@nexus-cortex/cli 4.124.34 → 4.124.36

package/.env.defaults

@@ -887,12 +887,14 @@ CORTEX_ENDTURN_GATE=true
 #CORTEX_TURN_STATUS=
 # CORTEX_EFFORT_RAMP — HB-EFFORT-RAMP (DARK, 2026-09-30). TB4.0 t4cw traces: the action model hit the 65,536-token output wall right
 # after reading the task (photonic r2 call 3, protein r1 call 6), trying to solve the routing plan / hidden rule in its head before writing
-# code; it only started acting once forced to low. The first N MAIN action calls of a turn (0 = initial request; retry/synthesis calls
-# don't count) run at the ramp level, then the configured effort. off (default) | <level>[:<calls>] (low:8) | on (= low:8). DeepSeek
-# levels are low | high | max (medium = high). Precedence: R153 backoff > effort pulse > ramp > request param > card. Events: effort_ramp
-# {phase start|end}. CAUTION: GLOBAL low was harmful on TB4.0 (e6: 3/29 vs high 10/29) — this lever only covers the opening calls.
-# [LEDGER 2026-09-30 @4.124.34] DARK — BUILT + tested (effortLevers.test.ts; effortLevers.integration.test.ts both loops: calls 0..N-1 at
-# the ramp level, then the configured effort; unset = untouched). NO bench arm yet.
+# code; it only started acting once forced to low. A window of MAIN action calls (counted from 1 per turn, 1 = initial request; retry/
+# synthesis calls don't count) runs at the ramp level, then the configured effort returns. off (default) | <level>:<from>-<to> (low:2-8)
+# | <level>:<n> (calls 2..n+1) | on (= low:2-8). The initial call is NEVER ramped: with the window at call 1 the 4.124.35 smoke skipped
+# the boot prompt's orient step in 2 of 3 runs (0 of 1 without). DeepSeek levels are low | high | max (medium = high). Precedence: R153
+# backoff > effort pulse > ramp > request param > card. Events: effort_ramp {phase start|end}. CAUTION: GLOBAL low was harmful on TB4.0
+# (e6: 3/29 vs high 10/29) — this lever covers only the window.
+# [LEDGER 2026-09-30 @4.124.36] DARK — BUILT + tested (effortLevers.test.ts; effortLevers.integration.test.ts both loops: low:2-3 → call 1
+# configured, calls 2-3 low, then configured; unset = untouched). NO bench arm yet (c21 arm C runs low:2-8).
 #CORTEX_EFFORT_RAMP=
 # CORTEX_COMPUTE_NUDGE / _TOKENS / _COOLDOWN / _MAX — HB-COMPUTE-NUDGE (DARK, 2026-09-30). Same traces: steps that DID act often carried
 # 35K-52K reasoning tokens first; photonic r2's productive stretch began when it ran the task's checker. After a round whose response

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nexus-cortex/cli",
-  "version": "4.124.34",
+  "version": "4.124.36",
   "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": "4.124.34",
+    "@nexus-cortex/core": "4.124.36",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "cli-spinners": "^2.9.0",
     "commander": "^11.0.0",