Prompt EngineeringIntermediateBankingHealthcareInsurance

Prompt Engineering Mastery

From zero-shot to structured reasoning

A rigorous 15-module program on the durable, high-leverage craft of prompting frontier LLMs. Covers structured output, agentic prompting, RAG grounding, injection defense, prompt operations, and domain-specific patterns for finance and healthcare. Includes a capstone project building an enterprise prompt library.

22h total15 modulesFreshness 88Refreshed 27d ago

What you'll master

Learning objectives

01Design robust prompts across zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought paradigms
02Ship structured JSON outputs reliably at scale
03Defend against direct and indirect prompt injection
04Operate a versioned enterprise prompt library
05Optimize prompts automatically with DSPy and meta-prompting

Skills gained

Structured PromptingChain-of-ThoughtPrompt CachingInjection DefensePrompt OperationsDSPyDomain Prompt Design

Curriculum

15-module program

01FreeFoundations of Prompting3 lessons

Why prompt engineering is a durable, high-leverage skill.

1.Prompting as a Discipline10m
2.Anatomy of a Prompt12m
3.Zero-Shot vs Few-Shot vs Chain-of-Thought10m

02FreeStructured Output3 lessons

Getting reliable JSON, tables, and schemas from LLMs.

1.Why Structure Matters10m
2.Schema Design Patterns12m
3.Handling Malformed Output8m

03FreeRole & Persona Design3 lessons

Crafting effective system prompts.

1.The System Prompt is Half the Battle12m
2.Persona Prompting Patterns10m
3.Multi-Persona Prompts10m

04FreeReasoning & Chain-of-Thought3 lessons

Getting models to think before they speak.

1.CoT Fundamentals10m
2.Self-Consistency12m
3.Reflection & Self-Critique10m

05FreeTesting & Evaluation Basics3 lessons

Never ship a prompt without a test set.

1.The Golden Dataset12m
2.Automated Grading10m
3.Regression Prevention8m

06PremiumAdvanced Structured Prompting3 lessons

XML tags, delimiters, and format precision.

1.Why XML-Style Tags Win12m
2.Prompt Caching for Long Prompts10m
3.Response Prefill Techniques10m

07PremiumPrompting for Agents3 lessons

Tool-use, function-calling, and multi-turn.

1.Tool Descriptions Are Prompts Too12m
2.Multi-Turn State Prompts10m
3.Guarding Against Over-Confidence10m

08PremiumRetrieval-Aware Prompting3 lessons

Making RAG prompts robust.

1.Grounding Instructions12m
2.Citation Enforcement10m
3.Handling Conflicting Sources10m

09PremiumPrompt Injection & Defense3 lessons

Attackers manipulate prompts too.

1.Direct vs Indirect Injection12m
2.Defense Patterns12m
3.Testing for Robustness8m

10PremiumPrompt Versioning & Operations3 lessons

Prompts are code. Treat them that way.

1.Prompt Registries10m
2.A/B Testing Prompts12m
3.Rollback Discipline8m

11CertificationDomain-Specific Prompting: Finance3 lessons

Prompting patterns for banking and insurance.

1.Reasoning About Numbers12m
2.Compliance-Aware Prompts12m
3.Case Study: KYC Automation10m

12CertificationDomain-Specific Prompting: Healthcare3 lessons

Clinical safety-first patterns.

1.The Safety Prefix Pattern10m
2.Structured Clinical Extraction15m
3.Documentation Auto-Generation10m

13CertificationPrompt Optimization Automation3 lessons

Let AI optimize your prompts.

1.DSPy & Automated Prompt Search15m
2.Meta-Prompting12m
3.When to Automate vs. Handcraft10m

14CertificationMultilingual & Cross-Cultural Prompting3 lessons

One prompt to rule 47 markets.

1.Non-English Performance Gaps12m
2.Cultural Localization10m
3.Translation-in-the-Loop10m

15CertificationCapstone: Design an Enterprise Prompt Library3 lessons

Bring it all together.

1.Capstone Brief15m
2.Architecture Deliverable25m
3.Executive Presentation20m