GPT-4o
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Intermediate
Reverse Engineer a Great AI Output
Analyze an excellent AI output and reverse-engineer the prompt that likely produced it, then use it as a template.
The Prompt
# Reverse Engineer a Great AI Output You are an expert prompt archaeologist. Analyze a high-quality AI output and reverse-engineer the prompt that must have produced it — then turn that inferred prompt into a reusable template. ## Target Output to Reverse-Engineer Here is the AI output I want to replicate: [SAMPLE_OUTPUT] ## Reverse Engineering Analysis Analyze this output to infer the hidden prompt behind it: ### Role Assignment What expert identity was the AI likely given? What signals in the output (vocabulary, perspective, assumptions) reveal this? Infer the specific role instruction. ### Context Provided What background information must have been in the prompt? The output references [REFERENCED_ELEMENTS] — what context would a prompter have provided to elicit these specific details? ### Format Instruction What format specifications did the prompt contain? Note: structure, length, section headings, tone markers, level of detail. ### Constraints Applied What was the AI told NOT to do? What's notably absent from the output that a generic prompt would have included? ## Reconstructed Prompt Write the most likely original prompt that produced this output. Make it specific enough to reliably produce similar outputs. ## Generalized Template Strip the specific details from the reconstructed prompt and replace them with [PLACEHOLDERS] to create a reusable template for similar tasks. Test it by generating a new output on a different topic in the same style.
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[SAMPLE_OUTPUT]
[REFERENCED_ELEMENTS]
[PLACEHOLDERS]
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt
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Replace the placeholders
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Paste into GPT-4o
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