# Anthropic course teaches prompt formula to improve AI response quality

Digest AI · Marketing & Small Business · published 2026-09-23T14:00:00Z

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## Summary

A self-described AI user shared their experience with an Anthropic-sponsored course that introduced a prompt formula to improve response quality. The course, which also covered Google’s offerings, highlighted a common mistake: sending vague prompts that yield generic results. The formula breaks prompts into three parts—**role**, **goal**, and **format**—to ensure clarity without excessive detail. For example, assigning Claude the role of a *project manager* and specifying a *vegetarian, freezer-friendly recipe list* as the goal and format produced far better results than a generic request like *“I want recipes.”* The author noted Claude adapts well to tasks without strict roles, but tools like Gemini benefit from explicit roles to avoid overly formal or generic tones. The approach works best for open-ended prompts requiring subjective insights, while closed-ended questions (e.g., *“What year did WWII start?”*) remain unchanged. The course, led by former Anthropic manager Dan Mellott, emphasizes balancing context with brevity to avoid hitting token limits.

## Key points

- Anthropic’s course teaches a **role-goal-format** prompt structure to improve AI responses
- Vague prompts yield generic results; structured prompts cut down on follow-up questions
- Closed-ended prompts (facts) don’t need roles, but open-ended ones (creative tasks) do

## Why it matters

This formula helps users craft precise prompts without overwhelming AI with extra text, saving time and improving output quality for tasks like planning or content creation.

## Sources

1. [This Anthropic course's prompt formula fixed the one mistake I was making with every AI tool](https://xda-developers.com/formula-for-ai-prompts-from-anthropic-course) (xda-developers.com, 2026-09-23)

## Cite

Digest AI, "Anthropic course teaches prompt formula to improve AI response quality", 23 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/anthropic-course-teaches-prompt-formula-to-improve-ai-response-quality

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