Prompt Template from OpenAI Co-founder

Prompt engineering is one of the most critical skills to learn for better AI results. Here's a great template to improve your prompts.

I recently caught up with the CPO of a large Fortune 500 company heavily investing in AI. I was digging into how you win in AI. His answer was prompt engineering.

It's still one of the most vital skills to learn.

I invested a bunch of time in prompting over 12 months ago now. Since then, I've slid into a routine of using the AI assistants to craft prompts for me.

That conversation made me realize I needed to dive back into prompting to practice the craft.

I'm in prompt learning mode right now and wanted to share a cool template I came across.

First, there are a lot of great free resources for people who want to get better at prompting from large AI models, e.g.:

1. Antropic's Prompt Engineering Guide
2. OpenAI's Prompt Engineering Guide
3. Google Gemini's Prompt Engineering Guide

I'd recommend Antropic's prompt guide.

Now, let's move on to the template from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman. It's a great, simple breakdown of how you put together a prompt for o1 models (but it can be used for most other models and maybe needs to be tweaked slightly for o3 models).

The core components are:

1. Set a clear goal
2. Set the format you want
3. Provide warnings
4. Give context

Here's a quick tip, and is generally how I use AI. I take information like this and create a custom GTP to craft prompts for me using this template—more details in the video.

Until Next Time,

Happy AI’fying

Kieran