{"slug": "openai-s-new-prompting-guide-tells-users-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-with-the", "title": "OpenAI's new prompting guide tells users to stop overthinking and start with the result", "summary": "OpenAI released a prompting guide for everyday users that emphasizes describing the desired result rather than the steps to achieve it. The guide introduces four optional building blocks—goal, context, format, and constraints—and covers both Chat and Codex in a single framework for the first time.", "body_md": "OpenAI has released a prompting guide for everyday users, not developers. Instead of rigid formulas, it suggests four optional building blocks: goal, context, format, and constraints. The core advice is simple: describe the result you want, not the steps to get there. It's the first time OpenAI covers both Chat and Codex in a single framework.\n\nThe article [OpenAI's new prompting guide tells users to stop overthinking and start with the result](https://the-decoder.com/openais-new-prompting-guide-tells-users-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-with-the-result/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-new-prompting-guide-tells-users-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-with-the", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openais-new-prompting-guide-tells-users-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-with-the-result/", "published_at": "2026-07-13 17:47:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-13 18:08:55.388970+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Chat", "Codex"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-new-prompting-guide-tells-users-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-with-the", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-new-prompting-guide-tells-users-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-with-the.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-new-prompting-guide-tells-users-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-with-the.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-new-prompting-guide-tells-users-to-stop-overthinking-and-start-with-the.jsonld"}}