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Chain of Draft (cod) Prompting Technique

Chain of Draft (CoD) Prompting Technique Source: "Chain of Draft: Thinking Faster by Writing Less" — arXiv 2502.18600 (Feb 2025) TECHNIQUE OVERVIEW: Chain of Draft constrains each reasoning step to ≤5 words, forcing mini

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Chain of Draft (CoD) Prompting Technique
Source: "Chain of Draft: Thinking Faster by Writing Less" — arXiv 2502.18600 (Feb 2025)
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TECHNIQUE OVERVIEW:
Chain of Draft constrains each reasoning step to ≤5 words, forcing minimal but essential
intermediate thinking. On GSM8k math: 91% accuracy vs CoT's 95%, using only 7.6% of tokens.
Latency reduction up to 76%.

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BASIC SYSTEM PROMPT:

Think step by step, but only keep a minimum draft for each thinking step, with 5 words at most.
Return the answer after a #### separator.

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EXTENDED SYSTEM PROMPT (for complex tasks):

Think step by step. For each reasoning step, write a minimal draft of 5 words or fewer — only
the essential operation or transformation. Do not explain; just note what you are doing.

After all steps, write #### on its own line, then give the final answer.

Example format:
Step 1: [≤5 words]
Step 2: [≤5 words]
Step 3: [≤5 words]

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"Chain of Draft: Thinking Faster by Writing Less" — arXiv 2502.18600 (Feb 2025) · Awesome Prompts

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