March 9, 2026

Reasoning mode for OpenAI thinking models

You can now control the reasoning effort of supported OpenAI reasoning models using the new reasoning_mode parameter in the think provider configuration. This parameter maps to OpenAI’s reasoning_effort and accepts low, medium, or high.

Example:

1{
2 "type": "Settings",
3 "agent": {
4 "think": {
5 "provider": {
6 "type": "open_ai",
7 "model": "gpt-5",
8 "reasoning_mode": "medium"
9 }
10 }
11 }
12}

For more details, visit the Configure the Voice Agent documentation.