The SecXChat AI assistant has two speeds. Most of the time it answers straight away, which is what you want for a quick question or a drafted message. Sometimes a question deserves more care — a plan with several steps, a comparison with trade-offs, a problem that needs working through rather than a fast answer. That is what Think mode is for. Switch it on, and the assistant reasons more carefully before it replies. This guide explains what Think mode changes, who can use it, and when it is worth switching on.
What is Think mode?
Think mode is a switch on the AI assistant that asks it to think before it answers. In normal mode the assistant replies as quickly as it can. In Think mode it takes longer over the question — weighing the parts of it, checking the steps, considering what could go wrong — and then gives you an answer that shows that work. The difference is not in what the assistant knows; it is in how carefully it uses what it knows. A simple question barely changes. A hard question changes a lot: the answer comes out more structured, more complete, and more honest about its own limits.
When should you use it?
Use Think mode when the question has more than one moving part. Planning a week of study, comparing two options where each has real downsides, working out the steps of something you have never done before, or untangling a message that could be read two ways — these are Think mode questions. The assistant will break the problem down, lay out the options, and give you something you can act on rather than something you have to re-check. For quick questions — a word's meaning, a one-line reply, a fact you want confirmed — leave Think mode off. The normal answer is faster, and for a simple question faster is better. Think of it the way you would think of asking a person: some questions get a quick answer, and some deserve "let me think about that first."
How to switch it on
If you can use Think mode, you will see it in two places. There is a Think chip in the suggestion strip of the AI chat, and a Think toggle on the assistant's welcome screen. Tap either one and Think mode is on for your next messages; tap again and it is off. The chip sits at the front of the strip, so you do not have to hunt for it. One tap is all it takes — there is no settings screen to visit and nothing to configure. When Think mode is on, your next questions get the slower, more careful answers until you switch it off again.
Who can use Think mode?
Think mode is not for every user. It is available to SecXChat Verified users, and to users whose AI Agent or Browser is switched on. That is a server-side rule, not just a hidden button: if you are not entitled and you try to enable Think mode — by tapping the chip, by a saved preference, or even by asking for it in text — the server refuses and you get a normal, non-Think reply instead. The chip and the welcome toggle only appear for entitled users in the first place. If you do not see Think mode anywhere, that is why: it is not a bug, and updating the app will not make it appear. It becomes available when you are Verified, or when you switch on the AI Agent or Browser.
Think mode and scheduled tasks
Think mode and scheduled tasks are neighbours, not the same feature. Scheduled tasks decide when the assistant works; Think mode decides how carefully it works. A scheduled task can run with Think mode on, so a daily task you care about gets the careful treatment as well as the right timing. Both features share the same entitlement rule — Verified, or AI Agent or Browser switched on — so if you can use one, you can use the other. Together they are the two ways the assistant grows beyond answering the question in front of it: one gives it a clock, the other gives it time to think.
The short version
Think mode makes the assistant reason before it answers. Use it for plans, comparisons and multi-step problems; leave it off for quick questions. If you are Verified, or your AI Agent or Browser is on, you will see the Think chip in the AI chat — tap it to switch on, tap again to switch off. If you do not see it, you are not entitled yet. And when a question matters enough to think about, that is exactly what Think mode is for.
