When writing a prompt for ChatGPT or another AI chatbot, there are some simple guidelines to follow to get the best results.

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If you’re using ChatGPT but getting mediocre results, don’t blame the chatbot. Instead, try sharpening up your prompts.

Generative AI chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude have become hugely popular and embedded into daily life for many users. They’re powerful tools that can help us with so many different tasks.

What you shouldn’t overlook, however, is that a chatbot’s output depends on what you tell it to do, and how. There’s a lot you can do to improve the prompt — also known as the request or query — that you type in.

Here are some tips for general users on how to get higher quality chatbot replies, based on tips from the AI model makers:

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