Prompting Skills playbook/Module 10 · Advanced

Day 92 / 100 · Advanced · Multimodal inputs

Show it, don't describe it.

Most models now read images, screenshots and scanned documents, and many handle audio. Often a picture is the better prompt.

Screenshots

Errors, Dashboards

“What does this error mean and where should I look first?”

Photos

The Real World

Whiteboards, equipment labels, handwritten notes, a meter reading.

Documents

Scans And Charts

Scanned forms, invoices, charts and diagrams in PDFs.

Audio

Voice And Calls

Voice notes and recordings, where the tool supports it.

Source: Anthropic ↗

Crop it, point at it, then ask.