Introduction to prompt engineering: concept, types, characteristics

Abstract

The article discusses the basic concepts and principles of Prompt Engineering and proposes a classifi-cation of Prompt types, in terms of creative and applied approaches. Particular attention is paid to the charac-teristics of effective prompt engineering, including clarity and specificity of wording, context relevance, query structuring, flexibility and adaptability with hallucination minimisation and optimisation for specific AI models. The potential of prompt technologies to improve the quality and accuracy of interactions with AI models is also revealed.