Oversight in motion
Altitude control
Altitude control is showing an agent’s reasoning as a summary by default, with the underlying steps and tool calls available on request, so that transparency does not arrive as overload.
Control sits with the agent
When to use it
Any agent that reasons or uses tools over more than a few steps.
What it prevents
Transparency theater, where the agent presents a long list of tool calls as its reasoning. There is too much to read and people stop checking the work.
What the agent is doingsummary
SummaryChecking three suppliers against the contract terms
Steps14 tool calls, collapsed
RawFull trace, on request
Three altitudes, one default. The wall of tool calls is available and is not the view.
Where it is used
- Collapsed reasoning summaries across the major assistants
Sources
Related patterns: Artifacts as receipts · Goal hierarchy