Hidden settings control how AI picks its words: temperature, top-K, top-P, max tokens, and stop sequences. Here is what each one does, in plain English.
Prompting
How to write clear instructions for AI — basics, few-shot examples, iteration, system prompts, and model parameters (temperature, top-K, top-P).
A coding agent without a custom system prompt is a chatbot that writes code. The default prompt runs it like a generic assistant. Yours should run it like an engineer on your team.
Claude has three models: Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. This guide explains which one to pick for each task and how to avoid wasting your usage limits.
AI does not know your situation unless you tell it. Learn to add context and to split big tasks into small steps using chaining and aggregation.
Gemini 3 works best with direct, well-structured prompts. Core principles, Flash-specific tips, and a ready-to-use template to get the best results.
Your first prompt rarely gives perfect results. Learn three simple fixes: rephrase the ask, switch the task type, and change the order of content.
Bad AI answers usually mean a bad prompt. Learn the basics: question or task, constraints, and output format, so the model gives you what you actually want.
Asking with no examples is zero-shot. Adding a few examples is few-shot, and it usually gives much better results. Here is how and when to use each.


