# Meta-Prompting

> Meta-prompting uses a single model as a conductor that breaks a task down and writes prompts for fresh instances of itself acting as specialized experts, then integrates their outputs.

- Identifier: PTL-0070
- Category: Agents & Orchestration
- Canonical URL: https://protologue.com/t/meta-prompting/
- Introduced: 2024

## Description

The term is also used more loosely for asking a model to write or improve a prompt.

## Related terms

- [Orchestrator-Workers](https://protologue.com/t/orchestrator-workers/)
- [Self-Discover](https://protologue.com/t/self-discover/)
- [Automatic Prompt Engineer](https://protologue.com/t/automatic-prompt-engineer/)

## Sources

- Suzgun & Kalai (2024). Meta-Prompting: Enhancing Language Models with Task-Agnostic Scaffolding. https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12954

## Cite this entry

Protologue. (2026). Meta-Prompting. In Protologue: A Taxonomy of Prompting and LLM Techniques (v1.0.0, PTL-0070). https://protologue.com/t/meta-prompting/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)