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Quick reference materials for common patterns

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How to Write System Prompts: A Developer and Power User Guide

Design system prompts that make AI tools reliable, consistent, and useful

A practical guide to writing system prompts for custom GPTs, Claude Projects, AI agents, and internal tools. Learn the patterns that make system prompts reliable.

15 min
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AI Image Prompt Writing Guide: From Idea to Perfect Image

Write prompts that produce the images you actually want from Midjourney, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion

Learn to write effective AI image prompts. Covers prompt structure, style keywords, composition tips, and platform-specific techniques for Midjourney, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion.

12 min
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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
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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
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ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: Which AI for Your Task?

Choose the right AI model for writing, coding, research, and creative work

An objective comparison of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini by use case. Find out which AI model excels at writing, coding, analysis, and creative tasks.

10 minFeatured
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API Documentation Template

Write API docs that developers actually want to read

A framework for prompting AI to write API documentation. Covers endpoint references, authentication guides, code examples, and error handling documentation.

12 min
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Stakeholder Update Email Templates

Keep executives informed without drowning them in details

Templates for prompting AI to write stakeholder updates. Create project status emails, executive summaries, board updates, and investor communications.

9 min
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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
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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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