07AI & promptingEssentialCommon trap

Context

The relevant information the AI needs to finish the task.

For example

Product goal + current code + requirements doc — all of that is context.

Resources

Copy prompt

Here is the goal, the stack and the relevant files. Ask me for anything missing before you start.

Related terms

The instruction you give the AI; it decides the quality of the output.

For example

Build me a word-card component in React with the word, pronunciation and a save button.

Have the AI look up relevant material first, then answer from it — fewer hallucinations, more accuracy.

For example

My app uses RAG to retrieve dictionary material, then has the AI write the explanation.

Vector database

A database built for storing and retrieving vector data, common in AI apps such as semantic search.

For example

I store each word's vector in a vector database so I can do semantic search later.