Common Mistakes
Typical mistakes in prompting and how to avoid them
Learn from others' typical mistakes and improve your prompting skills.
1. Too Vague Formulations
❌ Bad:
"Make this better"
"Write something about marketing"✅ Better:
"Improve the grammar and shorten to 200 words"
"Write a 300-word introduction about content marketing for B2B"2. Missing Context
❌ Bad:
"Reply to this email"✅ Better:
"Reply to this customer complaint professionally and offer a solution"3. Unclear Format Requirements
❌ Bad:
"List the benefits"✅ Better:
"List the 5 most important benefits as bullet points with 1-2 sentences each"4. Too Many Tasks at Once
❌ Bad:
"Analyze the data, create a report, translate it and
make a presentation from it"✅ Better: Use prompt chaining for multi-step tasks.
5. No Examples for Complex Formats
❌ Bad:
"Format this as JSON"✅ Better:
"Format as JSON like in this example:
{
"name": "Max Mustermann",
"age": 35
}"Important: A well-structured prompt saves time and leads to better results!