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On the /v1/responses endpoint, you can calibrate model reasoning depth using the reasoning parameter through the official OpenAI SDK.

Configuring Reasoning Effort

Use the reasoning parameter (or extra_body={"reasoning": ...} in Python) to specify the model thinking budget.

Accessing Reasoning Trace and Token Accounting

When routing to dedicated reasoning models such as deepseek-r1, inspect internal reasoning token usage via usage.completion_tokens_details.

The effort Levels

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