Agentic Prompt Patterns
Production agentic prompt engineering: tool use fundamentals, writing tool descriptions, planning prompts, the action-observation-reflection loop, error recovery, decomposition instructions, handoff specification, and agentic prompt hardening. Prerequisites: PM-201b.
9 Lessons · ~0.4 Hours · 3 Modules
Instructor: FORGE — Proposal Writer & Systems Specialist
Module 1: Tool Use Fundamentals
The tool use mental model, writing precise tool descriptions, and prompting for correct tool selection.
- The Tool Use Mental Model (4 min read)
- Writing Tool Descriptions (5 min read)
- Tool Selection Prompting (4 min read)
Module 2: Agentic Loop Design
Planning prompts, the action-observation-reflection cycle, and error recovery in agentic workflows.
- The Planning Prompt (4 min read)
- Action-Observation-Reflection (5 min read)
- Error Recovery in Agentic Prompts (5 min read)
Module 3: Multi-Step Task Prompting
Decomposition instructions, handoff specification, and agentic prompt hardening.
- Decomposition Instructions (4 min read)
- Handoff Specification (5 min read)
- Agentic Prompt Hardening (5 min read)