Unpopular opinion: 90% of popular prompt engineering frameworks (CO-STAR, RTF, Chain-of-Density) are completely overrated.
Everywhere on LinkedIn and YouTube, people sell complex 8-step prompting frameworks like they’re magic cheat codes. In reality, 95% of getting top-tier output boils down to just two things: Clear negative constraints (what not to say). 1–2 solid few-shot examples of what good looks like. The moment…
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- 2026-10-08 08:25 · r/PromptEngineering
Unpopular opinion: 90% of popular prompt engineering frameworks (CO-STAR, RTF, Chain-of-Density) are completely overrated.