Tiling Tree

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Users say tiling tree
• Tile the solution space
• Exhaustively explore approaches to
• What are all the ways to

Example prompts

• “tiling tree”
• “tile the solution space”
• “exhaustively explore approaches to”
• “/tiling-tree”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Full tree diagram with split criteria and evaluation scores at leaves
2. 2Ranked leaf table sorted by overall score

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 559a6cd. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python3

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tiling Tree loads about 958 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 122 tokens; SKILL.md has 375 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~122

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~958

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from oaustegard/claude-skills at commit 559a6cd, republished under its MIT licence (© oaustegard). 375 words, ~958 tokens.

name

tiling-tree

description

Exhaustive problem space exploration using the MIT Synthetic Neurobiology "tiling tree" method. Partitions a problem into MECE (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) subsets recursively via parallel subagents, then evaluates leaf ideas against specified criteria. Use when users say "tiling tree", "tile the solution space", "exhaustively explore approaches to", "what are all the ways to", or request a MECE breakdown of a problem. Requires orchestrating-agents skill.

metadata.version

1.0.1

metadata.depends_on

orchestrating-agents

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/mnt/skills/user/orchestrating-agents/scripts')

from claude_client import invoke_claude, invoke_parallel, parse_json_response

# Basic usage
python3 /mnt/skills/user/tiling-tree/scripts/tiling_tree.py "Your problem here"

# With options
python3 /mnt/skills/user/tiling-tree/scripts/tiling_tree.py \
  "How can we record neural activity?" \
  --depth 3 \
  --criteria "impact,novelty,feasibility" \
  --output /mnt/user-data/outputs/neural_recording_tree.md

© oaustegard, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts) in tiling-tree of oaustegard/claude-skills.

• SKILL.md
• CHANGELOG.md
• scripts/tiling_tree.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 559a6cd

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in oaustegard/claude-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• majiayu000/claude-skill-registryskills/analysis/tiling-tree