Decomposing how prompting steers behavior

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Learn how prompting affects large language models' behavior through a geometric decomposition framework

advanced Published 3 Jun 2026
Action Steps
  1. Apply the nested geometric decomposition framework to analyze prompting effects on LLMs
  2. Align representations of the same stimuli under different prompts to identify changes in internal representations
  3. Use the framework to compare behavior changes across various prompt pairs
  4. Analyze the geometric transformations induced by prompting to understand their impact on model behavior
  5. Implement the framework to decompose prompting effects in vision-language models (VLMs)
Who Needs to Know This

Researchers and developers working with large language models can benefit from understanding how prompting influences model behavior, enabling more effective model fine-tuning and application

Key Insight

💡 Prompting can be viewed as a transformation of the representational geometry of the content, allowing for a deeper understanding of its effects on model behavior

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🤖 New framework to decompose how prompting steers behavior in large language models! #LLMs #Prompting

Key Takeaways

Learn how prompting affects large language models' behavior through a geometric decomposition framework

Full Article

Title: Decomposing how prompting steers behavior

Abstract:
arXiv:2606.03093v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Prompting steers large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models (VLMs) without weight updates, but it remains unclear how instruction changes reshape internal representations to produce behavior. We introduce a nested geometric decomposition framework that treats prompting as a transformation of the representational geometry of the content following the prompt. For each prompt pair, we align representations of the same stimuli under two pr
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