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What is Few-shot prompting?
Also called: Examples in the prompt
In few-shot prompting you give the AI a few examples so it copies their style and format.
Example
You show two finished product descriptions and ask for a third in the same style.
For pros
Without examples it is called zero-shot. Good examples are varied and match the target format exactly. Examples that are too similar lead to monotonous output.
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Sources: arXiv 2005.14165 , Wikipedia · Checked on 19 October 2026
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