What is a key feature of zero-shot prompting?

The correct answer isA— zero-shot prompting refers toasking an LLM to perform a task without providing any prior examples in the prompt. In UiPath Agentic Automation, this is considered the simplest form of task prompting and is often used when:

The request isstraightforwardorfamiliar to the LLM

There'sno need for detailed contextor task demonstration

You want rapid generation without lengthy prompt design

UiPath distinguisheszero-shot,few-shot, andchain-of-thought promptingas part of itsPrompt Engineering Toolkit. While zero-shot is fast and scalable, it’s not ideal fornuanced or ambiguous tasks, which often benefit fromfew-shot examplesor structured reasoning steps.

Option B is misleading — complex scenarios usuallyrequiremore grounding.

C contradicts the definition of zero-shot.

D confuses prompting withmodel fine-tuning, which is a separate concept.

Zero-shot works well for common, templated tasks (e.g., classifying "Is this urgent?") but is less reliable in dynamic, multi-intent agent behaviors.