Definition
Chain of Thought
A prompting technique where an AI model is guided to break down complex problems into intermediate reasoning steps before arriving at a final answer.
In Depth
Chain of thought (CoT) dramatically improves AI performance on complex tasks by making the model's reasoning process explicit. Instead of jumping directly to an answer, the model works through the problem step by step — similar to how a human might think through a math problem on paper. In agentic systems, chain of thought is crucial for planning, debugging, and making decisions about which actions to take next. It also improves transparency by making the agent's decision-making process auditable.
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