User Prompt Examples
# User Prompt Examples & Best Practices
This page belongs to the [User Prompt Workspace](../basic/user-optimization.md).
It answers one question:
**how to phrase a task more clearly.**
## Four high-frequency improvement directions
- make the task goal concrete
- make the output format explicit
- separate hard constraints into their own list
- write requirements like “no explanation” or “JSON only” as explicit rules
## Pattern 1: from vague sentence to executable task
### Basic versionwhen to use it
Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo linshenkx/prompt-optimizer (NOASSERTION). A "User Prompt Examples" 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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productivitycommunitydeveloper
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linshenkx/prompt-optimizer · NOASSERTION
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