Column Generation

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: business-ops

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When the user wants to solve large-scale optimization problems using column generation, decomposition methods, or Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition. Also use when the user mentions "column generation," "master problem," "pricing problem," "cutting stock," "crew scheduling," "vehicle routing with column gen," "branch-and-price," or when the problem has exponentially many variables. For general optimization, see optimization-modeling. For metaheuristics, see metaheuristic-optimization.

What this skill does

Column Generation is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the business-ops sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/column-generation/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: use when the user mentions "column generation," "master problem," "pricing problem," "cutting stock," "crew scheduling," "vehicle routing with column gen," "branch-and-price," or when the problem has exponentially many variables. For general optimization, see optimization-modeling.

Who uses this skill

The Column Generation skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/column-generation
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/column-generation/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/column-generation/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/column-generation/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/column-generation/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\column-generation\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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