@nexus-cortex/cli 4.124.8 → 4.124.10

package/.env.defaults

@@ -1196,8 +1196,24 @@ CORTEX_ENDTURN_GATE=true
 # justifying `why` (≥ 20 chars) — the writer is told to resend with the reason. Chooser: `unsafe` names the concrete cases (Jev scored the
 # freecad C-d at unsafe 0.34 under the old wording — the miss that started R180); new `questionable` ("would c1 lose work already produced?")
 # ≥ 0.5 → restrict to templates + full screen unless `why` justifies c1. Banked guard outcomes: blocked / held / allowed_by_why / allowed_by_jev.
+# [LEDGER 2026-09-22 @4.124.9] R184 MENU DIVERSITY (operator: "fix the chooser then!"). E2 field, 3371 frame turns: the writer gave ONE candidate
+# on 89% (2 on 10%, 3 on 0.8%) — Jev chose c1 85%, a template 12%, c2/c3 on 93 turns; the chooser had no menu. CORTEX_FRAME_MIN_CANDIDATES (1..3;
+# unset = 2 when the chooser is on and the cap allows): fewer distinct candidates (normalized keystrokes) → the turn is handed back UNEXECUTED
+# with "MENU NEEDS ALTERNATIVES: 2–3 genuinely different actions", once per turn, at most 5 re-asks per session, then fail-open (single candidates
+# run as given). Turn-0 contract gains a THE MENU clause when min ≥ 2. Banked on frame_turn: distinctCandidates, diversityReasks, diversityReask.
+# Cost bound: ≤ 5 extra writer calls per session. E3 (chooser with a real menu) is the next cell; E1/E2 cells stay on 4.124.4/.5.
 #CORTEX_FRAME_CONTRACT_EXTRA=
+# [LEDGER 2026-09-22 @4.124.10] R185 CANDIDATE AUTHOR (operator: the turn-prediction slot wired into a proper chooser, as R178 §1 framed it —
+# "predict the agent, not the human"). CORTEX_FRAME_AUTHOR=off|helper (unset = helper when the chooser is on): whenever the writer offers fewer
+# distinct candidates than CORTEX_FRAME_CANDIDATES, the helper model (HELPER_MODEL_ID, thinking off, ≤400 output tokens, one call ~2–4 s) is
+# given the task, state card, screen tail and the writer's own analysis/plan/candidates and asked for the missing number of GENUINELY DIFFERENT
+# next actions (LABEL | KEYS | WAIT | WHY lines). They join the menu as source `predictor` (ids continue the c-numbering), pass the keystroke
+# guard and named-template resolution like writer candidates, and Jev picks among writer + author + templates; the escape stays the writer's c1.
+# With an author present the R184 re-ask does not fire. Banked per frame_turn: authored, authorMs, author; meta.pickSource. Cost ≈ one helper
+# call per turn where the writer gave one candidate (89% of E2 turns): ~$0.0005 and ~3 s each. Cell E3 = this + chooser on, pin 4.124.10.
 #CORTEX_FRAME_KEY_GUARD=
+#CORTEX_FRAME_MIN_CANDIDATES=
+#CORTEX_FRAME_AUTHOR=
 # (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": "4.124.8",
+  "version": "4.124.10",
   "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": "4.124.8",
+    "@nexus-cortex/core": "4.124.10",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "cli-spinners": "^2.9.0",
     "commander": "^11.0.0",