Lesson 2 of 20
How to give context
A vague request gets you generic text no matter how good the tool is: it is missing the three signals it needs to get you right.
In three minutes you turn "write me something about this" into a brief with who you are, what you need out of it and how it should arrive.
Unit 1 · AI basics
Free lesson
3 min · 9 steps · beginner level
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Turn a loose idea into a request that can actually be met.
- Give the three signals that change the result: who, what and how.
- Spot on the spot why an answer came back generic.
What is inside
The 9 steps of the lesson, in order. Each one works on a phone and marks itself.
- Which one asks better?
- How it helps in your daily work
- Choose the right tasks
- The explanation, in one minute
- The three signals
- True or false
- Build your request
- The order of work
- Adjective or fact
The other lessons in this unit
AI basics: What a text AI actually does, and how to ask so the first draft is already useful.
01
Your first AI lesson
How an AI picks each word, and why that explains almost everything else.
03
Writing good prompts
Context, task, criteria and format: the instruction you can reuse.
04
Adjusting tone and format
How to make it sound like you and come ready to use, with no tweaking.
05
Correcting AI without losing track
What to say when the answer almost works, and when to start over.
Before and after
01
Previous lesson
Your first AI lesson
How an AI picks each word, and why that explains almost everything else.
03
Next lesson
Writing good prompts
Context, task, criteria and format: the instruction you can reuse.
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