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Prompt Golf
Prompt Engineering As A Sport
Open SourceCommunity-DrivenFree to PlayNo Marketing
Opportunity score
54/100
A fun, low-complexity side project with limited revenue potential but interesting as a community-building experiment in prompt engineering.
Founder verdict
MAYBE
Prompt Golf is a clever side project with potential as a corporate training tool, but as a free consumer game it lacks a business model.
What is Prompt Golf?
Prompt Golf is a free, open-source web game that turns prompt engineering into a competitive sport. Players craft minimal prompts to elicit exact AI responses, scored by character count and message attempts. The platform includes a leaderboard, account system, and community-driven hole submissions. It appears to be a solo indie project by Jugal Mistry with no visible monetization, aiming to engage AI enthusiasts in a fun, skill-based challenge.
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