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      <p class="lesson-subtitle">Single prompts have limits. Prompt chaining breaks complex tasks into a pipeline of focused steps β€” each prompt's output feeding the next as input. This is how production AI systems actually work.</p>
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      <h2>Why Single Prompts Have Limits</h2>
      <p>A single prompt works well when a task can be completed in one focused step. But complex real-world tasks often involve multiple phases: researching, synthesizing, deciding, formatting, and validating. Cramming all of this into one prompt creates several problems:</p>

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          <div class="technique-card__title">Context Window Limits</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">A single prompt can't process more text than fits in Claude's context window. A chain can handle documents of any size by breaking them into chunks across sequential steps.</div>
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        <div class="technique-card">
          <div class="technique-card__icon">🎯</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">Focus Dilution</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">Asking Claude to do five things in one prompt reduces performance on each. A chain of five focused prompts β€” each doing one thing well β€” consistently outperforms one sprawling prompt.</div>
        </div>
        <div class="technique-card">
          <div class="technique-card__icon">πŸ”</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">No Intermediate Validation</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">A single prompt fails silently. In a chain, you can inspect and validate each intermediate output β€” catching errors before they propagate and corrupt downstream steps.</div>
        </div>
        <div class="technique-card">
          <div class="technique-card__icon">πŸ”„</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">No Conditional Logic</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">Single prompts can't branch. Chains can: inspect the output of Step 1, then decide whether to run Step 2A or Step 2B based on what Claude found.</div>
        </div>
      </div>

      <h2>The Pipeline Metaphor</h2>
      <p>Think of prompt chaining as a data pipeline. Each stage transforms the data and passes it downstream:</p>

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        <div class="code-block__header">
          <span class="code-block__label">Pipeline Visualization</span>
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        <pre><code">Input Document
      β”‚
      β–Ό
[STEP 1: Extract]  β†’  "What are the key entities and facts?"
      β”‚                Output: structured JSON with extracted data
      β–Ό
[STEP 2: Analyze]  β†’  "Analyze these facts. What are the implications?"
      β”‚                Output: prose analysis
      β–Ό
[STEP 3: Format]   β†’  "Format this analysis as an executive brief"
      β”‚                Output: formatted document
      β–Ό
[STEP 4: Validate] β†’  "Check: does this brief match the original facts?"
      β”‚                Output: validation report or approved flag
      β–Ό
Final Output</code></pre>
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      <h2>Types of Chains</h2>

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          <div class="technique-card__icon">πŸ”—</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">Refinement Chains</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">Generate β†’ Critique β†’ Improve. Use when quality matters more than speed. Each step makes the previous output better: draft β†’ editorial feedback β†’ revised draft.</div>
        </div>
        <div class="technique-card">
          <div class="technique-card__icon">πŸ”¬</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">Analysis Chains</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">Extract β†’ Analyze β†’ Synthesize. For processing complex information sources. Break analysis into: what does it say? β†’ what does it mean? β†’ what should we do?</div>
        </div>
        <div class="technique-card">
          <div class="technique-card__icon">🌿</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">Decision Chains</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">Classify β†’ Branch. Step 1 categorizes the input; subsequent steps handle each category differently. Essential for building routing logic in AI applications.</div>
        </div>
        <div class="technique-card">
          <div class="technique-card__icon">⚑</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">Parallel Chains</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">Run multiple independent prompts simultaneously using async/threading. Collect all results and pass to a synthesis step. Dramatically reduces latency for multi-angle analysis.</div>
        </div>
      </div>

      <h2>Sequential Chain: Research β†’ Summarize β†’ Format</h2>

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          <span class="code-block__label">Research Pipeline (Python)</span>
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        <pre><code">import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

def call_claude(system: str, user: str, max_tokens: int = 1024) -> str:
    response = client.messages.create(
        model="claude-opus-4-5",
        max_tokens=max_tokens,
        system=system,
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": user}]
    )
    return response.content[0].text

def research_pipeline(topic: str, raw_sources: list[str]) -> str:
    """3-step chain: extract key info β†’ analyze β†’ produce executive brief."""

    # STEP 1: Extract key facts from each source
    extracted_facts = []
    for i, source in enumerate(raw_sources):
        facts = call_claude(
            system="You are a research analyst. Extract key facts, dates, and statistics from documents.",
            user=f"Extract all key facts from this source. Return as a JSON array of strings.\n\n&lt;source id='{i+1}'&gt;\n{source}\n&lt;/source&gt;"
        )
        extracted_facts.append(facts)

    facts_combined = "\n".join([f"Source {i+1}: {f}" for i, f in enumerate(extracted_facts)])

    # STEP 2: Analyze and synthesize
    analysis = call_claude(
        system="You are a strategic analyst. Synthesize information from multiple sources into coherent insights.",
        user=f"""Analyze these extracted facts about '{topic}'.
Identify: key themes, conflicting information, important gaps.

&lt;facts&gt;
{facts_combined}
&lt;/facts&gt;

Return: 3-5 key insights in prose.""",
        max_tokens=2048
    )

    # STEP 3: Format as executive brief
    brief = call_claude(
        system="You are a senior business writer specializing in executive communications.",
        user=f"""Format the following analysis as a one-page executive brief about '{topic}'.

Structure: Background (2 sentences) β†’ Key Findings (3 bullet points) β†’ Implications (2 sentences) β†’ Recommended Actions (3 bullet points)

&lt;analysis&gt;
{analysis}
&lt;/analysis&gt;""",
        max_tokens=1024
    )

    return brief

# Usage
brief = research_pipeline("AI adoption in healthcare", [doc1, doc2, doc3])
print(brief)</code></pre>
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      <h2>Document Extract β†’ Validate β†’ Output Chain</h2>

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          <span class="code-block__label">Extraction with Validation</span>
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        <pre><code">import json

def extract_and_validate(contract_text: str) -> dict:
    """Extract contract data and validate the extraction before returning."""

    # Step 1: Extract structured data
    extraction_prompt = f"""Extract the following fields from this contract.
Return valid JSON only β€” no explanation.

Schema:
{{
  "parties": ["list of party names"],
  "effective_date": "YYYY-MM-DD or null",
  "termination_date": "YYYY-MM-DD or null",
  "payment_terms_days": number or null,
  "liability_cap": number or null,
  "governing_law": "state/jurisdiction or null"
}}

&lt;contract&gt;
{contract_text}
&lt;/contract&gt;"""

    raw_extraction = call_claude("You extract structured data from legal documents.", extraction_prompt)

    try:
        extracted = json.loads(raw_extraction)
    except json.JSONDecodeError:
        return {"error": "extraction_failed", "raw": raw_extraction}

    # Step 2: Validate the extraction
    validation_prompt = f"""Review this data extraction from a contract.
Verify: (1) are the field values consistent with the contract text?
(2) are any fields incorrectly null that should have values?
(3) are any field values wrong?

Return JSON: {{"valid": true/false, "issues": ["list of issues found"], "corrections": {{}}}}

&lt;contract&gt;{contract_text[:2000]}&lt;/contract&gt;
&lt;extraction&gt;{json.dumps(extracted)}&lt;/extraction&gt;"""

    validation = call_claude("You validate data extractions for accuracy.", validation_prompt)

    val_data = json.loads(validation)
    if not val_data.get("valid") and val_data.get("corrections"):
        extracted.update(val_data["corrections"])

    return {"data": extracted, "validation": val_data}
</code></pre>
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      <h2>Parallel Chains: Running Multiple Prompts Simultaneously</h2>

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          <span class="code-block__label">Parallel Analysis Chain (asyncio)</span>
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        <pre><code">import asyncio
import anthropic

async_client = anthropic.AsyncAnthropic()

async def analyze_from_perspective(topic: str, perspective: str) -> dict:
    response = await async_client.messages.create(
        model="claude-opus-4-5",
        max_tokens=512,
        messages=[{
            "role": "user",
            "content": f"Analyze '{topic}' from the perspective of {perspective}. 3 key points."
        }]
    )
    return {"perspective": perspective, "analysis": response.content[0].text}

async def multi_perspective_analysis(topic: str) -> str:
    # Run all perspectives in parallel
    perspectives = ["a CFO", "an operations manager", "a frontline employee", "a customer"]
    tasks = [analyze_from_perspective(topic, p) for p in perspectives]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

    # Synthesize all perspectives into one coherent view
    combined = "\n".join([f"{r['perspective']}: {r['analysis']}" for r in results])
    synthesis_response = await async_client.messages.create(
        model="claude-opus-4-5",
        max_tokens=1024,
        messages=[{
            "role": "user",
            "content": f"Synthesize these four perspectives on '{topic}' into a balanced summary.\n\n{combined}"
        }]
    )
    return synthesis_response.content[0].text

# Usage
result = asyncio.run(multi_perspective_analysis("moving to a 4-day work week"))</code></pre>
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      <h2>State Management Between Prompts</h2>
      <p>Each prompt in a chain receives only what you explicitly pass to it β€” there's no shared memory between API calls. You must actively manage state:</p>

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          <div class="technique-card__icon">πŸ“¦</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">Pass Full Context</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">The simplest approach: pass the full accumulated context to each step. Works for short chains with small outputs. Becomes expensive and hit context limits for long chains.</div>
        </div>
        <div class="technique-card">
          <div class="technique-card__icon">πŸ—œοΈ</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">Compress Between Steps</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">Add a compression step between long steps: "Summarize the key findings from this analysis in 200 words." Pass the summary rather than the full output to the next step.</div>
        </div>
        <div class="technique-card">
          <div class="technique-card__icon">πŸ“Š</div>
          <div class="technique-card__title">Structured State Object</div>
          <div class="technique-card__desc">Use a JSON state object that accumulates outputs. Each step adds its results to the state object. The final step receives the full structured state and produces the final output.</div>
        </div>
      </div>

      <h2>Best Practices for Chain Design</h2>

      <div class="steps">
        <div class="step">
          <div class="step__num">1</div>
          <div class="step__content">
            <div class="step__title">Atomic prompts: one job per step</div>
            <div class="step__desc">Each step in the chain should do exactly one thing well. If you find yourself writing "and then also..." in a step's instructions, split it into two steps.</div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="step">
          <div class="step__num">2</div>
          <div class="step__content">
            <div class="step__title">Design for structured handoffs</div>
            <div class="step__desc">Each step's output should be in a format that makes it easy to inject into the next step. Prefer JSON or XML for intermediate outputs β€” they're easy to pass as template variables.</div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="step">
          <div class="step__num">3</div>
          <div class="step__content">
            <div class="step__title">Add validation steps for high-stakes chains</div>
            <div class="step__desc">After any step that makes a critical decision (classification, extraction, analysis), add a validation step that checks the output for correctness before passing it downstream.</div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="step">
          <div class="step__num">4</div>
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            <div class="step__title">Handle errors gracefully</div>
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