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title: "What is prompt engineering, and what are the best practices for writing prompts?"  
description: "What is prompt engineering, and what are the best practices for writing prompts?"  
author: "Anubhav Sharma"  
published: 2026-05-27  
updated: 2026-05-27  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116688/what-is-prompt-engineering-and-what-are-the-best-practices-for-writing-prompts  
category: "artificial-intelligence"  
tags: ["artificial intelligence"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is prompt engineering, and what are the best practices for writing prompts?

**What is [prompt engineering](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/335303/the-scope-of-modern-tech-job-prompt-engineering), and what are the [best practices](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/337208/best-practices-for-structuring-html-forms) for [writing](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23547/5-golden-rules-for-writing-excellent-college-papers) prompts?**


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