What is the basic minimum while you prompt

I have realised Claude answers as best as you prompt it. And I suck at it. 😂 I have tried role playing you are top 1% etc and adding constraints but I am not sure if each prompt requires this kind of effort or if I actually skip it will the outcomes be drastically different. You can’t tell if you don’t try. But who has the time to check both versions all the time. I am skeptical of online courses. I don’t want to invest time only to realise this doesn’t work. Also based on what I have be