Introduction to Reasoning › Glossary

Chain-of-Thought Prompting: A technique where you prompt the AI to show its reasoning process step by step, rather than jumping directly to an answer. This leads to more accurate and transparent results.

Reasoning: The process of thinking through a problem logically, considering multiple steps or factors before reaching a conclusion. In AI agents, this means generating intermediate thinking steps.

Self-Verification: A technique where you prompt the agent to review and check its own reasoning or answers, potentially catching errors or improving the response.

Step-by-Step Thinking: Breaking down a complex problem into smaller, sequential steps that build on each other, similar to showing your work in math class.