---
id: "lilianweng-prompt-engineering"
title: "Prompt Engineering"
creator: "Lilian Weng"
url: "https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2023-03-15-prompt-engineering/"
level: "advanced"
category: "prompting"
models: ["any"]
source_date: "2023-03-15"
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# Prompt Engineering

by Lilian Weng

[Read the original →](https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2023-03-15-prompt-engineering/)

Dense, research-backed survey of prompting methods with citations.

This survey links prompting approaches to the research behind them. Readers can use it to compare assumptions and follow the citations when a technique deserves closer investigation.

Level: [Advanced](/levels/index.md#advanced)
Models: any
Category: [Prompting](/prompting/index.md)
Tags: [survey](/tags/survey/index.md)
Source date: 2023-03-15
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok

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