The PromptCorrectly Blog
Practical, no-fluff guides to getting dramatically better results from AI. Every article is grounded in cognitive science and the techniques we teach in AI Courses and ship in the Library.
Fundamentals
How to Use AI Properly: The Beginner's Guide That Actually Works (2026)
How to use AI properly at work, at school and at home: the 5 habits that separate great results from generic ones, with copy-paste examples for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
RCTCO Prompt Framework: Role, Context, Task, Constraints, Output (+ Template)
RCTCO stands for Role, Context, Task, Constraints, Output — a 5-part prompt structure for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Definition, worked rewrite and a copy-paste template.
What Is a Prompt? A Plain-English Guide (With 25 Examples)
A prompt is the instruction you give an AI. Learn the anatomy of good vs bad prompts, the 5 main types, and 25 before/after examples you can copy.
50 AI Prompt Examples You Can Copy, Paste, and Improve
50 ready-to-paste AI prompt examples for writing, work, coding, research, study, and marketing — plus the pattern that makes each one actually work.
The AI Prompt Template: A Reusable Fill-in-the-Blank Formula
A reusable AI prompt template: Role + Context + Task + Constraints + Output format. Every slot explained, plus 6 filled examples and short/full versions.
Base LLM vs Chat Model: What a Base LLM Is and How to Prompt Each
A base LLM predicts the next words; a chat model is a base LLM tuned to follow instructions. What that means, how to tell them apart, and how prompting changes for each.
Techniques
Role Prompting: What It Is, 12 Examples, and When It Matters
What is role prompting? A plain definition, 12 role prompting examples you can copy, when role-based prompting is crucial, and the mistakes that make it useless.
Chain-of-Thought Prompting: How and When to Use It
When chain-of-thought prompting helps, when it hurts, and how to make the model reason step by step then hand you one clean answer.
Few-Shot Prompting: Teaching AI by Example
Few-shot prompting shows the model 2–5 input/output examples so it copies your format and standard. How to pick, format, and count your shots.
Self-Critique Prompting: Get AI to Improve Its Own Output
Self-critique prompting makes AI grade its own draft against named criteria, then revise. The generate-critique-revise loop, with before/after prompts.
Strategy
Why Most People Get Mediocre AI Results (and How to Fix It)
Mediocre AI output is almost never the model's fault. Here are the 6 prompting mistakes that flatten your results, each with a before/after fix.
What GPT-5 Actually Changed for Prompting in 2026
The 2025-2026 frontier models raised the ceiling, not the floor. Here is what genuinely changed for prompting, what did not, and how to adapt.
Claude vs ChatGPT Prompts: What to Change for Each Model
How prompting differs across Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok — formatting, system prompts, context, and the same task tuned two ways.
Prompt Debt: What It Is, How Teams (and Enterprises) Build It Up, and How to Pay It Off
Prompt debt is the hidden cost of prompts nobody owns, tests or documents. A plain definition, the signs of enterprise prompt debt, and a step-by-step way to pay it down.
Prompt Packs
40 Best ChatGPT Prompts for Teachers (Copy-Paste, 2026)
40 copy-paste ChatGPT prompts for teachers: lesson plans, differentiation, rubrics, feedback, and parent emails. Specific and grade-level aware.
45 ChatGPT Prompts for Marketing That Actually Convert
45 copy-paste ChatGPT prompts for marketing: ad copy, email, SEO briefs, social, CRO, and reporting. Built to convert with real context, not generic asks.
ChatGPT Prompts for Developers: Debug, Refactor & Review
35 copy-paste ChatGPT prompts for developers: debugging, code review, refactoring, tests, docs, and architecture. Paste your code, get reasoning.
40 ChatGPT Prompts for Students (Study, Essays, Research)
40 copy-paste ChatGPT prompts for students: study smarter, get essay feedback, research faster, prep for exams, manage time, and learn languages.