The same model looks brilliant or useless depending on how you ask. This assessment weights four prompting habits so you can steal the missing piece — usually constraints, examples, or a reusable template — without pretending there is one true prompt.
Assessment quiz · 10 questions
About this quiz
Good prompts are closer to a brief than to a spell. Goal, context, requirements, and output format prevent a lot of “why is it like this?” Iterators already know that; they just do it across five messages instead of one.
draft21’s Prompt Optimizer exists for spec-shaped requests. Formatters and variable builders help template people. Conversational prompters should still snapshot the useful bits into a saved brief.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is conversational prompting wrong?
No. It is a discovery mode. Snapshot the winner so you can rerun it.
What belongs in a spec?
Goal, audience, must-include, must-avoid, and output shape. The Prompt Optimizer is built around that.
Do templates kill creativity?
They kill repeated decisions. Leave a slot for the new idea.
Where do I structure a messy prompt?
Use the AI Prompt Optimizer.
Local only?
Yes.