This guide helps you build effective prompts, reusable context blocks, and structured templates for use in ChatGPT or other LLMs.

generic_prompting_guide.txt

# 📘 Prompting Guide & Reusable Prompt Template (Generic)

This guide helps you build effective prompts, reusable context blocks, and structured templates for use in ChatGPT or other LLMs.

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# 🎯 GOALS
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- Create concise, reusable prompts
- Maintain low token usage
- Enable restoration of context in future sessions
- Structure prompt data for humans and LLMs alike

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# 🧱 BASIC PROMPT TYPES
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## 1. Instruction Prompt
```
Give me a step-by-step explanation of how a jet engine works.
```

## 2. Role-based Prompt
```
Act as a senior backend engineer. Review the code below for performance issues.
```

## 3. Format-specific Prompt
```
Output the following as a Markdown table with columns: Name, Description, Status.
```

## 4. Contextual Prompt with Knowledge Block
```
CTX_ID: auth_api_v1
- JWT token required for all endpoints
- Refresh tokens expire after 7 days
- Admin routes use RBAC model

Use CTX_ID: auth_api_v1 to design a logout endpoint.
```

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# 🧠 REUSABLE PROMPT TEMPLATE
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## MASTER INDEX
List of context blocks by topic:

- CTX_ID: my_proj_api    → REST API structure for MyProject
- CTX_ID: ux_guidelines  → Usability and UI/UX standards
- CTX_ID: devops_ci_cd   → Deployment and build pipeline notes

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## CTX_ID: my_proj_api
- RESTful endpoints
- JWT authentication, RBAC authorization
- `/users`, `/projects`, `/settings`
- Use async/await and pagination for all list endpoints

## CTX_ID: devops_ci_cd
- CI: GitHub Actions with Docker build
- CD: Deploy to AWS via Terraform
- Secrets managed via Vault

---

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# 🔁 REUSE IN NEW SESSIONS
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Paste this to restore:
```
Use CTX_ID: my_proj_api. Add a new endpoint for project duplication.
```

Or:
```
Restore CTX_ID: ux_guidelines. Continue with mobile UI for onboarding.
```

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# ✅ BEST PRACTICES
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- Keep blocks under 400 tokens
- Use CTX_IDs consistently
- Store in plain `.txt` or `.md` files
- Prefer bullet points over prose
- Avoid embedding full docs or PDFs — extract key knowledge only

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# 🧩 TIP: Structure prompts clearly
✅ Clear
```
Act as a DDD expert. Using context CTX_ID: ddd_vo, model a Money value object.
```

❌ Unclear
```
Tell me something about value objects.
```