one (~90%+).
Core Concepts
You already prompt AI — Google Search, ChatGPT, Siri, Alexa are all prompt-based systems. This isn't new territory.
Knowing what a prompt is ≠ knowing how to prompt well. The skill is in the quality and structure of the input, not just typing something.
Same AI, different results — output quality is almost entirely determined by input quality, not by which AI model you use.
Prompting skill is a career skill. Every field will involve AI within 10 years. Knowing how to direct it well is a real, compounding advantage.
Quick Reference Examples
❌ Average
"Help me study for my history test."
✅ Skilled
"You are a history tutor. I have a test on WW2 causes in 2 days. Quiz me with 5 questions, then explain what I got wrong."
What's Next
Module 2 — Good vs. Bad Prompts. You'll learn to spot a weak prompt instantly and understand exactly why it fails.
Module 3 — The 4-part formula (Role + Task + Context + Format) that turns any prompt from average to skilled.
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🔑 The Formula · 2 min
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Prompting 101 · Module 3 of 9

Give AI Context.

The quality of what AI gives you has almost nothing to do with the AI — and everything to do with what you say to it. This module teaches you the four-part formula that changes every prompt you'll ever write.

~8 min
5 sections
Live sandbox
+50 XP
Sections in this module
The Problem
Why vague prompts always fail · 1 min
See It
Same AI, two prompts, different output · 1 min
The Formula
Role + Task + Context + Format · 2 min
Continue →
04
Try It
Live AI sandbox · open-ended
05
Quick Check
Final quiz · 1 min
Section 01 1 min

Most people prompt AI like they're texting a friend.

Short. Vague. No context. Then they complain the AI gave them a useless answer — when the real problem was the question.

❌ VAGUE PROMPT "Write a story about a dog." Result: Generic. Boring. Useless. ✅ WITH CONTEXT "200-word adventure about rescue dog Cleo, for age 12." Result: Specific. Vivid. On target.
Think of it like this
Walk into a restaurant and say "food please" — you get whatever they bring. Say "medium-rare steak, no sides, extra sauce" — you get exactly what you want. Same kitchen. Different result.
Key Insight
AI isn't psychic. It can only work with what you give it. The more context you provide, the more useful the output.
✍️
Active Recall
In your own words: why does giving AI more context produce a better result? Use the restaurant analogy if it helps.
Syncing to your notebook automatically
Quick Check
Why do vague prompts produce weak AI responses?
A
The AI is not smart enough to understand them
B
AI can only work with what it's given — no context means no direction
C
Short prompts always produce shorter, worse responses
✓ Exactly. AI has no way to guess your intent — context is the whole game.
Not quite. AI isn't about intelligence — it's about information. No context = no direction.
Section 02 1 min

Same AI. Look at the difference.

These two prompts went to the exact same model. The only thing that changed was context.

❌ No Context
"Write me a story about a dog."
→ Generic 3-sentence story. Boring. Forgettable.
✅ With Context
"Write a 200-word adventure about rescue dog Cleo in Patagonia. Vivid sensory details. For 12-year-olds."
→ Specific, vivid, exactly on target. First try.
Vague Prompt 25% useful With Context 90% Same AI. Same model. Different input.
Remember
The AI didn't get smarter. You got smarter about how to talk to it. That's the whole game.
✍️
Active Recall
Think of something you want AI to help you with. Write a vague version of that prompt, then rewrite it with context. What changed?
Syncing to your notebook automatically
Quick Check
What changed between the two prompts above?
A
A different, more powerful AI model was used
B
The second prompt was longer, so AI tried harder
C
The second prompt gave specific context — name, length, style, audience
✓ Exactly. Context is what changes results — not the AI itself.
Not quite. Same model, same "effort." The only difference was the specific context provided.
Section 03 2 min

Every great prompt has 4 parts.

You don't need all four every time — but knowing them makes every prompt instantly stronger.

Role Who to be + Task What to do + Context Details + Format How to respond
Example: All 4 Parts Together
"You are a science teacher for middle schoolers. Explain how black holes form using one analogy a 12-year-old would get. Keep it under 150 words."
🎭 Role
Tell it who to be. "You are a chef / lawyer / coach..." Each unlocks a completely different thinking mode.
🎯 Task
"Explain" vs "summarize" vs "argue for" — different verbs produce completely different outputs from the same AI.
📎 Context
Audience? Tone? Background knowledge? More context = better output. Always.
📐 Format
Tell it how to respond: bullet points, word count, tone, structure. AI follows instructions if you give them.
✍️
Active Recall
Write a prompt using all 4 parts of the formula for something real in your life — a school project, a hobby, or something you're curious about.
Syncing to your notebook automatically
Quick Check 1
Which part of the formula tells AI who to be?
A
Task
B
Role
C
Format
✓ Role tells the AI who to be — it sets the entire tone and expertise level.
Not quite — Role is the part that tells AI who to be. Task tells it what to do.
Quick Check 2
You want a 3-bullet-point summary. Which formula part handles that?
A
Context
B
Role
C
Format
✓ Format controls how AI responds — length, structure, style.
Not quite — Format is the part that controls HOW the AI responds: bullets, word count, structure.
Section 04 Live sandbox

Your turn. Use the formula.

Write a prompt using at least 2 of the 4 parts. See what changes when you give the AI real context.

Use the formula you just learned — Role + Task + Context + Format. The AI will respond differently based on how much detail you give it.

Real AI. Opens in a panel — stay on the page, keep your notes open.

Section 05 1 min

Final check.

Put it all together. One question.

Which prompt uses the most parts of the context formula?
A
"Help me with my essay."
B
"Write something about climate change."
C
"You are an English teacher. Help me improve the intro of my argumentative essay on climate change. I'm in 7th grade. Give 3 specific suggestions."
D
"Climate change essay intro, make it better."
🎉 Correct! Option C uses all four — Role (teacher), Task (improve intro), Context (7th grade, argumentative), Format (3 suggestions).
Not quite. Look at C — it has Role (teacher), Task (improve intro), Context (7th grade), and Format (3 suggestions). That's the full formula.
🏆
Module 3 Complete

You've got context.

Every prompt you write from here uses this framework. Role + Task + Context + Format — that's the formula that changes everything.

+50 XP
Earned this module
Study Guide
M3 · Give AI Context
Key Terms
Context
Additional info that helps AI understand exactly what you need — audience, tone, background, constraints.
Role
Telling the AI who to be. Sets expertise and thinking mode. e.g. "You are a science teacher."
Task
The action you want AI to perform. e.g. "Explain," "Summarize," "Argue for," "Write."
Format
How you want the response structured. e.g. bullet points, word count, numbered list, tone.
The Formula
Role + Task + Context + Format — a four-part structure that makes any prompt significantly more effective.
Core Concepts
AI isn't psychic. It can only work with what you give it. More context = better output, every time.
Same AI, different result — output quality is almost entirely determined by input quality, not the model.
You don't need all 4 parts every time — but knowing the formula makes every prompt stronger.
Role unlocks expertise. "You are a chef" vs "You are a nutritionist" produces completely different responses.
The Formula
Role
+
Task
+
Context
+
Format
"You are a science teacher for middle schoolers. Explain how black holes form using one analogy a 12-year-old would get. Keep it under 150 words."
Quick Reference Examples
❌ No Context
"Write a story about a dog."
✅ With Formula
"Write a 200-word adventure about rescue dog Cleo in Patagonia. Vivid sensory details. For 12-year-olds."
❌ No Role
"Explain photosynthesis."
✅ With Role
"You are a biology teacher. Explain photosynthesis to a 7th grader using a food factory analogy. Under 100 words."
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Build a Website for Your Business
Use AI to plan, write, and design a real website for a business idea. You write the brief, AI helps you build it out — you stay in the director's seat.
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Finance · Ages 14–18
Balanced
Stock Pitch Presentation →
Research two companies, compare their financials using AI tools, and build a professional pitch deck. Present like an analyst — research, visuals, speaker notes included.
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Creative · All ages
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Personal Writing Coach App
Use AI to analyze your own writing style, then build a custom AI writing coach that sounds like a helpful version of your best editor. Make it your own.
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Research · All ages
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Deep Dive on Any Topic
Pick a topic you're genuinely curious about. Use AI to research it properly — multiple angles, sources, counterarguments. Turn it into a polished one-pager or mini report.
ResearchCritical ThinkingWriting
Tech · Ages 14–18
Open-Ended
Build a Custom AI Tool
Design a specialized AI assistant for a specific task — a study buddy, a debate coach, a recipe generator. Write the system prompt, test it, refine it. Ship it.
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Brand Identity Package
Create a full brand for a made-up or real business — name, tagline, tone of voice, logo concept, and social media bio. Use AI to iterate fast and think strategically.
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Finance · All ages
Guided
Personal Budget Planner
Use AI to build a realistic personal or family budget. Research cost of living, income scenarios, savings goals. Present it as a plan you could actually follow.
FinanceResearchPlanning
Creative · Ages 11–13
Balanced
Create a Short Film Script
Develop a complete short film idea — characters, setting, 3-act structure, and a scene-by-scene breakdown. Use AI as your creative partner, not your ghostwriter.
WritingStorytellingCreative
Research · Ages 14–18
Open-Ended
Career Roadmap
Pick a career you're actually curious about. Use AI to map the full path — skills needed, education routes, how AI will change that field, and what you'd need to do starting now.
ResearchPlanningCareer
Design Your Own
Have something specific in mind? Define your own brief and build exactly what you need — a tool, a coach, a system. Yours to keep.
Personal Tool · All ages
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Build Your Own Homework Helper
Design an AI that knows your subjects, your weak spots, and how you think. Not a generic chatbot — a homework assistant built specifically around you.
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Personal Tool · All ages
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Personalized Private Tutor
Build an AI tutor trained on your learning style — patient, detailed, never judgmental. Pick any subject. Design how it teaches, how it tests you, and how it tracks your progress.
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Overview
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The Brief
Research
1
Pick Your Stocks
2
Research Mode
3
Compare & Argue
Build
4
Build Your Deck
5
Speaker Notes
Present
6
Practice Mode
7
Wrap Up
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Finance · Ages 14–18

Stock Pitch Presentation

You're an analyst. Pick two companies, research them using AI, compare their fundamentals, and build a professional pitch deck arguing which is the better investment. Speaker notes, visuals, the works.

7 steps
Research to presentation
~2 hrs
At your own pace
+150 XP
On completion
What you'll build
Deliverable
A full pitch deck comparing two publicly traded companies — financials, growth outlook, risks, and your recommendation. Includes speaker notes and an AI-assisted Q&A prep section.
What you'll learn
How to use AI for financial research without blindly trusting it
How analysts frame investment arguments
How to build and present a professional deck
Prompt chaining for multi-step research tasks
Step 1 of 7

Pick Your Two Companies

Choose two companies you're genuinely curious about — they should be in the same industry so you can compare them fairly. Use the AI below to help narrow it down.

Instructions
Pick companies in the same sector — e.g. Apple vs. Microsoft, Nike vs. Adidas, Tesla vs. GM. Ask the AI to suggest pairs if you're not sure, or explain why your choice is a good comparison.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
Your choice — write it here
Step 2 of 7

Research Mode

Dig into each company. Revenue, growth rate, business model, competitive advantages, risks. Use AI to go fast — but verify claims and think critically about what it tells you.

What to find out
For each company: What do they sell? How do they make money? Are they growing? What are their biggest risks? Who are their main competitors? What does their last year of revenue look like?
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
Research notes — Company 1
Research notes — Company 2
Step 3 of 7

Compare & Make Your Argument

You've done the research. Now take a position. Which company is the better investment and why? An analyst doesn't just present facts — they argue a point of view.

Your job
Use AI to stress-test your argument. Tell it your pick and ask it to push back — "What's the bear case for this company?" A strong pitch anticipates objections.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
My recommendation & thesis
Step 4 of 7

Build Your Deck

Turn your research into slides. Use AI to help write each section — but make sure your voice and argument come through. This is your pitch, not a copy-paste job.

Slide structure
Slide 1: Title & thesis · Slide 2: Company A overview · Slide 3: Company B overview · Slide 4: Head-to-head comparison · Slide 5: My recommendation · Slide 6: Risks & counterarguments
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
Slide content (paste your draft here)
Step 5 of 7

Speaker Notes

Great presenters don't read their slides — they know them. Write speaker notes for each slide so you know exactly what to say and where to pause.

How to use AI here
Paste in a slide and ask AI to "write speaker notes that sound natural, not robotic." Then edit them in your own voice. You should be able to deliver these without reading.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
Speaker notes
Step 6 of 7

Practice Mode

Before you present, practice fielding tough questions. The AI will act as a skeptical investor — push back on your thesis, challenge your numbers, make you defend your position.

How this works
Paste your full thesis below and hit start. The AI becomes a skeptical investor who questions everything. Answer as if you're in a real meeting — confident, specific, no fluff.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
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Personal Tool · Guided · All Ages

Build Your Own
Homework Helper

Not a generic AI chatbot. A homework assistant built specifically around you — your subjects, your weak spots, your learning style. You design it, you own it.

6 steps
Fully guided
~1 hr
At your own pace
+120 XP
On completion
Deliverable
A custom system prompt you can paste into any AI — Claude, ChatGPT, wherever — that turns it into your personal homework helper. Knows your subjects, your learning style, and how to explain things to you specifically.
Step 1 of 6

What are you studying?

List every subject you need help with. Be specific — not just "math" but what kind of math. The more detail you give, the better your helper will be.

Instructions
Think about your current classes. What's easy? What's hard? What do you always get stuck on? Use the AI to help you think through this if you need.
Use the AI to help identify your subjects and pain points.
My subjects & pain points
Step 2 of 6

How do you actually learn?

Everyone learns differently. Your AI helper needs to know how to explain things to you — not to a generic student.

Think about this
Do you need examples first, then explanation? Do analogies help? Do you get frustrated with long explanations? Do you need to be asked questions to check understanding? There's no wrong answer.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
My learning style notes
Step 3 of 6

Build your system prompt.

This is the instruction set that turns any AI into your personal helper. Use your notes from the last two steps and the AI below to write it.

What a system prompt is
A system prompt is a set of instructions you give an AI before you start talking to it. It tells the AI who it is, what it knows about you, and how to behave. Think of it as programming your own AI assistant.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
My system prompt (draft)
Step 4 of 6

Test it on something real.

Paste your system prompt into Claude.ai, then ask it something you're actually stuck on right now. Does it explain things the way you want?

How to test it
Open Claude.ai. Start a new chat. Paste your system prompt as the first message. Then ask a real homework question. Does the response feel right for you? If not, note what's off — we fix it in the next step.
Test results — what worked, what didn't
Step 5 of 6

Refine until it's yours.

Your first version is a draft. Use your test notes to make it better. This is where the real prompt engineering happens.

What to improve
Too long? Too short? Doesn't match your learning style? Tell the AI what's wrong and ask it to rewrite that part. Keep testing and refining until you'd actually use this every day.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
Final system prompt — save this
Project Complete

You built your own AI tutor.

That system prompt works in Claude.ai, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant. Paste it at the start of any conversation and you have a personalized homework helper — yours, forever, free.

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System Prompt Engineering
You know how to program an AI's behavior from scratch
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A Tool You'll Actually Use
Not a school assignment — a real tool for your real life
+120 XP
Earned
Keep iterating on your system prompt as you learn more. The more you know about prompting, the better your helper gets.
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Pick Your Subject
2
Design the Tutor
3
Build It
4
First Session
5
Make It Yours
Done
6
Wrap Up
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Personal Tool · Open-Ended · All Ages

Personalized
Private Tutor

Design an AI tutor built around how your brain works. Patient, detailed, never judgmental. You choose the subject, the personality, how it teaches — and it's yours to keep using forever.

Open
You take it wherever
~1.5 hrs
No rush
+150 XP
On completion
What makes this open-ended
There's no single right answer here. Your tutor should be uniquely yours — the subject, the teaching style, the personality, the depth. Two students could do this project and end up with completely different results. That's the point.
What you'll build
Deliverable
A detailed system prompt for your AI tutor — including its subject expertise, teaching approach, personality, how it handles confusion, and how it checks your understanding. Paste it into any AI and start learning immediately.
Step 1 of 6

Pick your subject — and go specific.

Not just "math." What kind of math? What level? What's the goal — passing a test, actually understanding it, getting ahead? The more specific you are, the better your tutor will be.

This is open-ended
Your tutor could be for anything — calculus, essay writing, Spanish, music theory, coding, history, chess. Pick something you actually want to get better at. This tool is yours, not a school assignment.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
My subject & goals
Step 2 of 6

Design your tutor's personality.

This is the open-ended part. What kind of teacher do you actually learn best from? Strict and precise? Encouraging? Funny? Someone who asks you questions instead of just explaining? You decide.

Think about your best teacher
What made them good? Was it patience? Analogies? The way they broke things down? Or maybe you never had a great teacher — so design the one you wish you had. No constraints here.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
Tutor personality notes
Step 3 of 6

Write the system prompt.

Combine your subject, goals, and personality into a complete system prompt. This is the instruction set that makes any AI behave like your personal tutor.

Structure suggestion
Start with who the tutor is and what it knows. Then describe how it teaches. Then how it handles confusion. Then how it tests understanding. You don't have to follow this — it's open-ended. Build it however makes sense to you.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
System prompt (draft)
Step 4 of 6

First session — go learn something.

Paste your system prompt into Claude.ai and have an actual learning session. Ask something real. See how it teaches. Does it feel like yours?

Make it real
Don't test it with a throwaway question. Ask something you're actually confused about in your chosen subject. This is a real learning session — take notes. What did you understand? What still needs work?
Session notes
Step 5 of 6

Evolve it — make it smarter about you.

The best tutors adapt over time. Update your system prompt based on what you learned in your first session. The goal is a tutor that gets better the more you use it.

Open-ended evolution
You could add specific things you've already learned so it doesn't repeat them. Add your biggest misconceptions so it watches for them. Add your preferred examples. There's no limit to how specific you can make this.
Use the AI assistant for this step — it stays open in a panel so you can keep your notes visible.
Final system prompt — your version
🎓
Project Complete

You have a private tutor.

Most people pay hundreds of dollars an hour for what you just built for free. Paste that system prompt into any AI and you have unlimited, patient, personalized tutoring — anytime.

🎯
Prompt Engineering at Depth
You built something that adapts to how you think
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Unlimited Free Tutoring
Works in Claude.ai, ChatGPT, anywhere — forever
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Keep evolving this prompt as you go deeper into the subject. The more specific it gets, the more powerful it becomes.
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Training data, pattern recognition, and why AI says what it says.
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Why AI Gets Things Wrong
Hallucinations, bias, and the limits every user needs to know.
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What AI is genuinely good at — and where human judgment still wins.
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Language models, image generators, agents — what each one does.
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Know the tools.
Use the right one.

The AI landscape is massive and moving fast. This course gives you a working knowledge of every major tool category — what it does, when to use it, and how to get the most out of it.

8
Modules
~80
Minutes total
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All 8 Modules
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The AI Landscape
A map of every major AI tool category and what each one is actually for.
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ChatGPT & Claude
The two dominant AI assistants — similarities, differences, and when to use which.
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03
Image Generators
Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion — how they work and how to prompt them.
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04
Code Assistants
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and using AI to write, debug, and understand code.
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AI for Research
Perplexity, NotebookLM, and using AI to research without losing critical thinking.
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AI for Writing
Drafting, editing, and refining with AI — without losing your voice.
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Zapier, Make, and AI agents — how to connect tools and automate repetitive work.
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Ethics · Course Overview

AI is a tool.
How you use it is on you.

This course doesn't lecture you about AI being dangerous. It asks harder questions — about bias, about over-reliance, about what kind of person you want to be in a world run by algorithms.

5
Modules
~50
Minutes total
0
Prerequisites
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Coming Soon
This course is in development. It'll make you think differently about every AI interaction.
All 5 Modules
01
Can AI Be Biased?
Where bias in AI comes from, how to spot it, and why it matters for everyone.
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02
AI & The Future of Work
Which jobs are changing, which are disappearing, and what that means for you personally.
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03
Why It Matters How YOU Use It
Over-reliance kills critical thinking. AI should do the busy work — not the thinking.
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04
Unfair Advantage or Skillful Benefit?
Is using AI cheating? A debate-style module with no easy answer.
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05
Where Do You Draw the Line?
Build your own personal framework for using AI ethically and intentionally.
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Module 03 · Prompting 101

Give AI Context

The four-part formula that changes every prompt you'll ever write. Same AI, completely different answer — the quality of what you get has everything to do with what you say.

~8 min
Total time
5
Sections
4
Mini-quizzes
+50 XP
On completion
What's inside
01
The Problem
Why vague prompts always produce weak results · 1 min
02
See It
Same AI, two prompts, completely different output · 1 min
03
The Formula
Role + Task + Context + Format — the four parts · 2 min
04
Try It
Live AI sandbox — apply the formula to a real prompt · sandbox
05
Quick Check
Final quiz to lock it in · 1 min
PromptLit AI
Sandbox
Real AI. Apply what you just learned.
📓 Notebook
Only courses and modules you've started appear here
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📝 My Notes
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M1 · What is a Prompt?
M2 · Good vs. Bad
M3 · Give AI Context
M4 · Goal Types
S1 · You Already Know This
What's the difference between knowing what a prompt is and being good at prompting?
S2 · Why It Matters
Name one specific way better prompting would help you right now — school, creative, or anything real.
S3 · The Gap
What made the skilled history tutor prompt so much better than the average one?
Free Notes — M1
S1 · Three Failure Modes
Write an example of a prompt that fails in all three ways — too vague, no context, no direction.
S2 · Spot the Difference
Pick one of the three pairs from this section and explain in your own words why the good version works better.
S4–S5 · Fix It
Write a bad prompt on any topic, then rewrite it with the missing details filled in.
What's your personal diagnostic question — the one you'll ask yourself before writing every prompt from now on?
Free Notes — M2
S1 · Four Goal Types
Before writing a prompt, what question should you ask yourself first?
S2 · The Action Verb
Pick a topic you care about. Write one prompt for each of the four goal types.
Free Notes — M4
Overview
What's this module about in your own words?
Section 01 · The Problem
Think of a time you gave bad instructions to someone. What was missing?
Why do most people get bad results from AI?
Section 02 · See It
What was the difference between the two prompts in the example?
Section 03 · The Formula
Write out the 4-part formula from memory.
Write a full prompt using all 4 parts on any topic you care about.
Section 04 · Try It
Paste your best prompt from the sandbox here.
What changed when you added more context?
Section 05 · Quick Check
Which part of the formula is hardest to remember, and why?
Free Notes — Module 3
Stock Pitch
Homework Helper
Private Tutor
Step 1 · Company Selection
Which two companies are you comparing?
Step 2 · Research Notes
Key facts about each company.
Step 3 · Thesis
Your one-sentence investment recommendation.
Other Notes
Your Subjects & Learning Style
Subjects you need help with and how you learn best.
Final System Prompt
Your finished homework helper — save it here.
Subject & Goals
What are you learning and what does success look like?
Final System Prompt
Your finished tutor — save it here.
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