1. The Goal: What exactly should the output achieve?
2. The Audience: Who is reading this output?
3. The Format: Required structure (e.g., JSON, Markdown list, essay, dialogue).

Example of Improvement:

• Poor: "Write about renewable energy."
• Strong: "Act as a sustainability consultant. Draft a 5-point executive summary, formatted as a numbered Markdown list, comparing the long-term CapEx viability of solar photovoltaic versus offshore wind energy for a European manufacturing client."

B. Role Assignment (Persona Prompting)

Assigning a clear, defined persona significantly sharpens the tone, vocabulary, and focus of the response. This leverages Claude's vast training data by forcing it to adopt a specific knowledge ...