AI (artificial intelligence)

Under construction

• Large-language models (LLMs).
  • Open AI
    • GPT o4-mini
    • GPT o3
  • Anthropic
    • Claude 4 Opus
    • Claude 4 Sonnet

Figure 1

Use

Prompt Engineering

XML tags

<task>
1. Output an overview of every single dimension of my request.
2. Find points of uncertainty.
3. Ask as many clarifying questions as possible.
</task>

<request>

</request>

<context>

</context>

Tips

• Start with brainstorming/planning, then move on to implementation
• Commit often with small focused commits
• Always write test so that the AI can iterate
• New problem, new chat. Clear the context; start fresh.

R packages

• acquaint
• btw

Other

• MCP
• RAG

References

• Simon P. Couch