Model-Guided Prompting

Learn how to use model-guided prompting to improve responses from ChatGPT.

Model-guided prompting is a strategy we can use to improve the responses we get from ChatGPT. This is when we instruct ChatGPT to prompt us for the information needed to complete a requested task. This is similar to telling someone, "ask me what you need to know."

Examples of model-guided prompting

Here is an example of a prompt that uses the model-guided strategy:

Prompt: I would like you to write a Python program to manage my client information, which is stored in a Google Sheet. Please ask me whatever questions you need answers to in order to undertake this assignment.

This tells ChatGPT that the user wants to write a Python program to manage client information, and that the information is stored in a Google Sheet. ChatGPT will then ask the user questions about the client information, such as what fields are in the Google Sheet, what kind of data is in each field, and what kind of program the user wants to write.

Here is an example of model-guided prompting in the context of a full conversation:

User: I would like you to write a Python program to manage my client information, which is stored in a Google Sheet. Please ask me whatever questions you need answers to to undertake this assignment.

ChatGPT: What are ...