Configure and use Understanding mode

Follow this step-by-step guide to enable and optimize the complex tasks capability for your CustomGPT.ai agent.

What is Understanding mode?

Understanding enhances your AI agent’s ability to understand and respond to multi-layered queries by breaking them down into smaller components. This improves the depth, relevance, and accuracy of the responses—especially in content-rich environments.

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Note:

This feature is available exclusively for users on Premium and Enterprise plans.

How Understanding mode works:

  • The agent breaks down user queries into five sub-queries, isolating key components to better understand the user's intent.
  • A vector database is queried for each sub-query individually to retrieve the most relevant data.
  • The retrieved contexts are merged into one, providing comprehensive insights.
  • This process adds a slight latency of up to 1-2 seconds due to the enhanced processing.

When to use Understanding mode:

  • Best suited for complex, multi-dimensional queries where advanced insights are required.
  • Ideal for projects where the system needs to anticipate user needs and provide in-depth responses.
  • Avoid enabling for simple queries, as it might add unnecessary latency without significant benefits.

Key benefits of Understanding mode:

  • Enhanced Understanding: The agent can handle multi-dimensional queries by breaking them into smaller, manageable parts.
  • Improved Response Quality: Merging results from sub-queries ensures the response is thorough and contextually relevant.
  • Forward-Thinking AI: Anticipates user needs, delivering insights beyond the immediate query.

How to enable Understanding mode:

  1. Click Personalize.
  1. Click AI Intelligence tab.
Screenshot: Intelligence tab in Personalize section
  1. Click Understanding to enable this feature for your agent.
Screenshot: Understand card on Intelligence tab
  1. Under select your AI model, choose the model for your agent:
  • GPT-4.1
  • GPT-4o
  • GPT-5.1 Optimal
  • GPT-5.1 Smart
  • GPT-5.2 Optimal
  • GPT-5.2 Smart
  • Claude 4.5 Opus
  • Claude 4.6 Opus
  • Claude 4.5 Sonnet
  • Gemini 3 Pro
Screenshot: AI model selection dropdown
  1. Click Save Settings to apply the changes.
Screenshot: Save settings on AI Intelligence tab