@nexus-cortex/cli 4.127.2 → 4.128.0

package/.env.defaults

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ HELPER_MODEL_ID=deepseek-flash
 #CORTEX_HELPER_MATCH_PROVIDER=
 
 # Model that backs WebSearch / WebFetch tools. Provider auto-detected from ID prefix.
-# When unset, auto-picks based on available API keys (Gemini > Anthropic > XAI),
+# When unset, auto-picks based on available API keys (Gemini > DeepSeek > Anthropic > XAI > OpenAI),
 # falling back to DuckDuckGo HTML scrape if no provider key configured.
 #
 # Gemini models (uses @google/genai SDK — googleSearch grounding + urlContext):
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ HELPER_MODEL_ID=deepseek-flash
 #   claude-haiku-4-5          — Anthropic web_search server tool (inline source citations)
 #   grok-4-fast-non-reasoning — XAI Responses API web_search (URL citations)
 #   grok-4.3                  — XAI Responses API web_search (reasoning model, URL citations)
-# PRODUCTION DEFAULT: unset (auto-pick by the user's available key, else DuckDuckGo).
+#   deepseek-flash            — DeepSeek Search/Fetch API (2026-10-18): the engine's own result summaries + page Markdown, no
+#                               model in the loop; $0.75 per 1,000 successful calls, 5 QPS; endpoint override DEEPSEEK_TOOLS_BASE_URL
+# PRODUCTION DEFAULT: unset (auto-pick by the user's available key: Gemini > DeepSeek > Anthropic > xAI > OpenAI, else DuckDuckGo).
+#   Cost per search (verified 2026-10-18): DeepSeek $0.00075 · xAI web_search $0.005 (x_search $5/1k posts) · Anthropic $0.01 + tokens ·
+#   OpenAI $0.01 + tokens · Gemini 2.5 Flash free ≤1,500/day then $0.035 · Gemini 3.x 5,000 free/month then $0.014.
 # A local Gemini override lives in the LOCAL-ONLY section at the bottom of this file.
 WEB_TOOLS_MODEL=
 
@@ -195,6 +199,16 @@ WEB_TOOLS_MODEL=
 # [LEDGER 2026-09-03 @4.90.1] ON=auto (since 4.89.0) — v4 (bench pin false): 0 web refusals in either arm = the deny-list is clean and silent. — keyless A/B 08-31: wall pages + hallucination pressure; benches paid 3 taxes (pulse trigger fed by failing browse/WebFetch, Stage-5 unattested-web rejections, wasted turns). BENCH ARMS PIN false (keyed containers carry every provider token → auto=ON); c3 pinned false: 0 refusals, clean. Live: keyless 49 tools/WebFetch only; keyed 51/all; false 48/none.
 ENABLE_WEBTOOLS=auto
 
+# WebSearch comparative mode (2026-10-19) — auto | all | csv of google,deepseek,anthropic,xai,openai (default auto).
+#   auto — one backend (the WEB_TOOLS_MODEL auto-pick above).
+#   all  — every provider you hold a key for is queried IN PARALLEL and merged into one answer: a section per provider plus the
+#          sources two or more providers agree on. Latency = the slowest provider; cost = the sum of their per-search fees (table above).
+#          The 2026-10-18 head-to-head showed the providers win on different ground (Google on established docs, DeepSeek on hours-old
+#          content), so comparative mode is the hedge for high-stakes or fast-moving facts, not the everyday default.
+#   The WebSearch tool's per-call `providers` parameter overrides this (e.g. providers: ['all'] or ['google','deepseek']).
+# PRODUCTION DEFAULT: auto.
+WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS=auto
+
 # ============================================
 # SYSTEM SETTINGS
 # ============================================

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nexus-cortex/cli",
-  "version": "4.127.2",
+  "version": "4.128.0",
   "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": "4.127.2",
+    "@nexus-cortex/core": "4.128.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "cli-spinners": "^2.9.0",
     "commander": "^11.0.0",