This repository provides Anthropic's Interactive Prompt Engineering Tutorial, designed for users aiming to master prompt design for Claude AI models. It offers a structured, hands-on approach to understanding prompt fundamentals, common pitfalls, and advanced techniques, enabling users to build effective prompts for various use cases.

How It Works

The tutorial is structured into 9 chapters, each featuring lessons and practical exercises. A key feature is the "Example Playground" within each lesson, allowing users to experiment with prompt variations and observe Claude's responses in real-time. The course progresses sequentially, covering topics from basic structure to complex industry-specific applications, with an appendix for advanced methods.

Quick Start & Requirements

• Access is via a web browser; no installation is required.
• Requires an Anthropic Claude account and access to Claude 3 Haiku (the model used in the tutorial).
• The tutorial is also available via Google Sheets with the "Claude for Sheets" extension, which is recommended for a more user-friendly experience.
• Begin at Chapter 1: 01_Basic Prompt Structure

Highlighted Details

• Focuses on Claude 3 Haiku, Anthropic's smallest and fastest model.
• Includes practical exercises and an answer key for self-assessment.
• Covers advanced techniques like chaining prompts and tool use.
• Offers industry-specific examples for legal, financial, and coding use cases.

Maintenance & Community

• Developed by Anthropic.
• Further community or roadmap information is not detailed in the README.

Licensing & Compatibility

• The repository itself is likely under a permissive license, but the tutorial content is governed by Anthropic's terms of service for Claude.
• Compatibility is primarily with the Claude platform.

Limitations & Caveats

The tutorial specifically uses Claude 3 Haiku; performance and behavior may differ with other Claude models (Sonnet, Opus). While a web-based version exists, the Google Sheets version is recommended for usability, implying potential limitations in the direct repository's interactive elements.