Advanced Prompt Engineering — 100+ Ready-to-Use Prompts manual

A practical guide to using the collection of 115 prompt templates included in the package.

Who it is for: It is for people starting with prompt structure as well as people who want more systematic prompts for marketing, work, content, development, or analysis tasks. You need to assess results critically and adapt each template to your real context.

Setup time: Reading and first use: approximately 20–40 minutes.

What it does

  • Collects 115 prompt templates across eight chapters: 10 + 10 + 20 + five groups of 15.
  • Introduces the Role + Context + Task + Format + Constraints formula with 10 complete examples and a quick checklist.
  • Presents advanced techniques: concise guided reasoning, few-shot examples, structured self-critique, and multiple roles with turns.
  • Provides templates for marketing and copywriting, business and productivity, content creation, programming and automations, and e-commerce and sales.
  • Includes templates for AI agents and automated workflows, plus a prompt testing and iteration checklist.
  • Provides the original in Italian and a complete English translation in two formats: a print-ready PDF and editable Markdown.

What it does not do

  • It does not include an AI model, a subscription to an AI service, API credentials, or implementation code.
  • It does not include importable n8n workflows, configured automations, CRM or ESP integrations, or executable curl requests.
  • It does not automatically retrieve data from URLs, competitors, campaigns, files, or knowledge bases: you provide the authorized context.
  • It does not guarantee accuracy, publishability, marketing outcomes, sales, rankings, savings, or any other result.
  • It does not replace human review or legal, tax, financial, security, privacy, or compliance advice.

Requirements

  • Product archive: The delivered ZIP file and a place to extract it; the package contains four files.
  • PDF reader: Needed to read original.pdf or guide.en.pdf.
  • Text editor: Needed only if you want to consult or copy from guide.en.md, the editable English Markdown version.
  • Generative AI system: You choose the service or system in which to paste prompts. The package includes no model or account; the selected service may be paid, so check the provider’s price list.
  • Real, authorized context: Prepare data, text, drafts, specifications, or policies you have the right to use. Do not paste secrets, passwords, card data, or unnecessary personal data.
  • Human review: You must check facts, sources, tone, constraints, and compliance in the output before using or publishing it.

Step-by-step setup

  1. Download and extract the archive. Download the ZIP file you received and extract it to a folder you can find again. There are no components to install and no files to run.
  2. Check the four delivered files. After extraction, you will find original.pdf, README.en.md, guide.en.md, and guide.en.pdf. The README lists the files’ purposes and states that the package is informational.
  3. Choose a language and format. Read original.pdf for the original Italian guide. Use guide.en.pdf for the formatted English translation or guide.en.md for the editable English translation. README.en.md is in English.
  4. Open the relevant chapter. Choose one of the eight chapters based on your task. To start with prompt structure, open Chapter 1; to check and iterate, also consult the checklist at the end of Chapter 8.
  5. Copy one template. Copy the prompt that matches the result you want. Keep the parts that define role, context, task, output, and constraints: they make the request checkable.
  6. Replace the placeholders. Fill in only the curly-brace fields that appear in the selected template, such as {prodotto}, {pubblico}, {kw}, or {obiettivo}. If the template uses <<<>>>, place your text between the delimiters and do not remove them.
  7. Paste the prompt into your AI system. Open the AI system you chose, paste the complete prompt, and send it. If essential data is missing, follow Chapter 1 and ask for clarifying questions in the constraints.
  8. Check and iterate on the result. Check that format, length, facts, tone, and limits match the request. To compare versions, use the evaluation or tuning templates in Chapters 2 and 8, and keep variants with a note about your hypothesis.

Daily use

Start from the objective

Before choosing a template, write in one sentence what you want to obtain and which real data you can provide. Then choose the closest chapter.

Customize without removing constraints

Replace placeholders and keep instructions about format, length, metrics, and style. If you need to change a constraint, change it explicitly and measurably.

Use checked data

For analysis, pricing, campaign, P&L, review, or competitor prompts, enter only current data that you have checked. Treat generated proposals as hypotheses to assess.

Compare variants

For headlines, copy, prompts, or decisions, keep versions A and B and apply the criteria requested by the template. Do not turn an AI assessment into a fact without independent checking.

Review content before use

Check accuracy, sources, tone, claims, links, and sensitive data. AI-generated content always needs review before publication or sending.

Archive what works in your context

Maintain an internal library of prompts, outputs, versions, and notes. The guide recommends versioning prompts and variants, for example v1 and v1.1, with hypotheses and measured results.

Practical cases

Product page for a small e-commerce shop

A small online shop has correct product specifications and wants to prepare a draft description and bullets for internal review.

  1. Open Chapter 7 and select the e-commerce description or technical product-page bullet template.
  2. Replace {prodotto} and {spec} with real, verifiable information.
  3. Paste the template into your AI system and keep the result in the requested format.
  4. Check every benefit, figure, and claim against the specifications before publication.

You obtain a structured draft to verify and adapt for your product page.

Preparing a project meeting

A project manager has a meeting goal and authorized internal notes, and wants to organize an agenda and minutes.

  1. In Chapter 4, choose the 60-minute agenda or MoM template.
  2. Enter {obiettivo} or place the notes between <<<>>> while keeping the delimiters.
  3. Request the output in the format stated by the template.
  4. Review owners, due dates, decisions, and SMART actions with the participants.

You obtain an agenda or minutes structure to confirm with the people involved.

Planning editorial content

A content creator has a keyword, an intent, and source material they are permitted to use.

  1. Follow the Chapter 5 flow: brief, outline, draft, style review, data verification, SEO, and repurposing.
  2. Use the brief or outline template and fill in {kw}, {intent}, and {tema}.
  3. Place the draft between <<<>>> for editing or factual-review stages.
  4. Check sources, originality, rights in the materials, and content suitability before publication.

You obtain a sequence of drafts and checks that you can refine editorially.

Analyzing a development or agent task

A technical team has a specification, error trace, or workflow objective and wants a structure for thinking through the work.

  1. Choose a template from Chapter 6 or Chapter 8 according to the case.
  2. Provide only non-sensitive snippets, logs, specifications, and data that you are authorized to share.
  3. Fill fields such as {lang}, {ver}, {servizio}, {tool}, or {flusso} when they appear.
  4. Have a qualified person review and test every proposed code item, schema, plan, or security measure.

You obtain a structured draft for technical analysis, review, or planning, not an implementation ready to deploy.

Tips

  • Start with the Role + Context + Task + Format + Constraints formula and make every element specific.
  • Fill in only the placeholders in the template you selected; they are not package-wide settings.
  • When data is missing, add a request for clarifying questions in the constraints.
  • Ask for checkable outputs, such as a list, text table, JSON, or the structure defined by the template.
  • For few-shot work, use one or two minimal but accurate examples, as Chapter 2 suggests.
  • Limit guided reasoning to three to five points when the template calls for it, to avoid overly verbose responses.
  • Do not regard generated figures, sources, percentages, reviews, benchmarks, or claims as verified; check them in appropriate sources.
  • For commercial email and messages, use only lists with valid consent and include the unsubscribe mechanism required by applicable rules.

Troubleshooting

I cannot find a program to start.

The delivered package is a document collection of PDFs and Markdown, not an application or script. Open original.pdf, guide.en.pdf, or guide.en.md; copy a template and use it in the AI system you choose.

guide.en.md appears as plain text.

It is the editable Markdown version of the English translation. Open it in a text or Markdown editor. If you prefer a reading-ready layout, use guide.en.pdf.

Fields such as {prodotto} or {kw} are still in the prompt.

The template has not been fully customized. Replace only the placeholders in the selected template with real data. Do not leave dummy values when they are needed for the request.

The AI system ignores the requested format.

You may have omitted part of the template or supplied insufficient context. Paste the complete prompt, retain the Output and Constraints sections, and restate the required format in a measurable way.

The response is generic or unusable.

The role, context, task, or constraints are too vague. Add relevant data, a defined audience, an objective, and clear limits. You can use the Chapter 2 template that rewrites an ambiguous task with the complete formula and clarifying questions.

The response includes unverified facts, claims, or sources.

The package provides prompt templates but does not independently verify output from an AI service. Check every claim in appropriate sources and remove or correct anything you cannot confirm before using it.

I expected a prompt about n8n, APIs, curl, or CRM to create an integration.

The guide contains templates that ask an AI system to propose nodes, connections, endpoints, or examples, but it does not deliver working workflows, code, or integrations. Use the output as a planning draft. Design, configure, test, and authorize each integration separately in its relevant tool.

I do not know which file to use for my language.

The original is in Italian, while the three files with the .en suffix are in English. For Italian, open original.pdf. For English, use guide.en.pdf or guide.en.md; README.en.md is the English package guide.

Limits to know

  • The 115 templates are starting points and require data, judgment, and adaptation to the real case.
  • The package contains no AI model, browsing service, database, credentials, code, or importable workflows.
  • References to Google Ads, n8n, curl, APIs, CRM, ESP, and RAG appear in prompts as concepts or objectives; they are not included integrations.
  • Do not enter personal data, passwords, tokens, payment data, or confidential material into an AI service without assessing authorization, privacy, and the provider’s terms.
  • For scraping, data collection, and URL use, respect site terms, robots.txt, rate limits, data rights, and GDPR where applicable.
  • For customer service and chatbots, provide an appropriate privacy notice and do not ask users for card details or passwords.
  • Prompts about prices, costs, margins, or decisions are informational and do not constitute financial, legal, or tax advice.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to install software?

No. The four delivered files are two PDFs and two Markdown files. To use the templates, read a guide and paste a customized prompt into the AI system you choose.

Which delivered files are Italian and which are English?

original.pdf is the original Italian guide. README.en.md, guide.en.md, and guide.en.pdf are in English; guide.en.md is editable and guide.en.pdf is formatted for reading.

How many prompt templates does the guide contain?

The chapter count is 10 in Chapter 1, 10 in Chapter 2, 20 in Chapter 3, and 15 in each of Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8: 115 templates in total.

Can I leave placeholders unchanged?

Not when they represent necessary information, such as {prodotto}, {pubblico}, {kw}, or {obiettivo}. Replace only the placeholders in the template you selected with your real context.

Does the package include n8n workflows or ready-to-run code?

No. Some prompts ask for planning n8n nodes, APIs, curl, code, or workflows, but the package contains no n8n JSON, scripts, Python requirements, credentials, or configured integrations.

Can I publish AI output directly?

Not without review. Check accuracy, sources, rights, tone, personal data, claims, and compliance with channel rules before publishing or sending content.

Does the package include an account or the cost of third-party tools?

No. The AI service and any tools mentioned require separate accounts, permissions, and configuration. A service may be paid; consult the relevant provider’s price list.