Thought generation

As explained in The Art of AI Product Development

Thought generation is the production of a partial solution for each component of a decomposed problem.

Thought generation produces a partial solution for each component of a decomposed problem. Within chain-of-thought prompting, solving these components sequentially helps a language model construct the final solution. section 6.3.1

A practical workflow for generating a blog article separates the work into:

• Brainstorming main points and subpoints. section 6.3.1
• Outlining the introduction, body, and conclusion. section 6.3.1
• Drafting sections with topic sentences, examples, and supporting evidence, then editing for clarity and flow. section 6.3.1

A lightweight prompt

Ask the model to write on a topic, outline the key writing steps first, and then follow those steps. This is a less specified version of the workflow. section 6.3.1

Figure 6.5 Schema for CoT prompting

Use the schema to see how thought decomposition and thought generation fit together in chain-of-thought prompting. section 6.3.1

How The Art of AI Product Development covers it

How deep it goes

Explains the role and workflow of partial solutions, but does not detail model internals or formal reasoning guarantees.

Examples

Uses a blog-writing prompt with brainstorming, outlining, drafting, conclusion, and editing steps.

What it assumes

Assumes a complex task that can be decomposed, while teaching how to generate partial solutions for its components.

What you can do after

Apply it via chain-of-thought prompting to structure complex writing or reasoning tasks into sequential subtasks.

How it connects

Connects thought generation with chain-of-thought prompting, thought decomposition, and language models.

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Related concepts

• chain-of-thought promptingpart of · Chain-of-thought prompting is a technique that elicits or guides a model to produce or follow intermediate reasoning steps before a final answer.

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