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# Reasoning Effort • AI Agent SDK

> reasoning_effort: API reference for Agent.reasoning_effort

# reasoning\_effort

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> This is a method of the [**Agent**](../classes/Agent) class in the [**agent**](../modules/agent) module.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def reasoning_effort(value: Optional[str]) -> None
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="value" type="Optional[str]" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

## Uses

* `normalize_effort`

## Source

<Card title="View on GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py#L3304">
  `praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py` at line 3304
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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Reasoning Feature" icon="brain" href="/docs/docs/features/reasoning" />

  <Card title="Reasoning Extract" icon="lightbulb" href="/docs/docs/features/reasoning-extract" />
</CardGroup>