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Creating the perfect ChatGPT prompt?

Follow our 7-step guide for success

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#chatgpt #NLP

ChatGPT can produce amazing results. But proper ChatGPT prompt construction is essential for accurate and effective output. Follow these 7 steps:

1. Persona simulation
2. Task description
3. Task execution
4. Context/prompt injection
5. Constraints
6. Goal
7. Output format.

1. Persona Simulation

A fictional persona representing a specific group or expertise. In most cases, the chosen persona is an expert in a specific field, but personas can also be customer personas, stakeholders like employees or shareholders, and more.

How to create an effective persona:

- Define the persona's characteristics & personality
- Create a detailed profile
- Use real data
- Test your persona
- Update your persona

You can find over 100 persona descriptions here:

github.com/f/awesome-chat…

2. Task Description

A well-defined task description helps the model to understand what it needs to do improving the accuracy and effectiveness of the model's output.

How to describe a task effectively?

- Be specific
- Provide examples
- Use clear and simple language
- Define the scope of the task
- Define the objective of the task

3. Task Execution

The task description should be accompanied by detailed step-by-step instructions on how to complete the task. This helps keep the model's response organized and tailored toward your goal

How to describe task execution:

- Be specific
- Describe each step in detail
- instruct chatgpt to show interim results or suppress them
- use clear and simple language

4. Context & Prompt Injection

Providing sufficient context is a great way to improve the accuracy of the LLM's output. If you are not sure what context to provide use prompt injection.

see this thread for an explanation:

https://twitter.com/persistantai/status/1613893648504000513

How to inject context/prompt effectively?

- Again, be specific
- Use real data when possible
- Test different contexts and prompt injections
- Keep it simple
- only provide context that aligns with the task

5. Constraints:

Constraints are an essential aspect of the ChatGPT prompt construction process. They help to define the boundaries for the model's output, ensuring that it stays within the parameters of the task at hand.

How to set constraints effectively?

- Be specific (yes, again)
- Test different constraints
- Align with the task
- Be flexible
- Communicate clearly

Examples include limiting output length, setting tone and style, restricting certain words or setting formality

6. Define Goals

Goal setting helps ensure that the model's output is aligned with the task at hand. By setting a clear goal, you can ensure that the model's responses are appropriate for the project and that they meet the specific needs of the task.

How to set goals effectively?

- Be specific (yes, you guessed it)
- Align with the task
- Set measurable goals
- Be realistic
- Communicate clearly

7. Output Format

The output format is the final aspect to consider when working with ChatGPT. It is essential to ensure that the model's output is in the right format for the task at hand and that it is easily readable and understandable for the intended audience and/or use.

How to format output effectively?

- Align with the task
- Keep it simple
- Use visual elements (emojis, tables, ect)
- Test different formats
- Communicate clearly

Examples:

- Q&A format
- Table
- XML
- Conversational

Putting it all together

We have created a 26 page example with different advanced marketing-related prompts following this guide but the prompts are too long for tweets. So here are the examples:

docs.google.com/document/d/13r…

Credit where credit is due:

This prompt construction guide is inspired by @thatroblennon and the awesome free tool @AIPRMcorp for marketing

@thatroblennon @AIPRMcorp To see more guides on how chatgpt can be used to 10x your productivity just do the following:

1. Follow
2. Like
3. Retweet the first tweet

https://twitter.com/persistantai/status/1616118663274283013