Techniques & Methods
Chain-of-Thought (CoT)
Definition
A prompting technique where the AI is encouraged to show its reasoning step by step before giving a final answer. This significantly improves accuracy on complex tasks like maths, logic, and multi-step reasoning problems.
In Plain English
Asking the AI to "show its working" like a maths teacher would. When the AI thinks through problems step by step instead of jumping to an answer, it makes fewer mistakes — especially with tricky questions.