| The CLEAR Framework for Prompt Engineering was developed by Leo S. Lo, Dean and Professor of the College of University Libraries and Learning Services at the University of New Mexico. |
Prompting is used to instruct an AI to do a task. The better prompts (aka questions and inputs) you use with generative AI, like ChatGPT, the more relevant and meaningful responses (outputs) you'll receive!
Concise - Use concise and clear prompts.
X mindfulness
X Tell me about mindfulness.
List three examples of mindfulness strategies for college students [instruction prompt].
Logical - Maintain a logical flow and order of ideas.
List three examples of mindfulness strategies for college students. Follow-up:
Write a brief summary about how mindful eating helps with college stress. Follow-up:
1. Savoring a bite [few-shot/examples prompt]
2. Chewing slowly
What other examples are there?
Explicit - Give precise instructions on what the response should include and how it should be expressed.
Imagine that you just got married [role prompt]. You want to practice mindful eating with your husband at dinner time. What's the best way to approach this topic with him?
NOTE: If you need to break up your prompts into paragraphs, start a new paragraph with the combined keystroke [shift] [return/enter]
Adaptive - Be flexible! Experiment with different prompts and adapt to the AI responses.
Reflective - Reflect on the AI-generated content and evaluate the responses. Confirm the accuracy, relevance, and completeness of the responses.
One more consideration! To have a conversation with generative AI tools, ask AI to ask you a question related to the topic. Answer the question to keep the conversation going.