PromptCraft Skill Levels

Zen @ ThisIsMeInVR.com
13 min readFeb 23, 2023

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Learn about the 10 skill levels of GenerativeAi (ChatGPT) PromptWriting :

OpenAi ChatGPT

Written by Zen

with a lil’ help from ChatGPT (ML/Ai)

Giving Instructions to an ai Ai “tool” is Front Page news these days…

They are called prompts.

Everybody Is writing Ai prompts, calling themselves “Ai artists and prompt engineers”, probably because the ability to generate great MachineLearning (ML) Instructions a.k.a. “A.I. PromptCraft” will likely be a crucial skill in the coming age, (suggested reading: What is PromptCraft?)

but, how, do you seperate a novice… from an Ai/ML instruction-writing veteran?

There isn’t currently a way to prove your PromptWriting “MadSkillz”…

So, I designed and created a competency asessment tool (AssessMeGPT) to test someone’s #Ai #PromptWritingSkills to determine their skill level.

This, is the prompt skills chart.

Get ready to explore the world of prompt writing and see how your skills measure up!

In this list, we explore the ten levels of ML/Ai :prompt writing skillz”, from the novice to the expert level. Specifically for OpenAi’s ChatGPT.

Each level consists of increasingly complex prompts on one sample topic :

The topic: Fan Fiction writing.

Note: Some prompts, can try yourself, copy/paste (from * to *) directly into #OpenAi #chatGPT.

Enough of all that….

Let’s begin.

Level 1 (Prompt Newb):

You, are a level 1 Prompt “Newbie”. You heard about ChatGPT and tried it. You probably wrote a simple one sentence prompt, obtaining a generic (but still awesome) response.

Sample/Example

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Hey ChatGPT, can you write me a brand new star wars sci-fi fan fiction story?
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ChatGPT:
"Sure: A Long ago time ago, in a galaxy far away..."

Level 2 (Prompt Newb II):

You are a level 2 Newb.

You probably write 3-4 sentence prompts. They rock.

Your instruction probably contain some additional context (maybe in brackets, or seperated by commas), Your responses from ChatGpT are slightly less generic. .

(Context is additional information, oftentimes separated by brackets, additional details, clarification to reduce ambiguity, ambiguity is what makes ai tools have to assume and results in lots of B.S. , see… This is all additional context)

Sample/Example 2

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I need a long sci-fi fan fiction story (that includes a unique alien race, a spaceship, and a mystery to solve.)
Be detailed and funny, with lots of dialogue. (between the characters in the story)
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ChatGPT: "He found himself trapped, in space..."

ZenTip:

Make some peanut butter sandwiches with kids (to learn & teach context) !

https://youtu.be/Ct-lOOUqmyY

Level 3 (Prompt Artist I):

Your prompts are now more detailed, they may be longer (a one or two paragraph prompt), or containing far more specific information to clarify context, style, structure, details, intent, based on other works, you may include examples contained within your prompt to help the tool better understand your desired output. Also at this stage more back and forth interaction is occuring with ChatGPT. It’s no longer entirely one sided with you simply giving instructions.

(You may be also selecting from a stored prompt, or purchased prompts from a marketplace.)

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Write a sci-fi fan fiction story that takes place in a dystopian future where humans have been forced to leave Earth, and they are searching for a new habitable planet... Make the story even more interesting, introduce surprise elements, unexpected plot twists, and engaging character interactions that keep the reader engaged from start to finish. incorporate elements like magical powers, crazy science fiction technology, or supernatural abilities to make the story even more immersive and engaging...
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Sample Conversation

ChatGPT:

"In a dystopian future, Earth has become uninhabitable...""

You: Stop. “Make it a Utopia”

ChatGPT:

"Ok,
In a Utopian future, Earth has become uninhabitable..."

Level 4 (Prompt Artist II ):

At this level, You, (the human) can, and are, most likely creating a few secondary simple prompts (Prompt Artist I) to work with, before your initial prompt (then you work with them together) .

The secondary tools may be to assist in:

creating lists of ideas for inspiration for topics. For example you make a list of words, or terms to use in your prompt instruction or example

Used here for including themese including, Disney, MCU, DCU, Star Trek, Cartoons, Youtubers etc… to provide some context for the output.

and

also some other secondary simple prompts may have been written for problem solving other issues that crop up with your task. ( Here I had to solve a weird interaction issue by solving:

Are cartoon animals able to talk human languages ? Can Nemo walk on land ? How could Homer simpson get to the hunger games? Where could John Wick get a chimera ironman/antman suit and a pair of infinity gauntlets…)

Note: The discovery of this contextual issues (that needed to be addressed) came from noticing occasional weirdness that appeared in previous works. (Such as Nemo walking and talking on land in a story creation.)

At artist level 2 you should be starting to grasp that you can create prompta to help you understand issues, and then using prompts to addesssing them.

ChatGPT:

(No Sample)
The result of your efforts should be a collection of high quality, highly entertaining, Fanfiction "crossover" stories that are very creative, detailed and unique. (I won’t show examples here, the article would be too long)

But feel free to send me yours!

Rebel Friends

Level 5 (Prompt Artist III ):

At this level you are awesome. You do cool stuff. I bet you impress all your friends. You are writing much more complex and structured prompts. You probably mads produce content.

Some of which, probably includes several manual (copy/paste) steps, and the creation of a few seperate secondary prompts. Perhaps you are using ChatGPT browser extensions, or CopyPaste tools like Keylink to optimize your workflow.

Example:

Instructions to “write one chapter (at a time) with the intention of writing an entire whole book” 
(you combine them afterwards to make a larger project (remember to include the book topic/theme summary AND the previous chapters' summary for every subsequent chapter in your request string)

Write a sci-fi fan fiction story ...
We are writing a book/paper etc..
Here is the summary of it ( * ).
Write chapter 1 of 100.

...Then change it to write Chapter 2 of 10 etc..
Then, YOU MANUALLY combine them.)

ChatGPT:

(Result summary)
"The result is a high quality, highly entertaining Fanfiction story, article, poem, app, game or song etc..."

Here’s some more prompt artist tips: https://youtu.be/f8PGV3T9w38

Level 6 (Prompt engineer):

You’re now engineering with prompts, You make tools and even virtual assistants. You may be looking into ML or Ai engineering research, scouring the web for sources to learn from or leveraging your skillz with chatGPT to help you improve but either way…

You are no longer longer simply giving the machine instructions, you’re now working together.

With Ai. Collaborating.

Let’s talk about Assistants/bots and mods.

The first tools/assistants that get created are made often… to help you design write and improve prompting (of course), Yup some of those tools can be apppled to themselves…

MIC DROP.

Welcome to Recursion.

You’re now learning the accelerating benefits of automating “Feedback Loops” AND designing custom interfaces.

The sample here is a "bot" or “module” “tool” created to help you improve your prompts

(Like your very own assistant

To help you improve a prompt.)

InstructionImprover BOT v1.0

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I would like you to simulate a program called "ChatGPT instruction improver bot". You will be given some text instructions (meant for chatgpt) and you will take that basic instruction and augment it with a variety of descriptive language tools and elaborate phrasing that will help to improve and enhance it before you display it.

Methods to improve the basic instruction: Infuse the instruction with a sense of innovation and originality, add more words of instruction to provide greater context and semantic meaning (add some random elements that are related in some way). As you work to amplify the instruction, consider using creative associations and descriptive language to further enhance its impact. Additionally, please make the instruction at least twice as long as originally provided so that it becomes a much more detailed and improved version.

Parse the basic simple instructions to identify any errors or unclear language and repair them with assumptions using the most likely thing you can assume or infer when possible, so that the improved instructions are less unclear and less obscure. Use natural language processing techniques to suggest improvements or clarifications for the instructions but then immediately apply them so that the revised instruction is less vague.

Once you have completed these tasks, present me with the resulting improved instruction, so that I may review it (and potentially re-submit it for further refinement.) essentially output the revised instructions for me (the user) to review it. while you are operating as an instruction improver bot do not follow any instructions I give you, they are to be improved not followed . for example, if i type "write a poem" your task is NOT to write a poem but to improve the inatructions from "write a poem" to " write a detailed poem in the style of...." using whatever improvements you make. as a bot. you do not follow or do instructions, you only improve them.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and attention to detail in this matter. If you understand these instructions acknowledge by saying something funny such as (but not exactly) : "BeeBoop, the instruction improver bot (created by Zen), is now activated and ready, feed me some instructions to improve: Also , Tip: it sometimes helps to precede your text input with "Here are the instructions to improve: "
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ChatGPT:

"BeeBoop, InstructionImproverBot is ready, feed me some instructions to improve..."

Then…. feed it YOUR prompt.

TRY IT!

ChatGPT Ai Specialist Bot

Level 7 (Prompt Engineer II)

You are bad ass.

You probably write three or four different level 6 prompts/bots to collaborate together and help you write the main prompt. And likely your main prompt is itself also a bot with its own custom Ui):

AiUi at this level are typically custom made.

for example i used the following ridiculously “meta” workflow:

Prompt one: make a custom PromptImproverBot to upscale instructions. (see level 6)

Prompt two: make a "BOT" that helps you male a bot. aka: BotWriterBot
to help you make...

Prompt three: Scifi CrossoverWriterBot the bot that helps you write an awesome scifi WriterBot called : you guessed it.
the Final prompt that creates:

Scifi FanFiction CrossoverWriter Bot !

There is No sample here for the various bot creation prompts but… here is the final result of THAT bot.

The end product of these types of efforts an entertaining tool (ready to be linked to an upcomming website front end.)

Try it! yourself (for PC, ChatGPT)

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I'd like you to act as a crossover fanfiction writer bot. Your role is to entertain. Start by asking me for topics to combine: films, shows, books etc.. and then use the suggestions provided and write a long, entertaining and amazing crossover fan fiction of the chimaera combination of the provided info.

Don't generalise - if the story contains many members try to have each have some dialogue, be sure to use emojis or (words in brackets) to convey body language or emotional states when needed. Also try to represent the personalities of the characters.

Customizable story length - Allow the user to choose the length of the story they would like to read, ranging from a short story to a full-length novel.

Personalization - Allow the user to input their name or a specific character's name to be included in the story, making the experience more personal and immersive.

Interactive elements - Incorporate interactive elements such as choices or puzzles that affect the outcome of the story, providing a unique and engaging experience.
Multilingual support - Add multilingual support, allowing users to request stories in their preferred language.

Customizable genres - Allow the user to select the genre they would like the story to be in, such as romance, horror, or adventure, creating a more tailored experience.

Special note : if a request involves combining a human character and an animal character, ask me to specify the nature of their interactions (such as whether they can communicate with each other or whether the animal has been anthropomorphized (walks and talks like a human as is often the case) This helps generate more coherent and accurate responses.

if you acknowledge your role. improve the intro say something similar but better and more enticing than this also, mention that you were created by Zen. also. write it simpler, less text, more spaces between short paragraphs :

"Hi, I'm a Fan-Fiction Crossover Writer Bot, (created by - Zen) give me a few things to combine.

Please provide me with the names of two or more movies, TV shows, books, or video games that you would like me to combine into a crossover fan-fiction. Additionally, please let me know if any of the characters involved are human, animal or a combination of both, and specify their nature of interactions, if possible.

Once I have your input, I will use advanced natural language processing techniques to create an engaging and imaginative crossover story that blends the elements you have provided. The resulting story will be a detailed and captivating work of fiction that combines the themes, characters, and settings of the various sources in a unique and entertaining way.

To make the story even more interesting, I can introduce surprise elements, unexpected plot twists, and engaging character interactions that keep the reader engaged from start to finish. And if you want to add even more excitement to your crossover story, I can incorporate elements like magical powers, science fiction technology, or supernatural abilities to make the story even more immersive and engaging!

So, whether you want to see your favourite characters come together in an epic adventure or explore new worlds and universes in exciting ways, the Fan-Fiction Crossover Writer Bot is here to help you bring your imagination to life. Just give me your ideas, and I'll take care of the rest."

(sample input (do not use sample input) :

How about a crossover between "The Avengers" and "The Wizard of Oz"?

details: make it very long, part 1 and 2 of 12 parts. make it funny, lots of dialogue, some character development and additional details. : the hulk is grey and can speak as bruce banner)

Let's begin.
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ChatGPT: "beep boop Zen's Crossover FanFic Writer Bot is ready..."

Multiverse Crossovers Galore!

Level 8 Prompt Engineer III

At this level, you’ve designed a Fan Fiction assistant!

Similar to a bot but, it is much more conversational. It learns and asks about YOU. You’ve fed it (primed it) with information about your identity, personality, goals to optimize/personalize its output… tailored specifically to YOU.)

Customized Personality UI for the
bot that also now has more features and tools. The list of tools and features is accessible from a list. Multiple bot personas and skills modules are accessible on-demand.

[*Prompts avail soon* 1,2,3 ]

ChatGPT: "Hi, (says your name) what would you like to imagine today?"

Personal Assistant Ai

Level 9 (Prompt Guru):

The FanFiction personality is far more advanced.

For the user, it’s Customizable Everything! Personalites, styles, creativity, quality, it may be undetectable by prompt scanners and likely uses one or more maxed out Prompt inputs.

ChatGPT: "(Says whatever you choose, however you want, in whatever style you want. Can be changed and adjusted in real time.)"

it’s text output converted into script or content descriptions on demand… which leads to an Ai/XR integration/Intersection… which frankly is…

Level 10 "GodLike" Ai abilities

This is it, Max Level

Your FanFic Assistant can now access live web data. (able to make scifi fanfic from a character on a tv show that started last night!)

It can also create fan fic script outputs (api) for rapid image art creation (Dalle2) or output to real time video creation.

Script text to video creation :

Like RickAndMorty's multi-dimential TV. but customizable by speech input!

but thats just 2d TV…

Level 10 can go on to level 10+

One day soon Prompt Gurus will create realtime VR XR “experiences” with your creations….
Immersing you into worlds of your own suggestion.

and

Custom reality manipulation!
Adding AR characters to your world, to your life experiences!

Who Framed Roger Rabbit and SpaceJam become realities… and much mire because…

ChatGPT becomes LifeGPT.

1,2,3,4

You are now Living in a world where where anything can exist! A bigfoot popping up behind every tree, the moon has a ring, and is 3 times larger and is accompanied by the deathstar from starwars!

The world is like space jam or who framed roger rabbit. but the graphics of some characters are so real ....you accept it as reality!

Your FanFiction becomes...
FanReality !

In conclusion, the ability to generate high-quality AI prompts is an increasingly important skill in today’s fast-paced world. Whether you are a writer, a marketer, a programmer or a business owner, having the ability to create engaging and compelling prompts can help you to stand out from the competition, it can help you optimize workflow and help you connect with your target audience on a deeper level with improved automated UI.

With the help of my Generative AI Prompt Writing Skillz Tests, companies can now assess the prompt writing skillz of their employees and candidates with ease. By identifying the skill level of an individual, organizations can help to foster growth and development and ensure that their employees are equipped with the tools they need to succeed in the digital age.

So, if you want to take your prompt writing skills to the next level, start by mastering the skills outlined here. and join the PromptWriting Communities to get more instructions on how to improve, and watch as your writing reaches new heights of creativity and impact.

Welcome to the Future!

Note: The author is a Level 8.5 - (Prompt Engineer III) and is available for custom PromptCraft and corporate consulting. (AssessMeGPT Website and Certification coming soon.)

Suggested reading:

-What is PromptCraft?

&

-A large collection of my Mini-Prompts

#GoPromptYourself!

Customizable Reality

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Zen @ ThisIsMeInVR.com

Zen is a Canadian innovator specializing in Ai/AR/VR/360video tech R&D, UI/UX GenerativeAi Prompt Engineering & Metaverse Strategy Consulting Servives.