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Prompt Engineering Glossary
Every term you need, with working example prompts and practical notes on when each technique earns its keep.
10 terms in Agentic
Agent Handoff
Transferring control (and the relevant context) from one agent to another mid-workflow -- so each segment of a task runs on the agent best equipped for it.
AgenticAgentic Workflow
A system where one or more LLMs plan, act, and adapt autonomously over multiple steps -- versus a single-turn Q&A where the model just responds.
AgenticAgent Memory
Persisted context an agent can recall across turns, sessions, or tasks -- beyond what fits in a single prompt's context window.
AgenticContext Engineering
The practice of deciding what goes into an LLM's context window, in what order, and in what form -- so the model has exactly the signal it needs and none of the noise.
AgenticLLM-as-Judge
Using an LLM to evaluate or score the output of another LLM (or the same one) against criteria -- automating quality control without human review in the loop.
AgenticMulti-Agent System
A system where two or more specialized LLM agents interact -- via a shared workspace, message passing, or tool output -- to solve a task together.
AgenticReAct Pattern
A prompting pattern where the model alternates between reasoning ("Thought"), acting ("Action" = tool call), and observing ("Observation" = tool result), looping until a final answer.
AgenticReflection (Self-Critique)
A pattern where the model reviews its own output against the task, identifies flaws, and produces an improved revision -- in the same prompt or a follow-up call.
AgenticSupervisor-Worker Pattern
An agentic architecture where one high-capability model (supervisor) plans and decomposes, delegating narrow sub-tasks to smaller/cheaper models (workers) that execute.
AgenticTool Use
Giving a model the ability to call external functions (APIs, databases, code execution) during generation, with the model deciding when and how to invoke them.