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What Is Prompt Engineering?

Writing instructions for an AI tool in a way that reliably produces the output you need: the task, the context, the format and the constraints.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

Good prompts are the difference between a generic answer and a usable first draft. Firms increasingly treat effective prompts like precedents, saving and sharing the ones that work rather than leaving every lawyer to start from scratch.

Related Terms

Generative AI
AI that produces new text, images or code from a prompt. In legal work it drafts, summarizes, translates and answers questions over documents.
Prompt library
A shared, curated set of tested prompts for common legal tasks, such as summarizing a deposition or reviewing an NDA against a playbook.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.