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Practice: Improve a Simple Prompt

Put what you have learned into practice. This mini project walks you through improving a simple prompt and writing prompts for your own real tasks.

15 min•By Priygop Team•Updated 2026

Mini Project: Write Your First Useful Prompt

Mini Project: Write Your First Useful PromptHTML

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# Mini Project: Write Your First Useful Prompts
# No technical setup needed. Use any AI chat tool.

# TASK 1: Improve a bad prompt
bad_prompt = "Write something about Python."

improved_prompt = """
Explain Python to a complete beginner.
Use simple English.
Give one small code example showing how Python prints text.
List three common uses of Python in the real world.
Keep the entire explanation under 150 words.
"""

# TASK 2: Write a learning prompt
learning_prompt = """
I am learning about [TOPIC].
Explain it to me using simple language.
Use one everyday analogy.
Give me 3 key facts to remember.
"""

# TASK 3: Write a writing prompt
writing_prompt = """
Write a short [TYPE OF CONTENT] about [SUBJECT].
Audience: [WHO READS IT].
Tone: [FORMAL / CASUAL / FRIENDLY].
Length: [NUMBER] words.
"""

# TASK 4: Write a brainstorming prompt
brainstorming_prompt = """
Give me [NUMBER] ideas for [TOPIC].
The audience is [WHO].
Each idea should be described in one sentence.
"""

# TASK 5: Write a summarization prompt
summarization_prompt = """
Summarize the following [DOCUMENT TYPE] in [NUMBER] bullet points.
Focus on [KEY ASPECT].
Write for [AUDIENCE].

[PASTE YOUR CONTENT HERE]
"""

print("Replace the brackets with your own values.")
print("Test each prompt in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.")
print("Compare the results with your original vague prompts.")

# Mini Project: Write Your First Useful Prompts
# No technical setup needed. Use any AI chat tool.

# TASK 1: Improve a bad prompt
bad_prompt = "Write something about Python."

improved_prompt = """
Explain Python to a complete beginner.
Use simple English.
Give one small code example showing how Python prints text.
List three common uses of Python in the real world.
Keep the entire explanation under 150 words.
"""

# TASK 2: Write a learning prompt
learning_prompt = """
I am learning about [TOPIC].
Explain it to me using simple language.
Use one everyday analogy.
Give me 3 key facts to remember.
"""

# TASK 3: Write a writing prompt
writing_prompt = """
Write a short [TYPE OF CONTENT] about [SUBJECT].
Audience: [WHO READS IT].
Tone: [FORMAL / CASUAL / FRIENDLY].
Length: [NUMBER] words.
"""

# TASK 4: Write a brainstorming prompt
brainstorming_prompt = """
Give me [NUMBER] ideas for [TOPIC].
The audience is [WHO].
Each idea should be described in one sentence.
"""

# TASK 5: Write a summarization prompt
summarization_prompt = """
Summarize the following [DOCUMENT TYPE] in [NUMBER] bullet points.
Focus on [KEY ASPECT].
Write for [AUDIENCE].

[PASTE YOUR CONTENT HERE]
"""

print("Replace the brackets with your own values.")
print("Test each prompt in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.")
print("Compare the results with your original vague prompts.")

Result

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Key Takeaways from Module 1

A prompt is any instruction or question you give to an AI system
Prompt engineering is the skill of writing clear instructions to get better AI results
The quality of the prompt directly determines the quality of the AI output
Good prompts include a clear task, context, audience, and output format
Common beginner mistakes include vague prompts and missing context
Prompt engineering applies to every profession that uses AI tools

Diagram

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Deep Learning ⊂ Machine Learning ⊂ Artificial Intelligence

Key Takeaways

Put what you have learned into practice.
A prompt is any instruction or question you give to an AI system
Prompt engineering is the skill of writing clear instructions to get better AI results
The quality of the prompt directly determines the quality of the AI output

Topics in This Module

Mini Project: Write Your First Useful Prompt

Mini Project: Write Your First Useful PromptHTML

HTML Editor

✓ ValidTab = 2 spaces

# Mini Project: Write Your First Useful Prompts
# No technical setup needed. Use any AI chat tool.

# TASK 1: Improve a bad prompt
bad_prompt = "Write something about Python."

improved_prompt = """
Explain Python to a complete beginner.
Use simple English.
Give one small code example showing how Python prints text.
List three common uses of Python in the real world.
Keep the entire explanation under 150 words.
"""

# TASK 2: Write a learning prompt
learning_prompt = """
I am learning about [TOPIC].
Explain it to me using simple language.
Use one everyday analogy.
Give me 3 key facts to remember.
"""

# TASK 3: Write a writing prompt
writing_prompt = """
Write a short [TYPE OF CONTENT] about [SUBJECT].
Audience: [WHO READS IT].
Tone: [FORMAL / CASUAL / FRIENDLY].
Length: [NUMBER] words.
"""

# TASK 4: Write a brainstorming prompt
brainstorming_prompt = """
Give me [NUMBER] ideas for [TOPIC].
The audience is [WHO].
Each idea should be described in one sentence.
"""

# TASK 5: Write a summarization prompt
summarization_prompt = """
Summarize the following [DOCUMENT TYPE] in [NUMBER] bullet points.
Focus on [KEY ASPECT].
Write for [AUDIENCE].

[PASTE YOUR CONTENT HERE]
"""

print("Replace the brackets with your own values.")
print("Test each prompt in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.")
print("Compare the results with your original vague prompts.")

# Mini Project: Write Your First Useful Prompts
# No technical setup needed. Use any AI chat tool.

# TASK 1: Improve a bad prompt
bad_prompt = "Write something about Python."

# TASK 2: Write a learning prompt
learning_prompt = """
I am learning about [TOPIC].
Explain it to me using simple language.
Use one everyday analogy.
Give me 3 key facts to remember.
"""

# TASK 3: Write a writing prompt
writing_prompt = """
Write a short [TYPE OF CONTENT] about [SUBJECT].
Audience: [WHO READS IT].
Tone: [FORMAL / CASUAL / FRIENDLY].
Length: [NUMBER] words.
"""

# TASK 4: Write a brainstorming prompt
brainstorming_prompt = """
Give me [NUMBER] ideas for [TOPIC].
The audience is [WHO].
Each idea should be described in one sentence.
"""

# TASK 5: Write a summarization prompt
summarization_prompt = """
Summarize the following [DOCUMENT TYPE] in [NUMBER] bullet points.
Focus on [KEY ASPECT].
Write for [AUDIENCE].

[PASTE YOUR CONTENT HERE]
"""

print("Replace the brackets with your own values.")
print("Test each prompt in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.")
print("Compare the results with your original vague prompts.")

Result

Click ▶ Run to see the result

Edit the code on the left, then click Run (Ctrl+Enter)

HTML|49 lines|1361 chars|✓ Valid syntax

UTF-8

Key Takeaways from Module 1

A prompt is any instruction or question you give to an AI system

Prompt engineering is the skill of writing clear instructions to get better AI results

The quality of the prompt directly determines the quality of the AI output

Good prompts include a clear task, context, audience, and output format

Common beginner mistakes include vague prompts and missing context

Prompt engineering applies to every profession that uses AI tools

Diagram

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Deep Learning ⊂ Machine Learning ⊂ Artificial Intelligence

Topics in This Module