Welcome to AI Prompt Engineering Mastery

New User? Follow These Steps:

1. Setup (5 minutes)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ElaMCB/ai-prompt-engineering-mastery
cd ai-prompt-engineering-mastery

# Verify everything works
python setup.py

# If setup fails, install requirements manually:
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Start Learning (2-3 hours)

# Open the Foundations Lab
jupyter notebook notebooks/foundations_lab.ipynb

What you’ll do:

• Fix 3 broken prompts that everyone struggles with
• Learn the CLEAR framework for writing great prompts
• Complete real-world scenarios (job applications, social media, code help)
• Take the $500 content challenge

3. Track Your Progress

The course includes built-in tools that:

• Score your prompts automatically (0-100%)
• Track skill mastery across 17 competencies
• Save your best prompts for reuse
• Generate completion certificates

4. What’s Next?

After Foundations Lab, you’ll progress through:

Level 1: Foundation Labs (4 notebooks)

• Prompt Foundations → Context Mastery → Structured Outputs → Chain-of-Thought

Level 2: Engineering Playground (4 notebooks)

• Advanced Frameworks → Prompt Chaining → Self-Critique → Testing & Evaluation

Level 3: Professional Projects (4 projects)

• Customer Support AI → Content Engine → Code Assistant → Research Bot

Quick Test

Want to see if everything works? Run this:

python test_week1.py

Need Help?

• Check Solutions & Examples
• Review the main README for course overview
• All tools include built-in help and validation

Ready?

Start here: jupyter notebook notebooks/foundations_lab.ipynb

Your first challenge: Transform “Write me a blog post” into a prompt that generates $500 worth of professional content.