What is Reason?
Reason is a mode that tells Wysor to take its time and think through a problem carefully before answering. Instead of returning an immediate response, the model works through multiple reasoning steps internally, weighs alternatives, and then gives you a more considered answer.
When to use it
Reason is worth turning on when a snap answer won't do. Typical cases:
- Strategy questions — "Should we enter this market?" "How do we respond to this competitor?"
- Complex analysis — multi-step problems that require weighing tradeoffs
- Math and logic — problems that benefit from explicit step-by-step reasoning
- Code architecture — design decisions with multiple valid options
- Writing under pressure — high-stakes drafts where nuance matters
Quick vs. Deep Reason
The Reason button cycles through three states:
- Off — standard response, fastest
- Quick Reason — moderate extended thinking, good for most harder problems
- Deep Reason — maximum extended thinking, for the hardest questions
Click the button to cycle. Deep Reason takes noticeably longer but produces the most thoroughly considered answers.
Tradeoffs
Reason makes responses slower and uses more compute than a standard reply. For simple questions, it's overkill — turn it off. For hard questions where you'd rather wait 20 seconds and get the right answer than get a fast wrong one, it's worth the cost.
Combine with other tools
Reason stacks with everything else. Enable Databank + Reason to have Wysor think carefully about legal precedents. Enable Research + Reason to get a deeper analysis of an investigation target. The tools aren't mutually exclusive.