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Master prompt engineering the fast way - what Google's 9-hour course teaches you in 10 minutes
Prompt engineering
is the flavour of the era, and Google has now come up with a 9-hour course to master the modern art. AI is everywhere now — it helps us write, create images, answer questions, and work faster.
ChatGPT made AI super popular and now many
AI tools
are being used all over the world. All these tools work based on how we talk to them — that's called prompting. Prompting means giving instructions to the AI in a way that it understands and gives the output we want, as per reports.
Google course structure
Start writing prompts like a pro. This teaches you how to write basic and clear prompts to get better answers. Design prompts for everyday work tasks. Helps you learn how to use prompts for your daily office work or school tasks.
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Use AI for data analysis and presentations. Shows how to ask AI to help you understand data and make slides or reports. Use AI as a creative or expert partner. Trains you to use AI as a teammate who can help you think creatively or give expert-like advice, as stated by The Indian Express report.
Here are them Modules breakdown as mentioned by Medium:
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Module 1: How to write prompts like a pro
This module teaches you how to talk to AI properly so it gives better answers.
Google shares a simple 5-step method called T.C.R.E.I.:
Task – Say exactly what you want.
Context – Give background info to help AI understand better.
References – Show examples to guide the AI.
Evaluate – Check if the answer is good.
Iterate – If it's not perfect, rewrite your prompt and try again.
Fun memory trick: 'Tiny Crabs Ride Enormous Iguanas.'
You also learn to break big prompts into short ones. Try different wording. Add limits or rules to get more focused replies.
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Module 2: Use AI for daily work stuff
This part teaches how AI can help with daily office or school work.
Some things you can do:
Write better emails (faster and clearer).
Create content like blog posts, newsletters, or social media ideas.
Brainstorm new ideas (like campaign slogans or product names).
Summarize long documents into short bullet points.
Just use the same 5-step method from Module 1 to get better results.
Module 3: Use AI for data and presentations
This module shows how AI can help with numbers and slides.
For data analysis:
AI can help read spreadsheets, find patterns, or do simple math.
Example: 'Find the average sales per customer in this Google Sheet.'
For presentations:
AI can write outlines or make slides based on your points.
Example: 'Create slides for our sales report with 3 main sections: numbers, wins, and goals.'
Module 4: Use AI as a creative or expert partner
This part is about using AI for big ideas or expert help.
You learn special techniques:
Prompt chaining – Ask AI questions step by step to build a big answer.
Chain of thought – Ask AI to explain its thinking.
Tree of thought – Ask AI to give multiple ideas/solutions.
You also learn how to create AI agents — smart bots that act like a teacher, coach, or role-player.
Example: A mock interview bot to practice job questions. Plus, there's meta-prompting — where you ask AI to help you write better prompts.
FAQs
Q1. What is prompt engineering in AI?
Prompt engineering means giving clear instructions to AI so it understands what you want and gives better results.
Q2. Why is prompt engineering important?
Because AI tools work based on how we ask them questions. Good prompts = good answers.
