Prompt Less, Smile More: MTP with Semantic Engineering in Lieu of Prompt Engineering
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| author | Dantanarayana, Jayanaka L. Kashmira, Savini Nathees, Thakee Zhang, Zichen Flautner, Krisztian Tang, Lingjia Mars, Jason |
| author_facet | Dantanarayana, Jayanaka L. Kashmira, Savini Nathees, Thakee Zhang, Zichen Flautner, Krisztian Tang, Lingjia Mars, Jason |
| contents | AI-Integrated programming is emerging as a foundational paradigm for building intelligent systems with large language models (LLMs). Recent approaches such as Meaning Typed Programming (MTP) automate prompt generation by leveraging the semantics already present in code. However, many real-world applications depend on contextual cues, developer intent, and domain-specific reasoning that extend beyond what static code semantics alone can express. To address this limitation, we introduce Semantic Engineering, a lightweight method for enriching program semantics so that LLM-based systems can more accurately reflect developer intent without requiring full manual prompt design. We present Semantic Context Annotations (SemTexts), a language-level mechanism that allows developers to embed natural-language context directly into program constructs. Integrated into the Jac programming language, Semantic Engineering extends MTP to incorporate these enriched semantics during prompt generation. We further introduce a benchmark suite designed to reflect realistic AI-Integrated application scenarios. Our evaluation shows that Semantic Engineering substantially improves prompt fidelity, achieving performance comparable to Prompt Engineering while requiring significantly less developer effort. |
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| spellingShingle | Prompt Less, Smile More: MTP with Semantic Engineering in Lieu of Prompt Engineering Dantanarayana, Jayanaka L. Kashmira, Savini Nathees, Thakee Zhang, Zichen Flautner, Krisztian Tang, Lingjia Mars, Jason Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence AI-Integrated programming is emerging as a foundational paradigm for building intelligent systems with large language models (LLMs). Recent approaches such as Meaning Typed Programming (MTP) automate prompt generation by leveraging the semantics already present in code. However, many real-world applications depend on contextual cues, developer intent, and domain-specific reasoning that extend beyond what static code semantics alone can express. To address this limitation, we introduce Semantic Engineering, a lightweight method for enriching program semantics so that LLM-based systems can more accurately reflect developer intent without requiring full manual prompt design. We present Semantic Context Annotations (SemTexts), a language-level mechanism that allows developers to embed natural-language context directly into program constructs. Integrated into the Jac programming language, Semantic Engineering extends MTP to incorporate these enriched semantics during prompt generation. We further introduce a benchmark suite designed to reflect realistic AI-Integrated application scenarios. Our evaluation shows that Semantic Engineering substantially improves prompt fidelity, achieving performance comparable to Prompt Engineering while requiring significantly less developer effort. |
| title | Prompt Less, Smile More: MTP with Semantic Engineering in Lieu of Prompt Engineering |
| topic | Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19427 |