Chain-of-Thought Prompting
PromptingDefinition
A prompting strategy that instructs Claude to reason step-by-step before providing a final answer. Improves accuracy on complex reasoning tasks by making intermediate steps explicit. Can be triggered by instructions like 'think step by step' or via extended thinking.
Example Usage
Add 'Think through this step by step before providing your final answer' to the system prompt for complex multi-step reasoning tasks.