AI Fundamentals 3 hours
Workshop 2: AI Context
In this workshop you'll learn to build context documents that help AI understand your work. You'll set up your personal AI work environment with templates and a prompt library.
Learning objectives
- Set up a personal AI work environment
- Understand why context matters for AI
- Create your own work context document using our formula
Context Document
The context document is the core of this workshop. Use the template to create your own context document.
Prompts for your Context Document
Use these prompts to set up and improve your own context document.
Prompt 1
Set up a context document
Prompt 2
Improve a context document
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Deep Dive
Why context is crucial
AI is not trained on your specific situation:
Internal documents
Roles & teams
Work processes
Culture & jargon
Without context: generic answers
With context: relevant output
The context formula
Background
Sector, organisation, terminology, process, mission
Task
Goal, audience, result, criteria, output
Result
Optimal output
Frequently asked questions
Why doesn't AI know anything about my organisation?
AI models are not trained on your internal documents, roles, work processes, or jargon. They only know publicly available information up to their training data cutoff. That is why you need context documents: you provide the specific knowledge, AI provides the processing power.
Long prompt or short prompt + context document?
Short prompt + reusable context document wins. A good context document only needs to be written once, and can be reused again and again. That is more efficient than repeating the same information in every prompt.
How do I organise my AI work environment?
Create 3 folders: (1) Prompts: reusable instructions per task type, (2) Projects: project-specific documents and context, (3) Context: personal and team context documents. This structure scales as you work more with AI.
Can I use one context document for multiple tasks?
Yes, and that is exactly the point. A good context document about your role or team can be reused for dozens of different tasks. Invest upfront in good context, and your prompts become shorter and more effective.
Basic training complete!
After completing both workshops, you have a solid foundation in working with AI. Check the reference materials for further learning.