Glossary term
What is Few-shot?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Few-shot" means: A prompt that includes a small number of examples, each with a sample input and the output you want. It is taught in Prompt Engineering Essentials. Related terms include Zero-shot, JSON, Marker (delimiter) and Placeholder. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Few-shot?
A prompt that includes a small number of examples, each with a sample input and the output you want.
Where is Few-shot taught?
Few-shot is defined in Prompt Engineering Essentials.
Which terms are related to Few-shot?
Next to Few-shot in the course glossaries: Zero-shot, JSON, Marker (delimiter), Placeholder, Context pack, Template, Context and Prompt chain.
Zero-shotJSONMarker (delimiter)PlaceholderContext packTemplateContextPrompt chain
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Few-shot?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Prompt Engineering Essentials: No coding, statistics or prior AI experience needed.