---
title: "Tell your model when to think harder"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/tell-your-model-when-to-think-harder-wz9zilrjq
source_url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/tell-your-model-when-to-think-harder
type: article
source: "Visual Studio Blog"
published: 2026-07-29T15:08:06.918Z
updated: 2026-07-29T15:08:23.775Z
tags: ["llm", "visual-studio", "ai-assisted-development"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Tell your model when to think harder

**[Visual Studio Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/vs)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Visual Studio 18.9 Insiders 2 introduces a thinking effort control for AI models in the IDE. Users can now set reasoning levels — Low, Medium, High, Extra High, and Max — per model, matching the depth of AI reasoning to the complexity of the task. Simple tasks like renaming variables can use Low effort (fewer credits consumed), while complex debugging or architecture decisions can use High or Max. The setting lives in the model management view alongside model capabilities, context size, and cost, making it easy to tune in one place.

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