tree-of-thoughtlisted

# Tree of Thought — Structured Ideation & Problem Solving ## What This Skill Does This skill applies the **Tree of Thought (ToT)** prompting framework to systematically explore a problem space. Instead of jumping to a single answer, it generates multiple reasoning branches, evaluates them, prunes weak paths, backtracks when needed, and refines the strongest candidates into a final recommendation — producing a documented reasoning trail the user can review and learn from. ## When to Use This Skill Use ToT when the problem has **more than one plausible approach** and the user would benefit from seeing the trade-offs explored rather than receiving a single answer. Good fits include: - Strategic or business decisions with competing priorities - Technical architecture choices with multiple viable patterns - Creative challenges where divergent thinking adds value - Go-to-market, pricing, or positioning questions - Process improvement or workflow redesign - Career or organisational decisions with multiple viable paths - Any scenario where the user says "help me think through this" Do NOT use ToT for simple factual lookups, single-step tasks, or when the user explicitly wants a quick direct answer. ## When to Use ToT vs GoT | Signal | Use ToT | Use GoT | |--------|---------|---------| | "Which option should I pick?" | ✓ | | | "How can I combine the best of both?" | | ✓ | | Problem has clear, mutually exclusive paths | ✓ | | | Problem has interdependent, overlapping concerns |