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Prompting Fundamentals
Core frameworks for reliable research prompting.
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Research Atlas TeamUpdated February 5, 2026
Editorial Policy
- Guides are curated by the Research Atlas editorial team and revised when workflows, policies, or tooling materially change.
- Factual claims should be traceable to source documents listed in each guide's Sources section.
- Generative outputs are treated as drafts and require researcher verification before use in manuscripts or protocols.
COSTAR#
Context, Objective, Style, Tone, Audience, Response. Best for conceptual tasks, writing, and role-based synthesis.
TIDD-EC#
Task, Instructions, Do, Don’t, Examples, Content. Best for technical or data-processing tasks to reduce variance.
Parameter Tuning#
- Low temperature (0–0.2) for factual, deterministic tasks.
- Higher temperature for brainstorming only.
- Lower top-p/top-k to reduce wandering logic.
Sources
- AI in research report (Prompting Fundamentals)