Few-shot prompting means providing Claude with 2–5 examples of the task before asking it to do the real thing.

Why It Works

• Shows Claude the exact format and style you want
• More reliable than describing the format in words
• Works for classification, extraction, writing, and more

Example Structure

Input: [example 1]
Output: [desired output 1]

Input: [example 2]
Output: [desired output 2]

Input: [real task]
Output:

Reference:

Using examples in prompts

https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/use-examples