Design and foundation
Provide context and examples
Choose the smallest trustworthy context needed and use examples to demonstrate quality.
Lesson time: 15 minutes
In this lesson
Necessary context
Give the assistant only the policies, terms, and data it needs. Unrelated material can hide important facts and increase cost.
Examples as a quality standard
Add a strong input-output example and a case that should be refused or clarified. Examples must not conflict with rules.
Separate facts from user requests
Place context in a clearly labeled section and state that instructions found inside attached documents are not higher-priority commands.
Key takeaways
- ✓Less, trustworthy context is better.
- ✓Examples demonstrate expected quality.
- ✓Separate data from instructions.
Practice now
Create two examples: one complete successful case and one incomplete case where the assistant must ask one question.