← Build ExercisesDomain 1
Prompting and Task Execution
4 build exercises to practise the concepts in this domain.
1.1Beginner20 minutes
1.1 — Rebuild a Vague Request Into a Five-Part Prompt
What you will learn
- How role, context, task, constraints, and format each change the answer.
- Why a vague request gets a generic reply.
- How to apply the colleague test before you send a prompt.
- When XML-style tags help separate pasted material from instructions.
1.2Intermediate30 minutes
1.2 — Split a Compound Request Into a Prompt Chain
What you will learn
- Why one prompt that asks for five things tends to do some of them poorly.
- How to break a request into steps you can check one at a time.
- How the output of one step becomes the input of the next.
- How a self-correction step can catch errors before you rely on them.
1.3Intermediate30 minutes
1.3 — Iterate a Prompt With Targeted Feedback
What you will learn
- Why specific feedback beats regenerating and hoping.
- How to write success criteria before the first draft.
- How to name exactly what to keep and what to change.
- How to stop when the criteria are met.
1.4Intermediate35 minutes
1.4 — Match the Prompt to Four Different Task Types
What you will learn
- How analysis, research, drafting, and brainstorming need different instructions.
- Why analysis needs the data and the question, and drafting needs audience and voice.
- Why brainstorming should ask for range, not a single best answer.
- How the same topic needs a different prompt for each task.
