Prompting for Automation
Learning Outcome
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Recognize risks of automation without human review.
3
Create structured, reusable template prompts.
2
Identify key elements for workflow automation prompts.
1
Apply prompting to automate repetitive tasks.
Before learning Prompting for Automation, let's quickly recall:
- Prompt Refinement – making targeted edits until a prompt reliably produces the desired output.
- Structured Outputs – defining a consistent format so output can be reused or fed into other systems.
The Agglomerative Dance
The Secret Weapon: The Dendrogram
Finding 'K': Slicing the Tree
The Math: How Do Groups Measure Distance?
Pros & Cons Cheat Sheet
Summary
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Ward’s method keeps clusters compact.
3
Cut the tree to find optimal clusters.
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Dendrogram shows merge history and distances.
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Bottom-up clustering (each point → one cluster → merge).
Quiz
What does dendrogram height represent?
A. Number of data points
B. Distance between clusters
C. Processing time
D. Accuracy
Quiz-Answer
What does dendrogram height represent?
A. Number of data points
B. Distance between clusters
C. Processing time
D. Accuracy
