Local AI Glossary
What is Chain-of-thought (CoT)?
Source: paperswithcode/chain-of-thought
A prompting technique where the model is asked to think step-by-step before giving a final answer. Improves performance on math, logic, and reasoning. DeepSeek R1 uses natural CoT trained via RL.
How Chain-of-thought (CoT) fits in the local AI stack
Chain-of-thought (CoT) is part of the broader local AI ecosystem. See the related guides, comparisons, and tools below to see how it applies in practice.
See also
- Full Local AI Glossary
- All learn topics
- What is Local AI?
- Quantization explained
- Hardware requirements
- How to choose a local LLM