---
id: "meta-llama-prompting-guide"
title: "Prompt engineering how-to (Llama docs)"
creator: "Meta"
url: "https://dev.meta.ai/llama/docs/how-to-guides/prompting"
level: "intermediate"
category: "prompting"
models: ["llama"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# Prompt engineering how-to (Llama docs)

by Meta

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Official guide for prompting open-weight Llama models.

Meta documents prompting approaches for the Llama model family. Use the official reference to distinguish model-specific conventions from advice aimed at hosted chat systems.

Level: [Intermediate](/levels/index.md#intermediate)
Models: llama
Category: [Prompting](/prompting/index.md)
Tags: [model-specific](/tags/model-specific/index.md), [open-weights](/tags/open-weights/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok

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