Glossary · Phase 1 · Building with LLMs
XML tags
Labels like <document> and </document> that mark where each part of a prompt starts and ends, so the model can't mix them up.
Try it now
Send the vague prompt first. Then replace it with the detailed version above and send again. It's the same model, but you'll get a very different email. If a reply comes back cut off, raise max_tokens.
Learn it properly
Prompt fundamentals · Clear instructions, context and constraints: the 80% of prompting. About 30 minutes.
Other terms from the same lesson
- prompt: The instructions and text you send to a model.
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