The Workshop · Workshop 03
Asking Better Questions
Six steps. About 30 minutes. Up to 8 stars. The constellation you're building is called First Refinement.
The Workshop · Workshop 03
Six steps. About 30 minutes. Up to 8 stars. The constellation you're building is called First Refinement.
A weak prompt gives you a weak answer. Every time.
You already know that. You learned it in the first workshop. What you'll learn in this one is what professionals do that nobody tells you: they don't write one prompt and stop. They write a prompt, look at the answer, and write a better follow-up. Over and over. That's the loop.
It's called iteration. The cadet who irons a prompt three times gets answers ten times better than the cadet who fires off one prompt and gives up. This is why the same AI tool gives one person magic and another person trash.
By the end of this workshop you'll diagnose a weak prompt, repair one, order a stack of follow-ups, and write a 3-prompt stack of your own for a real project. The First Refinement constellation appears in your sky.
If you understand the loop — prompt, look, refine, repeat — tap below.
Multi-select. Pick everything that's missing from the prompt. There are at least three problems here.
Pick a topic you actually like. Add specifics. Add context. Add a format. The checklist on the right will light up as you add each piece. You need at least three lit before you can save.
You're trying to write a short story about a kid who builds a treehouse. Tap each prompt below in the order you'd send them — the smartest cadet builds in stages, not all at once.
Tap to place in order
Your order
Pick something you'd actually want to build with an AI's help. A story. A song. An explanation. A plan. Then write three prompts — not at once, but as a chain. Each one builds on what the AI gave you the prompt before.
Not a hypothetical. A real one. Something you've been wondering about. Write it down so it's no longer just floating around — it's an assignment to yourself.