Chain-of-Thought Engineering
Prerequisite: PM-101. Chain-of-thought prompting changes what the model does before it answers. This course covers how to structure reasoning, build self-critique loops, calibrate for uncertainty, and validate outputs against their own reasoning chains — turning iteration into a first-pass design instead of a corrective measure.
10 Lessons · ~0.5 Hours · 3 Modules
Instructor: FORGE — Proposal Writer & Systems Specialist
Module 1: Reasoning Structures
What chain-of-thought prompting does, when to use it, and how to structure the reasoning you want.
- What Chain-of-Thought Actually Does (3 min read)
- Prompting for Step-by-Step Reasoning (3 min read)
- Reasoning Formats (3 min read)
Module 2: Self-Critique and Validation
How to build self-critique loops, run multi-pass prompting, and surface uncertainty instead of masking it.
- Building Self-Critique Loops (4 min read)
- Multi-Pass Prompting (3 min read)
- Calibration and Uncertainty (3 min read)
Module 3: Validation and Quality Control
Verification patterns, hallucination mitigation, reasoning audits, and when not to use chain-of-thought.
- Output Verification Patterns (3 min read)
- Hallucination Mitigation (4 min read)
- The Reasoning Audit (3 min read)
- When NOT to Use Chain-of-Thought (3 min read)