Prompting Trick: Use One Agent to Optimize Prompts for Another
doodlestein · x · 2026-08-15
A practical prompting technique: First, write a 'mind dump' prompt with everything you care about. Then, feed it to another agent (like Fable) and ask it to expand and optimize the original prompt to be 'truly excellent.' The author notes that while specific word choices can sometimes be crucial for coaxing behavior, this method of using agents to cross-optimize prompts is particularly helpful when starting with a half-baked idea.
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