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Hand-written tutorials, ordered as a recommended learning path.

1. 21 System Prompts Write system prompts that steer model behavior reliably: role, format, constraints, refusals, and evaluation patterns that actually work. 5 min read →
2. 22 Prompt Engineering Practical prompt engineering for building software with LLMs: structure, few-shot, chain-of-thought, role messages, and what actually moves quality. 5 min read →
3. 23 Tree of Thought Explore Tree of Thought prompting, which lets LLMs branch, evaluate, and backtrack through reasoning steps to solve problems chain-of-thought cannot. 4 min read →
4. 24 Tools and Functions How to write prompts and tool definitions that make function calling reliable. Covers schemas, descriptions, examples, error handling, and patterns for multi-tool agents. 4 min read →