Prompt Frameworks Decoded: CO-STAR, RTF, CRISPE and the Rest

Somebody will eventually tell you about a prompting method with an acronym. There are dozens, they mostly say the same thing, and none of them is a secret. This course explains where they came from, what they genuinely share, what they all miss, and how to stop collecting them.

beginner · 48m · 4 modules

1. Where They All Came From

Why a simple idea ended up with thirty competing acronyms, and what that tells you about how much any single one matters.

• The Acronym Problem, text, 4 min
• Why People Make Their Own, text, 4 min
• Modules 1 and 2 Quiz, quiz, 3 min

2. The Frameworks Themselves

What the main acronyms actually stand for, in plain English, with an honest note on when each is worth using.

• The Short Ones: RTF, APE, TAG and RACE, text, 5 min
• The Longer Ones: CO-STAR, CRISPE and RISEN, text, 5 min
• The Iteration Frameworks: TCREI and CLEAR, text, 4 min

3. What They All Share and All Miss

Strip the branding away and see what is left, then look at what none of them tell you.

• The Five Things Underneath All of Them, text, 5 min
• What Every Framework Misses, text, 5 min

4. Using Them Without Being Ruled By Them

Turning all of this into something you actually do, and stopping the collecting.

• When a Framework Helps, text, 4 min
• Building Your House Method, text, 5 min
• Modules 3 and 4 Quiz, quiz, 3 min