Incremental Prompting
Asking for incremental, smaller changes leads to better results, rather than asking for everything all in a single huge prompt. It's better to take it step-by-step rather than give the AI complex tasks all at once.
Example 1
Too Complex:
Create a data visualization dashboard that includes user authentication, data integration, multiple charts, real-time updates, and export options.
Better Approach:
Prompt 1: Design a simple dashboard layout.
Prompt 2: Now let's add a bar chart for visualizing sales data.
Prompt 3: Now add user authentication.
Prompt 4: Now integrate data from an external API.
Prompt 5: Now add real-time updates for the chart.
Prompt 6: Now add export options for the dashboard data.
Example 2
Too Complex:
Create an app that takes in data, processes it, generates reports, sends notifications, and allows users to filter results by various criteria.
Better Approach:
Prompt 1: Create an app that takes in data
Prompt 2: Now add logic to process the data.
Prompt 3: Now add a feature to generate reports.
Prompt 4: Now add a feature to send notifications.
Prompt 5: Now add a feature to filter results by various criteria.