Unlocking GPT-4's Potential: OpenAI's Guide to Mastering Prompt Engineering
OpenAI has published a guide to Prompt Engineering, which offers six strategies for getting better responses from their GPT language models, particularly GPT-4.
Summary
- The guide outlines six key strategies for prompt engineering:
- Write clear instructions.
- Provide reference text.
- Split complex tasks into simpler subtasks.
- Give the model time to "think".
- Use external tools.
- Test changes systematically.
- Each strategy includes specific tactics and examples for how to implement them.
- Some of the tactics leverage the Chat API's "system message" parameter to control the model's behavior or provide it with additional context.
- The guide also suggests using external tools and integrating the model with other systems for more complex tasks.
- Testing changes systematically is crucial to ensure that the prompts are actually improving the model's output.
- OpenAI is not the only provider offering prompt engineering tips; similar guides are available from Microsoft and Google.