# Automatically generate first draft prompt templates

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Our prompt generator is compatible with all Claude models, including those with extended thinking capabilities. For prompting tips specific to extended thinking models, see [here](/docs/en/build-with-claude/extended-thinking).
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Sometimes, the hardest part of using an AI model is figuring out how to prompt it effectively. To help with this, we've created a prompt generation tool that guides Claude to generate high-quality prompt templates tailored to your specific tasks. These templates follow many of our prompt engineering best practices.

The prompt generator is particularly useful as a tool for solving the "blank page problem" to give you a jumping-off point for further testing and iteration.

<Tip>Try the prompt generator now directly on the [Console](/dashboard).</Tip>

If you're interested in analyzing the underlying prompt and architecture, check out our [prompt generator Google Colab notebook](https://anthropic.com/metaprompt-notebook/). There, you can easily run the code to have Claude construct prompts on your behalf.

<Note>Note that to run the Colab notebook, you will need an [API key](/settings/keys).</Note>

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## Next steps

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  <Card title="Start prompt engineering" icon="link" href="/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-engineering/be-clear-and-direct">
    Get inspired by a curated selection of prompts for various tasks and use cases.
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  <Card title="Prompt library" icon="link" href="/docs/en/resources/prompt-library/library">
    Get inspired by a curated selection of prompts for various tasks and use cases.
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  <Card title="GitHub prompting tutorial" icon="link" href="https://github.com/anthropics/prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial">
    An example-filled tutorial that covers the prompt engineering concepts found in our docs.
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  <Card title="Google Sheets prompting tutorial" icon="link" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19jzLgRruG9kjUQNKtCg1ZjdD6l6weA6qRXG5zLIAhC8">
    A lighter weight version of our prompt engineering tutorial via an interactive spreadsheet.
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