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title: "What is Chain-of-Thought prompting, and why does it improve reasoning?"  
description: "What is Chain-of-Thought prompting, and why does it improve reasoning?"  
author: "Manish Kumar"  
published: 2026-06-15  
updated: 2026-06-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116827/what-is-chain-of-thought-prompting-and-why-does-it-improve-reasoning  
category: "artificial-intelligence"  
tags: ["artificial intelligence", "llm"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Chain-of-Thought prompting, and why does it improve reasoning?

**What is [Chain](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23134/what-is-the-first-responder-and-responder-chain-in-ios)-of-Thought prompting, and why does it improve [reasoning](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/342078/claude-design-how-modern-ai-assistants-are-built-for-safety-reasoning-and-usability)?**


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