How to Choose the Right AI Model for Each Task (Without Overpaying)

The seven parts every reliable prompt shares — role, context, task, format, constraints, examples, and evaluation — with a copy-ready skeleton.

Breaking a task into a chain of prompts is often better than one giant prompt — but not always. A simple rule for deciding which to reach for.

Ten fast checks that turn a vague prompt into a specific one — run through them before you hit send and watch the output sharpen.

What temperature and top-p actually do, when to raise or lower them, and the sane defaults for drafting, coding, and factual work.

Five common prompt habits that inflate your token bill without improving output — and the cheaper rewrite for each.