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Recursive Intelligence

From Single-Shot Prompting to Recursive Prompt Control

Learn how to steer an LLM step by step instead of hoping a single prompt gets it right.

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Recursive Intelligence
Jan 17, 2026
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A practical walkthrough with real examples

People get disappointed by LLMs for a simple reason. They use them like Google, or like a coworker they can hand a vague task to. Then they are surprised when the result is wrong, vague, or unusable.

That surprise comes from the wrong comparison.

Search engines retrieve sources.
Databases return records.
LLMs genera…

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