# Few-shot prompting

> Showing an LLM a handful of worked examples inside the prompt so it copies the pattern - no fine-tuning needed.

The cheapest way to lift output quality, and usually the first thing we try before reaching for a trained model.

## Related terms

- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/agent-memory.md
- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/agentic-ai.md
- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/ai-gateway.md
- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/chunking.md

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