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Explorer/E2 Using AI well/Give the model context
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Give the model context

A model only knows what you tell it in the prompt plus what it learned in training. If you ask “write a message for my customers”, it has to guess who they are, what you sell and how you talk. Good prompts remove the guessing.

prompt.txtbefore → after
Write a message for
my customers.
Role: You help a small
phone-repair shop in Enugu.
Task: Write a WhatsApp
message about Saturday hours.
Tone: Friendly, short.
Limit: Under 40 words.

Four things to include

ROLEWho the model is helping
TASKWhat you want, in one line
TONEHow it should sound
LIMITLength, format, language
CHECK QUESTION+10 XP
Check question

Which prompt gives the model the most useful context?