Prompting terms

The specific instruction, question, or input you type into the AI to tell it what to do. A well-crafted prompt yields a more accurate and useful response.

The iterative process of refining and optimizing how you ask the AI questions to get the best possible results. It involves adjusting tone, context, and format requirements.

A centralized collection of tested and approved prompt templates. It allows your entire team to access best practices for interacting with the AI.

A pre-written, reusable prompt structure with placeholders for specific details. Templates help standardize tasks like contract summaries across your legal team.

Hidden, foundational instructions provided to the AI by the platform developers. It sets the AI's baseline behavior, tone, and guardrails before you even interact with it.

The explicit text or commands you enter to direct the AI for a specific task. This is the part of the conversation you actively control.