Chain of Verification

Definitions

1. A prompting or workflow pattern where an AI system generates an answer and then explicitly checks or verifies important claims through additional reasoning or evidence steps. The goal is to reduce unsupported answers and improve reliability.

   In plain English: A method where AI checks its own answer through extra verification steps.

   Example: "For financial summaries they added a chain of verification step that forced the model to confirm each number against the source document."

Related Terms

• system prompt
• Scaffold
• Prompt Leaking
• Chain of Density
• Context Stuffing
• Decoder Only
• Few-Shot
• Fill-in-the-Middle
• Low-Rank Adaptation
• Neural Compression
• Soft Prompt
• Unlocking
• Verification AI
• Zero-Shot