Everything starts with a prompt.

When you first use Vertex AI Studio, you tell the AI what you want to do.

You can ask a question or give an instruction using natural language.

This is called a prompt.

Simply put, a prompt is a natural language request to an AI model.

The request can be a question, a task, or anything in between.

Once the model receives the prompt, it generates text, code, images, videos, music, and more.

However, just like how we communicate with one another, the way you communicate with AI makes a difference in what you get.

This process of creating prompts to get the response you want is called prompt design.

And the iterative process of repeatedly drafting and refining prompts and assessing the model's responses is called prompt engineering.