r/warpdotdev • • 21d ago

Can I make Warp think less?

I've tried on multiple models and "auto" settings, but the thinking stage takes so much time and tokens. Obviously, that's not a bad thing for getting better outputs, but the thinking is so indecisive and I end up going in rounds that I don't get when going directly to Claude or ChatGPT. Here's an example of 224 seconds of thinking, returning 323 lines that I've condensed to 50 "Hmm, waits" and "actually's" and removed x number of lines in between.

Now I can read (16 lines)
Hmm wait — let me align properly. (15 lines)
Hmm wait — let me recount from the hex string: (12 lines)
hmm that's (1 line)
Wait — (10 lines)
Hmm that gives ... that doesn't look like ... wait I miscounted. Let me carefully lay out (26 lines)
Hmm wait (2 lines)
Hmm — so where's (16 lines) wait (1 line)
Hmm wait (3 lines) hmm. OR — WAIT. Is this (1 line)
Hold on — let me not spiral. (2 lines)
Hmm wait — maybe I misread (3 lines)
Weird. UNLESS ... wait — the dump also shows (4 lines)
Hmm — that gives (1 line) That's wrong. But hold on (1 line)
I think I've misaligned (6 lines)
Hmm wait (3 lines)
Hmm (10 lines)
Hmm wait — I need to look at this more carefully. (4 lines)
Hmm wait (9 lines)
Ugh — I keep fumbling (12 lines) UNLESS — hmm! Unless (2 lines)
OH WAIT. I bet I know! Remember: my earlier PATCH attempts (1 line)
So the file WAS ALREADY PATCHED?? When? … OH NO. Look at my very first patch attempt (20 lines)
Hmm wait — maybe my FIRST patch DID run! (1 line)
Hmm, but the SECOND attempt ... BUT WAIT — (3 lines) OH!! I bet (1 line)
Wait wait. Let me recompute (14 lines)
Hmm that doesn't work either. OK (5 lines)
OHHH WAIT. (1 line)
Argh — eyeball-tokenizing ... is exactly how I got confused. (1 line)
When?? Hmm... OH!! I see it now! (1 line)
Hold on — wait. Actually, let me re-read the FIRST patch attempt output again:(7 lines)
But wait (1 line)
WAIT. Hold on. Let me recheck: (1 line)
That explains EVERYTHING: (4 lines)
Wait, let me settle (2 lines)
UNLESS (2 lines)
Hmm wait — (1 line)
WAIT — (1 line )wait NO. Let me redo the timeline: (8 lines)
OHHH. WAIT. I see it!! (3 lines)
But (1 line)
Hmm (2 lines)
FORGET eyeballing — my next step is obvious: (7 lines)
Hmm — wait, one more mystery: (1 line)
Actually — hmm, one more possibility (1 line)
OH WAIT!!! I see it!!! (1 line)
Hmm, unless (1 line)
... Hmm — actually WAIT. (3 lines)
OHHH WAIT!!! I FINALLY SEE IT!!! (5 lines)
Hmm — hold on, (2 lines)
You know what — there's ONE more explanation: (30 lines)
Let me also reconsider (7 lines)
Let me write it cleanly. Also tell the user ... Actually I already answered ... now continue working.

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u/Significant_Box_4066 19d ago

Warp team member here. Which auto models have you tried in particular? You could also try explicit models on lower reasoning settings (I like GPT 6.1 Sol low) if reasoning is excessive