Anthropic Just Killed Prompt Engineering
Now you can generate high-quality and effective prompts for AI language models using Anthropic's new prompting tool.
Remember when prompt engineering for AI chatbots was a huge buzz, hundreds of courses sprouted like mushrooms on the internet? Some even considered it a profession and called themselves prompt engineers.
Although I never called myself a prompt engineer, I was one of those wannabe cool guys who downloaded a bunch of prompt engineering guides to get the most out of popular language and image models like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion.
Some examples of these guides are:
What I didn’t know back then was how fast these AI models can evolve. In just a few months, prompts for language and image models have become driven by natural language and are no longer bound to specific rules.
Today, one of the leading AI companies, Anthropic, is taking prompt engineering to a new level by letting you generate production-ready prompts simply by describing what you want to achieve.
What is Anthropic’s Prompt Generator?
Prompt Generator is a powerful tool designed to simplify the process of creating effective prompts for AI models like Claude. It addresses the common challenge faced by users who struggle with the “blank page problem” when attempting to create prompts that obtain high-quality responses from AI.
By allowing users to generate prompts simply by describing their desired task, the Prompt Generator removes the need for extensive knowledge in prompt engineering. The tool incorporates best practices, such as separating input data from instructions and employing techniques like “chain of thought” to guide the AI model in generating coherent and relevant outputs.
How It Works
The first thing you’ll notice when you open the console dashboard is the new option for prompting.
Clicking on the “Generate a prompt” button opens a dialog box where you can describe the task you want to accomplish.
For example, you might input:
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