Prompt Engineering
Build your first reusable prompt templates
Part of Basecamp, a track in Alpine Academy for everyone.
About this class
Better questions get better answers.Learn the formula (Context + Task + Constraints + Format) and 7 reusable prompt patterns that give you clearer, more usable output.Save the ones that work as templates you can reuse.
What you'll learn
- 01Write prompts with the formula Context + Task + Constraints + Format
- 02Use 7 reusable prompt patterns on real tasks
- 03Build a personal library of prompt templates
- 04Fix an answer that misses the mark with follow-up instructions
- 05Save standing context in your platform's custom instructions
Choose your role
Example: what a Finance learner does in class
- A reusable prompt that turns a trial balance extract into variance commentary in your house format.
- Take a vague request like "explain the variance" and rebuild it with context, task, constraints and format, then compare both outputs.
Choose your role above to see examples for your own work.
Try it yourself
Pick a weak one-line prompt and watch it rebuilt section by section, with a note on what each part adds. The examples are pre-written samples.
What you'll build
- 3+ reusable prompt templates
- Template library document
- Custom Instructions configuration
Prerequisites
Time commitment
1 session · 60 minutes
Available self-paced, in person or live online.
Who teaches it
Live classes are taught by Andrew Phillips or a qualified Alpine coach. Andrew is the founder of Alpine Systems, with twenty years building revenue systems, and builds with AI every day.
You leave Basecamp with
- A reusable prompt template libraryThis class
- Custom AI assistants set up on your own work
- Working connections to your own data, with a permission map
Need sign-off?
Send your manager a short note about this class. It covers the time, what you will build and the price.
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