feat(agents): pick a worker's model and effort at launch with --model/--effort - #138
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…/--effort `ghostex create-agent` and `ghostex board start-work` take --model and --effort for Claude and Codex agents. The choice becomes launch flags on the session's saved base command (claude --model X --effort Y, codex --model X -c model_reasoning_effort=Y), so it applies to that session only: typing /model or /effort into Claude Code saves the pick as the default for every new session instead. Because resume, fork and account wrapping all rebuild from the saved base command, a resumed worker keeps its model and effort, including under a cswap/codex account wrapper. Any model or effort option already in a custom agent's command is replaced rather than duplicated (Codex rejects a repeated --model). Values are validated and shell-quoted when needed (opus[1m]); other agents get a clear error. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BXkMkzCPq3v2oasbUvz2Z6
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds per-session ChangesAgent model and effort selection
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CLI->>BoardStartWork: Provide --model and --effort
BoardStartWork->>SessionCreation: Pass agentModel and agentEffort
SessionCreation->>SessionCreation: Validate values and agent family
SessionCreation->>AgentCommand: Apply model and effort flags
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In `@server/src/agents/session_command.rs`:
- Line 193: Update the flag detection in the command-processing function to use
the decoded word rather than the raw command slice, so quoted option tokens such
as '--model' are recognized and removed correctly. Keep the existing
option_takes_value handling unchanged to continue protecting quoted values for
other options.
In `@server/src/board_start_work.rs`:
- Around line 136-139: Update the parameter-copying loop in the board start flow
to validate present agentModel and agentEffort values before insertion: accept
only non-empty trimmed strings, ignore missing or null values, and return a
bad-request error for other types or whitespace-only strings. Replace the
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In `@skills/ghostex-help/references/features.md`:
- Around line 732-735: Clarify the --model and --effort behavior in
skills/ghostex-help/references/features.md lines 732-735: state that these flags
apply only when board start-work creates a new worker, while reused linked
conversations retain their current model and effort. Apply the same condition to
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In `@server/src/agents/session_command.rs`:
- Around line 219-223: The argument-removal logic around takes_value must not
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| let next_value = words.get(index + 1).map(|(_, _, value)| value.as_str()); | ||
| let (remove, takes_value) = match (agent, word.as_str()) { | ||
| _ if !is_flag => (false, false), | ||
| ("claude" | "codex", "--model") | ("codex", "-m") if model.is_some() => (true, true), |
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🟠 High agents/session_command.rs:198
A saved command such as codex "$CODEX_MODEL_FLAG" old with CODEX_MODEL_FLAG=--model appends a second --model, leaving conflicting model selections in the launch. Option matching uses the unexpanded word before shell parameter expansion, so it misses selectors supplied through environment variables; expand parameters before recognizing options or reject parameter-expanded option tokens.
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In file @server/src/agents/session_command.rs around line 198:
A saved command such as `codex "$CODEX_MODEL_FLAG" old` with `CODEX_MODEL_FLAG=--model` appends a second `--model`, leaving conflicting model selections in the launch. Option matching uses the unexpanded `word` before shell parameter expansion, so it misses selectors supplied through environment variables; expand parameters before recognizing options or reject parameter-expanded option tokens.
| let next_value = words.get(index + 1).map(|(_, _, value)| value.as_str()); | ||
| let (remove, takes_value) = match (agent, word.as_str()) { | ||
| _ if !is_flag => (false, false), | ||
| ("claude" | "codex", "--model") | ("codex", "-m") if model.is_some() => (true, true), |
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🟠 High agents/session_command.rs:198
with_agent_model_options appends a second --model instead of replacing the existing selector for valid commands such as codex $'--model' old, so the requested model override is not applied reliably. The word scanner does not decode dollar-single-quoted words and produces $--model, which misses the replacement branch at line 198; update the scanner to parse this shell quoting form before matching option names.
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In file @server/src/agents/session_command.rs around line 198:
`with_agent_model_options` appends a second `--model` instead of replacing the existing selector for valid commands such as `codex $'--model' old`, so the requested model override is not applied reliably. The word scanner does not decode dollar-single-quoted words and produces `$--model`, which misses the replacement branch at line 198; update the scanner to parse this shell quoting form before matching option names.
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An agent that dispatches another agent through Ghostex had no way to choose the worker's model or effort. The workaround was to type
/modeland/effortinto the new pane. Claude Code saves both as the default for every new session, so each dispatched worker silently rewrote the user's global default. The only other option was one custom agent per model and effort combination.What
ghostex create-agent <agent> --model <model> --effort <level>andghostex board start-work <bead> --model <model> --effort <level>, for Claude and Codex agents.claude --model X --effort Ycodex --model X -c model_reasoning_effort=Ycswap run … --.--model.'opus[1m]'. Other agents, bad values, and a flag given without a value all get a clear error.skills/ghostex-help/references/features.mdand theghostex-manage-beadsdispatch section.Testing
cargo test --libinserver/passes on top of currentmain: 803 passed.agentCommandand the resume command for Claude, Codex and a custom Claude agent. It also checked option replacement and rejections.create-agent claude --model sonnet --effort lowbooted on Sonnet 5 at low effort through the account wrapper.~/.claude/settings.jsonwas unchanged afterwards.--model gpt-5.6 --effort highbooted on that model.--model haiku --effort maxbooted Haiku 4.5. Claude Code ignores effort for Haiku.Follow-up
The chat view's model picker still types
/model X, which saves the choice as the default. Claude Code's own/modelpicker has a "use this session only" key (s), so a follow-up PR can offer a session-only option in chat.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.ai/code/session_01BXkMkzCPq3v2oasbUvz2Z6
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--modeland--effortlaunch options for worker agentscreate-agentorboard start-work, scoping the selection to the created session only.startBoardWorkonly applies--model/--effortto newly created workers; reused linked workers are unaffected. Other agent families reject these options with an error.Changes since #138 opened
agents.session_command.with_agent_model_optionsfunction to check that options marked for removal and requiring values have valid subsequent tokens [1ac34db]Macroscope summarized 5f2046a.
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