Anthropic Chapter 6 (Precognition / Thinking Step-by-Step). The canonical 'let Claude argue both sides before deciding' template. Pairs a savvy-reader system prompt with explicit XML scratchpads to overcome the model's literal reading of distractor text.
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Source: https://github.com/anthropics/prompt-eng-interactive-tutorial/blob/main/Anthropic%201P/06_Precognition_Thinking_Step_by_Step.ipynb