diff --git a/src/arbiterAI/arbiterAI.h b/src/arbiterAI/arbiterAI.h
index 0f8d540..499ff2d 100644
--- a/src/arbiterAI/arbiterAI.h
+++ b/src/arbiterAI/arbiterAI.h
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ struct CompletionRequest
     std::optional<std::vector<std::string>> stop;
     std::optional<std::vector<ToolDefinition>> tools;  ///< Available tools for the model
     std::optional<std::string> tool_choice;            ///< Tool selection mode: "auto", "none", or specific tool name
+    std::optional<std::map<std::string, double>> logit_bias;  ///< Token ID to bias value
 };
 
 inline void to_json(nlohmann::json &j, const CompletionRequest &r)
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ inline void from_json(const nlohmann::json &j, Usage &u)
 struct CompletionResponse
 {
     std::string text;
+    std::string reasoningContent;      ///< Chain-of-thought / reasoning (e.g. DeepSeek reasoning_content)
     std::string model;
     Usage usage;
     std::string provider;  // "openai", "anthropic", etc.
@@ -449,6 +451,7 @@ inline void to_json(nlohmann::json &j, const CompletionResponse &r)
         {"finish_reason", r.finishReason},
         {"from_cache", r.fromCache}
     };
+    if (!r.reasoningContent.empty()) j["reasoning_content"] = r.reasoningContent;
     if (!r.toolCalls.empty()) j["tool_calls"] = r.toolCalls;
 }
 
@@ -458,6 +461,7 @@ inline void from_json(const nlohmann::json &j, CompletionResponse &r)
     j.at("model").get_to(r.model);
     j.at("usage").get_to(r.usage);
     j.at("provider").get_to(r.provider);
+    if (j.contains("reasoning_content")) j.at("reasoning_content").get_to(r.reasoningContent);
     if (j.contains("cost")) j.at("cost").get_to(r.cost);
     if (j.contains("tool_calls")) j.at("tool_calls").get_to(r.toolCalls);
     if (j.contains("finish_reason")) j.at("finish_reason").get_to(r.finishReason);
diff --git a/src/arbiterAI/providers/deepseek.cpp b/src/arbiterAI/providers/deepseek.cpp
index 09c3387..ab670e7 100644
--- a/src/arbiterAI/providers/deepseek.cpp
+++ b/src/arbiterAI/providers/deepseek.cpp
@@ -112,13 +112,31 @@ ErrorCode Deepseek::parseResponse(const cpr::Response &rawResponse,
     // Extract the response text from the first choice
     if(!jsonResponse.contains("choices")||
         jsonResponse["choices"].empty()||
-        !jsonResponse["choices"][0].contains("message")||
-        !jsonResponse["choices"][0]["message"].contains("content"))
+        !jsonResponse["choices"][0].contains("message"))
     {
         return ErrorCode::InvalidResponse;
     }
 
-    response.text=jsonResponse["choices"][0]["message"]["content"];
+    const auto &message = jsonResponse["choices"][0]["message"];
+
+    // Extract reasoning_content (chain-of-thought)
+    if(message.contains("reasoning_content") && !message["reasoning_content"].is_null())
+    {
+        response.reasoningContent = message["reasoning_content"].get<std::string>();
+    }
+
+    // Extract content
+    if(message.contains("content") && !message["content"].is_null())
+    {
+        response.text = message["content"].get<std::string>();
+    }
+
+    // Fallback: use reasoning as text if content is empty
+    if(response.text.empty() && !response.reasoningContent.empty())
+    {
+        response.text = response.reasoningContent;
+    }
+
     response.provider="deepseek";
 
     if(jsonResponse.contains("model"))
diff --git a/src/arbiterAI/providers/openai.cpp b/src/arbiterAI/providers/openai.cpp
index 43f34fb..298df42 100644
--- a/src/arbiterAI/providers/openai.cpp
+++ b/src/arbiterAI/providers/openai.cpp
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ ErrorCode OpenAI::parseResponse(const cpr::Response &rawResponse,
         response.finishReason = choice["finish_reason"].get<std::string>();
     }
 
+    // Extract reasoning_content (chain-of-thought from reasoning models)
+    if(message.contains("reasoning_content") && !message["reasoning_content"].is_null())
+    {
+        response.reasoningContent = message["reasoning_content"].get<std::string>();
+    }
+
     // Extract content (may be empty/null for tool_calls responses)
     if(message.contains("content") && !message["content"].is_null())
     {
@@ -327,6 +333,13 @@ ErrorCode OpenAI::parseResponse(const cpr::Response &rawResponse,
         response.usage.completion_tokens=jsonResponse["usage"]["completion_tokens"];
     }
 
+    // If content is empty but we have reasoning, use reasoning as the text
+    // so callers that only read .text still get the model output
+    if(response.text.empty() && !response.reasoningContent.empty() && response.toolCalls.empty())
+    {
+        response.text = response.reasoningContent;
+    }
+
     return ErrorCode::Success;
 }
 
@@ -366,12 +379,16 @@ ErrorCode OpenAI::streamingCompletion(const CompletionRequest &request,
 
                     auto json=nlohmann::json::parse(jsonStr);
                     if(json.contains("choices")&&!json["choices"].empty()&&
-                        json["choices"][0].contains("delta")&&
-                        json["choices"][0]["delta"].contains("content"))
+                        json["choices"][0].contains("delta"))
                     {
-
-                        std::string content=json["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"];
-                        callback(content);
+                        const auto &delta = json["choices"][0]["delta"];
+                        std::string chunk;
+                        if(delta.contains("reasoning_content") && !delta["reasoning_content"].is_null())
+                            chunk += delta["reasoning_content"].get<std::string>();
+                        if(delta.contains("content") && !delta["content"].is_null())
+                            chunk += delta["content"].get<std::string>();
+                        if(!chunk.empty())
+                            callback(chunk);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/arbiterAI/providers/openrouter.cpp b/src/arbiterAI/providers/openrouter.cpp
index cef3632..8ab9efe 100644
--- a/src/arbiterAI/providers/openrouter.cpp
+++ b/src/arbiterAI/providers/openrouter.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,17 @@ ErrorCode OpenRouter_LLM::parseResponse(const cpr::Response &rawResponse, Comple
     {
         nlohmann::json jsonResponse=nlohmann::json::parse(rawResponse.text);
         const auto &choice=jsonResponse["choices"][0];
-        response.text=choice["message"]["content"];
+        const auto &message=choice["message"];
+
+        if(message.contains("reasoning_content") && !message["reasoning_content"].is_null())
+            response.reasoningContent=message["reasoning_content"].get<std::string>();
+
+        if(message.contains("content") && !message["content"].is_null())
+            response.text=message["content"].get<std::string>();
+
+        if(response.text.empty() && !response.reasoningContent.empty())
+            response.text=response.reasoningContent;
+
         response.model=jsonResponse["model"];
         if(jsonResponse.contains("usage"))
         {