Lab: Prompt Iteration with a Rubric

Goal: Improve an initial prompt using a 5-criterion rubric.

Time: 15–20 minutes

Steps

1) Draft a prompt for your real task (100–200 words). 2) Define a rubric: Clarity, Correctness, Tone, Structure, Relevance (1–5 each). 3) Ask the assistant to self-score and propose fixes. 4) Apply 2 fixes and re-run. Compare scores.

Deliverable

• Final prompt + output, before/after scores, and a 3–5 sentence rationale.