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Few-Shot Prompting

Including a handful of worked examples in your prompt so the model matches the pattern.

Also called: examples, one-shot

Including a handful of worked examples in your prompt so the model matches the pattern.

Why it mattersFaster and cheaper than fine-tuning, and it fixes most format problems on its own.

See also Zero-Shot Prompting, Prompt Engineering

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