What is Few-Shot Example?
One or more examples inside a prompt that show the AI exactly what output format you want. More examples means more reliable results.
1 example · copy matches 6 of 6 cuts
A few-shot example shows the AI...
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Use a few-shot example. Format each item like this: Input: shadcn. Output: A copy-paste component library. Now do the same for: Radix UI.
In the illustration
A tracer runs along the example key and the cutter copies the same six cuts into a blank. Example in, matching output out.
Add a few-shot example to the ticket classifier prompt in your model: three real tickets with their labels, so the output always matches our six categories.
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