Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner

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Use AI as a Creative or Expert Partner

This course is part of Google Prompting Essentials Specialization

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

2,328 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

2 hours to complete

Learn at your own pace

98%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Understand and apply prompt chaining, including chain of thought prompting, for complex tasks
Understand prompt versioning and the benefits of saving and reusing your prompts over time

Skills you'll gain

Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Scenario Testing
Category: Software Versioning
Category: LLM Application
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Multimodal Prompts
Category: AI powered creativity
Category: Ideation
Category: Solution Design
Category: AI Personalization

Tools you'll learn

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Agentic Workflows

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Assessments

2 assignments

Taught in English

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There is 1 module in this course

Wish you had a partner to help think through different possibilities? You’ll use advanced prompting techniques, like prompt chaining and multimodal prompting, to turn abstract ideas into step-by-step solutions.

Wish you had a partner to help think through different possibilities? You'll use advanced prompting techniques, like prompt chaining and multimodal prompting, to turn abstract ideas into step-by-step solutions. Even better, you’ll create a personalized AI agent to role-play conversations and provide expert feedback that can help you prepare for any scenario.

What's included

7 videos5 readings2 assignments1 plugin

7 videosTotal 16 minutes

Use AI to untangle complex tasks1 minute
Discover prompt chaining5 minutes
Explore Chain-of-thought and Tree-of-thought prompting2 minutes
AI IRL: Enlist AI as your thought partner2 minutes
Build a prompt library3 minutes
AI IRL: Build AI with your community2 minutes
Congratulations on completing the course!1 minute

5 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Simplify multi-step projects with prompt chaining11 minutes
Use meta-prompting to improve and generate new prompts7 minutes
Go further with AI agents8 minutes
Google Prompting Essentials: Key takeaways4 minutes
Access resources exclusively for Google Prompting Essentials graduates10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 41 minutes

Course 4 challenge8 minutes
End of specialization challenge33 minutes

1 pluginTotal 15 minutes

End-of-course survey15 minutes

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Reviewed on Nov 14, 2025

What a great four module program to quickly gain a valuable insight into getting up and running with GenAI! SO glad I took it and I'm going to continue to sharpen my skillsets!

Reviewed on Oct 13, 2025

Great intro to basic and advanced AI prompt writing that anyone can use in their career as a tool to streamline mundane tasks or help spark creativity.

Reviewed on Aug 27, 2025

I loved this course . Although I already had knowlege because of working on LLMs but This course just put a stamp that I knew alot about prompting . However Googlers are great with teaching .

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