---
title: "Reasoning animated icon"
description: "Reasoning animated icon (AI · Conversation). A thought works its way through the chain, step by step. Light: the thought hops out of the first node, arcs over and drops into the second with a hit, and the node takes it with a pop; a beat later it hops on and drops into the third, which pops too. Every visited node keeps its mark. Strong: the first node gathers and launches the thought, the hops are higher, and each node takes a harder pop and settles. The links never move."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/reasoning/
---

# Reasoning animated icon

A thought works its way through the chain, step by step. Light: the thought hops out of the first node, arcs over and drops into the second with a hit, and the node takes it with a pop; a beat later it hops on and drops into the third, which pops too. Every visited node keeps its mark. Strong: the first node gathers and launches the thought, the hops are higher, and each node takes a harder pop and settles. The links never move.

- Id: `reasoning`
- Category: AI · Conversation
- Search terms: chain of thought, thinking, thought process, step by step, logic, deduction, cot, deep thinking, problem solving, think through, rationale, extended thinking
- Two states: prepared to result, played forward and back
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/reasoning.lottie (dotLottie, 8127 bytes, sha256 490073626025e523f6f128220937fc1e467df395e2e07d616c5cb28f90627eac)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add reasoning
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/reasoning.mjs';

export function ReasoningIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/reasoning.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/reasoning/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/reasoning