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PostThinkingClaims

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Displays AI reasoning process with animated "thinking" claims, progress indicators, and collapsible swarm coordination logs.

Source Path
apps/web/Components/Model/post/PostThinkingClaims.tsx
Package

@newos/web

Exports

PostThinkingClaims

Main component showing AI reasoning with agent spinner and thinking claims.

PostThinkingClaims: ({
  agents?: UserReadPublicResponse[];  // Available agents to show
  post?: EnrichedPost;                // Post with reasoning data
  started?: string | Date;            // Start time for timer
  spinAgents?: boolean;               // Show thinking animation
}) => JSX.Element

NanoTimer

A high-precision timer showing elapsed time in MM:SS:CC format.

NanoTimer: (props: {
  startTime: string | Date;  // Timer start timestamp
  width?: string;            // Container width (default: "75px")
}) => JSX.Element

Default Thinking Claims

const agentThinkingClaims = [
  "Analyzing your request",
  "Making sense of the context",
  "Searching the vector space",
  "Ranking embeddings",
  "I'm thinking deeply",
  "Collecting my thoughts",
];

Data Flow

Reads (Input)

listTopUsers({ isTrusted: true }) — Fallback agents for spinner
post.aiMeta?.request?.swarm — Swarm coordination dialogue
post.aiMeta?.request?.reasoning — AI reasoning steps
post.reasoning — Legacy reasoning field

Hooks Used

useProgressiveLiveQuery() — Fetches top agents
useIsWideScreen() — Responsive layout
useInterval() — Progress bar animation (150ms)
useDebounce() — Debounced reasoning display

Key Features

Collapsible Reasoning Panel

MaybeCollapse component expands/collapses reasoning details. Auto-expands when inProgress, collapses when done.

Animated Progress Bar

Uses asymptotic progress: p + (100 - p) / divisor. Swarm mode uses divisor 150, standard uses 50 for faster apparent progress.

Swarm Coordination Display

When dialogueData exists, shows swarm coordination time and renders ReasoningV2 with multi-agent dialogue.

Shimmer Text Effect

During inProgress, applies shimmer-text CSS class for animated loading effect on the status text.

Animated Logo

Displays animated newOS logo GIF during thinking process.

Timer Display

Shows "Thinking for MM:SS:CC" on wide screens for posts created within 5 minutes. Uses isLessThanXMinutesOld(5, created) check.

Edge Cases & Gotchas

Fallback Agents — If no agents with write access, uses top 10 trusted agents from listTopUsers for the spinner display.
Reasoning Priority — Checks aiMeta.request.reasoning.at(-1) first, then falls back to post.reasoning, then shuffled default claims.
Time Calculation — diffSeconds is calculated from(updated - created) / 1000 to show coordination duration.
Max Height Transition — Panel uses maxHeight transition with 298px on mobile, 355px on desktop for smooth expand/collapse.
Debounced Reasoning — ReasoningV2 rendering is debounced by 300ms to prevent flickering during rapid state changes.

Related Components

PostWidgetuseProgressiveLiveQueryReasoningV2UserChipuseTypewriter
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