Prompting 101

25 minutesIntermediateBuilderAnthropicPrompt Engineering

Anthropic. Two members of Anthropic's Applied AI team build up a real-world prompt live, layering in role, structured sections and explicit thinking steps. It's the most credible "how to use chain-of-thought without ritualizing it" demo on YouTube, and it makes the article's "stop pasting Let's think step by step into everything" point concrete.

AI Expert note

Chosen because it shows thinking steps used inside a real prompt build — the antidote to pasting 'let's think step by step' everywhere, which is the article's core warning.

What you should get from this

You can layer role, structured sections and explicit thinking steps into a prompt without turning chain-of-thought into a ritual.

Watch or know first

Solid basic prompting; the article's technique taxonomy is the right frame going in.

Last reviewed: May 18, 2026

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