@nexus-cortex/cli 4.117.2 → 4.118.0

package/.env.defaults

@@ -378,6 +378,19 @@ MENTORSHIP_HELPER_MODEL=deepseek-flash
 #   base / et-ess / doc-v2 / et-doc). Default v1 = measured baseline until the 2×2 decides.
 # [LEDGER 2026-09-11 @4.107.2] cell-n-r6 2×2: v2 8/26 vs v1 7/26 (standard tier), 7/26 vs 11/26 (essential tier); main effect 15/52 vs 18/52. Neutral to negative → v1 stays default; the doctrine-mine candidates (r5 §7) queue as a v3 arm. DARK.
 #CORTEX_LIFT_PLAN_DOCTRINE=
+# CORTEX_LIFT_PLAN_TOOL_ROUNDS / CORTEX_LIFT_PLAN_TOOL_ROUND_BUDGET_MS — R171 HB-LIFT-PLAN-TOOL-LOOP (4.118.0, 2026-09-18). The spec's
+# §2.2 v2 ("adaptive tool-using planner … so the mentor can cat a test file it just discovered"), built the R170 way: with ROUNDS > 1
+# the planner persona + closing instruction offer `INVESTIGATE` + `CHECK: <read-only cmd>` + `READ: <path>[:a-b]`; the harness runs
+# them (isInvestigateCommandAllowed denylist, readFileSlice inside the workspace), appends an EVIDENCE block and asks again; the last
+# round withdraws the option; an INVESTIGATE after withdrawal = no plan (fail-open, the junior proceeds unplanned, banked as
+# investigateAfterWithdraw). Turn-capped, never token-capped (spec §2.4); aggregate ROUND_BUDGET_MS 240 s and never more than half of
+# the remaining wall budget. Why the planner and not (only) the judge: the judge's limit was self-authored evidence against a hidden
+# grader; the planner's limit is planning from a snapshot — and every later steering surface anchors to that plan. Event lift_plan +=
+# {toolRounds, roundsUsed, investigateChecks, investigateReads, investigateRefused, investigateAfterWithdraw, roundLatencyMs,
+# evidenceChars}. Default 1 = 4.117.3 byte-for-byte.
+# [LEDGER 2026-09-18 @4.118.0] BUILT + unit-tested (liftPlanner.test.ts R171). Field: PENDING (pilot-12 arm lp = ROUNDS 3 vs control c4).
+#CORTEX_LIFT_PLAN_TOOL_ROUNDS=
+#CORTEX_LIFT_PLAN_TOOL_ROUND_BUDGET_MS=
 # [LEDGER 2026-09-11 @4.107.0] cell-n-r1 arm fh-plan (LIFT_PLAN_REASONING=on @high + resolver none): 7/25 vs control 10/24 — the thinking-on planner did not help on the hard core. DARK.
 #CORTEX_ENDTURN_RESOLVER_REASONING=
 #CORTEX_DEADLINE_EXIT_MENTOR_REASONING=
@@ -1046,6 +1059,14 @@ CORTEX_ENDTURN_GATE=true
 # [LEDGER 2026-09-17 @4.117.0] BUILT + unit-tested (endTurnResolver.test.ts R170, judgeEvidence.test.ts R170). Field: PENDING (pilot-12 rerun, ROUNDS=3 arm vs control).
 #CORTEX_JUDGE_TOOL_ROUNDS=
 #CORTEX_JUDGE_TOOL_ROUND_BUDGET_MS=
+# CORTEX_JUDGE_TOOL_AUTOLOOP — R170b (4.117.3, 2026-09-17, rerun-3 jl/jl2 field read). Offered INVESTIGATE (persona + closing
+# instruction, 4.117.2) the thinking-off flash judge NEVER took it: 0 investigations in the first 27+ adjudications at ROUNDS=3, while
+# it kept naming CHECK lines on its GAP/MEETS verdicts. The loop must not depend on the judge asking: with AUTOLOOP, a FIRST-round
+# verdict that names CHECK lines is treated as provisional — the harness runs them (read-only denylist), appends the EVIDENCE block
+# ("your provisional verdict was …; decide again on these results") and asks once more; checks run in the loop are cached so the
+# R166 evidence pass does not re-run them. Event endturn_resolver += {autoLooped, toolAutoLoop}. Needs ROUNDS >= 2. Default off.
+# [LEDGER 2026-09-17 @4.117.3] BUILT + unit-tested. Field: PENDING (rerun-3 jl3 arm: ROUNDS=3 + AUTOLOOP vs control).
+#CORTEX_JUDGE_TOOL_AUTOLOOP=
 # (no lever) R169 HB-NEARDUP-SCRATCH-STEM — REFUTED before shipping (2026-09-17, pilot-12 trajectory replay). The distiller's 16
 # "repeated-identical-retry" candidates were re-read: the two stuck sessions (coq-block-bound base arm: `cat > /tmp/tN.v <<EOF` with a
 # DIFFERENT proof body each attempt; rs-archive-clone: 191 distinct `python3 -c` bodies) are unconverged EXPLORATION, not retries —

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nexus-cortex/cli",
-  "version": "4.117.2",
+  "version": "4.118.0",
   "description": "Nexus Cortex CLI - Terminal interface for multi-provider LLM orchestration",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "type": "module",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "prepack": "node ../../scripts/copy-pkg-cortex-scaffold.mjs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@nexus-cortex/core": "4.117.2",
+    "@nexus-cortex/core": "4.118.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "cli-spinners": "^2.9.0",
     "commander": "^11.0.0",