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Thinking Variant

Enable extended reasoning with :thinking

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The :thinking variant enables extended reasoning capabilities for complex problem-solving tasks.

Usage

Append :thinking to any model ID:

1{
2 "model": "deepseek/deepseek-r1:thinking"
3}

Details

Thinking variants provide access to models with extended reasoning capabilities, allowing for more thorough analysis and step-by-step problem solving. This is particularly useful for complex tasks that benefit from chain-of-thought reasoning.

See also: Reasoning Tokens