---
id: "action-build-context-sandwich"
type: "action"
source_timestamps: ["01:30:00"]
tags: ["prompt-engineering", "workflow"]
related: ["framework-context-sandwich", "concept-context-sandwich", "prereq-basic-prompting", "concept-brand-dna"]
outcome: "Highly personalized, accurate AI outputs that require minimal editing."
---
# Build a Context Sandwich for your prompts

## Action
Stop writing single-sentence prompts. Create a reusable template that includes:
1. **Top Bun — Who I am** (background, business, audience, voice; capture your [[concept-brand-dna]])
2. **Meat — What I need** (specific task)
3. **Bottom Bun — What good looks like** (format, length, constraints, success criteria)

Paste this full sandwich into the LLM every new task — or store it as a system prompt / Custom GPT / Claude Project.

## Outcome
Highly personalized, accurate AI outputs that require minimal editing.

## Prerequisites
- [[prereq-basic-prompting]]
- [[prereq-llm-access]]

## Reference
- Concept: [[concept-context-sandwich]]
- Template: [[framework-context-sandwich]]