prompt-engineering

name	prompt-engineering
description	Comprehensive prompting techniques including chain-of-thought, few-shot, zero-shot, system prompts, persona design, and evaluation patterns
version	1.0.0
author	workspace-hub
category	ai-prompting
type	skill
trigger	manual
auto_execute	false
tags	["prompting","llm","chain-of-thought","few-shot","zero-shot","system-prompts","personas","evaluation"]
related_skills	["langchain","dspy"]
capabilities	["chain_of_thought","few_shot_learning","zero_shot_prompting","system_prompt_design","persona_creation","structured_output","prompt_templates","evaluation_patterns","iterative_refinement"]
tools	["Read","Write","Bash","Grep"]
platforms	["python","api"]
requires	[]
scripts_exempt	true

Prompt Engineering

Quick Start

import openai

client = openai.OpenAI()

# Basic prompt
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are an expert engineer."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain mooring systems."}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

When to Use This Skill

USE when:

• Designing prompts from scratch for any use case
• Learning core principles applicable across all LLMs
• Need portable patterns not tied to specific frameworks
• Building simple LLM integrations without heavy dependencies
• Optimizing existing prompts for better results
• Creating reusable prompt templates for teams
• Debugging underperforming LLM applications
• Teaching prompt engineering to others

DON'T USE when:

• Need framework-specific features (use LangChain/DSPy)
• Require programmatic optimization (use DSPy)
• Building production RAG systems (use LangChain)
• Need conversation memory management (use frameworks)

Prerequisites

# OpenAI
pip install openai>=1.0.0
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."

# Anthropic
pip install anthropic>=0.5.0
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."

# Azure OpenAI
pip install openai>=1.0.0
export AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT="https://..."
export AZURE_OPENAI_KEY="..."

# Optional: For testing prompts
pip install pytest promptfoo

Resources

• OpenAI Prompt Engineering Guide: