Prompt Engineering Guide
The Prompt Engineering Guide is a comprehensive educational resource that collects the latest papers, learning guides, lectures, references, and tools for prompt engineering. It helps developers and researchers understand and apply prompting techniques to improve the performance of large language models (LLMs) on various tasks. The guide is suitable for anyone interested in developing with LLMs, from beginners to advanced practitioners.
🎬 Prompt Engineering Overview · Elvis Saravia
✨ Key features
- Covers a wide range of prompting techniques, from zero-shot to advanced methods.
- Includes practical applications, prompt examples, and model-specific guides.
- Provides a curated list of papers, tools, notebooks, and datasets.
- Offers a web version and a lecture video for comprehensive learning.
- Supports multiple languages and is community-driven with open-source contributions.
🎯 Use cases
- Learning prompt engineering fundamentals and advanced techniques.
- Improving LLM performance on tasks like question answering and reasoning.
- Designing effective prompts for specific applications such as coding or data generation.
- Staying updated with the latest research and tools in prompt engineering.
- Teaching or training others in prompt engineering concepts.
📦 Installation
🧰 Requirements: No specific runtime or API keys required for reading the guide. To run locally, Node >=18.0.0 and pnpm are needed.
To run the guide locally, follow these steps:
- Install Node >=18.0.0
- Install
pnpmif not present in your system. Check here for detailed instructions. - Install the dependencies:
pnpm i next react react-dom nextra nextra-theme-docs - Boot the guide with
pnpm dev - Browse the guide at
http://localhost:3000/
🚀 Usage
The guide is primarily a website. To access it, visit https://www.promptingguide.ai/. For local development, after installation, run pnpm dev and open http://localhost:3000/.
⚠️ Good to know
The guide is a community-driven resource and may not cover every possible prompt engineering topic; it is continuously updated with new content.
❓ FAQ
What is the Prompt Engineering Guide?
It is a comprehensive guide that collects the latest papers, learning guides, lectures, references, and tools related to prompt engineering for large language models.
Who is this guide for?
It is for researchers and developers who want to understand and apply prompt engineering to improve the capabilities and limitations of LLMs.
Is there a web version?
Yes, the guide is available online at https://www.promptingguide.ai/.
Can I run the guide locally?
Yes, you can run it locally by installing Node >=18.0.0 and pnpm, then following the steps in the README.
📊 Repository
🤖 Overview, features, install steps and FAQ were generated from the project's README on Sep 4, 2026. Always check the original source before running commands.