OpenAI Releases Prompt Guide for General Users: Describe Results, Not Steps

OpenAI has released a new prompt guide targeting general users rather than developers. The core idea is to avoid rigid templates and instead use four optional building blocks: goal, context, format, and constraints. Users are advised to describe the desired result directly, not the steps to achieve it. This is the first time suggestions for both ChatGPT and Codex are integrated into a single framework. For everyday users of ChatGPT and Codex, this guide simplifies prompt writing, enabling more efficient interaction without memorizing complex templates. By clearly stating the goal, providing necessary context, specifying output format, and setting constraints, users can get more expected outputs.