# Chain Of Thought Prompts

> Chain-of-thought and step-by-step reasoning prompts for complex problem solving

- Skill: `a5c-ai/chain-of-thought-prompts` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add a5c-ai/chain-of-thought-prompts`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/a5c-ai/chain-of-thought-prompts/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: a5c-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/a5c-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/a5c-ai/chain-of-thought-prompts

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# Chain-of-Thought Prompts Skill

## Capabilities

- Design chain-of-thought prompting patterns
- Implement step-by-step reasoning templates
- Create self-consistency prompting
- Design tree-of-thought patterns
- Implement reasoning verification
- Create structured reasoning outputs

## Target Processes

- prompt-engineering-workflow
- self-reflection-agent

## Implementation Details

### CoT Patterns

1. **Zero-Shot CoT**: "Let's think step by step"
2. **Few-Shot CoT**: Examples with reasoning
3. **Self-Consistency**: Multiple reasoning paths
4. **Tree-of-Thought**: Branching reasoning
5. **ReAct**: Reasoning + Action interleaved

### Configuration Options

- Reasoning trigger phrases
- Step format structure
- Verification prompts
- Reasoning chain length
- Consistency voting threshold

### Best Practices

- Clear reasoning step markers
- Explicit final answer extraction
- Verify reasoning validity
- Handle reasoning errors
- Monitor reasoning quality

### Dependencies

- langchain-core