i have noticed that LLMs like claude and gpt-4o work really well with this prompt, it instructs them to 'contemplate' for a bit before giving the final answer. https://t.co/9o5Q9M2Atv

maharshi

Any other favorite prompt templates?

https://x.com/mrsiipa/status/1876253176963493889

For when you _don't_ have a prompt template ready to copy/paste, my go-to is starting the prompt with:

You are an expert at {THING_IM_ABOUT_TO_ASK_ABOUT}.

Question goes here...

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I've noticed much better results by adding that one line.