Phase 1: The Core Prompting Toolkit · 30 min · ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini (any)

Role & Persona Prompting

Telling the AI who to be changes what it knows, how it talks, and what it notices.

Real-world application: What changes when you use this: you can shift the AI's expertise, tone, and perspective on demand — getting a lawyer's precision for one task and a marketer's punch for another, from the same tool.

What you will learn

Use role/persona prompting to shift the AI's tone, depth, and vocabulary
Know when a persona helps and when it's just decoration
Write effective persona prompts that include expertise, not just a job title
Combine persona with context and task for maximum effect

Introduction

Role & Persona Prompting

Objective

Run the same task with and without a specific persona prompt and document what the persona changed.

Telling the AI who to be changes what it knows, how it talks, and what it notices.

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