How to Communicate with AI · A Beginner's Course

Your 20 lessons

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Part 1 - The Basics

What AI Is, and What a 'Script' Really Is

Understand what an AI chat tool does and why the message you send matters so much.

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Your First Script: Just Ask

Send a working prompt and get a useful answer with the least possible effort.

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Be Clear and Specific

Remove guesswork from your prompt so the AI does not have to assume.

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Give Context (Background the AI Cannot Guess)

Supply the facts about your situation that change the answer.

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Part 2 - Building Skill

Give the AI a Role

Set the AI's perspective and expertise by assigning it a role.

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Ask for a Specific Format

Get the answer in the exact shape you can use: list, table, steps, JSON, email.

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Set Length and Tone

Control how long and how formal the answer is.

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Show an Example (Few-Shot)

Steer style and structure by showing one example of what you want.

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Ask the AI to Think Step by Step

Improve accuracy on reasoning tasks by asking for the working, not just the answer.

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Break a Big Task into Steps

Handle large jobs by splitting them into a sequence of smaller prompts.

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Part 3 - Working With Your Own Material

Give the AI Your Own Text to Work On

Have the AI summarise, rewrite or analyse text that YOU provide.

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Iterate: Improve the Answer with Follow-Ups

Treat the first answer as a draft and refine it through conversation.

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Set Rules and Constraints (Do's and Don'ts)

Control what the AI must include and must avoid.

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Build a Reusable Script (Template)

Turn a good one-off prompt into a template you can reuse with blanks to fill.

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Part 4 - Getting It Right

Avoid the Common Mistakes

Recognise and fix the prompt errors that cause most bad answers.

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Check the Answer: Verify Before You Trust

Catch AI mistakes by verifying facts, figures and sources.

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Prompting for Code and Technical Help

Get working code and technical explanations by prompting precisely.

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Part 5 - Advanced Scripts

Hold a Conversation: Multi-Turn Prompting

Use the back-and-forth of a chat as a deliberate technique, not just chatting.

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The Complete Script: Combine Everything

Assemble role, context, task, examples, format, rules and verification into one strong prompt.

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Your Prompt Library and Responsible Use

Organise your best scripts and use AI honestly, safely and ethically.

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