Note to self: what makes a good prompt?

A note to self — a short checklist for a good prompt:

• Give the LLM a role.
• Write clear, unambiguous sentences (especially if the prompt is in Turkish).
• Tell it how to start the answer.
• Provide examples for the answer.
• Break the prompt into parts.
• Tell it to break the work into parts.
• Give a success criterion (if it’s writing code, that can be running tests).
• Keep the unnecessary parts short.

Each item looks small on its own, but together they noticeably raise the quality of the output.