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Checkpoint
One last thing before we move on. pass this to mark the lesson done, or skip and keep moving. hop to the next when you're ready.
Final drill. Build a decision helper that, given a task and a model, returns a prompt strategy summary: which techniques apply and which don't.
Write prompt_strategy(task_kind, model) that returns a dict:
model_class:"reasoning"if model is inREASONING_MODELS, else"standard".use_few_shot: True if task_kind is in{"classify", "format"}, False otherwise (few-shot helps with format/labels, less so with pure reasoning).use_cot: True ONLY iftask_kind == "math"AND model_class is"standard". Reasoning models skip explicit CoT.notes: a one-sentence string explaining why CoT is or isn't applied.
Four cases run for you. Expected output:
classify+haiku→ model_class=standard use_few_shot=True use_cot=False notes=Few-shot for label format; CoT not needed for classification.
classify+o3 → model_class=reasoning use_few_shot=True use_cot=False notes=Few-shot for label format; CoT skipped on reasoning model.
math+haiku → model_class=standard use_few_shot=False use_cot=True notes=CoT helps standard model on math.
math+o3 → model_class=reasoning use_few_shot=False use_cot=False notes=Reasoning model handles math internally; skip CoT.