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R0023/2026-03-25/Q002/SRC04

Anthropic prompt engineering guide — partially attributed (Rick Dakan, Joseph Feller)

Source

Field Value
Title Prompt engineering overview (Anthropic Claude documentation)
Publisher Anthropic
Author(s) Rick Dakan, Joseph Feller, and Anthropic (partial attribution)
Date Ongoing (continuously updated)
URL https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/overview
Type Vendor documentation

Summary

Dimension Rating
Reliability Medium
Relevance High
Bias: Missing data Some concerns
Bias: Measurement N/A
Bias: Selective reporting Some concerns
Bias: Randomization N/A — not an RCT
Bias: Protocol deviation N/A — not an RCT
Bias: COI/Funding High risk

Rationale

Dimension Rationale
Reliability Partially attributed — Rick Dakan and Joseph Feller identified as authors. Includes an interactive tutorial. However, their backgrounds are not easily verified as AI researchers vs. documentation writers.
Relevance One of the three most influential vendor guides. Directly relevant to Q002. Includes templates like "You are an expert AI tax analyst" that empirical research has challenged.
Bias flags Same COI as OpenAI: Anthropic has commercial interest in making Claude appear effective with simple prompting techniques.

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID Summary
SRC04-E01 Anthropic guide partially attributed to Rick Dakan and Joseph Feller; recommends persona prompting challenged by research