OpenAI Prompt Engineering Guide

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Strategies and tactics for getting better results from large language models.

• Six major strategies: Write clear instructions, Provide reference text, Split tasks, Give time to think, Use external tools, Test systematically.
• 18 detailed tactics (e.g., 'Use delimiters,' 'Ask for chain-of-thought,' 'Specify output format').
• Full Python code snippets using openai Python library (v1.x).
• Links to additional resources: OpenAI Cookbook, Playground, and Tokenizer.
• Version-controlled documentation; last major update notes included in page footer.