Mastering Prompt Engineering: Few‑Shot, Chain‑of‑Thought, and Self‑Consistency Techniques
This article breaks down three core prompt‑engineering techniques—Few‑Shot prompting for output format stability, Chain‑of‑Thought for multi‑step reasoning, and Self‑Consistency for answer robustness—showing when to use each, how to combine them in LangChain, and providing concrete code examples, performance data, and common pitfalls.
