Auto-effort: dynamically adjust reasoning effort based on prompt complexity
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 23, 2026 by jbovard2016 Closed Mar 27, 2026
Currently reasoning effort (standard/high/max) is static for the entire session. Would be valuable to have an auto mode that classifies each prompt's complexity and adjusts effort dynamically.
Simple lookups → standard effort. Complex debugging → max effort. Saves tokens on easy tasks, applies full reasoning only when warranted.
Could use a lightweight classifier (Haiku-tier) on each prompt to determine effort level before the main model processes it.
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