Prompt Engineering is no longer just about chatting with an AI. In 2026, it is a structured discipline essential for every developer, writer, marketer, and student. Knowing how to communicate effectively with Large Language Models (LLMs) like Claude and ChatGPT saves hours of guess-work.
Here is the week-by-week breakdown of our industry-aligned Prompt Engineering syllabus at ExpoGraph Academy.
Week 1: Core Foundations and the GCCF Framework
Before jumping into advanced tactics, you need to understand how LLMs process token data. - **Introduction to Tokenization**: How AI reads your text. - **The GCCF Framework**: Goal, Context, Constraints, Format. You will learn to construct every single prompt with these four pillars to get exact answers every time. - **System vs. User Prompts**: How to configure AI persona and rules.
Week 2: Output Control and Data Formatting
A major problem with raw AI outputs is their messy formatting. This week focuses on structured outputs. - **JSON Formatting**: Instructing AI to return valid JSON for software integrations. - **Markdown & Tables**: Generating clean study notes and reports. - **The CRAFTED Framework**: Advanced instruction tuning for complex marketing copy.
Week 3: Debugging, Hallucinations, and Truthfulness
What do you do when the AI makes up facts or gives a broken code snippet? - **Identifying Hallucinations**: Recognizing incorrect AI claims. - **The 3R Loop**: Refine, Correct, and Validate. How to debug prompts and guide the AI back on track. - **Fact-checking Prompts**: Setting boundaries to enforce truthfulness.
Week 4: Multi-Modal and Specialized Prompting
AI is now visual and auditory. We cover how to prompt across modalities. - **Image Generation Prompting**: Crafting detailed prompts for Midjourney and DALL-E. - **Video Scripts & Captions**: Using AI to write video outlines and viral hooks. - **Coding with AI**: Prompting AI as a pair programmer to build scripts, find bugs, and explain logic.
*By the end of this 4-week path, you earn an MCA- & MSME-recognised certificate that proves your ability to use AI tools at a professional standard.*