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Few-Shot Prompting

📖One-line summary

Showing the model a few examples in the prompt so it follows the pattern when answering.

Showing a couple of example answers and asking "please respond in this style." Like giving worked examples before a test.

Teach the pattern with a few examples

Shipping was fast→Positive

Packaging was a mess→Negative

Price is just okay→Neutral

Battery drains quickly→Negative ✨

Build a few-shot prompt that classifies customer reviews as positive/negative/neutral. Include 3 examples per label.

We have too many few-shot examples eating tokens. What's the criterion for keeping the most effective 3?

Give 5 few-shot examples for free-text Korean → JSON extraction. Inputs vary in style; outputs share one fixed schema.

Try these prompts in your AI coding assistant!