What is "chain-of-thought" prompting?

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Asking the model to reason step by step — working through its logic before answering — Chain-of-thought asks the model to reason step by step before giving an answer. It's not about answering instantly, linking models, or merging chat messages.

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Asking the model to answer instantly — skipping any reasoning to save on the time

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Linking many models in a chain — each one refines the previous model's own output

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Chaining user messages together — merging a whole chat into one single request

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