AI Glossary

Prompt engineering

Writing and refining prompts to get better and more reliable results from a model, for example by giving clear instructions, examples or a required format.

See also

  • Prompt

    The input given to an AI model, usually written instructions or a question, together with any text, files or images attached to it.

  • Context engineering

    Deciding what goes into a model's context window at each step (instructions, files, tool results, memory) so an agent has what it needs and nothing that distracts it.

  • System prompt

    Instructions given to a model ahead of a conversation, usually by the maker of the app, that set its role, rules and tone.

  • Chain of thought

    The step-by-step reasoning a model writes out before its final answer.

Source: Claude Platform documentation, Prompting best practices (opens in a new tab)

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Orbyt Labs, Prompt engineering (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/prompt-engineering

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Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Oct 19, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset

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