🧠 Prompting Strategies

TypeBoost lets you go beyond simple instructions.
If you want more control over how the AI behaves, you can use advanced prompting strategies to get better, more reliable results—especially for complex tasks.

đź’ˇ Most of the time, just writing a good system message is enough.
But if you want to mimic a certain format, walk the AI through a process, or improve accuracy – these strategies can help.

🧩 Overview of Strategies

Here’s a breakdown of the most common and effective prompting techniques:

🟢 Zero-Shot Prompting

What it is: You give the AI a task without any examples.

When to use it:

  • Simple, familiar tasks
  • You trust the AI to understand your instruction on its own

Example:

“Translate the following text into French.”

🟡 One-Shot Prompting

What it is: You give the AI one example of the task to follow.

When to use it:

  • You want to guide formatting or tone
  • One example is enough to clarify your intent

Example:

You are a helpful assistant that summarizes text. You will be given a text and you will need to summarize it in a concise manner.

User

Please summarize the following text.
This tool makes it easy for almost everyone to write better.

AI

This tool makes it easy to write better.

User

Perfect. Next, please summarize this the same way.
[your text gets inserted automatically here]

đźź  Few-Shot Prompting

What it is: You give the AI a few examples to follow.

When to use it:

  • The task requires structure, tone, or context learning
  • You want consistent results in a specific format

Example:

Rewrite the provided sentences in a more formal tone.

User

Hey, what’s up?

AI

Good afternoon, how can I assist you?

User

Got any plans?

AI

Do you have any scheduled engagements?

User

[your text gets inserted automatically here]

đź”— Chain-of-Thought Prompting

What it is: You ask the AI to explain its reasoning step by step.

When to use it:

  • Tasks that involve logic, math, or multi-step thinking
  • You want the AI to slow down and “show its work”

Example:

“If a train travels at 60 mph for 2 hours, how far does it go? Let’s think step by step.”

đź’ˇ This will make the AI provide a more detailed and accurate response.
But it's not really helpful, if you want only an improved version of the original text.

🎭 Role Prompting

What it is: You tell the AI to act as a specific person or profession.

When to use it:

  • You want to influence tone or style
  • You’re trying to match a specific voice or audience

Example:

“You are a copywriter for IKEA. Rewrite the selected text so it sounds like warm, minimal Scandinavian marketing copy. Use short, inviting sentences. Add a subtle Scandinavian reference.”

đź“‹ Instruction Prompting

What it is: You write a very specific instruction without any examples.

When to use it:

  • The task is straightforward but needs structure
  • You want the response to follow a format

Example:

“List three benefits of using TypeBoost, each in a separate bullet point.”

🧱 Contextual Prompting

What it is: You add background info or context the AI should consider.

When to use it:

  • The task depends on the user’s situation
  • You need personalized or context-aware responses

Example:

“The person reading this is a small business owner with no tech background. Rewrite this in simpler language.”

🧠 Which One Should I Use?

Start simple. Use a clear system message and test it.
If you need more structure or consistency, experiment with:

  • Few-shot examples for formatting
  • Role prompting for tone and voice
  • Chain-of-thought for logical or process-heavy tasks

TypeBoost is flexible. You can mix and match strategies inside your prompts—especially when using user and AI messages.

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