Quick check
Guess first, no penalty. A cover letter is a short letter you send when you apply for a job. Which part is missing from this message to the AI: "Write a cover letter for a nursing assistant job. Keep it under 150 words."
A prompt is the message you send to an AI. In this lesson you read a full one, fill in gaps, then write your own.
Step 1: read a full prompt
This one asks a head teacher for a reference letter, which is a letter saying you did good work. Task, context and format, one line each:
Write a polite email to my head teacher asking for a reference letter.
I have taught Class 3 at her school for 2 years. I'm applying to another school, and the deadline is 20 June.
Under 80 words. Friendly and respectful.Step 2: fill one gap
Fill the gaps
Fill the context gap:
Prompt
Write a polite message to my landlord asking to pay this month's rent 5 days late. Under 60 words.
Step 3: fill two gaps
Fill the gaps
Now the context and the format are missing:
Prompt
Write a message to a shop owner asking if they need staff.
Step 4: write your own
Copy this and fill in the brackets for one real task:
Task: [what you want, starting with write, explain, fix or list]
Context: [who you are, what happened, who will read it]
Format: [how long, how many points, which language]Want to see what each part changes? Switch parts on and off in the Prompt playground.
Try it
Your steps, about 2 minutes
- 1.Write your own 3-part prompt for one real task this week. Send it and read the answer.2 min