103 cards
This deck offers a friendly introduction to the world of prompt engineering, the practice of crafting instructions that help AI models give you better, more useful responses. You'll move from foundational ideas like what a prompt actually is, through core techniques such as zero-shot, one-shot, and few-shot prompting, all the way to more advanced strategies like chain-of-thought reasoning, role prompting, and prompt chaining. Along the way, you'll also cover practical concepts such as system versus user prompts and how settings like temperature influence the style of the model's output.
It's a great starting point if you're new to working with large language models, whether you're a developer, a writer, a student, or simply curious about getting more reliable results from AI tools. Even if you've been experimenting informally, the structured definitions here can help you build a clearer mental model and speak confidently about the techniques you already use by instinct.
To get the most out of these flashcards, try spacing your review sessions over several days rather than cramming them all at once, since the differences between similar techniques (like one-shot versus few-shot, or zero-shot CoT versus standard CoT) really sink in with repeated exposure. As you study, it helps to think about real situations where you'd reach for each approach, turning the definitions into practical intuition you can apply the next time you sit down to write a prompt.