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id: "google-gemini-prompt-design-strategies"
title: "Prompt design strategies (Gemini API)"
creator: "Google"
creator_url: "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/prompting-strategies"
url: "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/prompting-strategies"
level: "beginner"
level_max: null
category: "prompting"
subcategory: "model-specific-guides"
region: "West"
license: "open"
license_scope: "linked-resource"
models: ["gemini"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# Prompt design strategies (Gemini API)

by [Google](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/prompting-strategies)

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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
Prerequisites: Conceptual or guided prompt use; the main path does not require writing code.
Subcategory: [model specific guides](/prompting/model-specific-guides/index.md)
Region: West
Original language: en
Access: free
Resource reuse: open: Source states CC-BY-4.0. Applies to the linked resource, not every referenced model or dataset. [Facet definitions](/about/index.md#facets)

Summary in our own words. Rights remain with the original creator. [Credit and correction policy](/about/index.md#credit-policy).

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