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Simon Willison

Simon Willison on LLMs

Consistently useful notes, demos, and warnings about practical LLM use.

Start with: Read recent LLM posts and try the llm command-line tool.

Videos

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Simon Willison starting video

Simon Willison on LLMs · LLM tools, Prompting, AI safety, Local models

ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers

DeepLearning.AI · prompting, developers, api

Anthropic Prompt Engineering Overview

Anthropic · prompting, claude, api

Skills

Learner questions

Who should learn from Simon Willison?

Developers, technical generalists should start here when they need llm tools, prompting, ai safety, and local models. The strongest fit is a learner who wants material in these formats: blog, open source tools.

What should I do first?

Read recent LLM posts and try the llm command-line tool. After that, open one related resource below and write down the exact workflow, concept, or implementation pattern you want to apply.

What problem does this help with?

Consistently useful notes, demos, and warnings about practical LLM use. Use this profile when you are comparing educators by topic, level, format, and practical usefulness rather than browsing random AI content.

How do I compare this with other educators?

Compare the skill coverage, the starting recommendation, and the related videos. If you need llm tools, search the directory for that skill and shortlist three profiles before committing to a course, book, or playlist.

Related resources

Resource	Kind	Level	Use when
ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers DeepLearning.AI	Short course	Beginner	You want a short, structured intro to prompting for software tasks.
Learn Prompting Sander Schulhoff	Guide	Beginner to intermediate	You need a broad prompt engineering reference.
Prompt Engineering Guide DAIR.AI	Guide	Beginner to advanced	You want examples of prompting techniques and patterns.
Anthropic Prompt Engineering Overview Anthropic	Guide	Beginner to intermediate	You are building with Claude and want official prompting guidance.
Simon Willison: 2025 in LLMs so far Simon Willison	Talk	Beginner to advanced	You want a grounded tour of current LLM tooling and tradeoffs.
DeepLearning.AI Short Courses Andrew Ng	Short courses	Beginner to advanced	Use this when you want Andrew Ng's material for prompting and related AI skills.
Simon Willison on LLMs Simon Willison	Blog	Beginner to advanced	Use this when you want Simon Willison's material for llm tools and related AI skills.
Learn Prompting Sander Schulhoff	Free guide	Beginner to intermediate	Use this when you want Sander Schulhoff's material for prompting and related AI skills.
DAIR.AI Prompt Engineering Guide Elvis Saravia	Guide	Beginner to advanced	Use this when you want Elvis Saravia's material for prompting and related AI skills.
Anthropic Learn Anthropic	Guides	Beginner to advanced	Use this when you want Anthropic's material for prompting and related AI skills.