Prompting is not the skill — framing is

A short, practical walkthrough of how to decompose a real task before you ever touch a model.

Essay· Apr 29, 2026· The HCLab

The most valuable AI skill has almost nothing to do with prompts.

It is the ability to frame a problem: to decompose a real task into its sub-questions, decide what a good answer looks like, and identify where human judgment is non-negotiable.

This piece walks through framing a genuine task end to end, before a single word is typed into a model.

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