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title: "thinking"
sidebar_label: "thinking"
description: "Kotlin binding reference: thinking."
---

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//[clika-runtime](../../../index.md)/[io.clika.modelverse](../index.md)/[GenerationConfig](index.md)/[thinking](thinking.md)

# thinking

[common]\
val [thinking](thinking.md): [Boolean](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-boolean/index.html)? = null

The thinking channel for this request on a model whose [Capabilities.thinking](../Capabilities/thinking.md) is [ThinkingControl.TOGGLE](../ThinkingControl/TOGGLE/index.md): `true` on, `false` off, `null` the model's default ([LoadOptions.thinking](../LoadOptions/thinking.md) when set). Every other control ignores it.