Writing Effective Prompts

Create a server

Create a t3.micro EC2 instance running Amazon Linux 2 
with a public IP address for a web application

Create a production web server setup with:
- t3.medium EC2 instance in us-east-1
- 50GB EBS volume (gp3) for application data
- Security group allowing HTTPS (443) from anywhere and SSH (22) from 203.0.113.0/24
- Elastic IP for stable public address
- CloudWatch monitoring with CPU alarm at 80%
- Tags: Environment=production, Team=backend

Create an [RESOURCE_TYPE] with [KEY_FEATURES]

Examples:
- Create an S3 bucket with versioning enabled
- Create a PostgreSQL RDS instance (db.t3.micro)
- Create a Lambda function with 512MB memory

Create a [ARCHITECTURE_NAME] with:
- [RESOURCE 1] with [SPECS]
- [RESOURCE 2] with [SPECS]
- [RESOURCE 3] with [SPECS]

Example:
Create a serverless API with:
- API Gateway REST API
- Lambda function (Python 3.11, 1024MB)
- DynamoDB table with on-demand billing

Add [FEATURE] to [EXISTING_RESOURCE]

Examples:
- Add encryption to the S3 bucket
- Add auto-scaling to the EC2 instance
- Add a read replica to the RDS database

Create a secure [RESOURCE] with:
- [SECURITY_FEATURE_1]
- [SECURITY_FEATURE_2]

Example:
Create a secure web server with:
- Private subnet placement
- Security group allowing only port 443
- Encrypted EBS volumes
- IAM instance profile with least privilege

Create a t3.small EC2 instance with Amazon Linux 2, 
30GB gp3 root volume, and security group allowing 
HTTP/HTTPS from anywhere and SSH from my IP

Create a PostgreSQL 15 RDS instance (db.t3.medium) with 
50GB storage, multi-AZ enabled, 7-day backup retention, 
and a read replica in us-west-2

Create an S3 bucket for application logs with:
- Versioning enabled
- Server-side encryption (AES-256)
- Block all public access
- Lifecycle policy to archive to Glacier after 90 days

Create a VPC (10.0.0.0/16) with:
- 2 public subnets (10.0.1.0/24, 10.0.2.0/24)
- 2 private subnets (10.0.10.0/24, 10.0.11.0/24)
- Internet gateway for public subnets
- NAT gateway in one public subnet
- Route tables configured appropriately

1. Initial: "Create a web application infrastructure"
   
2. Add details: "Create a web application with load balancer and auto-scaling"
   
3. Specify: "Create a web application with:
   - Application Load Balancer
   - Auto Scaling Group (2-6 t3.small instances)
   - RDS PostgreSQL database
   - ElastiCache Redis cluster"

Create a [RESOURCE] optimized for low cost

Examples:
- Create a low-cost development database (use db.t3.micro)
- Create a cost-effective file storage (use S3 Intelligent-Tiering)
- Create a budget-friendly web server (use t3.nano spot instance)

Create [RESOURCE] in [REGION]

Examples:
- Create an EC2 instance in us-west-2
- Create a multi-region setup with primary in us-east-1 and replica in eu-west-1

You: "Create a VPC with public and private subnets"
AI: [Creates VPC with subnets]

You: "Add a web server in the public subnet"
AI: [Creates EC2 in the VPC you just created]

You: "Add a database in the private subnet"
AI: [Creates RDS in the private subnet of same VPC]