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AI & Machine Learning · Intermediate

Extended Thinking

A Claude feature that lets the model produce visible step-by-step reasoning before its final answer, within a token budget.

Definition

Developers enable thinking and set a budget of thinking tokens; more budget generally improves performance on complex problems at higher latency and cost. Thinking can be interleaved with tool calls in agentic workflows.

Exam tip

Increase the thinking budget for complex reasoning; disable it for simple, latency-sensitive requests.

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