Editing Prompt Engineering Basics (section)

=== Be specific about what you want ===

This is the most impactful improvement most people can make. Compare:

| Vague prompt || Specific prompt

| "Summarize this document" || "Summarize this document in 3 bullet points, focusing on budget implications for our team"
| "Write a response to this email" || "Write a professional but warm reply declining the meeting request, suggesting an async alternative"
| "Help me with my presentation" || "Give me 5 compelling opening lines for a presentation about remote work to an audience of skeptical middle managers"

You're not writing code. You're writing a brief — the same way you'd brief a colleague who's smart but doesn't know your context.