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Prompt Architecture and Examples
M.R. Sterling
Claude Advanced · Sheet 06
Prompt Architecture and ExamplesAdvanced
Building a prompt as six named, XML-tagged blocks - role, task, context, input, output spec, constraints - and ordering them for long documents. Then steering with examples: when to switch from rules, how to choose them, and the accidental patterns to catch.
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Anatomy of a structured prompt
Why structure beats wording
The role block
Tag the parts, XML-style
Output spec, and grounding in quotes
Rules out, examples in
Relevant, diverse, structured
Tag the example set
Accidental patterns and counter-examples
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