Guide
What is Chain of Thought?
Prompting technique for improved LLM reasoning.
Chain of Thought (CoT) prompting encourages LLMs to show their reasoning step-by-step before giving a final answer. This improves accuracy on complex reasoning tasks.
How to Use CoT
- Zero-shot: Add "Let's think step by step"
- Few-shot: Provide examples with reasoning
- Self-consistency: Generate multiple chains, vote on answer
When CoT Helps
- Math and logic problems
- Multi-step reasoning
- Complex analysis
- Decision making
Does CoT prevent hallucinations?
CoT can help catch errors in reasoning but doesn't prevent hallucinations. The model may reason confidently from false premises.
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