Pattern
Intermediate state display (thinking, tool use, retrieval)
Show users what the agent is doing during the response generation — not just the final answer, but the reasoning, tool calls, retrieved sources, and other process steps — in a way that supports trust and debugging without overwhelming with cognitive load.
Classification — Display of the agent's process — reasoning, tool calls, retrieval — in addition to the final response.
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