Use automated prompt optimization

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated July 31, 2025
  • 1 minute to read
  • Use automated prompt optimization in Now Assist Skill Kit to enhance your prompt and make it more effective.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_skill_builder.admin

    About this task

    Prompt optimization is an iterative process of refining and adjusting prompts to identify the most effective prompts that consistently yield high-quality responses for a given task.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Now Assist Skill Kit > Home.
    2. Create a skill or select the skill with the prompt that you want to optimize.
    3. Select the Prompt performance tab.
    4. Select the Optimization runs tab.
    5. Select Create optimization run.
    6. Add a name and description for the prompt optimization.
    7. Select a prompt.
    8. Add instructions for prompt optimization.

      Instructions for prompt optimization provide clear guidance on framing prompts effectively, ensuring the model understands the task and context. The instructions minimize ambiguity and improve response quality.

      Prompt instructions for automated prompt optimization
    9. Optional: Add advanced inputs.
    10. Select a dataset or create a dataset.

      A dataset is a collection of data or records used to test and assess the performance of a prompt. Using datasets for evaluation enable you to measure the prompt's responses and performance against predefined criteria.

      Datasets are essential for evaluating how well your prompt performs. They help optimize prompts and ensure that the prompt is robust, fair, and able to handle a variety of real-world tasks.

    11. Select Continue.
    12. Review the information that you added and then select Start optimization.