docs: update agent and task documentation with new parameters (#2891)

docs/concepts/agents.mdx

@@ -55,11 +55,14 @@ The Visual Agent Builder enables:
 | **Max Retry Limit** _(optional)_        | `max_retry_limit`        | `int`                         | Maximum number of retries when an error occurs. Default is 2.                                                         |
 | **Respect Context Window** _(optional)_ | `respect_context_window` | `bool`                        | Keep messages under context window size by summarizing. Default is True.                                              |
 | **Code Execution Mode** _(optional)_    | `code_execution_mode`    | `Literal["safe", "unsafe"]`   | Mode for code execution: 'safe' (using Docker) or 'unsafe' (direct). Default is 'safe'.                               |
+| **Multimodal** _(optional)_             | `multimodal`             | `bool`                        | Whether the agent supports multimodal capabilities. Default is False.                                                  |
+| **Inject Date** _(optional)_            | `inject_date`            | `bool`                        | Whether to automatically inject the current date into tasks. Default is False.                                         |
+| **Date Format** _(optional)_            | `date_format`            | `str`                         | Format string for date when inject_date is enabled. Default is "%Y-%m-%d" (ISO format).                               |
+| **Reasoning** _(optional)_              | `reasoning`              | `bool`                        | Whether the agent should reflect and create a plan before executing a task. Default is False.                         |
+| **Max Reasoning Attempts** _(optional)_ | `max_reasoning_attempts` | `Optional[int]`               | Maximum number of reasoning attempts before executing the task. If None, will try until ready.                         |
 | **Embedder** _(optional)_               | `embedder`               | `Optional[Dict[str, Any]]`    | Configuration for the embedder used by the agent.                                                                     |
 | **Knowledge Sources** _(optional)_      | `knowledge_sources`      | `Optional[List[BaseKnowledgeSource]]` | Knowledge sources available to the agent.                                                                     |
 | **Use System Prompt** _(optional)_      | `use_system_prompt`      | `Optional[bool]`              | Whether to use system prompt (for o1 model support). Default is True.                                                 |
-| **Inject Date** _(optional)_           | `inject_date`            | `bool`                        | Whether to automatically inject the current date into tasks. Default is False.                                         |
-| **Date Format** _(optional)_           | `date_format`            | `str`                         | Format string for date when inject_date is enabled. Default is "%Y-%m-%d" (ISO format).                                |
 
 ## Creating Agents
 
@@ -164,6 +167,11 @@ agent = Agent(
     code_execution_mode="safe",  # Default: "safe" (options: "safe", "unsafe")
     respect_context_window=True,  # Default: True
     use_system_prompt=True,  # Default: True
+    multimodal=False,  # Default: False
+    inject_date=False,  # Default: False
+    date_format="%Y-%m-%d",  # Default: ISO format
+    reasoning=False,  # Default: False
+    max_reasoning_attempts=None,  # Default: None
     tools=[SerperDevTool()],  # Optional: List of tools
     knowledge_sources=None,  # Optional: List of knowledge sources
     embedder=None,  # Optional: Custom embedder configuration
@@ -228,14 +236,40 @@ custom_agent = Agent(
 )
 ```
 
-#### Date-Aware Agent
+#### Date-Aware Agent with Reasoning
 ```python Code
-date_aware_agent = Agent(
+strategic_agent = Agent(
     role="Market Analyst",
-    goal="Track market movements with precise date references",
-    backstory="Expert in time-sensitive financial analysis and reporting",
+    goal="Track market movements with precise date references and strategic planning",
+    backstory="Expert in time-sensitive financial analysis and strategic reporting",
     inject_date=True,  # Automatically inject current date into tasks
     date_format="%B %d, %Y",  # Format as "May 21, 2025"
+    reasoning=True,  # Enable strategic planning
+    max_reasoning_attempts=2,  # Limit planning iterations
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+#### Reasoning Agent
+```python Code
+reasoning_agent = Agent(
+    role="Strategic Planner",
+    goal="Analyze complex problems and create detailed execution plans",
+    backstory="Expert strategic planner who methodically breaks down complex challenges",
+    reasoning=True,  # Enable reasoning and planning
+    max_reasoning_attempts=3,  # Limit reasoning attempts
+    max_iter=30,  # Allow more iterations for complex planning
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+#### Multimodal Agent
+```python Code
+multimodal_agent = Agent(
+    role="Visual Content Analyst",
+    goal="Analyze and process both text and visual content",
+    backstory="Specialized in multimodal analysis combining text and image understanding",
+    multimodal=True,  # Enable multimodal capabilities
     verbose=True
 )
 ```
@@ -263,6 +297,11 @@ date_aware_agent = Agent(
   - `"safe"`: Uses Docker (recommended for production)
   - `"unsafe"`: Direct execution (use only in trusted environments)
 
+#### Advanced Features
+- `multimodal`: Enable multimodal capabilities for processing text and visual content
+- `reasoning`: Enable agent to reflect and create plans before executing tasks
+- `inject_date`: Automatically inject current date into task descriptions
+
 #### Templates
 - `system_template`: Defines agent's core behavior
 - `prompt_template`: Structures input format
@@ -320,6 +359,170 @@ analyst = Agent(
 When `memory` is enabled, the agent will maintain context across multiple interactions, improving its ability to handle complex, multi-step tasks.
 </Note>
 
+## Context Window Management
+
+CrewAI includes sophisticated automatic context window management to handle situations where conversations exceed the language model's token limits. This powerful feature is controlled by the `respect_context_window` parameter.
+
+### How Context Window Management Works
+
+When an agent's conversation history grows too large for the LLM's context window, CrewAI automatically detects this situation and can either:
+
+1. **Automatically summarize content** (when `respect_context_window=True`)
+2. **Stop execution with an error** (when `respect_context_window=False`)
+
+### Automatic Context Handling (`respect_context_window=True`)
+
+This is the **default and recommended setting** for most use cases. When enabled, CrewAI will:
+
+```python Code
+# Agent with automatic context management (default)
+smart_agent = Agent(
+    role="Research Analyst",
+    goal="Analyze large documents and datasets",
+    backstory="Expert at processing extensive information",
+    respect_context_window=True,  # 🔑 Default: auto-handle context limits
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+**What happens when context limits are exceeded:**
+- ⚠️ **Warning message**: `"Context length exceeded. Summarizing content to fit the model context window."`
+- 🔄 **Automatic summarization**: CrewAI intelligently summarizes the conversation history
+- ✅ **Continued execution**: Task execution continues seamlessly with the summarized context
+- 📝 **Preserved information**: Key information is retained while reducing token count
+
+### Strict Context Limits (`respect_context_window=False`)
+
+When you need precise control and prefer execution to stop rather than lose any information:
+
+```python Code
+# Agent with strict context limits
+strict_agent = Agent(
+    role="Legal Document Reviewer",
+    goal="Provide precise legal analysis without information loss",
+    backstory="Legal expert requiring complete context for accurate analysis",
+    respect_context_window=False,  # ❌ Stop execution on context limit
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+**What happens when context limits are exceeded:**
+- ❌ **Error message**: `"Context length exceeded. Consider using smaller text or RAG tools from crewai_tools."`
+- 🛑 **Execution stops**: Task execution halts immediately
+- 🔧 **Manual intervention required**: You need to modify your approach
+
+### Choosing the Right Setting
+
+#### Use `respect_context_window=True` (Default) when:
+- **Processing large documents** that might exceed context limits
+- **Long-running conversations** where some summarization is acceptable
+- **Research tasks** where general context is more important than exact details
+- **Prototyping and development** where you want robust execution
+
+```python Code
+# Perfect for document processing
+document_processor = Agent(
+    role="Document Analyst", 
+    goal="Extract insights from large research papers",
+    backstory="Expert at analyzing extensive documentation",
+    respect_context_window=True,  # Handle large documents gracefully
+    max_iter=50,  # Allow more iterations for complex analysis
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+#### Use `respect_context_window=False` when:
+- **Precision is critical** and information loss is unacceptable
+- **Legal or medical tasks** requiring complete context
+- **Code review** where missing details could introduce bugs
+- **Financial analysis** where accuracy is paramount
+
+```python Code
+# Perfect for precision tasks
+precision_agent = Agent(
+    role="Code Security Auditor",
+    goal="Identify security vulnerabilities in code",
+    backstory="Security expert requiring complete code context",
+    respect_context_window=False,  # Prefer failure over incomplete analysis
+    max_retry_limit=1,  # Fail fast on context issues
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+### Alternative Approaches for Large Data
+
+When dealing with very large datasets, consider these strategies:
+
+#### 1. Use RAG Tools
+```python Code
+from crewai_tools import RagTool
+
+# Create RAG tool for large document processing
+rag_tool = RagTool()
+
+rag_agent = Agent(
+    role="Research Assistant",
+    goal="Query large knowledge bases efficiently",
+    backstory="Expert at using RAG tools for information retrieval",
+    tools=[rag_tool],  # Use RAG instead of large context windows
+    respect_context_window=True,
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+#### 2. Use Knowledge Sources
+```python Code
+# Use knowledge sources instead of large prompts
+knowledge_agent = Agent(
+    role="Knowledge Expert",
+    goal="Answer questions using curated knowledge",
+    backstory="Expert at leveraging structured knowledge sources",
+    knowledge_sources=[your_knowledge_sources],  # Pre-processed knowledge
+    respect_context_window=True,
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+### Context Window Best Practices
+
+1. **Monitor Context Usage**: Enable `verbose=True` to see context management in action
+2. **Design for Efficiency**: Structure tasks to minimize context accumulation
+3. **Use Appropriate Models**: Choose LLMs with context windows suitable for your tasks
+4. **Test Both Settings**: Try both `True` and `False` to see which works better for your use case
+5. **Combine with RAG**: Use RAG tools for very large datasets instead of relying solely on context windows
+
+### Troubleshooting Context Issues
+
+**If you're getting context limit errors:**
+```python Code
+# Quick fix: Enable automatic handling
+agent.respect_context_window = True
+
+# Better solution: Use RAG tools for large data
+from crewai_tools import RagTool
+agent.tools = [RagTool()]
+
+# Alternative: Break tasks into smaller pieces
+# Or use knowledge sources instead of large prompts
+```
+
+**If automatic summarization loses important information:**
+```python Code
+# Disable auto-summarization and use RAG instead
+agent = Agent(
+    role="Detailed Analyst",
+    goal="Maintain complete information accuracy",
+    backstory="Expert requiring full context",
+    respect_context_window=False,  # No summarization
+    tools=[RagTool()],  # Use RAG for large data
+    verbose=True
+)
+```
+
+<Note>
+The context window management feature works automatically in the background. You don't need to call any special functions - just set `respect_context_window` to your preferred behavior and CrewAI handles the rest!
+</Note>
+
 ## Important Considerations and Best Practices
 
 ### Security and Code Execution
@@ -336,9 +539,16 @@ When `memory` is enabled, the agent will maintain context across multiple intera
 ### Memory and Context Management
 - Use `memory: true` for tasks requiring historical context
 - Leverage `knowledge_sources` for domain-specific information
-- Configure `embedder_config` when using custom embedding models
+- Configure `embedder` when using custom embedding models
 - Use custom templates (`system_template`, `prompt_template`, `response_template`) for fine-grained control over agent behavior
 
+### Advanced Features
+- Enable `reasoning: true` for agents that need to plan and reflect before executing complex tasks
+- Set appropriate `max_reasoning_attempts` to control planning iterations (None for unlimited attempts)
+- Use `inject_date: true` to provide agents with current date awareness for time-sensitive tasks
+- Customize the date format with `date_format` using standard Python datetime format codes
+- Enable `multimodal: true` for agents that need to process both text and visual content
+
 ### Agent Collaboration
 - Enable `allow_delegation: true` when agents need to work together
 - Use `step_callback` to monitor and log agent interactions
@@ -346,11 +556,12 @@ When `memory` is enabled, the agent will maintain context across multiple intera
   - Main `llm` for complex reasoning
   - `function_calling_llm` for efficient tool usage
 
-### Date Awareness
-- Use `inject_date: true` to provide agents with current date awareness
+### Date Awareness and Reasoning
+- Use `inject_date: true` to provide agents with current date awareness for time-sensitive tasks
 - Customize the date format with `date_format` using standard Python datetime format codes
 - Valid format codes include: %Y (year), %m (month), %d (day), %B (full month name), etc.
 - Invalid date formats will be logged as warnings and will not modify the task description
+- Enable `reasoning: true` for complex tasks that benefit from upfront planning and reflection
 
 ### Model Compatibility
 - Set `use_system_prompt: false` for older models that don't support system messages

docs/concepts/tasks.mdx

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ crew = Crew(
 | **Context** _(optional)_         | `context`         | `Optional[List["Task"]]`      | Other tasks whose outputs will be used as context for this task.                                                     |
 | **Async Execution** _(optional)_ | `async_execution` | `Optional[bool]`              | Whether the task should be executed asynchronously. Defaults to False.                                               |
 | **Human Input** _(optional)_     | `human_input`     | `Optional[bool]`              | Whether the task should have a human review the final answer of the agent. Defaults to False.                        |
+| **Markdown** _(optional)_        | `markdown`        | `Optional[bool]`              | Whether the task should instruct the agent to return the final answer formatted in Markdown. Defaults to False.      |
 | **Config** _(optional)_          | `config`          | `Optional[Dict[str, Any]]`    | Task-specific configuration parameters.                                                                              |
 | **Output File** _(optional)_     | `output_file`     | `Optional[str]`               | File path for storing the task output.                                                                               |
 | **Output JSON** _(optional)_     | `output_json`     | `Optional[Type[BaseModel]]`   | A Pydantic model to structure the JSON output.                                                                       |
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ reporting_task:
     A fully fledge reports with the mains topics, each with a full section of information.
     Formatted as markdown without '```'
   agent: reporting_analyst
+  markdown: true
   output_file: report.md
 ```
 
@@ -182,9 +184,9 @@ reporting_task = Task(
     """,
     expected_output="""
         A fully fledge reports with the mains topics, each with a full section of information.
-        Formatted as markdown without '```'
     """,
     agent=reporting_analyst,
+    markdown=True,  # Enable markdown formatting for the final output
     output_file="report.md"
 )
 ```
@@ -257,6 +259,54 @@ if task_output.pydantic:
     print(f"Pydantic Output: {task_output.pydantic}")
 ```
 
+## Markdown Output Formatting
+
+The `markdown` parameter enables automatic markdown formatting for task outputs. When set to `True`, the task will instruct the agent to format the final answer using proper Markdown syntax.
+
+### Using Markdown Formatting
+
+```python Code
+# Example task with markdown formatting enabled
+formatted_task = Task(
+    description="Create a comprehensive report on AI trends",
+    expected_output="A well-structured report with headers, sections, and bullet points",
+    agent=reporter_agent,
+    markdown=True  # Enable automatic markdown formatting
+)
+```
+
+When `markdown=True`, the agent will receive additional instructions to format the output using:
+- `#` for headers
+- `**text**` for bold text  
+- `*text*` for italic text
+- `-` or `*` for bullet points
+- `` `code` `` for inline code
+- ``` ```language ``` for code blocks
+
+### YAML Configuration with Markdown
+
+```yaml tasks.yaml
+analysis_task:
+  description: >
+    Analyze the market data and create a detailed report
+  expected_output: >
+    A comprehensive analysis with charts and key findings
+  agent: analyst
+  markdown: true  # Enable markdown formatting
+  output_file: analysis.md
+```
+
+### Benefits of Markdown Output
+
+- **Consistent Formatting**: Ensures all outputs follow proper markdown conventions
+- **Better Readability**: Structured content with headers, lists, and emphasis
+- **Documentation Ready**: Output can be directly used in documentation systems
+- **Cross-Platform Compatibility**: Markdown is universally supported
+
+<Note>
+The markdown formatting instructions are automatically added to the task prompt when `markdown=True`, so you don't need to specify formatting requirements in your task description.
+</Note>
+
 ## Task Dependencies and Context
 
 Tasks can depend on the output of other tasks using the `context` attribute. For example: