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Promptlight Glossary | Prompt Engineering, Prompt Libraries, and AI Workflow Terms

A practical glossary for prompt engineering, prompt library management, and AI workflow language used by teams building reusable prompt systems.

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Hallucination Guardrails

Instructions or workflow checks that reduce the chance of unsupported claims appearing in model output.

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Local-First Prompt Library

A prompt library stored in local files first, so prompts stay portable, searchable, and under the team’s control.

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Objective Execution Mode

A precision-oriented prompting pattern that emphasizes explicit objectives, constraints, and output compliance.

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Output Contract

The explicit agreement a prompt sets about what the output should contain, how it should be structured, and what standard it should meet.

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Prompt Constraints

The limits, rules, and boundaries a prompt sets on scope, behavior, or output.

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Prompt Evaluation

The process of checking whether a prompt actually produces the quality, structure, and reliability you expect across realistic inputs.

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Prompt Iteration

The repeated process of testing and revising prompts based on real outputs, failures, and new context.

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Prompt Library

A collection of reusable prompts organized so they can be found, edited, improved, and reused across workflows.

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Prompt Manager

Software or workflow layer for storing, organizing, reviewing, and retrieving reusable prompts.

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Prompt Optimizer

A tool or workflow that improves prompt wording, structure, and repeatability without changing the core job to be done.

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Prompt Tagging

The practice of labeling prompts with short, reusable terms that improve retrieval and grouping.

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Prompt Template

A reusable prompt structure with placeholders or variables that can be adapted to different inputs without rewriting from scratch.

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Prompt Workflow

The repeatable process used to draft, test, review, revise, and reuse prompts in real work.

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System Prompt

A high-priority instruction that sets the model’s role, behavior, constraints, or operating rules for a conversation or workflow.