Prompt Engineering Foundations: A Guide to the Body of Knowledge - Couverture souple

Brei, ML

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1960808230 ISBN 13 : 9781960808233

Editeur : Meripoint Books, 2026

Synopsis

Prompt Engineering Foundations: A Guide to the Body of Knowledge presents prompt engineering as an emerging professional discipline for working responsibly with large language models. It begins with a simple claim: a prompt is not merely a question. It is a designed interface through which human intention shapes computational behavior. As generative AI moves into professional use, fluent output cannot be treated as sufficient evidence of correctness. This guide explains why model-generated language must be examined in relation to the purpose conveyed by the prompt and the conditions under which someone will rely on the result. The words of the prompt matter because they frame what the model is likely to produce and because the resulting output may be carried into real work. The book develops this foundation through the guiding principles of purpose alignment, accountability, transparency, reliability, integrity, responsible use, and stewardship. These principles give readers a way to think about prompt work before they turn to method. They show how a prompt can make intention visible, set boundaries for the response, and support judgment when the output is used beyond the chat window. The guide then follows prompt engineering into practice through its treatment of prompt patterns and techniques. Patterns are presented as reusable forms of professional reasoning rather than canned formulas. They give practitioners a way to carry intention into the prompt so that the model's response has a clearer task, a more definite shape, and a more useful relation to the work at hand. Techniques extend this work when a single exchange is not enough, showing how the practitioner can continue the interaction until the model's response comes into closer relation with the work it is meant to support. Throughout, the emphasis remains on human responsibility. When language becomes the interface, the person who designs the prompt must be prepared to stand behind the conditions created by that prompt and the uses to which its output is put. This book offers a conceptual foundation for prompt engineering as a professional discipline, one that can be taught and practiced while recognizing the obligations that arise when machine-generated language enters consequential settings.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Meripoint Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1960808230
• ISBN 13: 9781960808233
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 346
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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