
AI, data & software instructor
Meriam Mbindyo
Instructor for AI, data, DevOps, Agile and software modules, with experience across Paris-based IT and business schools.
Professional training module
It’s not magic — it’s engineering. Prompting isn’t about guessing the right words. It’s about designing inputs with strategy and clarity. In this hands-on course, you’ll learn how to prompt for results you can trust — and teach others to do the same.
Overview
It’s not magic — it’s engineering. Prompting isn’t about guessing the right words. It’s about designing inputs with strategy and clarity. In this hands-on course, you’ll learn how to prompt for results you can trust — and teach others to do the same.
Learning outcomes
Build expert-level prompts with layered instructions and constraints
Chain multiple prompts into coherent logic flows
Simulate memory, role-switching, and decision-making
Use APIs and external tools in prompt-driven workflows
Evaluate outputs with structured rubrics and user feedback
Design and test real-world AI assistants or writing tools
Module content
3-Day Intensive Course for Educators, Strategists, AI Leads & Product Builders
3 Intense Days
7 Hours per Day (Split into two 3.5-hour sessions)
From single prompts to structured, scalable AI solutions:
Day 1: Deep Prompt Design & Prompt Debugging
Go beyond basic formats and master advanced prompting strategies: complex few-shot examples, role conditioning, formatting constraints, zero-shot chain-of-thought, and error diagnosis. Learn how to debug failing prompts, control randomness (temperature), and enforce structure.
Day 2: Multi-Step Workflows, APIs & Tool Integration
Design multi-stage workflows using prompt chaining, memory simulation, and conditional logic. Learn how to build AI agents that call tools (via APIs, functions, or external actions) and return usable outputs for end-users or business systems.
Day 3: AI Product Prototyping, Testing & Governance
Turn your LLM logic into a scalable tool or service. Use prompt libraries, evaluation metrics, feedback loops, and safety tests to deploy reliable systems. Learn how to structure an AI assistant, chatbot, or writing assistant with user-focused design.
This course is for professionals who want to do more than just “use” AI — they want to design intelligent LLM-powered systems that are scalable, safe, and reliable. You’ll learn how to chain prompts into full workflows, evaluate them under real conditions, and prepare them for team use, deployment, or productization.
Whether you’re automating a research process, building a sales assistant, or embedding AI into a service, this course gives you the architecture, strategy, and tools to deliver.
Build expert-level prompts with layered instructions and constraints
Chain multiple prompts into coherent logic flows
Simulate memory, role-switching, and decision-making
Use APIs and external tools in prompt-driven workflows
Evaluate outputs with structured rubrics and user feedback
Design and test real-world AI assistants or writing tools
Prompt architecture: layered role prompts, multi-modal framing
Token economy and prompt compression techniques
Debugging: diagnosing hallucination, misalignment, output errors
Consistency tuning: structure enforcement and response targeting
Workshop: Rewrite and stabilize a faulty prompt flow
Toolkit: Prompt debugger checklist + complexity planner
Focus: Mastery • Precision • Consistency
Prompt chaining: sequential prompts and decision forks
Simulated memory and tool-call emulation
Connecting LLMs to outside tools: APIs, spreadsheets, calculators
Modular workflows for teams and business operations
Workshop: Design an LLM system that interacts with a real or simulated database
Toolkit: Prompt stack template + input/output flowchart
Focus: Logic Design • Interoperability • Automation
Designing for users: prompt-as-product thinking
Usability, clarity, fallbacks, guardrails
Evaluation metrics: fluency, factuality, safety
Governance: audit logs, oversight, transparency
Workshop: Build and present a working prototype with eval logic
Toolkit: Prompt performance scorecard + policy doc template
Focus: Productization • Trust • Delivery
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Engineer prompts with advanced structure and precision
Build multi-step AI workflows with tool integrations
Prototype and test reliable, user-friendly LLM systems
Evaluate and improve prompts with metrics and feedback
Understand the governance and deployment considerations for LLM applications
Instructional designers or curriculum developers building AI tools
Startup founders and product teams launching LLM-powered services
Researchers, data scientists, and analysts needing structured workflows
Consultants building internal LLM systems or automations
Professionals managing or scaling AI tools inside organizations
Class Reference: LLM/20
Form Updated on: 06/19/2025 (Version 1)
Last Modified on: 06/19/2025
Program Note
Participants will receive downloadable prompt chain templates, debug checklists, system diagrams, prompt evaluation rubrics, and a prototype planner pack.
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