AI can explain code, find the mistake in your working and come up with more problems to practise on. But you have to be able to handle the code and the maths yourself; you won't have AI in the exam. Prompts for code, maths, projects and exams. As of 26 October 2026.
How universities handle AI and what doesn't belong in it in general is on the university page. Here's what applies on top of that in engineering and IT.
AI explains and gives hints, you do the fixing. That's how you learn the most.
<code> [paste the code] </code> I [got this code from my teacher / had it written by AI / found it in a textbook] and I have to be able to explain it. I'm in year [2], the language is [Python]. 1. Say in one sentence what the code does as a whole. 2. Go through it block by block: what each block does and why it's written exactly this way. 3. Find the places where it could break (empty input, large numbers, a missing file). 4. Ask me 5 questions a teacher could ask me about this code. Show the answers only after I respond.
<code> [paste the code] </code> <error> [paste the error message or describe what the program does wrong] </error> I want to find the bug myself. Help me with hints at three levels: 1. Where to look (a function or part of the code). 2. What to look at (a variable, a condition, a loop). 3. What's wrong. Give me the next level only when I ask for it. Write the fixed code only when I write "show the solution".
<code> [paste the function] </code> Suggest tests for this function in [pytest / JUnit]: normal cases, edge values and invalid input. For each test, say in one sentence what it checks. Don't change the function's code. If the tests reveal a bug, describe it, but leave the fix to me.
<project> [paste the code or the project's main files] </project> You're a teacher marking a term project in [Programming 2]. Go through the code and write: - What's good. - Bugs and places where the program could break, ordered from the most serious. - Readability: names, length of functions, repeated code. - Security: passwords in the code, unchecked input. For each comment, give the file and line. Don't rewrite the code, I want to fix it myself.
AI checks your working and writes a script that verifies the result. Leave the calculating itself to yourself and to the program. Solving an ordinary problem step by step is in the guide Students.
You can take a photo of your working on paper and upload it.
<problem> [paste the problem] </problem> <my_working> [paste your working step by step] </my_working> Check my working, not just the result. Find the first step with a mistake and explain why it's wrong. Don't calculate the rest for me. If the working is correct, say so and check the result by substituting it back.
I've calculated [a definite integral / a system of equations / the deflection of a beam]. The problem and my result: [paste]. Write me a short Python script ([NumPy / SymPy / SciPy]) that verifies the result independently, numerically or symbolically. Add a comment to each line saying what it does. Don't calculate the result yourself. I'll run the script and compare the results.
PD2V Web <exam>
[paste an old exam paper or sample problems]
</exam>
Create 5 new problems of the same type and difficulty with different numbers. Put the answers at the very end, separated, so I don't see them in advance.
For each answer, show the working and a check by substituting back. If a problem doesn't come out nicely, choose different numbers.
I don't understand [the Fourier transform / recursion / eigenvalues of a matrix].
1. First explain it without formulas, by comparing it to something everyday.
2. Then show the formula and explain what each part of it means.
3. Give me one simple example I can work out by hand.
4. Ask me 3 questions that will show whether I understand it.
Also tell me where the comparison stops working.
Practice before the exam. AI has no place in the exam itself.
Quiz me on [algorithms and data structures]. Give me a short piece of code or a description of an algorithm and I'll give its time and space complexity and why.
After each answer, tell me whether it's right, and if not, where my reasoning went wrong. Ask one question at a time.
After 6 questions, sum up what I struggle with and recommend what to review.