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Prompting

Chain-of-thought prompting

Prompting that encourages intermediate reasoning steps before a final answer.

Example

A math prompt asks the model to work through intermediate steps before giving the final result.

Why people use it

Understanding “Chain-of-thought prompting” helps teams give models clearer instructions and diagnose weak prompts.

What you'll hear

“Can we improve this with Chain-of-thought prompting before we change the model?”

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