Definition
A reusable, parameterized blueprint for generating structured instructions to an LLM, facilitating the injection of retrieved context and user queries into a consistent format. It trades off granular manual control for programmatic consistency and scalability in agentic workflows.
Programmatic skeletons with dynamic placeholders rather than hardcoded static strings.
"A 'Mad Libs' game sheet where fixed instructions provide the narrative structure and the blanks are filled by live data."
- Prompt Engineering(Prerequisite)
- Context Window(Constraint)
- Few-Shot Prompting(Pattern)
- System Message(Component)
Conceptual Overview
A reusable, parameterized blueprint for generating structured instructions to an LLM, facilitating the injection of retrieved context and user queries into a consistent format. It trades off granular manual control for programmatic consistency and scalability in agentic workflows.
Disambiguation
Programmatic skeletons with dynamic placeholders rather than hardcoded static strings.
Visual Analog
A 'Mad Libs' game sheet where fixed instructions provide the narrative structure and the blanks are filled by live data.