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You SUCK at Prompting AI (Here's the secret)

2025-11-26 Science & Technology
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Master Modern Prompt Engineering: From Garbage Output to Expert Clarity

Stop getting garbage outputs from AI. Learn the expert techniques, including personas, context setting, and meta-skills, that transform vague inputs into precise, actionable results.

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  • Define prompting as programming the machine, not conversing with a peer.
  • Immediately improve output quality by supplying explicit Personas and structured Context.
  • Eliminate fabricated answers (hallucinations) by enforcing permission to fail.
  • Utilize multi-step reasoning methods like Trees of Thought for complex decision-making.

This guide distills expert advice from leading engineers and major AI documentation to overhaul your prompting strategy. You will learn the foundational elements necessary to control LLM output and unlock true capability by focusing on the "meta-skill" of clarity of thought.

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Level up your prompting skills with Coursera, and get 40% off for 3 months of Coursera Plus: https://ntck.co/coursera You’re probably using AI wrong. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. Most people suck at prompting, but today I’m showing you real prompting techniques I learned from top Coursera prompting courses, official docs from Anthropic/Google/OpenAI, and advice from some of the best prompt engineers in the world. 🔥🔥Join the NetworkChuck Academy! We just finished our new CCNA. Come check it out: https://ntck.co/NCAcademy RESOURCES / LINKS: 🧠 Prompt Engineering for Chat GPT - https://imp.i384100.net/Z69rnk 🧠 Google Prompting Essentials - https://imp.i384100.net/WymYBX 📘Anthropic Prompting Docs: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/overview 📗Google’s Prompting Docs: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/prompting-strategies 📙OpenAI Prompting Docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/prompting 🤖Prompt Improver Prompt: https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric/blob/main/data/patterns/improve_prompt/system.md 🤖Anthropic Prompt Improver: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompt-improver 👤Check out Daniel Miessler: https://x.com/DanielMiessler 👤Check out Eric Pope: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-pope/ 👤Check out Joseph Thacker (“the prompt-father”): https://x.com/rez0__ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:42 - Prompting 4:12 - Personas 6:48 - Context 10:56 - Format 13:36 - Advanced Techniques 17:41 - The Meta-Skill **Sponsored by Coursera SUPPORT NETWORKCHUCK --------------------------------------------------- 🎓🎓 Sign up for NetworkChuck Academy: https://ntck.co/NCAcademy ☕☕ COFFEE and MERCH: https://ntck.co/coffee 🌐🌐 Use the MOST SECURE Web Browser, NetworkChuck Cloud Browser: https://browser.networkchuck.com/ 🧠🧠 Use n8n, my favorite automation tool: https://ntck.co/n8n 🆘🆘 NEED HELP?? Join the Discord Server: https://discord.gg/networkchuck STUDY WITH ME on Twitch: https://bit.ly/nc_twitch READY TO LEARN?? --------------------------------------------------- -Sign up for NetworkChuck Academy: https://ntck.co/NCAcademy -Get your CCNA: https://bit.ly/nc-ccna FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE --------------------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/networkchuck/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/networkchuck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetworkChuck/ Join the Discord server: http://bit.ly/nc-discord Do you want to know how I draw on the screen?? Go to https://ntck.co/EpicPen and use code NetworkChuck to get 20% off!! “Why You’re Terrible at Prompting — and How to Fix It” “The REAL Way to Prompt AI in 2025” “Stop Getting Garbage AI Outputs: Learn Proper Prompting” “I Took Every Coursera Prompting Course — Here’s What Actually Matters” “Prompting Is a Programming Language: Do It Right” “AI Isn’t Dumb…You’re Just Prompting Wrong” “Personas, Context, and Meta Skills: Prompting in 2025” “The One Skill Every Prompt Engineer Must Learn” “How I Finally Learned to Prompt Like an Expert” “Prompt Engineering Techniques That Actually Work” “Why Your AI Hallucinates — and How to Stop It” “Few-Shot, Chain-of-Thought, Trees-of-Thought Explained Fast” “The Playoff Method: Let Your AI Fight Itself for Better Answers” “How Experts REALLY Prompt AI (According to Coursera)” “The Meta Skill That Makes Every Prompt Better” “AI Will Lie to You Unless You Do This” “Stop Arguing With ChatGPT — Start Prompting Correctly” “The 2025 Prompting Guide You Actually Need” “Fix Your Prompts: Master the Core Techniques of Prompting” “Prompt Engineering for Normal Humans (No BS)” #AI #PromptEngineering #ChatGPT

Top Comments (10)

@christopher13e11 2025-11-26

The thumbnail is a bit disturbing

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@GreyishSoul 2025-11-26

That thumbnail is the stuff of nightmares.

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@ryanellis2963 2025-11-26

Here is a sentence that works well. "If you do not understand, please ask clarifying questions" . Saved my butt many times.

397 26 replies
@Roll-W-chris 2025-11-27

the thumbnail is giving me the creeps brother

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@gordan79 2025-11-26

At some point, the volume of refined detail that goes into the prompt becomes such that you might as well have done the task yourself.

165 19 replies
@nickdesanto6119 2025-11-28

My computer science teacher always said "your computer is only as smart as you are"

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@NetworkChuck 2025-11-26

Level up your prompting skills with Coursera, and get 40% off for 3 months of Coursera Plus: https://ntck.co/coursera You’re probably using AI wrong. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. Most people suck at prompting, but today I’m showing you real prompting techniques I learned from top Coursera prompting courses, official docs from Anthropic/Google/OpenAI, and advice from some of the best prompt engineers in the world. 🔥🔥Join the NetworkChuck Academy! We just finished our new CCNA. Come check it out: https://ntck.co/NCAcademy RESOURCES / LINKS: 🧠 Prompt Engineering for Chat GPT - https://imp.i384100.net/Z69rnk 🧠 Google Prompting Essentials - https://imp.i384100.net/WymYBX 📘Anthropic Prompting Docs: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/overview 📗Google’s Prompting Docs: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/prompting-strategies 📙OpenAI Prompting Docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/prompting 🤖Prompt Improver Prompt: https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric/blob/main/data/patterns/improve_prompt/system.md 🤖Anthropic Prompt Improver: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/prompt-improver 👤Check out Daniel Miessler: https://x.com/DanielMiessler 👤Check out Eric Pope: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-pope/ 👤Check out Joseph Thacker (“the prompt-father”): https://x.com/rez0__ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:42 - Prompting 4:12 - Personas 6:48 - Context 10:56 - Format 13:36 - Advanced Techniques 17:41 - The Meta-Skill **Sponsored by Coursera

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@FritzFreund 2025-12-06

Hey, just want to thank you for the prayers after the video. My career has been stressful the last few weeks and the prayer at the end hit a note. Thank you again!

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@DeonaHawaii 2026-02-02

Thanks for the prayer I needed that!

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@DavidSmith-qw1di 2025-12-08

Love you man. Great video. Thanks for the prayer.

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