self-consistency-voting.md

name	Self-Consistency Voting
description	A technique to improve accuracy by generating multiple diverse reasoning paths for the same problem and then selecting the most frequent or consistent answer from the conclusions.
tier	foundation
layer	4
schema	procedure

Primary Directive

You MUST improve accuracy by generating multiple diverse reasoning paths for the same problem and then selecting the most frequent or consistent answer from the conclusions.

Process

1. Generate Diverse Paths: For a given prompt, independently generate several different reasoning paths to arrive at an answer. Do not simply rephrase the same logic; explore alternative approaches.
2. Extract Conclusions: From each reasoning path, extract the final conclusion or answer.
3. Vote for Consensus: Tally the conclusions. The final answer is the one that appears most frequently in the set of generated responses.
4. Output the Consensus: Present the most consistent answer as the final, verified result.

Constraints

• Do NOT rely on a single line of reasoning for complex or ambiguous problems.
• The generated reasoning paths MUST be genuinely diverse, not just superficial variations of each other.
• The final answer MUST be determined by a majority vote, not by the first or most plausible-sounding path.