Multi-Step AI Pipeline

Tesseract doesn’t just send your message to a single AI model and return the result. Each response goes through a multi-step pipeline that plans the answer, runs any internal tools it needs, and then composes the final block document.

This makes responses more thoughtful and structured. The first words usually appear within about a second; answers that lean on tools — charts, diagrams, images, or math videos — take a little longer.

What You See While Waiting

Thinking indicator

While the AI is working, you’ll see an animated thinking indicator with dynamic labels that change as the pipeline progresses:

1. Planning — The AI is analyzing your question and deciding how to structure the response.
2. Using tools — The AI is running internal tools (e.g., generating chart data, building a diagram, or creating an image or math video).
3. Composing — The AI is assembling the final block document.

Planning panel

A collapsible panel appears showing the AI’s plan for responding to your message. Click to expand and see the step-by-step approach the AI has chosen. This is useful for understanding why the AI chose certain block types.

Reasoning panel

A collapsible panel that shows the AI’s chain-of-thought reasoning. Expand it to see the detailed thinking process behind the response.

Streaming & Typewriter Effect

As the response is composed, blocks stream into view progressively:

• Text, callout, and code blocks animate with a typewriter effect — characters appear one by one.
• Tables, charts, diagrams, and videos appear fully formed once their data is complete — there’s no partial rendering for visual blocks.
• A final reconciliation event ensures the complete response matches what the AI intended.