A Taxonomy of Single-Turn Textual Prompt Patterns

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00043v1
• Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:54:23 GMT
• Title: A Taxonomy of Single-Turn Textual Prompt Patterns
• Abstract summary: Large language models (LLMs) are now widely employed in software development and everyday use.<n>In this report, we present a taxonomy of prompt patterns for single-turn, text-based interactions.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are now widely employed in software development and everyday use. Interacting with LLMs requires crafting prompts, which range from simple ad hoc sentences to extensive, detailed, and structured instructions. Knowledge about prompt engineering has been documented in several surveys and catalogs in the literature. However, the term ``prompt pattern'' is defined differently across sources, and existing works have classified prompt patterns in different ways. In this report, we present a taxonomy of prompt patterns for single-turn, text-based interactions. Following a reproducible method, we identified 30 unique and canonical prompt patterns, organized along two dimensions.

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