The classic Tree of Thoughts prompt: multi-expert reasoning with one template
bigaiguy · x · 2026-10-09
bigaiguy shares the widely circulated Universal Tree of Thoughts prompt:
> Imagine three different experts answering this question. Each writes one step of their thinking, shares it with the group, then moves to the next step. Any expert who realizes they're wrong at any point leaves. The question is: [YOUR QUESTION]
He also breaks down the four steps of Tree of Thoughts:
- Thought decomposition — break the problem into steps
- Thought generation — brainstorm multiple options at each step
- State evaluation — rate each option (sure / maybe / impossible)
- Search — explore the best branches, backtrack from dead ends
No special model needed — just the right prompt. A classic, copy-paste reasoning-boosting template.
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