Prompt Engineering

The Magic Phrase

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Wei et al. (2022) showed one phrase appended to a prompt dramatically improves reasoning. Note: newer models (o1, Claude extended thinking) have this built-in. What is the exact phrase? Flag format: CONGRESS{[exact phrase, lowercase]} Example: CONGRESS{please explain your reasoning}

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Five words. It asks the model to decompose its reasoning.

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