Leapfrogging the quality of answers through standardized templates
The key to accomplishing this is to construct a prompt template that contains the following elements:
- Answering framework instructions: For example"Please organize your answers according to the following structure: 1) Definitions 2) Historical evolution 3) Contemporary applications 4) Points of contention", forcing AI to follow a logical vein
- Role Playing Settings: Add at the beginning of the template"You are an expert in your field and need to explain to a specialized audience..."etc.
- Quality constraints: Includes"2 citations to authoritative literature are required per section", "Avoid ambiguous adverbs"Specific requirements such as
Suggestion: First create 3-5 test templates with different strictness in PromptHelper, and after parallel testing through Claude/ChatGPT, keep the 2 versions with the best results as production templates.
This answer comes from the articlePromptHelper: Efficient User Scripts for Writing and Managing AI PromptsThe