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FreeThink faster by writing less — minimal reasoning for efficient LLM prompting.
About prompt
Chain of Draft (CoD) is a prompting technique that constrains each reasoning step to a maximum of 5 words, forcing minimal but essential intermediate thinking. It significantly reduces token usage and latency compared to traditional Chain of Thought prompting, while maintaining high accuracy on math and logical reasoning tasks. According to the paper (arXiv 2502.18600), CoD achieves 91% accuracy on GSM8k math benchmarks using only 7.6% of tokens, with latency reduction up to 76%. The technique is best suited for math word problems, logical reasoning, and multi-step calculations, and works with major LLMs such as GPT-4, Claude 3+, and Gemini 1.5+. System prompts and a few-shot example are provided for easy implementation.
Key Features
Pros & Cons
- Dramatic reduction in token usage and latency compared to Chain of Thought
- Simple to implement with provided system prompts and few-shot examples
- Maintains competitive accuracy while being significantly more efficient
- Works with leading language models without special configuration
- Slightly lower accuracy than Chain of Thought (about 4% drop on math benchmarks)
- Not suitable for creative writing, open-ended generation, or tasks requiring detailed explanation
- 5-word constraint may limit expressiveness for very complex reasoning steps