Prompt Craft and Trust
Master prompting; verify, protect and use AI responsibly.
What you will learn
- Write a role line
- Write a prompt with two examples
- Ask for a draft, then a critique, then an improvement
- Split a big job into four steps
- Name five red flags of a made-up answer
- Ask the AI for a list of claims to verify
- Judge the ask, not the spelling
- Keep a library of your best prompts
Lessons
Prompt Craft
- Who is answering you?
- The role line
- Same task, two prompts
- A role changes the style
- Try it with and without
- A role is not a fact check
IdeaSample card The role line
A role line tells the AI who to act as. Put it first, in one sentence.
Try "You are a friendly home cook" or "You are a careful editor".
The role also sets the tone, which is how the writing feels. A coach sounds warm. A lawyer sounds formal.
Enrol free to open every lesson. Your progress is saved.
Lesson 2: Context: Include and Leave Out
Lesson 3: Show, Don't Tell: Examples
Lesson 4: Control the Output
Lesson 5: Iterate: Draft, Critique, Improve
Everyday Workflows
Lesson 6: Make a Reusable Prompt Template
Lesson 7: Chain Tasks: Research, Outline, Draft, Polish
Lesson 8: Custom Instructions, Memory, Projects
Research and Truth
Lesson 9: Research With AI: Where It Fails
Lesson 10: Hallucinations: 5 Red Flags
Lesson 11: Verify Like a Pro: Two Sources
Lesson 12: Ask the AI to Check Itself
Safe and Fair
Lesson 13: Privacy in Depth: Settings and Habits
Lesson 14: Scams, Deepfakes and Fake Content
Lesson 15: Ethics: Honesty, Credit, Bias
Capstone
Lesson 16: My AI Playbook
What you need
- A phone with a browser. A computer works too.
- A free Google account, to save your progress.
- No tech background. Every new word is explained.
AI apps you can use
Every task works with the free plan of any of these apps.
- Gemini
- ChatGPT
- Claude
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Course: AI Beginner's Course