Module 20 Lesson 2: Multi-Stage Reasoning
Chain of Thought Orchestrated. How to build complex reasoning pipelines where multiple AI models check each other's work.
Multi-Stage Reasoning: The Council of Experts
In critical fields (Medical, Legal, Security), one AI's opinion isn't enough. AgentCore allows you to implement Multi-Stage Verification, where one model proposes an answer and a different model critiques it.
1. The Proposer-Critic Pattern
- Node 1 (Proposer): Claude 3 Haiku generates a draft answer.
- Node 2 (Critic): Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Smarter) reviews the draft against the source PDF.
- Node 3 (Logic): If the Critic identifies a hallucination, the flow loops back to Node 1 for a rewrite.
2. Benefits of Multi-Stage Logic
- Accuracy: Drastically reduces hallucinations by having a "Second Set of Eyes."
- Cost: Use a cheap/fast model for the first draft and the expensive/slow model only for the final verification.
- Auditability: You can see exactly which node corrected the other, providing a clear record of the AI's "internal debate."
3. Visualizing the Critique Loop
graph LR
Draft[Draft Node] --> Critic[Critic Node]
Critic -->|Issues Found| Draft
Critic -->|Verified| Final[Final Answer]
Note[Architecture forces the draft to meet the critic's standard]
💡 Guidance for Learners
This is the "Endgame" of AI development. When you use AgentCore to build a Multi-Model Verification Graph, you are building intelligence that is more reliable than any single human or any single AI model acting alone.
Summary
- Multi-Stage Reasoning uses different models for different layers of logic.
- Proposer-Critic loops ensure high fidelity.
- AgentCore provides the "Mechanical" glue to enforce these loops.
- This approach is the standard for Mission-Critical AI.