Being-Creative-with-AI/C2/Structured-and-Iterative-Prompting/English
| Visual Cue | Narration |
| Title slide | Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Structured and Iterative Prompting. |
| Learning Objectives slide | In this tutorial, you will learn three useful prompting skills.
• First, how to make AI think step by step • Second, how to ask for a clear output format • Third, how to improve your prompt through small changes |
| Disclaimer Content Slide | As Al tools constantly evolve, if you are unable to locate any icon or encounter difficulty at any step, you may use any conversational Al Chatbot for guidance. |
| System Requirements Slide | Here I will be using:
• A web browser on a computer or mobile and • An AI tool You can use ChatGPT, Gemini, or any AI tool of your choice. I am connected to a working internet. |
| Pre-requisite Slide | To follow this tutorial, you should be familiar with what a prompt is.
You should also have basic computer knowledge. |
| Pre-requisite Slide
Person sitting at laptop, light bulb animation For the Pre-requisites of this tutorial, visit the website shown on your screen |
The video demonstrations in this tutorial are in English.
Learners may practice in their preferred language. Pause whenever needed and practice each step with me. For the Pre-requisites of this tutorial, visit the website shown on your screen |
| Code Files
The following code file is required to practice this tutorial: structured-and-iterative-prompting.txt This file is provided in the Code Files link on this tutorial page Please download and extract the file |
The following code file is required to practice this tutorial
This file is provided in the Code Files link of this tutorial page Please download and extract the file |
| Graphic - child looking at screen | Let's begin.
Have you noticed that sometimes AI gives confusing answers? It happens when the prompt is unclear or incomplete. We can resolve this by using Structured and Iterative Prompting. They make your answers detailed, neat, and easy to understand. |
| Section heading animation: Think step by step | To begin with, let us use the first skill.
This skill is called Chain-of-Thought, or CoT. Here, we ask the AI to think step by step. |
| Blank prompt box on screen | This helps the AI explain its answer clearly.
It also helps reduce mistakes. This is useful in math, logic, and planning tasks. |
| Prompt box animation type this prompt in the ChatGPT:
"I have 5 boxes of apples. Each box has 12 apples. I eat 3 apples and give away one full box. How many apples are left? Think step by step." |
Let's open a Firefox web browser.
Now, launch an AI tool. I am using Gemini AI in this tutorial. You can use ChatGPT, Copilot or any other. Type the prompt shown in the screen on the text input bar and press Enter. |
| Screen shows AI writing numbered steps
5 x 12 = 60 apples 60 - 3 = 57 apples 57 - 12 = 45 apples |
Here is the output.
The final answer is 45 apples. Note how the output is presented. The output is shown clearly and step-by-step. |
| Tip icon appears "Explain each step in one line." | To make each step clearer, we can try the prompt displayed on the screen.
Pause the tutorial, type the shown prompt, and see how the AI explains each step. |
| Section heading animation: Structure the output | Now, let us move on to the second skill.
This skill is telling the AI how to present the answer. Giving a clear format saves time. It also gives clearer and more organized output. |
| Prompt box shown
"List the pros and cons of eating rice. Provide the output as a Markdown table with two columns: Pros and Cons." |
Type the prompt shown on the screen and press enter. |
| Screen shows a simple table
Go to the copy icon and click on it |
Observe the output.
Did you also get a table like this? This table can be copied and pasted. To copy this table, go to the copy icon. Here it is. The label copy appears when we take the mouse over the icon. Click on Copy. |
| Paste on a libreoffice doc and save. | I have opened a LibreOffice Writer file.
I will paste it here and save my document in the desired location. |
| Activity slide:
• Prompt 1: "Give the output as a numbered list" • Prompt 2: "Return JSON with keys pros and cons" • Prompt 3: "Give HTML table code for the pros and cons" |
Let us do a small activity now.
Pause the video and try the shown prompts one by one and observe the outputs. Start with one example format first, such as a list. |
| Show all the three prompts and outputs one by one. | You must have got similar outputs.
For the first prompt, you may have got the output like this. For the second prompt, this And for the third prompt, this. |
| Meaning of Structured and Iterative Prompting | Structured prompting means giving clear instructions about how the answer should be organized.
This helps the AI give a clear, neat, and easy-to-use output. |
| Section heading animation: Iterate | The third skill is Iteration.
Think of prompting like a friendly chat. Start simple. Then improve step by step. |
| Prompt box shown
"Suggest a title for an essay on gardening." |
As an example, let's type the prompt shown on the screen. |
| Screen shows first answer | This is the AI output I got.
You may have got a different output. That's okay. |
| Prompt box shown again
"Make it more creative and catchy." |
Now let me ask AI to, "Make it more creative and catchy."
So I will write the following prompt. |
| Screen shows improved answer
AI might reply, "Gardening Green Dreams." |
Now it is giving the following output. |
| Prompt box shown once more
Make it just two words. |
Next, let us refine it further and type: "Make it just two words." |
| Screen shows final answer
AI may reply: "Garden Bliss." |
AI has given me the following response.
Did you notice how small changes guide the AI towards what you want? Process of refining the prompt again and again is called Iterative Prompting. Each time, the prompt becomes clearer, and the answer improves. |
| Summary slide
In this tutorial, we learned three useful prompting skills. • First, how to make AI think step by step • Second, how to ask for a clear format • Third, how to improve your prompt through small changes Structured and Iterative Prompting makes you an effective AI communicator. |
Let's quickly summarize.
In this tutorial, we learned three useful prompting skills. • First, how to make AI think step by step • Second, how to ask for a clear format • Third, how to improve your prompt through small changes Structured and Iterative Prompting makes you an effective AI communicator. |
| Assignment slide
Task 1: Chain of Thought • Choose a simple math or logic question • Add "Think step by step," at the end of your prompt • Observe how the AI explains its answer |
Now, as an assignment, try these 3 short tasks to practice what you have learned. |
| Task 2: Structure
• Choose any topic • Ask the AI to present the answer in a specific format • For example, a table, a list, or JSON • Observe how the format changes the output |
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| Task 3: Iterative Prompting
• Choose a small creative task, like writing a slogan • Start with a simple prompt; improve it step by step • Observe how the result improves each time |
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| Acknowledgement slide | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
| Closing slide
This Spoken Tutorial is brought to you by EduPyramids Educational Services Private Limited, SINE, IIT Bombay. |
Thank you. |
