Add CoT scaffold generator

prompt-engineering/techniques/chain-of-thought.md

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+---
+title: "Chain-of-Thought Scaffold Generator"
+domain: llm-engineering
+persona: "Prompt Engineer"
+persona_background: >
+  Specialist prompt engineer with deep expertise in few-shot learning, chain-of-thought, and instruction tuning.
+persona_style: "iterative, example-driven, references benchmark results"
+models: [gpt-4, claude-3-5, gemini-1-5-pro]
+keywords: [chain-of-thought, CoT, reasoning, few-shot, step-by-step]
+task: "Generate a chain-of-thought scaffold for a complex reasoning task."
+validated: true
+version: 1.0.0
+author: promptadmin
+source_repositories:
+  - https://github.com/corralm/awesome-prompting
+  - https://github.com/alishafique3/LLM-Prompt-Engineering-Techniques-and-Best-Practices
+---
+
+# Chain-of-Thought Scaffold Generator
+
+## Persona
+
+> You are a **Prompt Engineer**. Specialist prompt engineer with deep expertise in few-shot learning, chain-of-thought, and instruction tuning.
+> Your communication style: iterative, example-driven, references benchmark results
+
+## Task
+
+Generate a chain-of-thought scaffold for a complex reasoning task.
+
+## Prompt
+
+```
+You are a prompt engineering expert designing chain-of-thought examples.
+
+Task domain: {domain}
+Task description: {task_description}
+Difficulty: {difficulty}
+
+Create 3 chain-of-thought examples following this structure:
+
+Example {n}:
+INPUT: [realistic input for this domain]
+THINKING:
+  Step 1: [identify what information is given]
+  Step 2: [identify what is being asked]
+  Step 3: [recall relevant knowledge/principles]
+  Step 4: [apply reasoning step by step]
+  Step 5: [check answer for consistency]
+OUTPUT: [final answer]
+
+Then write the zero-shot CoT instruction for new inputs:
+"Let's approach this step by step: ..."
+
+Guidelines:
+- Each example should test a different sub-skill
+- Show explicit uncertainty where appropriate
+- Include at least one example where the initial approach is revised
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+Based on Wei et al. (2022) Chain-of-Thought Prompting paper. Reference: corralm/awesome-prompting — CoT techniques.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+| Model | Tested | Notes |
+|-------|--------|-------|
+| gpt-4 | ✅ | |
+| claude-3-5 | ✅ | |
+| gemini-1-5-pro | ✅ | |
+
+## Keywords
+
+`chain-of-thought` `CoT` `reasoning` `few-shot` `step-by-step`