AI glossary / Using AI
Prompt engineering
The skill of wording your request so you get better results from an AI.
More words in Using AI
- Prompt libraryA saved collection of prompts that work well, so you and your team can reuse them.
- RAGRetrieval-augmented generation. The AI looks things up in trusted documents first, then writes its answer from what it found.
- Rate limitA cap on how many requests you can make in a given time. It's why a chatbot sometimes tells you to come back later.
- Role promptingTelling the AI who to be, such as a patient tutor or a strict editor, to shape the style of its answers.
- Structured outputGetting an AI to answer in a strict format, such as a table or a form, so other software can read it reliably.