Prompt engineering
Writing instructions to get better results from a model: being specific, giving examples, setting a format. Now considered a baseline skill, with context engineering as the broader discipline.
“Two examples in the prompt fixed the formatting better than any amount of explaining.”
See also
Part of the Extended list
Prompt engineering is on the Extended list: builder jargon, industry terms, and newer slang for when you want to go further. It entered common use around 2023.