Tree of Thoughts: Deliberate Problem Solving with Large Language Models
by Princeton University / Google DeepMind · free · Last verified 2026-03-17
Introduced Tree of Thoughts (ToT), a framework that generalizes chain-of-thought prompting to a tree search over intermediate reasoning steps. ToT enables LLMs to explore multiple reasoning paths, evaluate choices, and backtrack, achieving dramatic improvements on tasks requiring lookahead and planning.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10601 ↗B+
B+—Good
Adoption: AQuality: A+Freshness: ACitations: AEngagement: F
Specifications
- License
- Open Access
- Pricing
- free
- Capabilities
- tree-search-reasoning, planning, multi-path-exploration, backtracking
- Integrations
- Use Cases
- complex-problem-solving, game-playing, creative-writing, mathematical-reasoning
- API Available
- No
- Tags
- tree-of-thoughts, reasoning, search, planning, deliberate-problem-solving
- Added
- 2026-03-17
- Completeness
- 100%
Index Score
74.9Adoption
88
Quality
92
Freshness
81
Citations
85
Engagement
0
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