Skill
Prompting & specification
Prompts are programs in English. Be specific, show examples, evaluate.
What you will be able to do
- Write a prompt with role, constraints, and output schema
- Use few-shot examples
- Measure quality with a tiny eval set, not vibes
Curated resources
Start with the pick, then branch out
Scores are LearnPath editorial opinions (clarity, cost, freshness, project density) — not an objective ranking. Every YouTube item is embedded officially after a click-to-load facade.
Official docs
LearnPath pickdocumentationbeginner
Prompt engineering (official)
OpenAI40 min
Vendor docs change; treat patterns as durable, APIs as not.
Score 92
OpenOfficial docs
Alternativedocumentationbeginner
Prompt engineering overview
Anthropic45 min
Excellent on XML structure and evaluation.
Score 91
Open
38 minFastest pathQuick pathyoutube videobeginner
Prompt Engineering Full Course
Tech With Tim38 min
Thirty-eight minutes, published 2026, showing the prompting patterns that survive contact with real models — few-shot, decomposition, output structure, critique loops — with live examples.
Score 78
Watch
2h 11mProject-basedProject-orientedyoutube videobeginner
How I use LLMs
Andrej Karpathy2h 11m
A two-hour demonstration of using LLM tools well in real work — context management, model choice, tool integration, where they fail. The best complement to any prompt-engineering course because it shows judgement rather than templates.
Score 82
Watch