Prompting solves more problems than people realize. Try it first.
Prompting works when:
- You need to change output format (JSON, markdown, specific structure)
- You want few-shot examples to guide behavior
- Your task is well-defined and the model already has the knowledge
- You're prototyping and iterating quickly
If - well-crafted examples in your prompt solve the problem, you don't need fine-tuning.