How many examples are recommended for Few-Shot prompting?
Usually 2 to 5 examples are enough. Adding too many examples increases token costs without significant gains.
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Providing one or more examples of the desired task output within the prompt text to guide the model's response.
A variation of few-shot prompting where you provide exactly one input-output example.
They should represent realistic inputs and correct formats, but they can be mocked data.
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