- In short
- Technique selection by task complexity means choosing the lightest prompt technique that meets the task requirements and adding scaffolding only when the task demands it. The progression is deliberate: start zero-shot, add few-shot examples only if the task needs them, and add chain-of-thought only if the reasoning path itself matters to the answer. Every added layer costs tokens and latency on every call, so the correct technique is chosen by task complexity, not by habit or by defaulting to the most elaborate option.
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