<aside> ✅ GPT-4 is intelligent enough to select the right feature (browsing, DALL-E, or analysis) for your prompt inputs. It can accept a prompt of text and images, which lets the user specify any vision or language task.

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Dos

• Use GPT-4 to optimize the speed and quality of your data search.
• Enable custom instructions in your ChatGPT Plus account. These are a set of instructions tailored to get ChatGPT informed about your recurring research instructions. With this, you do not need to remind the tool every time you use it. See the example below;

Note: You can always modify your custom instructions with additional information that suits your research needs.

• Familiarize yourself with the plugin feature and use powerful plugins to optimize your research.
  • This Cheat Sheet, with plugin suggestions by project type, will help get you to get started.
• This handy tool provides a searchable, current list of plugins.
• Use clear and specific questions (i.e., prompts).
• Provide the necessary context so that the assistant’s response will be specific to the request.

Don'ts

• Don’t perform too many searches or create too many chains. ChatGPT Plus currently has a limit of only 40 messages per 3 hours for a user for GPT-4.
• Don’t use GPT 3.5. Instead, switch to GPT 4 to get smarter answers.
• Don't use the assistant for critical decisions without further verification of the data.
• Don't use the sources provided by the assistant directly in your research without verifying that they exist or are from credible databases.
• Don't ask the assistant for direct medical or legal advice. Instead, you can search for medical or legal advice from actual experts using the assistant.

Prompting Best Practices

When crafting prompts, consider the following best practices to get the best output for your research!

1. Be Specific: The more specific your prompt, the better the AI can generate a relevant response.