# Graph of Thoughts

> Graph of Thoughts (GoT) models a language model's reasoning as an arbitrary graph, in which thoughts can be combined, refined, and looped back on, generalizing chain and tree structures.

- Identifier: PTL-0034
- Category: Reasoning Elicitation
- Canonical URL: https://protologue.com/t/graph-of-thoughts/
- Introduced: 2023

## Description

Aggregation of several partial solutions into one, such as merging sorted sublists, is the key operation GoT adds over tree-shaped search.

## Broader terms

- [Tree of Thoughts](https://protologue.com/t/tree-of-thoughts/)

## Related terms

- [Chain-of-Thought Prompting](https://protologue.com/t/chain-of-thought/)

## Sources

- Besta et al. (2023). Graph of Thoughts: Solving Elaborate Problems with Large Language Models. https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.09687

## Cite this entry

Protologue. (2026). Graph of Thoughts. In Protologue: A Taxonomy of Prompting and LLM Techniques (v1.0.0, PTL-0034). https://protologue.com/t/graph-of-thoughts/

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