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We break down the top 9 tips for prompting with Claude.
Luma Dream Machine introduced easier prompting for camera moves.
VW will begin the roll-out its in-car ChatGPT assistant in the U.S.
Microsoft and LinkedIn found 71% of companies want âAI expertise.â
Hereâs everything you need to know about prompting Claude.
While Perplexity captured the top spot in yesterdayâs poll about your favorite AI productivity apps, Claude secured a close second.
There's good reasons for that: Claude is a powerful tool for tackling all kinds of complex tasks. But to actually get the most out of Claude, you need to know how to prompt it effectively.
Luckily, Anthropic has tons of useful resources on its website to help craft prompts that will maximize Claudeâs performance.
To begin, outline:
Your success criteria (e.g., âless than 0.1% of outputs failâ).
How you will evaluate success (e.g., have Claude write 100 test cases for the prompt to pass before considered âsuccessfulâ).
Next, use these 9 strategies, in this order, trying each one until your prompt succeeds:
Generate a prompt: Anthropic's Console has a prompt generator tool to create initial prompt templates (hereâs the Google Colab link with the code to run yourself). To use either, youâll need an API key.
P.S.âClaude also has a Prompt library.
Be clear and direct: Provide explicit instructions, using clear and concise language, and break complex tasks into steps.
Use examples: Include 3-5 distinct examples to improve accuracy and consistency, especially for specific formats or styles.
Let Claude think: Allow Claude to reason step-by-step for complex problems.
The simple method: Literally ask Claude to break its answer down âstep-by-step.â
The complex method: Tell it to first âthinkâ in <thinking> tags to outline its reasoning, then write the result in <answer> tags (example).
Example.
More advanced prompting techniques (for use with the API + coding):
Apply XML tags: Employ tags like <instructions>, <example>, and <formatting> to separate prompt components (examples).
Role prompting: For specialized tasks, use the system parameter to give Claude a specific role.
Response Pre-filling: Direct Claudeâs output by pre-filling your initial text.
Chain Complex Prompts: Break intricate tasks into smaller, sequential prompts for better results via step-by-step reasoning.
For 200k token prompts:
Place long-form data at the top, and your prompt at the bottom.
When sharing multiple documents, use XML tags like <document> with subtags like <content> or <source>.
Ask Claude to quote relevant info from long documents before carrying out its task.
Heads up: Anthropic also offers interactive tutorials for prompting in Google Sheets and Github.
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Luma Dream Machine 1.6 now lets you select specific camera motions from a dropdown with the keyword âcameraâ (example here).
VW will begin roll-out of its in-car ChatGPT voice assistants in the U.S. on September 6th, starting with the 2024 ID.4 EVs and the 2025 Jetta models (ID.4âs get 3 years free apparently).
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