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Thinking Levels (/think directives)

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What it does

  • Inline directive in any inbound body: /t <level>, /think:<level>, or /thinking <level>.
  • Levels (aliases): off | minimal | low | medium | high
    • minimal → “think”
    • low → “think hard”
    • medium → “think harder”
    • high → “ultrathink” (max budget)
    • highest, max map to high.

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Resolution order

  1. Inline directive on the message (applies only to that message).
  2. Session override (set by sending a directive-only message).
  3. Global default (agent.thinkingDefault in config).
  4. Fallback: low for reasoning-capable models; off otherwise.

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Setting a session default

  • Send a message that is only the directive (whitespace allowed), e.g. /think:medium or /t high.
  • That sticks for the current session (per-sender by default); cleared by /think:off or session idle reset.
  • Confirmation reply is sent (Thinking level set to high. / Thinking disabled.). If the level is invalid (e.g. /thinking big), the command is rejected with a hint and the session state is left unchanged.
  • Send /think (or /think:) with no argument to see the current thinking level.

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Application by agent

  • Embedded Pi: the resolved level is passed to the in-process Pi agent runtime.

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Verbose directives (/verbose or /v)

  • Levels: on|full or off (default).
  • Directive-only message toggles session verbose and replies Verbose logging enabled. / Verbose logging disabled.; invalid levels return a hint without changing state.
  • Inline directive affects only that message; session/global defaults apply otherwise.
  • Send /verbose (or /verbose:) with no argument to see the current verbose level.
  • When verbose is on, agents that emit structured tool results (Pi, other JSON agents) send each tool result back as its own metadata-only message, prefixed with <emoji> <tool-name>: <arg> when available (path/command); the tool output itself is not forwarded. These tool summaries are sent as soon as each tool finishes (separate bubbles), not as streaming deltas. If you toggle /verbose on|off while a run is in-flight, subsequent tool bubbles honor the new setting.

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Reasoning visibility (/reasoning)

  • Levels: on|off|stream.
  • Directive-only message toggles whether thinking blocks are shown as italic text in replies.
  • When enabled, any model-provided reasoning content is appended as a separate italic block.
  • stream (Telegram only): streams reasoning into the Telegram draft bubble while the reply is generating, then sends the final answer without reasoning.
  • Alias: /reason.
  • Send /reasoning (or /reasoning:) with no argument to see the current reasoning level.

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Heartbeats

  • Heartbeat probe body is the configured heartbeat prompt (default: Read HEARTBEAT.md if exists. Consider outstanding tasks. Checkup sometimes on your human during (user local) day time.). Inline directives in a heartbeat message apply as usual (but avoid changing session defaults from heartbeats).

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Web chat UI

  • The web chat thinking selector mirrors the session’s stored level from the inbound session store/config when the page loads.
  • Picking another level applies only to the next message (thinkingOnce); after sending, the selector snaps back to the stored session level.
  • To change the session default, send a /think:<level> directive (as before); the selector will reflect it after the next reload.