Tech Bites - Prompt Engineering

Course outline:

This course introduces prompt engineering, the practice of writing better instructions for AI tools such as ChatGPT to produce more accurate, relevant, and usable outputs.

The focus is on practical application within accounting, audit, tax, and finance roles rather than technical AI concepts. 

This course is part of our new Tech Bites series. To see other titles go to our course finder.

CPD Hours: 0.75

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Course details:

Key Messages

  • Better prompts produce better results
  • The five essential elements of an effective prompt
    • Task
    • Persona 
    • Context 
    • Examples
    • Format 
  • Use constraints and clear boundaries
  • Prompting should be iterative
  • Build reusable prompt templates
  • Maintain quality control and professional judgement
  • Ethics and confidentiality matter

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