Description

Detects sessions where high or maximum reasoning effort is used for the majority of requests on reasoning-capable models. Higher reasoning levels generate many extra "thinking" tokens — every -high or -xhigh request typically costs 2–4× more output tokens than -medium or default for the same answer.

When Triggered

{{extra.premiumCount}} of {{extra.totalKnown}} requests with a known reasoning level ({{pct}}) ran at high or max effort. These extra thinking tokens are billed even when the task doesn't need deep reasoning.

How to Improve

Default to medium effort and only escalate when the task actually benefits from extra reasoning (complex algorithms, ambiguous spec, multi-step planning). For routine edits, refactors, or factual questions, lower effort delivers the same result for a fraction of the output tokens.

Examples

{{normalizeModel(modelId)}} · effort: {{reasoningEffort}}

Detection Logic

scan: requests
match: reasoningEffort == "high" OR reasoningEffort == "max"
aggregate: count
stats: reasoningEffortStats(allReqs, "high")
emitCount: stats.premiumCount
emitTotal: stats.totalKnown
premiumCount: stats.premiumCount
totalKnown: stats.totalKnown
check: stats.totalKnown > thresholds.minSample AND stats.ratio > thresholds.maxRatio
examples: {{normalizeModel(modelId)}} · effort: {{reasoningEffort}}