Let's be honest, most developers are still treating AI like a fancy search engine. Copy-paste some code, ask it to debug something, maybe generate a quick function. But what if with using the right prompting techniques, you could build custom AI tools that actually solve your daily development problems?

In this hands-on workshop, we'll go way beyond "write me a React component." You'll learn how to engineer prompts that consistently produce the results you need, build simple but powerful AI-powered tools for your workflow, and create multi-step processes that handle complex development tasks.

We'll cover role-specific prompting for different types of development work, techniques for building context that leads to better code generation, and strategies for chaining prompts together to tackle bigger challenges. Plus, we'll dive into the practical stuff, how to validate AI-generated code, handle edge cases, and avoid the common pitfalls that make AI tools unreliable.

By the end, you'll have a toolkit of techniques and actual working tools you can use immediately. No more fighting with ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini to give you what you want, you'll know exactly how to ask for it.

This workshop takes a practical, developer-focused approach to prompt engineering. Participants will work through real coding scenarios and build actual tools they can use in their development workflow.

The workshop is structured around hands-on exercises where developers create:
- Custom code review prompts tailored to their tech stack
- AI-powered debugging assistants
- Documentation generators that understand their codebase
- Multi-step workflows for complex development tasks

I've designed it to be immediately applicable, everyone leaves with working tools and techniques they can implement the next day. The focus is on engineering reliable, repeatable results rather than just getting lucky with prompts.

Workshop requirements: Participants should bring laptops and have access to an AI tool (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.). No special software installation required.