Space Regulatory Glossary AI & Data Science

prompt engineering

noun

1. The practice of designing and iterating on the text instructions given to a language model to control the format, accuracy, and behavior of its output. Effective prompts specify output schemas, provide examples, and constrain the model's response to relevant information.
2. For structured extraction from regulatory filings, prompt engineering defines what fields to extract, how to handle missing data, and when the model should indicate uncertainty rather than guessing. Small changes in prompt wording can produce large differences in extraction accuracy.

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