Crafting Effective AI Prompts

Crafting Effective AI Prompts

  • Be Clear and Structured:

    Instead of broad questions, ask targeted queries.
    Example: “Summarize key findings on AI in education from 2018–2023.”
  • Use Follow-ups:

    Build on previous AI answers by asking for deeper insights, comparisons, or clarifications.
  • Use Table Prompts for Overviews:

    Prompt the AI to create tables summarizing research articles across dimensions like year, method, and results.

  • "Explore This with AI" Deep Retrieval Agent: Now powered by enriched contextual data from OpenAlex—citations, references, and related works—for more accurate, single-source deep dives.
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  • Improved Reference Presentation: Instead of cluttered citation numbers, you’ll now see a clean link icon 🔗 in AI Chat results.

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