Beginner AI
Prompt Engineering for Claude
Get dramatically better answers from Claude, in one short course. Distilled from how Anthropic's own team writes prompts, this beginner course skips the hype and teaches the handful of techniques that actually move quality: writing clear, direct instructions; structuring a prompt with roles and sections; showing examples instead of explaining; using XML tags so Claude never mixes up your instructions and your data; letting the model think step by step before it answers; and chaining and iterating until the output is exactly what you need. No coding required, just a chat box and the patterns the pros use. By the end you can take any vague request and turn it into a prompt that gets a sharp, reliable result the first time.
3 modules 3 lessons 2 h 60 questions
Course content
1 Foundations 1 lesson · 6 min
2 Show, Don't Tell 1 lesson · 6 min
3 Make It Think 1 lesson · 6 min
Tips
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Communication
Say Exactly What You Want
Claude follows instructions, not hints
Strategy
Give Claude a Role to Play
A persona shapes the whole answer
Architecture
Structure Beats a Wall of Text
Sections and lists help Claude help you
Strategy
Show an Example, Skip the Lecture
One good sample beats a paragraph of rules
