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@article{208486,
        author = {Siddhi Khilari and Tanishka Said},
        title = {Impact Of Prompt Design on The Accuracy and Reliability of Generative AI Responses},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {no},
        pages = {279-285},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=208486},
        abstract = {Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has become an increasingly important technology for applications such as information retrieval, content generation, education, problem-solving and decision support. The effectiveness of these systems is strongly influenced by the way users formulate instructions, commonly referred to as prompts. Even minor changes in prompt structure, context, specificity or examples can produce significant differences in the quality of generated responses. This research investigates the impact of prompt design on the accuracy, relevance, consistency and reliability of responses generated by Generative AI systems. The study examines and compares different prompting approaches, including zero-shot, one-shot, few-shot and structured prompting, across selected tasks, drawing on existing literature to evaluate these approaches using criteria such as factual accuracy, relevance to the given task, completeness, consistency and reliability. The research also analyzes the influence of contextual information, explicit instructions, examples and constraints on the generated output. 
Through a systematic review and comparison of different prompt designs, the study aims to identify prompting strategies that can produce more accurate and dependable responses. The findings are expected to provide practical guidelines for designing effective prompts and improving user interaction with Generative AI systems. 
The study may be particularly useful for students, educators, researchers and professionals who increasingly rely on AI-generated information and content. Overall, this research seeks to contribute to a better understanding of prompt engineering and encourage more effective, reliable and responsible utilization of Generative AI in academic and practical environments.},
        keywords = {Generative AI; Prompt Engineering; Prompt Design; Zero-Shot Prompting; Few-Shot Prompting; Chain-of-Thought; AI Reliability},
        month = {September},
        }