A Tutorial on Prompt Engineering: From Messy Thoughts to AI Workflows

arXiv:2609.22249 · cs.CL, cs.AI, cs.HC · Submitted 2026-09-05 · Read on arXiv

cs.CL, cs.AI, cs.HC

Submitted: 2026-09-05

Updated: 2026-09-05

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Prompt Engineering — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Benchmarking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Verification — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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