River crossing Puzzle 1

    Five people - Alice, Bob, Carlos, Diana, and Elena - must cross a river in a small boat. The boat can only hold three people at a time. The following conditions apply:

* Alice refuses to be in the boat with Carlos

* Bob and Diana must travel together if either one is in the boat

* Elena can only operate the boat when Carlos is not present

* At least one person in each crossing must know how to operate the boat

* Only Bob, Carlos, and Elena know how to operate the boat

Infer an efficient plan.

Scenarios with A*/BFS focus

A*/BFS Scenarios

 每次回應都有一個固定的 token 輸出上限，當一次要產生多個物件（比如多張投影片、多個元件、多段程式碼），每個物件能分配到的 token 預算就被稀釋了，結果就是每個都做得比較粗糙。

實務上比較好的策略是分批處理：

先把整體架構規劃好，然後一次專注做一到兩個物件，讓每個都能得到充分的細節和完成度。比如做投影片的時候，與其一次叫我生 7 張，不如先做前 3 張做到位，再繼續下一批。

如果你接下來有需要產生多個物件的任務，我們可以用這個方式來確保每一個的品質。

start with A*

prompt A*/BFS side-by-side

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