Core Skill · Beginner

Prompt Engineering That Pays

The repeatable structure behind prompts that produce sellable work

Most prompt advice is folklore. This course teaches the small number of structural moves that reliably lift output quality, and how to turn a working prompt into an asset you reuse a hundred times.

▤ 5 lessons ◷ ~30 min ✎ 21 questions ✦ Certificate
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What you'll be able to do

  • Write prompts with the six components that actually change the output
  • Use examples and rubrics to lock in a consistent voice and format
  • Chain prompts so complex work doesn't collapse into mush
  • Build a prompt library that compounds in value every week

Curriculum

✓ Lesson 1 — Anatomy of a Paying Prompt A prompt that pays is not clever writing. It is a complete brief with nothing left for the model to guess. 6 min ✓ Lesson 2 — Show, Don't Tell: Few-Shot and Rubrics Two real examples and one honest rubric beat a paragraph of adjectives every single time. 6 min ✓ Lesson 3 — Chaining and Decomposition When one prompt has to be right about five things at once, it will be mediocre at all five. 6 min ✓ Lesson 4 — Prompts as Assets: Building Your Library A prompt you cannot find again next Tuesday is not an asset. It is a lucky accident. 6 min ✓ Lesson 5 — Testing and Iterating Like a Scientist One good output proves nothing. A fixed test set and a score tell you what actually improved. 6 min
✓ Final exam — 6 questions Pass at 80% or better to earn your certificate.
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