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+ No fixed environment variable overrides these for ordinary Nook operations. `NOOK_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET` is used only when the config names it, and by the destroy command described below. Keep the secret on the process that performs the operation: the CLI process for `tau nook`, or the session host for the agent's capability. See [credentials](credentials.md).
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+ A site is served at `https://<domain>/<slug>/`, and `/<slug>` redirects to that URL. For a missing path without a file extension, Nook serves the root `index.html`, so single-page apps work. A missing path with a file extension returns not found. Use relative asset URLs, or build the app with the base path `/<slug>/`.
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+ The destination must already exist and be empty. Tau downloads every file and checks sizes and hashes before writing. The site's KV data is not included.
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+ Deleting a site cannot be undone, and V0 keeps no earlier versions.
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  ## Artifact rules and limits
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+ A deploy directory must contain `index.html` at its root. Tau checks every path in the directory and rejects the deploy if any breaks these rules:
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- Tau chooses common content types from file extensions and uses `application/octet-stream` otherwise. Uploads are checked against their declared size and SHA-256 digest. Stable asset URLs require cache revalidation, so replacing a deployment does not rely on content-hashed URLs for freshness.
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+ Tau sets common content types from file extensions and uses `application/octet-stream` for the rest. Each upload is checked against its declared size and SHA-256 digest. Browsers must revalidate cached files, so a new deployment shows up even when file names do not contain content hashes.
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+ Nook ignores ignore files. Build into a clean output directory instead of deploying a repository root. Never work around the hidden-file rule by copying credentials into files without a leading dot.
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+ Templates are reusable directory copies stored in your Nook deployment. They are not sites. Tau does not fill in placeholders or run installs or builds for them.
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- `save` creates or replaces the named template. `copy` requires an existing empty destination and verifies all downloaded files before writing. A template follows the same path, hidden-file, symlink, file-count, and byte limits as a deployment, but it does not require root `index.html`.
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+ `save` creates or replaces the named template. `copy` needs an existing empty destination and checks all downloaded files before writing. Templates follow the same rules and limits as deployments for paths, hidden files, symlinks, file count, and size, but do not need a root `index.html`.
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+ Template names follow the same format as site slugs. The names reserved for sites are allowed for templates.
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- Nook KV is scoped to one site and stores JSON values. The CLI provides direct operations:
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+ Each site has its own KV store of JSON values. The CLI can read and change it directly:
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  The `put` value must be valid JSON. Keys are 1 to 256 characters. Each value is limited to 64 KiB, and each site is limited to 1,000 keys and 5 MiB total JSON storage.
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- Browser applications use same-origin per-site KV. Public deployments expose both the static app and browser KV anonymously, which means the KV is **public-writable**. Do not store secrets, access tokens, private user data, or integrity-critical state in a public site's KV. Private deployments require a valid Cloudflare Access identity for site navigation and browser KV.
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+ Apps in the browser use their site's KV from the same origin. On a public site, anyone can open the app and use its KV, so the KV is **writable by anyone**. Never store secrets, access tokens, private user data, or data whose integrity matters in a public site's KV. A private site requires a valid Cloudflare Access identity both to open the site and to use its KV.
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- CLI and agent management operations use the Access-protected control plane rather than the browser route. The browser SDK contract and code examples belong to the deployment's version-matched Nook skill and are intentionally not duplicated here.
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+ The CLI and the agent manage KV through the control plane behind Access, not through the browser path. The browser API and its examples are documented in the Nook skill that each deployment provides, so they match that deployment's version.
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203
+ ## Use the agent capability
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205
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+ The `tau.nook` capability in the agent's `code` tool is available only when:
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208
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207
+ - the current persona selects `nook`, and
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+ - the session's configuration contains a valid `nook` block.
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- The tool is host-owned. It performs authenticated Nook HTTP outside generated code and uses the session execution backend for deploy, copy, template, and file-backed KV paths. It should be invoked only for an explicit Nook, publishing, hosting, or Nook KV task.
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+ The host makes the authenticated Nook requests, outside the model's code. Files for deploys, copies, templates, and KV come from the session's execution environment. The agent uses the capability only when asked to work with Nook, publish or host a site, or manage Nook KV.
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+ The agent reads documentation in two separate steps:
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- 2. The app-authoring stage requires a separate documentation-only call that retrieves and prints `nook.skill()`. The agent reads that deployment-provided guide before writing files in later calls.
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+ 1. Before using the management API, it reads the built-in `docs`. If it has not seen them, its first call only prints them, and later calls use the API. Documentation already in the conversation is reused.
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+ 2. Before writing an app, it makes a separate call that only prints `nook.skill()`, the authoring guide that the deployment provides, and reads it before writing files.
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+ This page does not describe either API. The deployed skill covers the browser API and app authoring, so it always matches that deployment's version. General tool eligibility and code-mode behavior are covered in [tools](tools.md).
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219
  ## Verify a deployment
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220
 
221
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+ Check both management and the browser:
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222
 
223
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224
- 2. Deploy a small nonsensitive private site with root `index.html`.
223
+ 1. Run `tau nook list` from a directory whose config contains the intended target.
224
+ 2. Deploy a small private site with a root `index.html` and nothing sensitive in it.
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227
- 5. Exercise a disposable KV key through the app or CLI, then delete it.
227
+ 5. Write a throwaway KV key through the app or the CLI, then delete it.
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228
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229
 
230
- A successful Worker deployment alone does not prove that DNS, Access cookie scope, user policy, service-token policy, or Tau credentials are correct.
230
+ A successful Worker deployment does not prove that DNS, the Access cookie scope, user policies, the service token policy, or Tau's credentials are right.
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233
233
 
234
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+ **`nook is not configured`.** Add the `nook` block at a config level that applies to the command or session. For an agent session, run `/reload` while idle or create a new session.
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235
 
236
- **A CLI command receives an Access login page or authorization error.** Confirm that Access protects only `/__nook/*`, the service token has a Service Auth policy, both token fields resolve in the invoking process, and the configured domain matches the deployed hostname.
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+ **A CLI command gets an Access login page or an authorization error.** Confirm that Access protects only `/__nook/*`, the service token has a Service Auth policy, both token fields are available to the process running the command, the configured domain matches the deployed hostname, and the Worker was set up with the right Access team domain and audience.
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- **A private site repeatedly redirects or browser KV reports authentication required.** Disable the Access application's Cookie Path Attribute and confirm the user Allow policy and audience. The cookie must be valid across the hostname so the Worker can authorize `/<site>/*` after `/__nook/auth`.
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+ **A private site keeps redirecting, or browser KV says authentication is required.** Disable the Access application's Cookie Path Attribute, and check the user Allow policy and the audience. The cookie must be valid for the whole hostname so the Worker can accept `/<site>/*` requests after `/__nook/auth`.
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239
 
240
- **A public site still asks for Access.** The Access application probably covers the whole hostname rather than only `/__nook/*`, or the latest deploy omitted `--public` and made the site private again.
240
+ **A public site still asks for Access.** The Access application probably covers the whole hostname instead of only `/__nook/*`, or the latest deploy left out `--public` and made the site private again.
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241
 
242
- **Assets work at `/` during local development but fail after deploy.** Build for the `/<site>/` base path or use relative URLs. Nook does not rewrite arbitrary absolute asset references.
242
+ **Files load at `/` during local development but fail after deploy.** Build for the `/<site>/` base path or use relative URLs. Nook does not rewrite absolute asset URLs.
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243
 
244
- **Deploy rejects hidden files or symlinks.** Use a clean build output. Ignore files do not change Nook's manifest walk.
244
+ **Deploy rejects hidden files or symlinks.** Use a clean build output. Ignore files have no effect on what Nook deploys.
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245
 
246
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246
+ **Copy refuses the destination.** Create an empty directory first. Tau never merges downloaded files into existing content.
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247
 
248
- **The agent cannot see the tool.** Check both the persona's tool list and effective `nook` config. A config block alone does not override persona tool eligibility.
248
+ **The agent does not have the capability.** Check both the persona's tools and the `nook` config in the session's execution environment, then `/reload` while idle and start a new turn. The config block alone is not enough if the persona does not select `nook`. Subagents get Nook only when the main persona has it.
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+
250
+ **The CLI works but the agent does not, or the other way around.** The CLI uses the configuration and credentials of the machine running it, and the agent's capability uses the session's configuration and the host's credentials. Start with `tau nook --help` and `tau nook list`, which shows URLs and visibility without printing secrets.
251
+
252
+ **A site has the wrong visibility.** Check it with `tau nook list`, then redeploy reviewed content with or without `--public`. If something sensitive was public, rotate exposed credentials right away and remove sensitive KV entries with `tau nook kv delete`, because KV survives redeploys. Use `tau nook delete` only when you mean to take the site offline.
253
+
254
+ **Setup or destroy fails before reaching Cloudflare.** Both need Wrangler on `PATH` and `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`, so Wrangler can sign in without prompts. Compare this page and `tau nook --help` with the deployed Worker's version before upgrading or changing infrastructure.
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250
256
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251
257
 
252
- Destroy removes platform data and infrastructure, not just one site. It first calls the authenticated cleanup endpoint to delete site Durable Object data and Nook R2 objects, then attempts to delete the `tau-nook` Worker and `tau-nook-assets` bucket.
258
+ Destroy removes all Nook data and infrastructure, not just one site. It first calls the authenticated cleanup endpoint to delete every site's Durable Object data and Nook's R2 objects, then tries to delete the `tau-nook` Worker and the `tau-nook-assets` bucket.
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259
 
254
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260
+ Pass the cleanup credentials as environment variables, so the secrets stay out of shell history:
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261
 
256
262
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257
263
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258
264
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259
265
 
260
- The command reads `NOOK_ACCESS_CLIENT_ID` and `NOOK_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET`; flags with the same names are also accepted but expose values more easily. It also accepts `NOOK_DOMAIN` instead of `--domain`, and requires `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` for Wrangler.
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+ The command reads `NOOK_ACCESS_CLIENT_ID` and `NOOK_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET`. Flags with the same names also work, but expose the values more easily. It accepts `NOOK_DOMAIN` instead of `--domain`, and needs `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` for Wrangler.
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262
- This operation is destructive. Confirm that all sites, templates, and KV are disposable or separately preserved before running it. If authenticated data cleanup fails, Tau stops before deleting infrastructure. Worker or bucket deletion failures are reported separately and can leave a partial deployment, so inspect every result line.
268
+ This deletes data permanently. Before running it, make sure every site, template, and KV store is either disposable or saved elsewhere. If the data cleanup fails, Tau stops before deleting any infrastructure. Worker and bucket deletion failures are reported separately and can leave a partial deployment, so read every result line.
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269
 
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- Destroy does not remove external DNS records, the Cloudflare Access application, its policies, or service tokens. Remove those separately after confirming the Nook hostname is no longer serving needed data, then remove obsolete Tau config and credentials.
270
+ Destroy does not remove DNS records, the Cloudflare Access application, its policies, or service tokens. Remove those yourself once the Nook hostname no longer serves anything you need, then remove the Tau config and credentials you no longer use.
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1
  # OpenRouter
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- `tau tool openrouter` provides standalone, single-request utilities for typed decisions and text or media understanding. They work from a shell inside or outside Tau, without a session, persona, conversation, tools, or session accounting. Only explicitly supplied content is sent to OpenRouter and its selected provider. Judgments are advisory model output, not a security or permission boundary.
3
+ `tau tool openrouter` makes single requests for typed decisions and for understanding text or media. It works from any shell, inside or outside Tau, without a session, persona, conversation, tools, or session cost tracking. Only the content you pass is sent to OpenRouter and its chosen provider. Its judgments are model output; never use them as a security or permission check.
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4
 
5
5
  ## Credentials and requirements
6
6
 
7
7
  Install Tau and configure `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`, or put `apiKeys.openrouter` in the global `~/.config/tau/config.json` on the machine running the command. A nonblank environment key takes precedence. Project configuration cannot supply API keys. There is no key flag.
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8
 
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- Tau's local Bash removes inherited credential-shaped environment variables. When invoking through Bash, configure the key on that machine through global configuration or its own supported environment setup. See [credentials](credentials.md) and [tools](tools.md).
9
+ The agent's Bash tool removes inherited variables that look like credentials. When the agent runs the command, put the key in global configuration on that machine, or set it some other way that machine supports. See [credentials](credentials.md) and [tools](tools.md).
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10
 
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11
  Audio and video require `ffprobe` from FFmpeg on `PATH`: `brew install ffmpeg` on macOS or `apt install ffmpeg` on Debian/Ubuntu. Text and images do not require FFmpeg. Media is validated locally, not transcoded.
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23
23
  ## Fixed model choices
24
24
 
25
- An actual request requires an exact `--model` ID from this table. There is no default, arbitrary-ID escape hatch, live discovery, refresh, or automatic model substitution. A versioned ID is not necessarily an immutable provider snapshot; output records the returned model separately.
25
+ Every request needs an exact `--model` ID from this table. There is no default, no way to use other IDs, no model discovery or refresh, and no automatic substitution. A versioned ID is not necessarily an immutable provider snapshot; output records the returned model separately.
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28
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29
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29
+ | `decisions` | `openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions` | Questions about text, structured state, or images; recommended first choice for decisions | Not supported |
30
+ | `decisions` | `typesafe/jev-1.13` | Questions about text or structured state; use for high-volume decisions when cost is the priority | Not supported |
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31
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32
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35
- Roles are selection guidance, not benchmark guarantees or restrictions on tasks. Unsupported settings and modalities fail locally rather than switching models, transcribing audio, or extracting video frames.
36
+ Roles are guidance for choosing, not guarantees or limits on what a model may be used for. Unsupported settings and media types fail locally; the command never switches models, transcribes audio, or extracts video frames instead.
36
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37
38
  ## Input and examples
38
39
 
39
40
  ### Decisions
40
41
 
41
42
  ```sh
42
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43
+ tau tool openrouter decisions --model openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions --input ./decision.json
43
44
  ```
44
45
 
45
46
  `--input` is required. A file path reads a UTF-8 JSON document. Exactly `--input -` reads one complete document from stdin until EOF:
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47
 
47
48
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48
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49
+ tau tool openrouter decisions --model openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions --input - <<'JSON'
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50
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51
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52
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83
  Instructions and criterion guidance accept strings, JSON objects, or arrays; choice criterion values may also be `null`. Unknown question fields and the reserved question/category name `__proto__` are rejected. Arbitrary keys within state and guidance are preserved. Several independent questions can share one state; dependent questions require separate calls.
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- The command posts once to OpenRouter's alpha Decisions endpoint. It validates answer names, types, categories, rubric ranges, and probability bounds. Successful output is one JSON object:
85
+ Luna Decisions supports at most 200 questions, 255 categories per choice question, and 2–10 rubric levels per score question. Tau checks these limits before sending the request. Jev also accepts a single-level score rubric. Both models use the same JSON input format.
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+ Luna also accepts up to 16 ordered local PNG/JPEG/WebP images using repeatable `--image <path>` flags:
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+ ```sh
90
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91
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92
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93
+ ```
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95
+ Describe what to check in `questions` and supply images with `--image`. Images follow `state` in flag order and retain their original bytes. Objects and arrays in `state` are sent as JSON text, so image URLs inside `state` are treated as text.
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+ Images use the [same validation and limits as chat images](#outputs-and-recovery). Only local files are accepted; external URLs and file IDs are unsupported. Jev accepts no images. Neither decision model accepts audio or video.
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+ The command posts once to OpenRouter's alpha Decisions endpoint. It validates answer names, types, categories, rubric ranges, and probability bounds. Refusals and malformed answers fail the command. Successful output is one JSON object:
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101
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87
102
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88
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89
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103
+ "requested_model": "openai/gpt-6-luna-decisions",
104
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105
  "answers": { "is_bug": { "type": "noul", "noul": 0.96 } },
91
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106
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108
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158
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145
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