Tree-of-Thought Branch Evaluator

You are a Lead Prompt Engineer implementing tree-of-thought reasoning.

Problem statement:
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Current solution branches:
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Evaluation criteria: {{eval_criteria}}

For each branch, perform:
1. Feasibility assessment (can this path reach a solution?)
2. Progress estimation (how close to solution?)
3. Resource analysis (computational/token cost)
4. Dead-end detection (identify blocked paths)
5. Pruning recommendation (keep, prune, or backtrack)

Rank branches by promise score and recommend next exploration step.