Adaptive execution strategy that automatically selects the best reasoning approach.

This strategy analyzes task characteristics and selects the most appropriate strategy (CoD, CoT, ReAct, AoT, ToT, GoT) for the given task. The strategy is re-evaluated when the previous reasoning completes and a new prompt arrives.

Overview

The Adaptive strategy:

• Analyzes prompt complexity and task type
• Selects the appropriate strategy based on heuristics
• Delegates all operations to the selected strategy
• Re-evaluates strategy when previous task completes
• Supports manual override via configuration

Strategy Selection

Strategies are selected based on task type keywords and complexity:

Task Type Detection (highest priority)

• Iterative Reasoning → TRM (Tiny-Recursive-Model)
  • Keywords: puzzle, solve, step-by-step, iterate, improve, refine, recursive
• Synthesis → Graph-of-Thoughts (GoT)
  • Keywords: synthesize, combine, merge, integrate, relationships, perspectives
• Tool use → ReAct
  • Keywords: search, find, calculate, execute, fetch
• Exploration → Tree-of-Thoughts (ToT)
  • Keywords: analyze, explore, compare, evaluate, alternatives

Complexity-based Selection (fallback)

• Simple tasks (score < 0.3) → Chain-of-Draft (CoD)
  • Direct questions, simple calculations, factual queries
• Moderate tasks (0.3-0.7) → ReAct
  • Tasks requiring tool use, multi-step operations
• Complex tasks (> 0.7) → Tree-of-Thoughts (ToT)
  • Puzzles, planning, creative writing, complex reasoning

Configuration

Configure via strategy options when defining your agent:

use Jido.Agent,
  name: "my_adaptive_agent",
  strategy: {
    Jido.AI.Reasoning.Adaptive.Strategy,
    model: "anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
    default_strategy: :react,
    available_strategies: [:cod, :cot, :react, :tot, :got, :trm]
  }

Options

• :model (optional) - Model identifier passed to selected strategy
• :default_strategy (optional) - Default strategy if analysis is inconclusive, defaults to :react
• :strategy (optional) - Manual override to force a specific strategy
• :available_strategies (optional) - List of available strategies, defaults to [:cod, :cot, :react, :tot, :got, :trm]
• :complexity_thresholds (optional) - Map of thresholds for strategy selection

Signal Routing

Signal routes are delegated to the selected strategy. Before a strategy is selected, the adaptive strategy handles the initial routing.

State

State includes the selected strategy module and its state.