When should you ask Claude to reason step-by-step?

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For multi-step logic, math, or analysis tasks where intermediate reasoning improves accuracy — Step-by-step shines on multi-hop logic and math — less necessary for trivial one-word answers.

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For every binary true/false with zero ambiguity always

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Only when using images

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Never, because reasoning always reduces accuracy

When should you ask Claude to reason step-by-step?

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