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Prompting and Tool Handoff
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Instruction Quality for Claude
Overview: Instruction Quality for Claude
What good instructions do
Add the context Claude needs
Activity: Revise a vague prompt into a usable brief
State the output format up front
Use examples without overloading the prompt
Give Claude a way to improve its own answer
Read the answer critically
Exercise: Build a strong Claude instruction
Review: Instruction Quality for Claude
Lab: Build and Test a Reusable Claude Prompt for a Real Workflow Task
From Intent to Structured Prompting
Overview: From Intent to Structured Prompting
Why Structure Improves Output Quality
Break Intent Into Four Parts
Activity: Sort prompt parts into the right buckets
Use Boundaries Without Over-Restricting
Choose Examples That Teach the Pattern
Check Whether the Prompt Can Stand Alone
Recognize When to Add Handoff Details
Exercise: Rewrite an Intention Into a Reliable Prompt
Review: From Intent to Structured Prompting
Using Examples, Constraints, and Output Formats
Overview: Using Examples, Constraints, and Output Formats
Examples as a steering wheel
Activity: Compare weak and strong examples
Constraints that actually matter
Output formats that reduce rework
Activity: Rewrite a vague request into a structured output request
Combining examples, constraints, and format
When the output is almost right
Judging whether the handoff is usable
Activity: Judge a sample output for handoff readiness
Reading-only subsection
Exercise: Build a handoff-ready prompt from a rough task
Review: Using Examples, Constraints, and Output Formats
Tool Handoff Design
Overview: Tool Handoff Design
When to hand off work
Activity: Sort handoff decisions
Designing the handoff payload
Choosing the right connected tool
Return values and confirmation
Failure paths and recovery
Documenting a reliable handoff pattern
Exercise: Design a complete tool handoff
Review: Tool Handoff Design
Testing and Refining Prompt Behavior
Overview: Testing and Refining Prompt Behavior
What to Test First
Activity: Spot the weak point in a prompt
Test Like a User, Not Like the Author
Read the Output for Patterns
Refine One Variable at a Time
When the Problem Is Not the Prompt
Keep a Test Log
Exercise: Prompt Testing Review Loop
Review: Testing and Refining Prompt Behavior
Documenting Reliable Automation Prompts
Overview: Documenting Reliable Automation Prompts
Why prompt documentation matters
What to capture in a prompt record
Activity: Map a prompt into a documentation template
Writing for future testing
Documenting edge cases and failure paths
Keeping prompt records current
Exercise: Prompt record audit
Review: Documenting Reliable Automation Prompts
Course Study Guide
Overview: Course Study Guide
Recap
What You Can Do Next
Additional References
Review: Course Study Guide
Lab: Prompt Design and Tool Handoff Lab
Overview: Lab: Prompt Design and Tool Handoff Lab
Lab: Prompt Design and Tool Handoff Lab
Review: Lab: Prompt Design and Tool Handoff Lab
Lab: Prompt Design and Tool Handoff Lab
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Prompting and Tool Handoff
Turn a good idea into clear instructions Claude can follow.
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Beginner
