Reflexion

Sections: Concept • Workflow • Use Cases • When to Use • Effectiveness • Example Snippet • Simple Explanation

Concept Self-reflective prompting where the model critiques its own outputs and iteratively improves them.

Workflow

1. Generate initial output
2. Prompt model: “Review and critique the above.”
3. Revise based on critique

Use Cases

• Essay polishing
• Code debugging assistance

When to Use

• Draft refinement (articles, emails, code)
• Situations needing error correction or style polishing

Effectiveness

• Improves output quality through critique
• Encourages self-correction of errors

Example Snippet

"Output: [draft text]
Prompt: Review the above and suggest improvements for clarity."

Simple Explanation

Reflexion is having the model review its own work and then update it based on its feedback.