Module 2: Prompt and Context Engineering Fundamentals - Worked Examples

Agentic Engineering For Civil Engineers

These examples turn vague requests into engineering prompts with explicit context, evidence, constraints, outputs, and verification requirements.

Converting a Vague Request into an Engineering Prompt

For this exercise, design and verify an AI-assisted civil-engineering workflow for Converting a Vague Request into an Engineering Prompt. State the relevant evidence, assumptions, tool or method boundaries, expected output, and the independent check or human approval required before consequential use.

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Forcing the Model to Surface Missing Information

For this exercise, design and verify an AI-assisted civil-engineering workflow for Forcing the Model to Surface Missing Information. State the relevant evidence, assumptions, tool or method boundaries, expected output, and the independent check or human approval required before consequential use.

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Controlling Units and Significant Figures

For this exercise, design and verify an AI-assisted civil-engineering workflow for Controlling Units and Significant Figures. State the relevant evidence, assumptions, tool or method boundaries, expected output, and the independent check or human approval required before consequential use.

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Separating Instructions from Source Material

For this exercise, design and verify an AI-assisted civil-engineering workflow for Separating Instructions from Source Material. State the relevant evidence, assumptions, tool or method boundaries, expected output, and the independent check or human approval required before consequential use.

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Using an Audit Pass Instead of Asking for Confidence

For this exercise, design and verify an AI-assisted civil-engineering workflow for Using an Audit Pass Instead of Asking for Confidence. State the relevant evidence, assumptions, tool or method boundaries, expected output, and the independent check or human approval required before consequential use.

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Restricting a Standards Question to Primary Sources

For this exercise, design and verify an AI-assisted civil-engineering workflow for Restricting a Standards Question to Primary Sources. State the relevant evidence, assumptions, tool or method boundaries, expected output, and the independent check or human approval required before consequential use.

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Specifying a Machine-Readable Output

For this exercise, design and verify an AI-assisted civil-engineering workflow for Specifying a Machine-Readable Output. State the relevant evidence, assumptions, tool or method boundaries, expected output, and the independent check or human approval required before consequential use.

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Building a Reusable Prompt Template

For this exercise, design and verify an AI-assisted civil-engineering workflow for Building a Reusable Prompt Template. State the relevant evidence, assumptions, tool or method boundaries, expected output, and the independent check or human approval required before consequential use.

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Context Minimization and Progressive Disclosure

A calculation-review agent has accumulated obsolete procedures, unrelated project history, and current design evidence. Redesign its active context so only relevant, authoritative material is loaded at each step.

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