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id: "meta-llama-prompting-guide"
title: "Prompt engineering how-to (Llama docs)"
creator: "Meta"
creator_url: "https://dev.meta.ai/llama/docs/how-to-guides/prompting"
url: "https://dev.meta.ai/llama/docs/how-to-guides/prompting"
level: "intermediate"
level_max: null
category: "prompting"
subcategory: "model-specific-guides"
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date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# Prompt engineering how-to (Llama docs)

by [Meta](https://dev.meta.ai/llama/docs/how-to-guides/prompting)

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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
Prerequisites: Assumes basic LLM familiarity or the ability to read examples and configure a workflow.
Subcategory: [model specific guides](/prompting/model-specific-guides/index.md)
Region: West
Original language: en
Access: free
Resource reuse: closed: No general open-reuse grant established from the inspected page. Closed is the conservative index bucket, not a legal finding; the resource is publicly readable. [Facet definitions](/about/index.md#facets)

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