GPT-4o
⚙️ Technical
Intermediate
Few-Shot Learning Prompt Construction
Build high-quality few-shot prompts by selecting, formatting, and ordering examples that reliably guide AI to produce consistent outputs.
The Prompt
# Few-Shot Learning Prompt Construction You are a prompt engineering specialist. Build a few-shot prompt for [TASK, e.g. classifying customer intent, extracting product attributes, rewriting text in a brand voice]. ## Example Selection Strategy How to choose the best [NUMBER] examples for this task: - Coverage: examples must cover [RANGE OF VARIATIONS in the input] - Edge cases: include at least [NUMBER] examples of tricky or ambiguous inputs - Balance: distribution across [OUTPUT CLASSES OR STYLES] ## Example Format For each example, use this structure: - Input: [EXAMPLE INPUT] - Output: [EXPECTED OUTPUT] - Reasoning (optional): [BRIEF EXPLANATION if the output is non-obvious] ## Ordering Rules Does example order affect output quality for [TASK]? Place examples in this order: [ORDERING RATIONALE, e.g. easiest to hardest, most similar to the expected real input last]. ## Full Prompt Write the complete few-shot prompt with [NUMBER] examples filled in for [SPECIFIC TASK]. ## Evaluation How do you measure whether adding more examples improves accuracy vs. wastes tokens?
📝 Fill in the blanks
Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[TASK, e.g. classifying customer intent, extracting product attributes, rewriting text in a brand voice]
[NUMBER]
[RANGE OF VARIATIONS in the input]
[OUTPUT CLASSES OR STYLES]
[EXAMPLE INPUT]
[EXPECTED OUTPUT]
[BRIEF EXPLANATION if the output is non-obvious]
[TASK]
[ORDERING RATIONALE, e.g. easiest to hardest, most similar to the expected real input last]
[SPECIFIC TASK]
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt
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Replace the placeholders
Swap out anything in [BRACKETS] with your specific details.
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Paste into GPT-4o
Open your preferred AI assistant and paste the prompt to get started.