The Lazy Genius’s Guide to Mastering ChatGPT Prompts

Unleashing your inner genius

Bernard Builds
Generative AI
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4 min readJan 1, 2024

The Lazy Genius’s Guide to Mastering ChatGPT Prompts
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Mastering ChatGPT often feels like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube in the dark. For every response that hits the mark, dozens miss it by a country mile.

But there’s a way to solve this problem once and for all. And after reading this story, you’ll know exactly how.

I’m not going to feed you some common fluff about the art of AI communication. Instead, we’ll go over practical examples that actually work.

I’m talking about real, actionable techniques that will take you from a ChatGPT toddler to a prompt-crafting wizard.

If you’re ready to take this jump with me, let’s get started.

Technique #1: RTFC Framework

RTFC is an acronym and it stands for the following: role, task, format, and constraints.

As I promised in the beginning, I’ll demonstrate each technique using examples. So without wasting any of our time, let’s jump right into the first one.

Prompt breakdown using RTFC Framework
Prompt breakdown using RTFC
  1. Start with a role: This will force ChatGPT to act as a subject matter expert.

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Responses (6)

What are your thoughts?

I love ChatGPT. With these prompts, it’s even better. Thanks, Bernard!

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Perfect timing again. I was just looking for the extra details for my project prompt library. The consistency points you make are very important for me as this will be part of the bedrock of a long term project thanks

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Excellent summary - thank you for sharing.
I have just started working with the "Shots" technique with ChatGPT, Bard, and Copilot and comparing the results using the same prompt. Super interesting! Fun times ahead. :-)

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