chain of thought

Getting the model to work through intermediate steps before answering. More reliable on multi-step problems, because the steps become context the final answer can lean on.

ai 1 video 1 mention also: chain-of-thought, step by step reasoning

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Cursor Rules, Commands, Hooks, and Skills

Mar 5, 2026first said at 56:091 mention

“to them. Those are going to use something called chain of thought reasoning. And this is a process where the model thinks and reflects, thinks and reflects, thinks and reflects until it gives you an output. As a result, it takes longer for…”