Prompt techniques: few-shot vs priming vs grounding vs chain-of-thought vs clear syntax

This sheet compares Few-shot examples, Output priming, Grounding data, Chain-of-thought, Clear syntax separators.

CriterionFew-shot examplesOutput primingGrounding dataChain-of-thoughtClear syntax separators
FixesInconsistent labelsToo many or wrong-form outputsInvented, unreliable factsWrong multi-step answersOutput a parser cannot split

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