Prompt Mistakes to Avoid

Help me with my project

Gives the model zero direction. It has no idea what kind of project, what stage you are at, or what help looks like.

Say instead:I am building a Next.js SaaS dashboard. Help me design the database schema for multi-tenant user management.

Make this better

Better how? Shorter, funnier, more formal, more technical? Without criteria, the model guesses randomly.

Say instead:Rewrite this email to be more concise. Cut it to under 100 words while keeping the three key points.

Write something about AI

Too open-ended. The model does not know the audience, format, length, angle, or purpose.

Say instead:Write a 500-word blog post for startup founders explaining why fine-tuning is usually unnecessary for most AI use cases.