Prompt Engineering for Claude

Overview

Prompt engineering is one of the most significant new engineering specialties to occur in technology, business, and society at large. In this course, Prompt Engineering for Claude, you’ll learn to leverage Claude Sonnet’s impressive capabilities as a hybrid reasoning model through powerful approaches to prompt engineering.

First, you’ll get familiar with the feature rich workbench and API interfaces that allow development with Claude. Next, you’ll discover how to construct context, instructions and examples to reliably guide Claude’s responses to best meet your needs.

Including techniques such as feedback, examples, context, and breakdown. Finally, you’ll learn how to assess and improve the effectiveness of your responses using temperature, token limits, and Claude’s newest feature extended thinking.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge needed to develop LLM powered agents, interfaces, tools, or even your own code with Claude.

Syllabus

• Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Claude
Overview of Claude Sonnet’s capabilities and applications
Importance of prompt engineering in technology and business
• Understanding Claude’s Workbench and API Interfaces
Features and functionalities of the workbench
Navigating and utilizing the API for development
• Constructing Effective Prompts
Developing context, clear instructions, and illustrative examples
Techniques for guiding Claude’s responses
Feedback mechanisms
Use of examples and scenarios
Contextual breakdown for complexity management
• Techniques for Optimizing Claude’s Performance
Utilizing temperature settings for response variability
Managing token limits for efficiency
Leveraging Claude’s extended thinking capabilities
• Evaluating and Refining Prompt Effectiveness
Metrics for assessing response quality and relevance
Iterative improvement of prompt strategies
• Case Studies and Practical Applications
Developing LLM powered agents and interfaces
Creating tools and generating code with Claude
• Summary and Course Conclusion
Recap of key concepts and techniques
Where to go next: further learning and resources

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Taught by

Russ Thomas

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Subjects

Computer Science