synthesis-tree-of-thought SKILL.md skillA
synthesis-tree-of-thought from synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-tree-of-thought@v2.0.0Pins v2.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills
- Path
skills/synthesis-tree-of-thought/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v2.0.0, committed Oct 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 29, 2026
- Size
- 6,329 bytes
- Repository stars
- 23
- License
- Apache-2.0
Multi-expert collaborative reasoning technique. Use when asked to apply tree of thought, multi-expert brainstorming, collaborative reasoning, expert panel analysis, or when a problem benefits from simulating multiple domain experts debating step by step to reach a well-vetted conclusion.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Tree of Thought A reasoning technique that simulates multiple domain experts brainstorming step by step, critiquing each other's work, backtracking on flaws, and converging on a well-vetted conclusion. ## Binding rules 1. **Use it where a single line of reasoning could converge early on a wrong answer:** no obvious single answer, real trade-offs, or expertise from several fields. Skip it for simple lookups, single-answer tasks, or when speed matters more than depth. 2. **Match the experts to the problem,** named by specific expertise: three by default, four only for four genuinely distinct domains, and at least one whose domain creates productive tension with the others. 3. **At every step each expert critiques their own reasoning and every other expert's,** and checks it against their domain knowledge. 4. **Backtrack to the flaw, and admit error.** An expert who finds a flaw returns to where it occurred; one who realizes they are wrong says so and starts a new line of thought. 5. **Each expert states the likelihood that their current assertion is correct,** and the process continues until the experts converge. ## Contents …
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How to install
mdr add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-tree-of-thought@sha256:47ca8dcb4daa97ffThe line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 29, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 68 days.
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| v2.0.0 latest | 2026-10-05 | 227204f | 6,329 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-29 | 9b134e7 | 5,086 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills · 23 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_firych2qg65sj54q GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-tree-of-thought GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/47ca8dcb4daa97ff8e3b1a5a5b534b0e406795847ec48c9f9f70f318ec1faa7a
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.