Introduction .xvi 1 Understanding Generative AI .1 What AI Is . 2 How AI Works . 2 How Generative AI Differs from Predictive AI . 4 How People and Businesses Use AI . 5 Today''s Most Popular AI Tools . 6 How to Use an AI Tool .
9 Summary .11 2 What Is Prompt Engineering--and Why Is It Important? .13 What Is Prompt Engineering? .14 What Does Prompt Engineering Entail? .14 Why Is Proper Prompt Design Important? .15 How to Turn a Bad Prompt into a Better Prompt .18 Summary .19 3 The Anatomy of a Perfect Prompt .
21 Crafting an Effective AI Prompt .22 Necessary Components of an AI Prompt .22 What Not to Include in a Prompt .26 Putting It All Together .27 Summary .32 4 Defining Output in Your Prompts.33 What Is Output Specification in an AI Prompt? .34 Why Is Output Specification Important? .
34 Types of Output to Specify 35 Best Practices for Specifying Output .38 Summary .38 5 Understanding and Comparing Different Prompting Strategies.39 Different Approaches to AI Prompting .40 Comparing Prompting Strategies .45 Choosing the Right Prompting Strategy .46 Summary .47 6 Using Zero-Shot Prompting .
49 What Zero-Shot Prompting Is and How It Works .50 When to Use Zero-Shot Prompting .50 Crafting Effective Zero-Shot Prompts .51 Tips for Better Zero-Shot Prompting .53 Limitations of Zero-Shot Prompting .53 Summary .54 7 Using One-Shot Prompting .55 What One-Shot Prompting Is and How It Works .
56 When to Use One-Shot Prompting .56 How to Reference Examples in Prompts.57 Best Practices for Creating Effective One-Shot Prompts .59 Advanced One-Shot Prompting Strategies .60 Limitations of One-Shot Prompting .60 Summary .62 8 Using Few-Shot Prompting .63 What Few-Shot Prompting Is and How It Works .
64 When to Use Few-Shot Prompting .64 How to Craft a Few-Shot Prompt .65 Best Practices for Effective Few-Shot Prompts .67 Advanced Few-Shot Prompting Strategies.68 Limitations of Few-Shot Prompting .69 Summary .70 9 Using Role-Based Prompting .71 What Role-Based Prompting Is and How It Works .
72 When to Use Role-Based Prompting.73 How to Craft a Role-Based Prompt .73 What Kinds of Roles Can You Have AI Assume? .75 Best Practices for Effective Role-Based Prompts .81 Advanced Role-Based Prompting Strategies .81 Limitations of Role-Based Prompting .82 Summary .83 10 Using Chain-of-Thought Prompting .
85 What Chain-of-Thought Prompting Is and How It Works .86 When to Use Chain-of-Thought Prompting .86 How to Craft a Chain-of-Thought Prompt .89 Best Practices for Effective Chain-of-Thought Prompts .90 Advanced Chain-of-Thought Prompting Strategies .90 Limitations of Chain-of-Thought Prompting .91 Summary .92 11 Using Self-Consistency Prompting .
93 What Self-Consistency Prompting Is and How It Works .94 When to Use Self-Consistency Prompting .94 How to Craft a Self-Consistency Prompt .95 Best Practices for Effective Self-Consistency Prompting .100 Advanced Self-Consistency Prompting Strategies.100 Limitations of Self-Consistency Prompting .101 Summary .103 12 Using Prompt Chaining .
105 What Prompt Chaining Is and How It Works .106 Benefits of Prompt Chaining .106 When to Use Prompt Chaining .107 Examples of Prompt Chaining .107 Best Practices for Effective Prompt Chaining .112 Limitations of Prompt Chaining .112 Summary .113 13 Using Multimodal Prompts .
115 What Is Multimodal Prompting and How Does It Work? .116 What Kinds of Files Can You Upload? .118 When to Use Multimodal Prompting .119 Examples of Multimodal Prompts .119 Best Practices for Multimodal Prompting .120 Limitations of Multimodal Prompting .121 Summary .122 14 Evaluating Prompt Performance .
123 Why Prompt Evaluation Matters .124 Defining Prompt Performance Metrics 125 Simple Ways to Evaluate Prompt Performance .127 Advanced Prompt Evaluation .128 Best Practices for Prompt Evaluation .129 Common Pitfalls When Evaluating Prompt Performance.130 Summary .130 15 Refining Your Prompts . 131 Why It''s Important to Refine Your Prompts .
132 How Iterative Prompting Works 132 How to Refine Your Prompts .134 Best Practices for Iterative Prompting .134 Pitfalls When Iterative Prompting .135 Summary .135 16 Prompting for Writing. 137 Why Use AI for Writing .138 Discovering the Best AI Tools for Writing .139 Key Prompt Parameters for Writing .
140 Examples of Prompts for Different Types of Writing .141 Best Practices for Writing with AI .143 Summary .144 17 Prompting for Productivity . 145 Three Principles of Productivity Prompting .146 Common Productivity Uses of AI .147 Writing and Communication .147 Marketing and Promotion .
149 Planning and Organization .150 Education and Learning .151 Data Analysis and Research .152 Decision-Making .153 Summary .154 18 Prompting for Image Generation . 155 Why Create Images with AI .156 Discovering the Best AI Tools for Image Generation .
157 Key Parameters for Image Generation Prompts .158 Examples of Prompts for Generating Different Types of Images .159 Best Practices for AI Image Generation .165 Summary .167 19 Prompting for Video Generation . 169 Why Create Videos with AI .170 Discovering the Best AI Tools for Generating Videos .170 Key Parameters for Video Generation Prompts .
172 Examples of Prompts for Generating Different Types of Videos .173 Best Practices for AI Video Generation .175 Pitfalls Inherent in AI Video Generation.176 Summary .177 20 Prompting for Music Generation . 179 Why Use AI to Generate Music.180 Discovering the Best AI Tools for Creating Music .180 Key Parameters for Music Generation Prompts .
182 Examples of Prompts to Generate Different Types of Music.184 Creating Lyrics .186 Summary .188 21 Advanced Prompting Strategies and Tools . 189 Advanced Prompt Engineering Techniques .190 Prompt Engineering Tools .194 Prompt Management and Optimization .194 Prompt Libraries and Repositories .
196 Summary .197 22 Prompting Responsibly . 199 What Is Responsible Prompting--and Why Is It Important? .200 Dealing with Bias in AI Prompting .201 Dealing with Ethical Issues in AI Prompting .205 Dealing with Legal Issues in AI Prompting .207 How to Responsibly Use AI-Generated Content .209 Summary .
209 23 Troubleshooting Less-Effective Prompts . 211 How to Recognize Unhelpful or Hallucinated Responses .212 Common Characteristics of Ineffective Prompts .213 Step-by-Step Guide for Troubleshooting AI Prompts .216 Summary .218 24 Future Directions in AI and Prompt Engineering . 219 The Future of AI .220 The Future of Prompt Engineering .
222 Summary .224 A Prompt Templates . 225 TOC, 11/18/2025, 9780135570463.