When Optimizing Prompts
Use this skill when a prompt already exists and the problem is inconsistency, hallucination, brittleness, or cost.
Workflow
- Start from concrete failure cases.
- Change one lever at a time.
- Keep a test set for future comparisons.
Deliverables
- An improved prompt plus changelog.
- A compact regression test set.
Guardrails
- Do not optimize by endlessly adding instructions.
- Do not claim success without tying it to failure cases.