By skyforbes 
PROMPT ENGINEERING / WRITING
One-minute change to your prompts can save you 15 minutes of frustration
If you don’t start a prompt with a clear task, you’re leaving the AI confused. Because in the world of AI, clarity is currency, and the most valuable currency of all is a well-defined task.
Most people start straight asking, “Write me a post about…” or “Help me with…,” without defining what exactly they want the model to do. When ChatGPT doesn’t give them the answer they want, they complain.
It is the “task” which makes the difference between a great prompt and an average one.
What exactly is a “Task”?
In prompting, your task is the core instruction form. It tells the model what job it needs to complete, such as writing, analyzing, summarizing, designing, critiquing, imagining, problem-solving, or structuring.
A good task sets the intention. It answers this question clearly:
👉 “What do I want ChatGPT to actually do?”
When you don’t provide the task or it is vague, ChatGPT writes the answer while guessing, and you end up with generic answers. Because guess can’t…