We all know the old saying “garbage in, garbage out.”  The same is true with AI assistants. 

The better your instructions (prompt) are, the higher the quality of the response you get.

Until recently, creating high-quality prompts (questions or instructions) was something only experts did – and they often charged a lot for it. But now, new tools help everyone get high-quality prompts without the steep learning curve or high cost. These tools, like Anthropic Console and OpenAI’s Playground, let you write simple prompts and expand them into detailed, powerful instructions, making it easier for AI tools to respond accurately.

First, I will give you a quick example and show you how to access these features with screenshots. 

Example to illustrate

Imagine you want to develop a better budgeting process for your business but aren’t sure where to start. Instead of spending hours trying to figure it out, you can type something simple into Claude or Playground, and in a second, you get something that could have potentially taken hours to perfect.

Seed prompt:  “create a robust budget process for my company.”

Here is the seed prompt I put in Anthropic Console and the detailed prompt I got back.