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title: Verbosity
description: Control how much tool activity Kimaki shows in a thread, from full tool output down to text only.
icon: lucide:eye
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**Verbosity** controls how much of the agent's tool activity appears in a thread. Lower verbosity keeps threads readable; higher verbosity shows everything for debugging.

## The three levels

```diagram
   tools_and_text      ──▶  shows everything: edits, reads, searches, bash, status
   text_and_essential  ──▶  text + essential tools (edits, MCP); hides reads  (default)
   text_only          ──▶  only the agent's text replies; hides all tools
```

| Level                                                     | What it shows                                                                                    |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Tools and text** (`tools_and_text`)                     | All output, including every tool execution and status message                                    |
| **Text and essential tools** (`text_and_essential_tools`) | Text plus essential tools (file edits, custom MCP tools). Hides reads and searches. **Default.** |
| **Text only** (`text_only`)                               | Only text responses. Hides all tools and status messages.                                        |

The default, **text and essential tools**, is tuned so you see the edits and meaningful actions without the noise of every file read and grep.

## Setting verbosity

Run **`/verbosity`** in a channel and pick a level from the dropdown. The setting is a **per-channel override** of the global default and **applies immediately**, including to sessions that are already running.

<Aside>
  <Note>
    Verbosity is stored per channel, so different projects can have different levels. The reply shows whether the current value is a channel override or the global default.
  </Note>
</Aside>

## What "essential tools" means

At the default level, Kimaki shows tool parts that matter for following the work:

* **File edits and writes** (prefixed `┣` or `◼︎` in the thread).
* **Custom MCP tools** you've configured.

It hides low-signal parts like file reads, searches, thinking, and non-side-effect bash. Bump to **tools and text** when you want to see exactly what the agent is doing step by step.


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