
Techniques
XML Tags Are the New Markdown: Why Closed Delimiters Beat Free-Form Prompts
The delimiter strategy that Claude, GPT, and Gemini all respond to better than plain English sections
Brian Gagne

The delimiter strategy that Claude, GPT, and Gemini all respond to better than plain English sections
Brian Gagne

Each frontier model parses structure differently: XML, JSON, or markdown. Match the format, and output quality jumps measurably.
Brian Gagne