Glossary

What is prompt engineering?

Prompt engineering is crafting the input to a model to get a better output — choosing wording, structure, examples, and constraints. For image and vector generation it is how you steer subject, style, composition, and format; as models and context windows grow, it shades into context engineering.

In depth

Understanding prompt engineering

A model can only answer what it is asked. Prompt engineering is the practice of asking well: being specific about the goal, giving an example of the desired form, stating constraints, and structuring the request so the model’s attention lands where it should.

For generating art, the prompt carries the whole brief — subject, style, palette, composition, and the output format (a flat icon vs a detailed illustration vs a cut-ready file). Small wording changes move the result a lot.

As models improve, raw wording matters less and the surrounding context matters more — which is why prompt engineering is increasingly a subset of context engineering.

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The AI SVG prompt guide

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