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Many people do not know that there is a revolution in the world of productivity, and it’s not about how many hours you put in. It’s about how well you talk the machine.

Have you ever felt like ChatGPT or Claude does not understand what you want or is speaking gibberish or fluff, you aren’t alone. Many people have come across the same setback because they just feed AI information without any strategy. It is like telling you a few keywords you are familiar with but not telling you what I want you to do with them. The thing is you do not treat AI like you are its master and that way it does not know what order to follow but just plays along. The good news is that there is a Magic Prompt Formula you can use when feed AI tools with information.

Few Are Unfamiliar With Prompt Engineering

We are currently in the era of “vibe coding.” This is a phenomenon that allows tech professionals not to handle every line of code from scratch. The same case applies to prompt engineering. To get the right results you need to set the right frequency, tone, and structure so that the technology executes your vision flawlessly.

In many developed countries, manual labor is being downsized in favor of Curated Intelligence. When you master prompt engineering, you are not only using AI to gather intelligence, you manipulate the outcome you want. This is the difference between an AI user and an AI director.

The Toolkit: Beyond the Basics

The magic formula is not the only approach that AI Generalist use to manipulate AI tools. Some of the popular prompting strategies used by experts out there include:

• Chain of Thought (CoT): Also referred to the “think out loud” approach. In this technique, you ask AI to give you step by step procedures before providing the answer. Therefore, The AI model will use a logical path to arrive at its conclusion.
• Few-Shot Prompting: In this approach, you should lead by example. AI will follow the example you provide to give you an output that meets your specific expectations.
• Persona Adoption: Many people do not understand that LLMs are trained to absorb a large database of human knowledge. Therefore, for best results, you need to specify who they should be. Assigning a persona to the AI provides accurate results. For example, act like the CEO of a company or like an experience data scientist.

The Magic Formula: R-T-I-F

Now let’s get to the part you have all been waiting for, the magic formula. To engineer a prompt using this technique you need to give the AI a personality, a mission, and restrictions. These are broken down into the role, task, instruction, and format.

In the role section, give the AI a persona and in the task section, define the problem  you want it to solve. Now with the instruction section, you need to give it guidelines on how to respond. In this part, you define the tone of their reply and what data points to follow. Finally, the format section is how you tell it whether you want the final answer to be a bulleted list, a professional email, a table, or the format it should appear in.

A Practical Example of RTIF in Action
Let’s say you want a chatbot to create a profit and loss statement for your company. The most obvious way to prompt it would be: “Can you make me a P&L statement for  my company?” The result is a generic list of numbers that may not apply to your company.

However, with the magic prompt, you will start by defining the role, task, instruction, and format. Here is how I would approach it:

Role: You are a senior accountant and venture capital analyst specializing in tech startups.

Task:  Generate a 6-month Profit and Loss (P&L) statement for a “Product-led Growth” Saas company.

Instruction: The monthly recurring revenue is $10,000 with a 15% month-over-month growth rate. Insert specific rows for operating expenses (marketing, R&D, G&A) and COGS(hosting and support). Include a one-time legal fee of $5,000 in month 3. Ensure your summary is objective and mentions potential burn-rate issues.

Format: I want the data in a markdown table followed by a 5-point executive summary in bullet points.

Why Is This Approach Effective?

This formula works because by giving the AI the role of a senior analyst and accountant, it knows to determine burn-rate and EBITDA, metrics that matter to investors as opposed to listing profit and income.

Final Thoughts: The Prompt is Your Competitive Edge

In 2025, the difference between the “average” worker and the “elite” worker comes down to how well they communicate with AI. When you use the Role, Task, Instruction, and Format formula, you are guaranteed to get accurate results fast without burdening the chatbot with many requests.

Stop fighting with the AI tool and start directing it. The magic isn’t in the code; it’s in the prompt.

Watch this video for a vivid glance of how the Role-Task-Instruction-Format framework works, helping you get even better results from LLMs.
https://youtu.be/om5ABMvrhyE