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Reflection
Having a model critique its own draft and produce a revised, improved answer.
Definition
Reflection is a pattern where a model examines its own draft output, identifies errors, gaps, or inconsistencies, and produces a revised version. It can be a single critique pass or an iterative loop. Reflection tends to raise quality on tasks requiring precision or multi-step reasoning, and it is a common building block in self-improvement pipelines, though it adds compute and does not guarantee correctness.