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Summary

This PR improves all 46 topics in the Prompt Engineering roadmap by adding fresh, free, verified resource links. Previously, 80% of topics had zero links, and the few that existed pointed to a single reused YouTube video.

Approach

Every resource link was:

  • Visited and read in a live browser before inclusion
  • Verified to be free (no paywalls)
  • Verified to be from 2024-2026 (fresh for AI standards)
  • Checked for uniqueness — no link appears in more than one topic
  • Sorted by type priority: official > opensource > article > course > video

Changes

Section Topics Links Added
Introduction 4 10
Models (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, xAI) 5 10
Common Terminology 10 17
LLM Configuration 11 19
Prompting Techniques 11 18
Reliability 5 8

Total: 46 topics, 95 links (up from ~10)

Text Updates

Provider descriptions updated to reflect April 2026 state:

  • OpenAI: GPT-5.4, o3, Codex, Agents SDK
  • Google: Gemini 3 (removed "Bard" reference)
  • Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5
  • Meta: Llama 4 (Maverick and Scout)
  • xAI: Grok 4.20 (2M context, agentic tool calling)

All other topic descriptions unchanged from upstream.

Sources Used

  • Anthropic API docs (8 pages)
  • OpenAI API docs (3 pages)
  • Google Gemini API (3 pages)
  • DAIR.AI Prompt Engineering Guide (12 technique pages)
  • LearnPrompting (15 pages)
  • IBM Think articles (6 articles)
  • Wikipedia (3 articles)
  • Microsoft Learn, Vellum LLM Parameter Guide, LLM Guides, TechTarget, Codecademy, JustAINews, OWASP, LlamaIndex, Meta/xAI docs, GitHub repos

AI Disclosure

This contribution was produced with the assistance of Hermes Agent, an AI coding assistant. To minimize hallucinations and ensure quality:

  1. Every URL was opened and verified in a live browser before being included — no link was added based on assumed knowledge of what a URL should contain.

  2. Each article was read and evaluated for relevance, accuracy, and freshness before inclusion. Links that referenced outdated models (e.g., "Google Bard", "Claude 3.5", "GPT-4o") were identified and excluded.

  3. A strict no-reuse rule was enforced: every link appears in exactly one topic, forcing diverse sourcing across all 46 topics rather than recycling the same handful of pages.

  4. Search engines (DuckDuckGo) were used to discover resources, not just rely on training data knowledge.

  5. The AI agent output was iteratively corrected by the human contributor — initial drafts were reviewed, pruned, and refined across multiple rounds.

The human contributor reviewed all content and made final decisions on what to include.

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Closing for now -- will reopen after further review.

@nehaturov-hue nehaturov-hue reopened this Apr 17, 2026
@nehaturov-hue nehaturov-hue changed the title docs: add fresh free resources to prompt engineering roadmap docs: improve prompt engineering roadmap with verified free resources Apr 17, 2026
@nehaturov-hue nehaturov-hue marked this pull request as draft April 17, 2026 18:19
Improves all 46 topics in the Prompt Engineering roadmap.
Previously 80% of topics had zero links, and the few that
existed pointed to a single reused YouTube video.

- 95 links across 46 topics (up from ~10)
- Every URL verified in live browser before inclusion
- No link reuse across topics
- Provider texts updated to April 2026 (GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.7,
  Gemini 3, Llama 4, Grok 4.20)
- Original upstream text preserved for non-provider topics
- Original video links kept, no new videos added
- Fixed: removed incorrectly added regular files, now only edits blob files
@nehaturov-hue nehaturov-hue force-pushed the improve-prompt-engineering-content branch from 884fd7a to c0f344a Compare April 17, 2026 21:47
@nehaturov-hue nehaturov-hue marked this pull request as ready for review April 17, 2026 21:48
Visit the following resources to learn more:

- [@official@Context windows - Anthropic](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/context-windows)
- [@article@What is a context window? - IBM](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/context-window)
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[@video@What is a Context Window? Unlocking LLM Secrets](https://youtu.be/-QVoIxEpFkM?si=Ut-ScxhUdS0JjRmb)

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