Claude Certification
Prompt Engineering & Structured Output
Lesson 3 · 6 min

Few-Shot Examples

How many examples, in what order, of what shape.

3–5 examples typically peaks. Make them diverse and structurally identical to the desired output. Put the hardest example last — recency bias means Claude weights it most.

Quick check
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Which of these maximize prompt cache hit rate? (Select all that apply)