Developers Frustrated: Hidden AI Thinking Traces Make Steering Agents Like 'Driving at Night'
yacineMTB · x · 2026-08-05
A developer expressed frustration with summarized thinking traces in AI agents, noting that hiding the full reasoning process severely hampers effective steering. The lack of transparency makes guiding the agent feel like 'driving at night with no headlights,' yielding the best results only when the agent can be fully and openly guided.
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