Week 1 of 6
Prompt systems
Turn a degree-relevant recurring task into a reusable, testable instruction system.
You can turn a task you repeat into an instruction system someone else can pick up and run.
Watch and practise first
One document, shared so that anyone with the link can read it.
- Google Docs — recommended
- A Notion page published to the web
- A PDF uploaded to Google Drive
In Google Docs: Share → under "General access" change "Restricted" to "Anyone with the link" → leave the role as Viewer → Copy link.
Everything the work must contain
- 01Your domain problem in one sentence, naming the user, the problem, and the outcome you want.
- 02The reusable prompt, with variables marked like [audience] or [source_text].
- 03The two realistic input examples you tested it with.
- 04The prompt before and after your one revision.
- 05The output each of the two AI systems produced.
- 06A comparison saying which result is stronger and why.
- 07Remove anything confidential, personal, patient-identifying, or proprietary before you publish.
Open every link in a private or incognito window before you submit. If it asks you to sign in or to request access, your reviewer will see exactly the same thing.
One link
- Link to your document
The Google Doc, Notion page, or PDF holding everything listed above.
- Anything your reviewer should know
Optional. Use this for context that is not in the document itself.
What a reviewer checks
- 01The prompt is reusable and contains clearly marked variables.
- 02The prompt defines context, constraints, and the required output format.
- 03The comparison identifies meaningful differences and explains the preferred result.
How to build it
Week 1 - Build a Reusable Prompt System
Capability
Turn a recurring academic or professional task into a reusable instruction system. The goal is not to discover a magic phrase. It is to define context, inputs, constraints, quality checks, and an output format clearly enough that another person can reuse your system.
Choose Your Domain Thread
Pick one problem you can continue for the next six weeks.
- Commerce or management: analyse customer feedback, compare vendors, or draft a market brief.
- Humanities or social science: code interview notes, compare arguments, or build a policy explainer.
- Science or health: explain research evidence, create patient-safe education, or compare study findings. Do not generate diagnosis or treatment advice.
Write one sentence naming the user, the problem, and the desired outcome.
Build
- Collect two realistic input examples for your chosen problem.
- Write a reusable prompt with marked variables such as
[audience],[source_text], and[output_length]. - Include context, task, constraints, output structure, and a self-check instruction.
- Run the same prompt and inputs in two AI systems.
- Evaluate both outputs against accuracy, usefulness, specificity, and format compliance.
- Revise the prompt once based on the observed failure.
Any general-purpose AI assistant is acceptable. The tool is replaceable; your system design and evaluation are the work.
Reading is free and always will be. Applying gets you the review — a person who reads what you built against the rubric above.
Apply to the program