The STCO Framework: Why Structured Prompts Beat 'Just Ask the AI'

I've been obsessed with a question: does prompt structure actually matter, or is it just ceremony? After testing 500+ prompts across GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini, I found that structured prompts outperformed unstructured ones 83% of the time on four metrics: accuracy, completeness, consistency, and actionability. The framework I used is called STCO — and I built a tool around it. Here's the framework, why it works, and how to use it. What is STCO? STCO stands for Situation, Task, C...