# System-Steps.

## What does the pattern do?

- Makes it easier to understand what the AI is doing.

## When should the pattern be used?

- Always indicate that the AI is doing something (especially if it takes longer).
- In ‘higher risk’ contexts, e.g. when it comes to laws, tariffs or finances.
- When the AI needs to do a more complex task.

## Recommendation

- Communicate how the AI interprets the prompt in a simple, comprehensible way.
- Display the steps the system takes up to the output.
- And give users the opportunity to intervene in the process.

## Example

 ![Example for system steps](https://digital.sbb.ch/assets/images/patternlibrary/components/en/pattern_system_steps_light_en.webp "Pattern system steps")

## Specifications

[Design](https://www.figma.com/design/ASKJJ0RgQNp0TAhXBpLmXd/AI-Patterns-Documentation?node-id=2207-9)

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Source: https://digital.sbb.ch/en/design-system/patternlibrary/patterns/system-steps/