Hymns & Chants

Amazing Prompt (How Sweet the Output)

Tune: Amazing Grace

Verse I

I. Amazing Prompt (How Sweet the Output)

Verse 2

A-maz-ing prompt, how sweet the out-  *(8)*
put Claude re-turned to me,            *(6)*
I once was vague, but now I'm found,   *(8)*
was lost in pro-li-xi-ty.             *(6)*

Verse 3

'Twas con-text that my prompt did lack, *(8)*
that made my ask so blind;             *(6)*
and con-text was the thing I hacked    *(8)*
to get the good out-find.             *(6)*

Verse 4

Through man-y drafts and re-writes too, *(8)*
with temp-er-ance I learned;           *(6)*
the an-swer was in what I knew         *(8)*
and wheth-er it was shared.           *(6)*

Verse 5

When we've been prompt-ing ten thou-sand *(8)*
sea-sons of the task,                  *(6)*
we'll pro-vide con-text, we'll pro-vide *(8)*
be-fore we ev-er ask.                 *(6)*

Teaching Notes

Context is the foundation of every good response. Vague prompts produce vague answers. | Adding context to a prompt is the single highest-leverage improvement a practitioner can make. | Most Claude failures are prompt failures. Iteration on the prompt, not the response, is the path. | The discipline of context is a lifelong practice. It does not come naturally. It is learned.