Work details and process folding

While DataMind Oda works, a turn keeps its work behind a fold: a control under your message that opens the turn's steps when you want to read them, and keeps them out of the way when you do not. The rest of the chat is covered in Chat with Oda; the way a conversation is laid out is in The chat transcript.

Read a turn's work

1. The control heads the turn's work, under your message. While the turn runs, its steps stream in below it, collected into groups; open a group header to look inside it.
2. When the turn ends, the work folds behind the control. Select it, or focus it and press Enter or Space, to open the work again.
3. Open a step to see its card; Oda's steps and tool results covers the step rows and their cards.

The process control

• While the turn runs, the control reads Deep diving..., or Deep diving for 2m 5s once a time is recorded; the time counts up in whole seconds.
• When the turn ends, it reads Worked, or Took 2m 5s once a time is recorded.
• A stopped turn reads Stopped; a failed turn reads Failed.
• While the work is folded, the control also carries the counts of what is inside, for example 3 tool calls · 2 thinking.
• Changes to the control are announced politely to screen readers; the ticking time is not announced.

What folds and what stays open

• The fold hides the work, not the conversation: your message and Oda's answer stay in place, and the steps, groups and reasoning fold behind the control.
• A turn stays open, with no fold, while it runs, after it was stopped or failed, and when you sent a message while it worked; Sending while Oda works covers those messages.
• The turn's notices and errors stay outside the fold, so a cut-off answer or a failure is never hidden.
• Rows that show what a turn was sent, such as the system prompt and context injections, are covered in System prompt, context and compaction.
• An older turn whose beginning is not loaded shows no fold; its rows stay as they are.

Groups and their titles

Steps collect into groups by the kind of work. A running group's title is written in the present; once the group closes, the title switches to the past.

• A group title holds its state for at least 150 milliseconds before changing, so it does not flicker as steps start and finish.
• A group that mixed several kinds of work names up to three of them in its title, ending in etc. when more than three were involved.
• In Detailed, a running group also shows its live detail: a note of the step being worked on, and up to three recent steps, oldest first, listed as Recent steps for screen readers. The list clears when the group closes.

Think rows

• While Oda reasons, a Think row appears in the turn's work with a one-line preview: the newest line while it streams, the first line once it settles.
• Open the row, or its preview, to read the reasoning. While it is open, its header stays at the top of the transcript as you scroll, and a running row shows a moving highlight.
• How much a settled row previews depends on the mode: Compact hides the preview, Detailed keeps the first line. The preview leaves emphasis markers out.
• A Think row folds with the turn's work; open the turn to find it again.

The three Work details modes

• Change the mode in Settings > General, under Work details. Chat display settings covers the row and how the choice is saved.
• With Group tool calls and thinking off, nothing folds: every step shows as it streams. The switch sits next to Work details.

The strip after the answer

• Some calls change your saved setup or state, such as saving something to memory. Oda keeps those rows out of the fold, in a strip after the answer, so controls such as Undo stay reachable.
• Nothing folds the strip: not a group, not the turn's fold, and not the grouping switch.
• For screen readers the strip reads Changes the agent made.

Questions, answered

What does "Deep diving for 2m 5s" mean?

The turn is still running, and the control is counting the time it has taken so far, in whole seconds. When the turn ends, the control reads Worked, or Took with the final time. A stopped turn reads Stopped, and a failed turn reads Failed.

Why is a finished turn's work already folded?

A finished turn with work to show folds itself behind the control, so the answer reads cleanly. Nothing is lost: select the control above the answer to open the work again at any time.

What do the counts next to the control include?

They count the turn's work up to its final answer: its tool calls, its thinking, the messages that arrived while it worked, and the subagents it used. Messages and subagents appear only when the turn had them. Calls that stay outside the fold, such as a memory save or a question waiting for you, are not counted as tool calls, and each subagent counts as a subagent rather than a tool call.

Why can't I fold this turn?

The fold appears only when the turn is done and there is work to fold. A running turn stays open, and so does a turn that was stopped or failed, or one you sent a message into while it worked. For an older turn, the part of the chat where the turn begins must be loaded before it can fold.

What do the group titles mean?

Each group names the kind of work inside it: reading, searching, editing, commands, code, web searches, web pages, subagents, the plan, questions, or anything else. While the group runs the title is in the present (Reading files); once it closes, the title switches to the past (Read files). A group that mixed kinds lists up to three of them.

Where did the preview on a settled Think row go?

In Compact, a settled Think row hides its preview; in Detailed, it keeps the first line. While the row streams, the preview always follows the newest line. The reasoning is not lost: open the row to read it in full.

Why can't I open a step while the turn is folded?

The layers open from the outside in: open the turn's control first, then the group, then the step. A closed outer layer is not bypassed.

Do my opened groups stay open when I fold the turn?

No. Folding the turn resets its groups and the rows you had opened inside them; the next time you open the turn, its groups start closed again.

What are the small lines under a running group's title?

In Detailed, a running group shows its live detail: the step being worked on, and up to three recent steps, oldest first. The list clears when the group closes.

Why is there a strip of rows after the answer?

Some calls change your saved setup or state, such as saving something to memory. Those rows stay outside the fold, in a strip after the answer, so their controls, such as Undo, stay reachable. Nothing folds the strip, and for screen readers it reads Changes the agent made.

Does folding remove anything from the chat?

No. Folding changes only what you see: the work stays in the chat and comes back when you unfold it.