prompting · task-method-knowledge-prompting TEC-0078 · proposed

Task-Method-Knowledge prompting

Give the model an explicit hierarchical model of the task: the goals, the methods that achieve each, and the knowledge of why each step is taken, drawn from the TMK framework in educational science, before asking it to plan.

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Give the model an explicit hierarchical model of the task: the goals, the methods that achieve each, and the knowledge of why each step is taken, drawn from the TMK framework in educational science, before asking it to plan. Filed by the drafting stage from Knowledge Model Prompting Increases LLM Performance on Planning Tasks (2602.03900) with status proposed: the paper introduces or tests it, and the claim drafted from the paper is its first evidence. The paper validated it by: Plan validity on PlanBench Blocksworld variants with and without TMK across several models; gains up to 65.8 points on Random Blocksworld for o1; no gain for o1-mini on Mystery.. Nobody has vouched for it; add support or contest it on this page.

Addresses: Planning a sequence of actions before acting

Does it work?

nothing measured0 supporting · 0 contesting sources

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