Checking and Refining the Agent's Reasoning › Checking and Refining the Agent's Reasoning

In the previous chapter, you learned how chain-of-thought prompting helps agents break down complex problems step by step. But thinking through a problem once isn't always enough. Sometimes the agent makes a mistake in its reasoning, overlooks an important detail, or jumps to a conclusion too quickly.

What if you could teach your agent to double-check its own work? To pause and ask itself, "Wait, does this actually make sense?" This chapter explores how to guide agents to verify and refine their reasoning, catching errors before they become wrong answers.