Sort the Task: Direct, Reason, or Chain

Sort each task by the prompt strategy it deserves. Direct prompt Reasoning scaffold Prompt chain Rename one settings button direct Soften a short meeting invite Apply a tiered refund policy reason Reconcile two conflicting invoices Extract evidence, then answer chain Shortlist vendors across criteria Strategy selection Moved from one-size-fits-all prompting to failure-point matching. Direct is for simple edits, reasoning is for compact judgment, chain is for separable stages.

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