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Prompt Templates

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TL;DR. Pre-defined structures or patterns for prompts that guide LLMs to perform specific tasks or generate particular output formats.

Technical Definition

Pre-defined structures or patterns for prompts that guide LLMs to perform specific tasks or generate particular output formats.

How it works

Prompt templates are a highly effective prompt engineering technique for consistency and efficiency. They provide placeholders for variable information, ensuring that all necessary context and instructions are included in a structured manner. This helps reduce ambiguity, improve output quality, and makes it easier to automate interactions with LLMs for various applications, from summarization to code generation.

Related Concepts

• Prompt Engineering — The art of crafting effective input instructions to guide LLM behavior without changing model weights.
• Prompt Chaining — A technique where multiple prompts are linked sequentially, with the output of one prompt serving as the input for the next, to achieve a complex goal.