Prompting Patterns
Six patterns for better answers, drawn from real early-customer wins. Use one or all — they compound.
Be specific.
Role, location, seniority, must-have skill. Senior data engineers in Austin with Snowflake beats find data engineers.
Name the index when it matters.
Add …in the GitHub index or …from our ATS pipeline when the data source matters. Removes ambiguity.
Push back when results look off.
The count looks low — try free-text keywords instead of titles. The AI re-strategizes. Don't accept a weak first answer.
Iterate, don't restart.
Each follow-up refines the prior result. Starting over loses the context the AI just built up.
Ask for the source.
Show me the queries you used. Audit-friendly, and you learn the patterns the AI reaches for.
Chain actions in one prompt.
Search, save, draft outreach, push to your ATS — all in one ask. Save the top 5 to a workspace, draft outreach for each, and show me before any send.