# Effort **Effort** defines how much computational reasoning an Agent invests before producing an answer.\ It can be interpreted as the number of internal reasoning “steps” performed per message. * **Low Effort:** fast, lightweight responses. * **Medium Effort:** moderate contextual analysis. * **High Effort:** deeper reasoning, multi-step orchestration, and better handling of complex logic. > 💡 The higher the Effort, the more credit or API cost may be consumed, since additional iterations are executed internally. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.zaia.app/agents/agent-settings/effort.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.