FREE Intermediate 🎓 Certificate Course

Certified Prompt Engineering — Techniques

A 40-lesson certified program from the Prompt Engineering Academy - the same lessons and exam serve mcqnepal.com and the PromptHub AI app.

⏱ 12.0 hours 📚 40 lessons 👨‍🎓 0 enrolled

📖 Course Overview

This program is part of the merged MCQNepal x PromptHub AI academy: one content library, two doors - the website and the Android app.

Each of the 40 lessons teaches one focused topic with a practical example and carries its own exam question. The final exam draws a randomised 20-question set from the full 40-question bank at a 65% pass mark. Complete every lesson to unlock the exam and earn a publicly verifiable certificate.

📖 Full Curriculum — 40 Topics

Chain-of-thoughtTree-of-thoughtSelf-consistencyDecompositionLeast-to-most promptingReflection and self-critiqueVerification promptsReasoning vs speed trade-offDesigning a personaExpertise framingTone and voice controlAudience targetingPersona boundariesMultiple personasConsistency across a chatPersona for brand voiceWhat is context engineeringManaging the context windowGrounding with sourcesStructured inputsRetrieval basicsMemory strategiesAvoiding context overloadContext for long documentsRequesting JSONTables and markdownControlling lengthTone and style locksEnforcing schemasStep-limited outputMulti-format outputStop sequences and markersPrompt chainingSequential workflowsMap-reduce promptingConditional logicBranching promptsState passingError handling in chainsWhen to chain vs single prompt

🗂 Lessons

▶️ 1. Chain-of-thought Preview 8 min 🔒 2. Tree-of-thought 8 min 🔒 3. Self-consistency 8 min 🔒 4. Decomposition 8 min 🔒 5. Least-to-most prompting 8 min 🔒 6. Reflection and self-critique 8 min 🔒 7. Verification prompts 8 min 🔒 8. Reasoning vs speed trade-off 8 min 🔒 9. Designing a persona 8 min 🔒 10. Expertise framing 8 min 🔒 11. Tone and voice control 8 min 🔒 12. Audience targeting 8 min 🔒 13. Persona boundaries 8 min 🔒 14. Multiple personas 8 min 🔒 15. Consistency across a chat 8 min 🔒 16. Persona for brand voice 8 min 🔒 17. What is context engineering 8 min 🔒 18. Managing the context window 8 min 🔒 19. Grounding with sources 8 min 🔒 20. Structured inputs 8 min 🔒 21. Retrieval basics 8 min 🔒 22. Memory strategies 8 min 🔒 23. Avoiding context overload 8 min 🔒 24. Context for long documents 8 min 🔒 25. Requesting JSON 8 min 🔒 26. Tables and markdown 8 min 🔒 27. Controlling length 8 min 🔒 28. Tone and style locks 8 min 🔒 29. Enforcing schemas 8 min 🔒 30. Step-limited output 8 min 🔒 31. Multi-format output 8 min 🔒 32. Stop sequences and markers 8 min 🔒 33. Prompt chaining 8 min 🔒 34. Sequential workflows 8 min 🔒 35. Map-reduce prompting 8 min 🔒 36. Conditional logic 8 min 🔒 37. Branching prompts 8 min 🔒 38. State passing 8 min 🔒 39. Error handling in chains 8 min 🔒 40. When to chain vs single prompt 8 min

📝 Practice Quiz

Certified Prompt Engineering — Techniques - Practice Quiz — check your understanding before the final exam.

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🎯 Final Exam (30 min)

Pass with 65%+ to earn your certificate. Unlocks after all lessons are completed.

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🎓 Certificate included

Complete all lessons and pass the final exam to receive a verified PDF certificate with QR verification.