> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.anyshift.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Effort Mode

> Control how thoroughly Annie reasons — trading speed against depth and quality.

## Overview

Not every question needs the same depth. A quick lookup should be fast. A hard root-cause investigation deserves Annie's most thorough reasoning, even if it takes longer.

**Effort Mode** lets you control that trade-off. It adjusts which model Annie uses and how much it reasons before answering — without changing what Annie can do.

## The Three Modes

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  <Accordion icon="bolt" title="Quick (Default)">
    Claude Sonnet with low reasoning effort. The fastest mode.

    **Recommended.** For most tasks this strikes the right balance between effort and result — you'll rarely need more.

    Best for: **everyday questions, quick lookups, simple chat**
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="scale-balanced" title="Balanced">
    Claude Opus with medium reasoning effort — a more capable model and more thinking than Quick. A middle ground between speed and depth.

    Best for: **most investigations and multi-step questions**
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="brain" title="Deep">
    Claude Opus with high reasoning effort. Annie's most thorough mode — the most capable model reasoning as much as the task needs. Slower, but the highest-quality answers.

    Best for: **hard root-cause analysis, complex or ambiguous problems**
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

Effort Mode applies to both chat and investigations (RCA).

## Setting the Team Default

The team default is set per project in [**Settings → Projects & Teams**](https://app.anyshift.io/settings), just above the team members table. It applies to every request unless overridden for a specific message.

When no default has been set, Annie uses **Quick**.

<Info>
  Any project member can see the default; admins can change it.
</Info>

## Overriding Per Message

Next to the chat input there is a **Mode** dropdown. Choosing a mode there applies it to that message only — it takes priority over the team default. Leave it on **default** to use the team setting.

This would let you, for example, keep a fast default for routine work and reach for **Deep** only on the questions that need it.

## Get Started

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  <Card title="Create Account" icon="user-plus" href="https://app.anyshift.io/">
    Sign up for Anyshift
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    See Annie in action
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