zero-shot prompting
🧠 CT-GenAI
Official ISTQB Definition
A prompting technique where the model is asked to perform a task without any examples, relying solely on its pre-trained knowledge.
3 Ways to Think About It
The Quick Take
Asking an LLM to do something without giving it any examples - testing the AI's raw capabilities.
Look Closer
Prompting without demonstrations, useful for testing how well an LLM generalizes to new tasks.
The Bottom Line
Getting AI to perform tasks based purely on instructions, no examples provided.
Practice this term with quizzes and arcade games
Study with Lexicon →