Meta-Prompt
A reusable structure for asking, instead of guessing each time. A strong one uses the 4 R's to shrink the AI's choices.
In practice
Iara's Meta Prompt Card, reused for every new question.
Where students meet it
Meta-Prompt is taught in Lesson 3, The 4 R's: Your Meta Prompt Framework, part of the Prompting unit of the AI Explorers course for kids. Iara is the guide for that lesson, and it is one of 8 terms in the unit.
Often mixed up with
- Prompt
What you type to an AI. Your exact words change what comes back.
More from Prompting
Back to all 54 AI terms for students.
Knowing the word is the start
Meta-Prompt is one of 54 terms students meet across 16 video lessons that teach them to direct AI rather than just use it.