Operations & Planning

11 resources

Templates for SOPs, process documentation, project plans, runbooks, and operational workflows.

guideintermediate

Chain-of-Thought Prompting: A Step-by-Step Guide

Get dramatically better AI reasoning by teaching models to show their work before answering

Learn chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting to get AI models to reason through problems step by step. Covers zero-shot, manual, and auto-CoT with practical examples across domains.

14 minFeatured
guideintermediate

Context Engineering: Beyond Prompt Engineering

The emerging discipline of designing the right information environment for AI

Learn context engineering — the practice of designing what information AI receives, not just how you phrase requests. Move beyond prompt tricks to systematic AI communication.

14 minFeatured
guidebeginner

Few-Shot Prompting: A Practical Guide

Teach AI by example — when to use zero-shot, one-shot, and few-shot prompting

Learn few-shot prompting to get consistent AI outputs by providing examples. Covers zero-shot vs one-shot vs few-shot with practical templates across business, technical, and creative tasks.

11 min
guidebeginner

Prompt Frameworks Compared: COSTAR, RISEN, Chain-of-Thought & More

A side-by-side comparison to help you pick the right framework for any AI task

Compare the most popular prompt frameworks side by side. COSTAR, RISEN, Chain-of-Thought, and few-shot prompting explained with when to use each and practical decision criteria.

10 minFeatured
frameworkbeginner

The RISEN Prompt Framework: A Complete Guide

Structure complex prompts with Role, Instructions, Steps, End Goal, and Narrowing

Learn the RISEN framework to write structured, effective AI prompts. Master Role, Instructions, Steps, End Goal, and Narrowing for consistently better outputs.

12 min
frameworkbeginner

The COSTAR Method: A Complete Guide

Master the most effective prompt framework for any AI task

Learn the COSTAR framework (Context, Objective, Style, Tone, Audience, Response) to write prompts that get consistently better AI outputs.

12 minFeatured
templatebeginner

Meeting Summary & Action Items Template

Turn messy meeting notes into clear summaries and trackable action items

A framework for prompting AI to transform meeting notes into structured summaries with decisions, action items, and follow-ups that actually get done.

8 min
guideadvanced

Prompt Chaining for Complex Tasks

Break down complex tasks into manageable AI-powered workflows

An advanced guide to prompt chaining - using multiple prompts in sequence to tackle complex tasks. Learn to design workflows where each AI output feeds into the next prompt.

15 minFeatured
referencebeginner

AI Prompt Engineering Glossary

Essential terms and concepts every prompt writer should know

A comprehensive A-Z glossary of prompt engineering and AI terminology. Learn key concepts like tokens, temperature, context window, chain-of-thought, and more.

20 minFeatured
templatebeginner

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Builder

Document processes that teams can actually follow

A framework for prompting AI to write clear, actionable SOPs. Learn to document workflows, create checklists, and build knowledge bases that reduce errors and training time.

10 min
checklistbeginner

AI Prompt Checklist

Never miss a critical element in your prompts again

A comprehensive checklist for crafting effective AI prompts. Covers context, constraints, format, and quality checks with interactive tracking.

8 minFeatured
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