Prompt framework course · 6 chapters · 15 min · certificate
RISEN Prompt Framework: Multi-Step Work Done Right
Role, Instructions, Steps, End goal, Narrowing: control the process and the result of bigger AI tasks.
What you'll learn
- Explain how RISEN extends RISE with Narrowing
- Write a Role that sets the right standard
- Separate Instructions from Steps in your prompts
- Use numbered Steps with a stop rule
- Define an End goal with testable success criteria
- Add Narrowing fences for length, tone and sources
Chapters
6 chapters · 15:14-
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From RISE to RISEN
This lesson explains what a prompt framework is and how RISEN grew out of RISE by adding Narrowing for precise control over constraints and scope.
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2:48
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Role and Instructions
This lesson teaches how to write the Role, naming the expert whose standards the output should meet, and the Instructions, which state the deliverable in one or two sentences with no contradictions.
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2:09
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Steps: control the process
This lesson teaches how to use numbered Steps in RISEN to control the order of work, see each stage, and run long tasks one step at a time.
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2:33
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End goal: what done looks like
This lesson teaches you to write the End goal in RISEN, naming the finished result and its reader, and adding success criteria so the model makes sensible trade-offs and you know when to accept the work.
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2:23
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Narrowing: constraints and exclusions
Narrowing sets the fences on length, tone, format, sources and exclusions, and it is the first place to look when an answer drifts.
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2:39
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RISEN in your job
This lesson shows how to turn one monthly deliverable into a reusable RISEN template, when to use a lighter frame instead, and how a critique loop checks the draft against the end goal.
Study guide
RISEN: Control Multi-Step AI Work Properly
Most prompt advice works fine until the task gets bigger than one instruction. Ask for a short rewrite and a simple prompt is enough. Ask for a one page policy, a rollout plan or a specification with five sections, and the model starts guessing at the order, the length and the level of detail. RISEN is a six part structure built for exactly that kind of work. Role names the expert whose standards the answer should meet. Instructions state the deliverable in a sentence or two. Steps set the order of work. End goal describes what done looks like and who will use it. Narrowing adds the fences on length, tone, format, sources and exclusions. The framework grew out of the simpler RISE structure, which stands for Role, Input, Steps and Expectation, by adding Narrowing for precise control over constraints and scope.
In the full study guide
- What is a prompt framework?
- From RISE to RISEN: when the order of work matters
- Role and Instructions: the standard and the target
- Steps: control the process
- End goal: what done looks like
- Narrowing: constraints and exclusions
- RISEN in your job: templates and the critique loop
- 5 frequently asked questions
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