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An interactive, chapter-based course that teaches developers how to write effective prompts for Claude.

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What is it?

This is a hands-on prompt engineering course from Anthropic, built as a set of Jupyter notebooks. It walks through nine chapters, from basic prompt structure and clear instructions to role assignment, separating data from instructions, formatting output, step-by-step reasoning, few-shot examples, and reducing hallucinations. An appendix covers chaining prompts, tool use, and search and retrieval.

Each lesson includes an example playground where readers can edit prompts and compare Claude's responses. The course is meant to be worked through in chapter order, with exercises for practicing and troubleshooting prompts. It uses Claude 3 Haiku, and the project also notes a Google Sheets version that uses the Claude for Sheets extension.

The course targets developers who want a systematic way to build prompts for common use cases, from chatbots to legal, financial, and coding tasks.

Key features

  • 01Nine chapters progress from basic prompt structure to advanced techniques.
  • 02Each lesson has an example playground for editing prompts and comparing responses.
  • 03Includes exercises for practicing prompt writing and troubleshooting.
  • 04Appendix covers prompt chaining, tool use, and search and retrieval.

Use cases

  • Learning prompt engineering fundamentals for Claude from scratch.
  • Building prompts for chatbots, legal, financial, or coding workflows.
  • Reducing hallucinations and improving output formatting in LLM applications.

Quick start

  1. 1

    Open the course on Google Sheets (recommended, more user friendly)

  2. 2

    Or clone the repository locally

  3. 3

    Go to the 01_Basic Prompt Structure lesson to begin

Things to know

  • The tutorial uses Claude 3 Haiku, and the Google Sheets version requires Anthropic's Claude for Sheets extension.
  • The README gives no license, so reuse terms are unclear.

Topics

#prompt-engineering#llm#claude#tutorial#jupyter-notebook#ai-safety

FAQ

What is prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial?
An interactive, chapter-based course that teaches developers how to write effective prompts for Claude. This is a hands-on prompt engineering course from Anthropic, built as a set of Jupyter notebooks. It walks through nine chapters, from basic prompt structure and clear instructions to role assignment, separating data from instructions, formatting output, step-by-step reasoning, few-shot examples, and reducing hallucinations. An appendix covers chaining prompts, tool use, and search and retrieval.
Is prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial free to use? What license does it have?
prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial has no declared license. Its code is public, but without a license you have no explicit permission to reuse it; ask the author before relying on it.
Is prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial still maintained?
Updated within 6 months. The last commit to prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial was on Aug 28, 2026.
What can I use prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial for?
Learning prompt engineering fundamentals for Claude from scratch. Building prompts for chatbots, legal, financial, or coding workflows. Reducing hallucinations and improving output formatting in LLM applications.
How do I install prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial?
Open the course on Google Sheets (recommended, more user friendly) Or clone the repository locally Go to the 01_Basic Prompt Structure lesson to begin
Where can I get prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial?
The source code and installation instructions are on GitHub: https://github.com/anthropics/prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial

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