Prompting and context design · MLD-0992
Reasoning trace
Intermediate generated steps used or presented during problem solving.
Original reference page · detailed expansion pending. Original definitions, examples, notes and citations are preserved below. New examples are illustrative, not benchmark results.
Original example
Store a sequence of calculations before a final answer.
Original caveat
A plausible trace can be incorrect or post-hoc.
Context and aliases
Level: Intermediate. Stages: Inference · Evaluation.
Tags: SLM · LLM · NLP.
Aliases: Scratchpad.
Related concepts
Concepts linking here
Original references
- Anthropic: Building effective agents ↗ · Reference link
- Hugging Face: chat templates ↗ · Reference link
- Anthropic: Effective context engineering for AI agents ↗ · Reference link
- Transformers glossary ↗ · Consulted
- Original reference URL ↗