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Prompting
Planning Prompt
A prompt that asks the model to outline a plan before it acts.
Definition
A planning prompt asks a model to lay out the steps of a task before carrying them out, rather than jumping straight to an answer. Sketching a plan first tends to improve reliability on multi-step problems and gives a structure that later steps or tool calls can follow. The pattern is common in agents, where an explicit plan guides a sequence of actions toward a goal.