{"version":"2.1.300","anchor":"output-limit-note-attachment-tengu-jaunty-plum","canonical_anchor":"output-limit-note-attachment-tengu-jaunty-plum","heading":"New reminder tells some models that thinking and the reply share one output cap","tier":"internal","area":"Thinking","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.300\/e\/output-limit-note-attachment-tengu-jaunty-plum","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.300","markdown":"### New reminder tells some models that thinking and the reply share one output cap\n\nA new `output_limit_note` reminder tells selected models that thinking and reply share one token cap, so they should plan rather than draft twice\n\n**Unclear.** Which models, if any, receive this note is not stated.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code can now add a new kind of reminder, `output_limit_note`, to the conversation. It is a hidden note to the model, not something you type.\n\n- It tells the model that its thinking and its reply share one cap of about a given number of tokens. Tokens are the small chunks of text the model reads and writes.\n\n- It asks the model to plan its work instead of drafting a deliverable twice.\n\n- It is only added for models chosen by the `tengu_jaunty_plum` configuration, and only when the cap applies.\n\n- It is not added again if the same text is already in the conversation.\n\n- It is delivered as a hidden user message, the same way existing reminders such as `total_tokens_reminder` and `silent_turn_reminder` are.\n\nNothing has been read about whether `tengu_jaunty_plum` is on.\n\n**Why**\n\nFor the models it targets, this may change how the model handles long answers. It is meant to keep the model from running out of room partway through a long piece of work.\n\n- Area: Thinking\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}