Prompting Skills playbook/Module 2 · Frameworks

Day 13 / 100 · Frameworks · CO-STAR

Built for words people read.

CO-STAR, popularised through GovTech Singapore, shines when audience, style and tone matter as much as content.

C

Context

The background and the situation.

O

Objective

What this piece must achieve.

S

Style

The kind of writing: memo, FAQ, a named publication's style.

T

Tone

The attitude: calm, confident, apologetic.

A

Audience

Who's reading and what they care about.

R

Response

The exact format of the output.

Source: Towards Data Science ↗

Say who's listening and how it should feel.