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title: Prompting the Prompt
slug: prompting-the-prompt
summary: Early ideas on how to make cost, context, and intent visible before you hit send.
url: https://carlholland.substack.com/p/prompting-the-prompt
---

# Prompting the Prompt

An article I wrote, published 1 June 2026 (about a 6 minute read). Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Product Design, Prompting.

Early ideas on how to make cost, context, and intent visible before you hit send. The full piece is on my Substack.

Read it: https://carlholland.substack.com/p/prompting-the-prompt