Think Step by Step
Verb Phrase · AI & Machine Learning
Definitions
A prompting instruction intended to encourage the model to reason in a more deliberate multi-step way rather than answering immediately. It is commonly used in reasoning tasks, though its effectiveness depends on the model and task.
In plain English: An instruction telling the AI to reason through the problem one step at a time.
Example: "For the tricky reconciliation query they added 'think step by step' so the assistant would compare each source document systematically."