code-reasoning
Break down complex coding problems into structured, self-auditing thought steps. Enables branching, revising, and backtracking to explore solutions systematically before finalizing a response.
Instructions
🧠 Code Reasoning Tool (using sequential thinking)
Purpose → break complex problems into self-auditing, exploratory thought steps that can branch, revise, or back-track until a single, well-supported answer emerges.
WHEN TO CALL
• Multi-step planning, design, debugging, or open-ended analysis
• Whenever further private reasoning or hypothesis testing is required before replying to the user
ENCOURAGED PRACTICES
🔍 Question aggressively – ask "What am I missing?" after each step
🔄 Revise freely – mark is_revision=true even late in the chain
🌿 Branch often – explore plausible alternatives in parallel; you can merge or discard branches later
↩️ Back-track – if a path looks wrong, start a new branch from an earlier thought
❓ Admit uncertainty – explicitly note unknowns and schedule extra thoughts to resolve them
MUST DO
✅ Put every private reasoning step in thought
✅ Keep thought_number correct; update total_thoughts when scope changes
✅ Use is_revision & branch_from_thought/branch_id precisely
✅ Set next_thought_needed=false only when all open questions are resolved
✅ Abort and summarise if thought_number > 20
DO NOT
⛔️ Reveal the content of thought to the end-user
⛔️ Continue thinking once next_thought_needed=false
⛔️ Assume thoughts must proceed strictly linearly – branching is first-class
PARAMETER CHEAT-SHEET
• thought (string) – current reasoning step
• next_thought_needed (boolean) – request further thinking?
• thought_number (int ≥ 1) – 1-based counter
• total_thoughts (int ≥ 1) – mutable estimate
• is_revision, revises_thought (int) – mark corrections
• branch_from_thought, branch_id – manage alternative paths
• needs_more_thoughts (boolean) – optional hint that more thoughts may follow
All JSON keys must use lower_snake_case.
EXAMPLE ✔️
EXAMPLE ✔️ (branching late)
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| branch_from_thought | No | Branching point thought number | |
| branch_id | No | Identifier for the current branch | |
| is_revision | No | Whether this is a revision of a previous thought | |
| needs_more_thoughts | No | Optional hint that more thoughts may follow | |
| next_thought_needed | Yes | Whether another thought step is needed | |
| revises_thought | No | Which thought is being revised | |
| thought | Yes | Your current reasoning step | |
| thought_number | Yes | Current thought number (1-based) | |
| total_thoughts | Yes | Estimated total thoughts needed (can be adjusted) |