The input text or instructions you provide to an AI model to guide its response.

💡 Like a creative brief to a designer—the clearer and more specific your request, the better the result matches your needs.

The practice of crafting and refining prompts to consistently get high-quality outputs from AI models.

💡 Like developing a perfect interview script—you refine questions, order, and phrasing to consistently get the insights you need.

The basic unit of text that language models process—typically a word, part of a word, or punctuation.

💡 Like LEGO blocks for language—words are built from these pieces, and you have a limited number to work with.

The maximum amount of text a model can process in a single interaction, measured in tokens.

💡 Like RAM in a computer—it's the model's working memory. Once full, it must forget something old to remember something new.

A special prompt that defines the model's behavior, personality, and constraints throughout a conversation.

💡 Like an employee handbook that overrides individual requests—if policy says "be professional," you stay professional even if asked to be casual.

Settings that control the randomness and creativity of model outputs.

💡 Temperature is like a jazz vs. classical musician—low temperature plays it safe and predictable, high temperature improvises and surprises.