You have eight few-shot examples. Does their order matt...

With eight examples, there are 8! (40,320) possible arrangements, and research shows performance can swing from near-chance to state-of-the-art based on permutation. Do not attempt to search the entire space. Instead, use a content-free probe to analyze the model’s internal bias. Additionally, be aware of recency bias, where the last slot in the prompt often has the most influence on the model’s output.