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id: "google-gemini-prompt-design-strategies"
title: "Prompt design strategies (Gemini API)"
creator: "Google"
url: "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/prompting-strategies"
level: "beginner"
category: "prompting"
models: ["gemini"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# Prompt design strategies (Gemini API)

by Google

[Read the original →](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/prompting-strategies)

Google's official prompting guide with clear before/after examples.

Google presents ways to make requests clearer and guide Gemini toward the desired response. Compare the examples with your own task rather than assuming one wording works everywhere.

Level: [Beginner](/levels/index.md#beginner)
Models: gemini
Category: [Prompting](/prompting/index.md)
Tags: [official-guide](/tags/official-guide/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok

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