Prompting
# Prompting Best Practices
Effective prompting strategies for AI coding assistants to get better results.
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## Table of Contents
- [Core Principles](#core-principles)
- [Prompt Structure](#prompt-structure)
- [Specificity](#specificity)
- [Context Provision](#context-provision)
- [Tool-Specific Strategies](#tool-specific-strategies)
- [Common Patterns](#common-patterns)
- [Anti-Patterns](#anti-patterns)
- [Advanced Techniques](#advanced-techniques)
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## Core Principles
### 1. Be Specific and Clear
❌ **Vague:**when to use it
Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo ai-infra-curriculum/ai-agent-guidebook (NOASSERTION). A "Prompting" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.
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ai-infra-curriculum/ai-agent-guidebook · NOASSERTION
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