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id: "dair-prompt-engineering-guide"
title: "Prompt Engineering Guide"
creator: "DAIR.AI"
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url: "https://www.promptingguide.ai/"
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level_max: null
category: "prompting"
subcategory: "prompting-fundamentals"
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date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Prompting](/prompting/index.md)

# Prompt Engineering Guide

by [DAIR.AI](https://www.promptingguide.ai/)

[Read the original →](https://www.promptingguide.ai/)

Broad, frequently updated reference of named prompting techniques.

A broad reference connects common prompting terms to explanations and research. It works well as a lookup companion when an unfamiliar method appears in another resource.

Level: [Beginner](/levels/index.md#beginner)
Models: any
Category: [Prompting](/prompting/index.md)
Tags: [reference](/tags/reference/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: [prompting fundamentals](/prompting/prompting-fundamentals/index.md)
Region: other
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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