{"version":"2.1.311","anchor":"shiftupdown-bound-to-effort-increasedecrease-in-chat-keyb","canonical_anchor":"shiftupdown-bound-to-effort-increasedecrease-in-chat-keyb","heading":"Shift+Up and Shift+Down step the effort level, with tips and hints","tier":"use","area":"Effort","scope":"individual","heads_up":true,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.311\/e\/shiftupdown-bound-to-effort-increasedecrease-in-chat-keyb","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.311","markdown":"### Shift+Up and Shift+Down step the effort level, with tips and hints\n\nNew `chat:increaseEffort` and `chat:decreaseEffort` keys (Shift+Up and Shift+Down) raise or lower effort, with a tip, a shortcut hint and a cache warning\n\n**Unclear.** Whether these shortcuts apply on every platform and build is not stated.\n\n**What**\n\nThe effort level sets how much thinking Claude puts into a reply, and you normally change it with `\/effort`. There are now keyboard actions to step it up or down.\n\n- **Keys:** the default chat key map binds `shift+up` to `chat:increaseEffort` and `shift+down` to `chat:decreaseEffort`. Which builds or conditions fill in these bindings is not shown.\n\n- **Cache warning:** if a step would miss the prompt cache, a store of recent input that makes replies cheaper and faster, an effort confirmation prompt appears first. Stepping up when the next step would be `max` shows \"stops below max \u00b7 \/effort max to set it\".\n\n- **Tip:** a new tip, `effort-step-keys`, says to press these keys to \"raise or lower the effort level for this session\". It shows only when both bindings are set as plain keys and a feature check passes.\n\n- **Hints:** the shortcuts help panel gets a new entry under the same check, and a dimmed \"change effort\" hint can appear on screen under a condition that was not resolved.\n\n- **Status line:** the effort status line can now end with \"may wait for your next message\" instead of \"\/effort\".\n\n**Why**\n\nYou can change effort without typing a command. Watch for the confirmation prompt, since changing effort mid-conversation can cost a cache miss, and for the status line saying the new level may only apply from your next message.\n\n- Area: Effort\n- Names: `chat:increaseEffort`, `chat:decreaseEffort`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 5\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: yes"}