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Hey everyone,

​I’ve been seeing a lot of hype around ChatGPT Pro and the advanced reasoning capabilities of the o1 and o3 models. I know they actually "think" and self-correct before generating an answer, which makes them insane for coding and complex logic.

​Obviously, paying for Pro makes sense for power users, but for the rest of us on the Free tier I'm curious how close we can get using prompt engineering alone.

​Has anyone found or built a "God prompt" or a robust Chain-of-Thought meta-prompt that forces the free model to simulate this deep reasoning? I know the classic "think step-by-step," but I'm looking for something more advanced that forces the model to brainstorm, evaluate multiple paths, and self-correct before outputting the final answer

Posted Aug 14, 2026, 12:35 AM UTC

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