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AI and Multi-Step Workflows: Chain Prompts Like a Pro
Real AI power comes from chaining 5 prompts that build on each other, not asking one big question.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2workflows
- 3chaining
- 4prompts
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Section 1
The big idea
One mega-prompt rarely works. Five small prompts that hand off to each other almost always do. The teens who learn to chain prompts get 10x the value out of the same models.
Some examples
- Ask Claude to build an outline first, then a draft, then a critique, then a revision — four prompts.
- Ask ChatGPT how Artifacts and Canvas help you chain edits without losing the thread.
- Ask Gemini for a chain that researches, drafts, critiques, and proofreads automatically.
- Ask Perplexity for examples of the most viral 2026 prompt chains.
Try it!
Take your next assignment. Use four separate Claude prompts: outline, draft, critique, revise. Notice the difference vs one prompt.
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