CLEAR prompt design
Adapted from Lo. L. S., 2023, 2024.
- Brief with no unnecessary details
- Clarity i.e., it needs to make sense
- Natural progression of tasks
- Context and relationship between ideas is clear
- Precise instructions and specific
- Audience e.g. public, academic, marketing team, etc.
- Reading level e.g. primary school, first year undergraduate, experienced researcher, etc.
- Tone e.g. humorous, professional, academic
- Output format e.g. table, graph, image, essay, bullet list, etc.
- Scope e.g. brief vs detailed
- Sources e.g. journals
- Discipline specific terminology
- Give it examples to follow
- Be flexible in your approach as it is an iterative process
- Revise and experiment
- Critically evaluate output using the CRAAP test
- Fact-check using scholarly sources e.g. peer-reviewed journal articles via the library
C.L.E.A.R. Framework H5P with examples
C.L.E.A.R. Framework for Prompting by L. S. Lo, 2023 is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Content adapted from: Lo, L. S. (2023a). See: Guide references tab.