Discussion - Topic: The Art of the AI Prompt: Crafting Effective Contexts

This week's topic: The Art of the AI Prompt: Crafting Effective Contexts

This discussion explores the essential skill of prompt engineering—the practice of designing and refining the textual inputs (or "prompts") used to guide Large Language Models (LLMs) and other generative AI.

We'll move beyond simple questions to examine techniques for creating clear, comprehensive, and constrained contexts. Topics include structuring prompts with roles, instructions, examples (few-shot learning), and output format specifications (e.g., JSON, markdown). The goal is to understand how precise language and contextual strategy can significantly improve the accuracy, relevance, and quality of AI-generated content, transforming basic queries into sophisticated computational requests.

Zoom link will be added about 5 min before the event starts.

Discussion Resources :

Please try to read/watch before the meetup as it will help drive the discussions.

You SUCK at Prompting AI (Here's the secret)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwWBcsxEoLk

Prompt Engineering Guide - From Beginner to Advanced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDIW34h8cmM&t=5s

Prompt Engineering in 2025: Tips + Best Practices
https://orq.ai/blog/what-is-the-best-way-to-think-of-prompt-engineering

Prompt engineering best practices 2025: Top features to focus on now
https://codesignal.com/blog/prompt-engineering-best-practices-2025/