Games · Prompt Arcade
Prompt engineering, played.
36 short games that train how you prompt. Six hands-on rounds each — no reading lists, no guessing the longest answer. Every round shows you exactly why.
Spot it
Tap the lines that will make the AI fail — or the claims the source doesn't support.
Build it
Pick a card for each slot, then see exactly what the AI does with your choices.
Match it
Link each prompt to the answer it produced. Learn cause and effect.
Order it
Put the steps of a prompt chain or agent loop in the right order.
Start here
5 games · Free — no account needed.BeginnerNewPrompting Mindset 101The 90% of prompting that happens before you type a word.Spot itBuild itMatch itOrder itFree · no accountBeginnerNewBasic Chain-of-ThoughtForce the model to think out loud — the move that took PaLM 540B from 18% to 57% on grade-school math.Match itSpot itBuild itOrder itFree · no accountBeginnerNewSimple Role PromptingThe fastest one-line upgrade you can make to any prompt.Match itBuild itSpot itOrder itFree · no accountBeginnerNewOutput Format BasicsStop fighting messy outputs — control format with five words.Build itMatch itSpot itOrder itFree · no accountBeginnerNewClarity Over ClevernessThe counter-intuitive rule that breaks most prompts.Spot itMatch itBuild itOrder itFree · no account
Quick wins
8 games · Five-minute fixes you'll use today.BeginnerNewPrompt Anatomy 101The 5-part canvas: Role · Context · Task · Format · Constraints. Every elite prompt has all five.Match itSpot itBuild itOrder itFree with an accountBeginnerNewDelimiters & TagsWhy <context>…</context> tags beat quotes. The tokenizer-level reason your structured prompts get ignored.Spot itBuild itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountBeginnerNewTone & AudienceWhy "write for a CFO" beats "write professionally" — audience-aware prompting in one sentence.Match itBuild itSpot itOrder itFree with an accountIntermediateNewSingle-shot vs IterationWhen to one-shot. When to chain. The decision rule pros run in their head before every prompt.Spot itOrder itBuild itMatch itFree with an accountBeginnerNewThe 3-Line RuleCompress any prompt to three lines: Who · What · How. If it doesn't fit, you don't understand the task.Build itSpot itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountBeginnerNewBefore You PromptThirty seconds of pre-flight saves an hour of iteration. Four questions you answer before typing a word.Spot itOrder itBuild itMatch itFree with an accountIntermediateNewNegative Instructions"NEVER do X" is sometimes the most powerful line in the prompt. Here's when to use them — and where they backfire.Match itSpot itBuild itOrder itFree with an accountIntermediateNewPrompt Debugging 101Read bad outputs as data. A 3-question diagnostic that finds the broken field in any prompt.Match itOrder itSpot itBuild itFree with an account
Advanced techniques
12 games · Reasoning, grounding, agents, evaluation.AdvancedNewSelf-Consistency VotingRun the same prompt 3-5 times → take the majority answer. +12-18% accuracy on reasoning tasks (Wang et al. 2022).Spot itOrder itMatch itBuild itFree with an accountAdvancedNewFew-Shot Pattern RecognitionShow 2-4 examples → the model maps the relational structure, not the surface details (Chase & Simon's chess masters, applied).Build itSpot itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountAdvancedNewConstraint CalibrationToo few constraints → drift. Too many → brittle. The 5-constraint sweet spot and how to find it.Spot itBuild itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountAdvancedNewMulti-turn RefinementConversation as compute. Use 3-5 turn loops when the goal is discovered, not pre-specified.Order itSpot itBuild itMatch itFree with an accountAdvancedNewMeta-PromptingAsk the model to write its own prompt. The technique that compresses 4 hours of prompt-engineering into 4 minutes.Order itBuild itSpot itMatch itFree with an accountAdvancedNewPrompt Evaluation RubricsBuild your own grader. The Chip-Huyen-style eval rubric that catches drift before it ships.Build itSpot itOrder itMatch itFree with an accountAdvancedNewAdvanced Chain-of-Thought MasteryStack CoT with role + self-critique for 60%+ accuracy on multi-evidence reasoning.Order itSpot itBuild itMatch itFree with an accountAdvancedNewRole & Persona Prompting That Actually WorksMulti-dimensional personas that shape voice, taste, and decision-making — not a frankenstein average of 10,000 examples.Build itSpot itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountAdvancedNewOutput Formatting SecretsSchema enforcement, prefilling, XML tags — the production tricks vendors don't teach.Build itSpot itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountAdvancedNewCut Hallucinations: Grounding, Sources, UNKNOWNProduction-grade hallucination prevention via citation-or-refuse + admit-uncertainty + claim triage.Spot itBuild itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountExpertNewBuilding Simple Agents (ReAct)Thought → Action → Observation — the foundation of every modern agent, with halt conditions that don't burn $500.Order itSpot itBuild itMatch itFree with an accountExpertNewTree-of-Thoughts for PlanningWhen linear reasoning fails — enumerate branches, score independently, surface trade-offs, recommend a hybrid path.Order itSpot itBuild itMatch itFree with an account
Role spotlights
6 games · Prompting for legal, SaaS, founders, marketing, content.ExpertNewLegal Precision ArchitectIRAC + 5 C's: the framework that turns hallucination-prone research into committee-ready memos.Order itSpot itBuild itMatch itFree with an accountAdvancedNewSaaS Velocity EngineerRICE scoring · churn-proof CS emails · PRDs that ship. The SaaS PM playbook in prompt form.Build itSpot itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountExpertNewFounder Pitch Architect10-slide YC-style decks · investor Q&A prep · MVP roadmap loops — the founder's prompt stack.Order itSpot itBuild itMatch itFree with an accountAdvancedNewMarketing Campaign DirectorBrand voice doc + multi-channel campaign engineering + ROI projection — the agency director's playbook.Build itMatch itSpot itOrder itFree with an accountAdvancedNewViral Content Alchemist8-word scroll-stop hooks · platform-specific scripts · viral pattern recognition from 3 reference videos.Build itOrder itSpot itMatch itFree with an accountAdvancedNewClip ArchitectTurn 1 long video into 30+ platform-optimized clips. The OpusClip prompting layer.Build itSpot itOrder itMatch itFree with an account
Mastery
5 games · Put it all together.IntermediateNewPre-Project Thinking FrameworkThe 30-minute setup that 10× any AI project — before you write a line of code.Order itSpot itBuild itMatch itFree with an accountAdvancedNewInternalization Drills5-minute daily reps that wire prompt anatomy into reflex. Designed for the commute.Spot itBuild itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountExpertNewPrompt Literacy AuditScore yourself against the Deloitte 4-flavor framework. Discover which of your gaps is the bottleneck.Spot itMatch itBuild itOrder itFree with an accountExpertNewOur Goal Is You Don't Need UsGraduate the platform. The capstone that wires every technique into a single mental model.Build itSpot itMatch itOrder itFree with an accountExpertNewThe Architect MindsetThe final synthesis. One mental model that fits in 60 seconds — and changes how you work with AI for life.Order itMatch itSpot itBuild itFree with an account
Why games work for prompting
Prompting is a skill, not a fact list. You get better by spotting what breaks a prompt, rebuilding it, and seeing the effect — so every round asks you to do exactly that, then explains the pattern behind the answer. Scores are saved in your browser, and on your account when you're signed in. Want ready-made prompts instead? Browse the packs or the free prompts.