Let the Agent Teach You How to Prompt It
dr_alphalyrae · x · 2026-07-11
The author shares a new prompting concept: **meta-prompting**, which involves asking the agent to tell you how to best prompt it. They also reference an alternative workflow: instead of directly telling the agent *what* to do, ask it *how* it thinks it should be done, and then iterate based on the best direction it suggests.
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