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AI-106 AI & Data

Prompt Engineering Essentials

Move learners from casual prompting to systematic prompting: structuring instructions, providing context, controlling format, iterating with evaluation in mind, and knowing when prompting alone is the wrong tool. Every technique is drilled against live models with before/after comparisons.

B2Foundation
5modules
35skill atoms
10role journeys
Curriculum

What this course covers.

5 modules, 35 named skill atoms. Expand any module to see them.

1How Models Read Prompts7 skill atoms
rolescontextinstruction hierarchysystem vs user messagestoken limits & truncationposition effectsdelimiter discipline
2Core Techniques7 skill atoms
few-shotchain-of-thoughtformat controlexample selectionJSON output specsstep-by-step decompositionnegative instructions
3Reliability Patterns7 skill atoms
constraintsrefusal handlingself-check promptsexplicit unknown responsesoutput schemasverification passestemperature settings
4Iteration & Evaluation7 skill atoms
test setsA/B promptsrubric scoringregression casespass-rate trackingprompt versioningblind comparison
5Limits of Prompting7 skill atoms
when to RAGwhen to fine-tunewhen to codecontext-window ceilingscost per attemptdeterminism needsstale knowledge signals
Where it fits

AI-106 in the role journeys.

This course appears in 10 of our 45 role journeys. Here is what a learner takes immediately before and after it in each.

GenAI / LLM Engineer

Foundation stage
AI-102AI-106AI-107

Agentic AI Engineer

Foundation stage
starts hereAI-106AI-107

Forward Deployed Engineer

Foundation stage
starts hereAI-106AI-107

AI Quality / Eval Engineer

Foundation stage
starts hereAI-106AI-107

AI Product Manager / BA

Foundation stage
AI-101AI-106AI-109

Software Engineer (AI-era)

Foundation stage
AI-102AI-106AI-101

Business Workforce

Practitioner stage
AI-101AI-106AI-111

Executive / SLT

Foundation stage
AI-101AI-106SEC-107

Engineering Manager

Foundation stage
AI-101AI-106DEV-403

Solutions / Sales Engineer

Foundation stage
AI-101AI-106AI-107

Roles this course serves

The capability ladder

This course is authored to band B2.

Every course we run is written to one rung of the CASI ladder, so a plan can be assembled to take a team from where they are to where they need to be.

What do B1–B6 mean?The CASI Capability Ladder — click to expand

Every course targets a band on the CASI Capability Ladder — our six-band proficiency scale, anchored to open standards (O*NET, ESCO, NICE, NIST AI RMF, Bloom's). A band tells you how deep a course goes, and what evidence proves it.

What the learner can doTypical evidence
B1
AwareUnderstands concepts and vocabulary; uses tools with guidance
Knowledge checks
B2
FoundationPerforms standard tasks correctly in familiar contexts
Guided labs, autograded exercises
B3
PractitionerDelivers complete pieces of work independently
Scenario labs, proctored hands-on exams
B4
ProfessionalHandles production-grade complexity, trade-offs and failure modes
Break-fix drills, design defenses
B5
AdvancedEngineers systems end-to-end under constraints; leads others
Rubric-scored capstones, vivas
B6
ExpertSets direction; recognised authority across teams
Portfolio + panel evaluation

A note on B6. Courses in this catalog target B1–B5. B6 is not taught — it is recognised, through a portfolio and a panel, once someone is setting direction for others. Every journey here is built to land a learner at B5.

Next step

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