Prompt Engineering Basics
A free, plain-language track for getting better results from AI. It teaches the six building blocks of a structured prompt — Role, Purpose, Task, Audience, Boundaries, and Success Criteria — one lesson at a time. Start with The Prompt Architecture, work through the ten lessons, and do each Try It exercise as you go. Everything here works with any AI tool — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, or whichever one you have. Learn the principle. Then practice it.
| Page | What It Covers | Download |
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| The Prompt Architecture | Six building blocks for directing AI — and a simple loop for improving the result. | |
| Lesson 1: From Asking to Directing | Getting better results from AI is not about asking better questions. It is about directing the work. | |
| Lesson 2: Role | Who you tell the AI to be changes the perspective it works from. | |
| Lesson 3: Purpose | Telling the AI why the work matters changes what it decides to include. | |
| Lesson 4: Task | A role without a clearly defined job is incomplete. | |
| Lesson 5: Audience | Who the result is for decides the tone, the depth, and the words. | |
| Lesson 6: Boundaries | Limits don’t restrict good work. They define it. | |
| Lesson 7: Success Criteria | If you don’t define what good looks like, you can’t tell whether you got it. | |
| Lesson 8: The Complete Prompt | All six building blocks together turn a question into an assignment. | |
| Lesson 9: Draft, Critique, Improve | Your first prompt does not have to be your best prompt. | |
| Lesson 10: From Prompts to Workflows | The durable skill is not any single prompt. It is learning to think behind the prompt. |