📚 Knowledge & Retrieval Prompting Techniques

Few-shot prompting provides the AI with 2-5 examples of the desired input-output pattern before asking it to handle a new case. The model learns the task format, style, and logic from these examples — no fine-tuning required.

RAG combines an AI language model with an external knowledge retrieval system. Instead of relying solely on training data, the model first retrieves relevant documents from a database, then generates answers grounded in those specific sources.

System prompt design is the art of crafting the persistent instructions that shape an AI's behavior across an entire conversation. A well-designed system prompt defines the AI's role, capabilities, constraints, output format, and behavioral guidelines.