Use AI Well
Prompting and everyday AI tools
Use AI Well is a free course on prompting: how to ask ChatGPT and other AI tools for exactly what you need. You practise giving the AI a task, an audience, a format and a tone, compare real outputs side by side, and learn to check answers before you trust them.
What you'll learn
- Write prompts that say the task, audience, length and tone
- Use roles, examples and formats to shape the answer
- Spot when an answer is made up, and check it quickly
- Pick the better of two prompts, and say why
- Write your own prompts and get them graded instantly
Who this course is for
- People who use ChatGPT but get generic answers
- Office workers who want to save real time
- Students writing, researching and revising with AI
Inside the first unit
Get useful answers on the first try, shape the format, and check what AI tells you.
- Talk to AI clearly
- Roles, examples and formats
- Check what AI tells you
- Say the task, who it's for, the format and the tone.
- Give a role and one or two examples to steer the style.
- AI can invent facts, links and sources. Check anything that matters.
After the first unit, Pli keeps going: new units are written for your level and goals as you learn, and every question is checked by a second AI before you see it.
Key terms in this course
Questions about Use AI Well
What is prompting?
Prompting is how you ask an AI for something: the words, examples and instructions you give it. Better prompts get more useful answers on the first try.
Which AI tools does it cover?
The skills work with any chat-style AI, such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude. Lessons compare real outputs from real models.
Is my writing graded?
Yes. In prompt-writing exercises, an AI grader checks your prompt against a clear rubric and tells you the single most useful improvement.
Free, five minutes a day. No sign-up needed to try your first lesson.
Updated 18 October 2026