agent-bios 0.9.3 → 0.9.4

package/claude/agents/workhorse.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 name: workhorse
 description: WORKHORSE tier — bounded implementation, fixes, tests, and per-item judgment. Spawn decision-complete work with frozen scope/interfaces and a machine-checkable done-when; two or more independent items spawn in parallel.
-model: claude-sonnet-5
-effort: high
+model: claude-opus-5
+effort: medium
 ---
 
 Complete one bounded implementation, fix, or per-item judgment from a packet naming objective, frozen scope and inputs, allowed actions, output, done-when, and verification. Preserve out-of-scope behavior; batch independent reads; escalate missing decisions or authority instead of resolving them. Stage output for the main's acceptance — no external irreversible actions (push, install, credential, or remote mutation). Run the narrowest reliable changed-path check. Report: status, files_or_items_touched, evidence, verification or gap, risks_or_escalations.

package/claude/guides/cli-multi-model-workflow.md

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Binding (2026-07-25):
 |---|---|---|
 | FRONTIER | Claude Fable 5 · GPT-5.6 Sol (read-only; max default, task-fit effort including Ultra) | bounded hardest decisions and verdicts |
 | HELM | Claude Opus 5 (xhigh) · GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh main; main Ultra requires explicit selection; bounded FRONTIER Ultra allowed) | standing main; Codex defaults bypass, explicit sandbox narrows |
-| WORKHORSE | Claude Sonnet 5 · GPT-5.6 Terra (high) | implementation and per-item judgment |
+| WORKHORSE | Claude Opus 5 (medium) · GPT-5.6 Terra (high) | implementation and per-item judgment |
 | SWEEP | Claude Haiku 4.5 · GPT-5.6 Luna (low) | clear repeatable scans and mechanical work |
 | VERIFIER-A | onto-mcp review | logic/authority kind; tier units per funnel |
 | VERIFIER-B | `ultracode-for-codex` CLI v0.4.5 (Codex-backed; callable from Claude or Codex) | code/execution kind |
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Dispatch packets:
 | GPT-5.6 Terra WORKHORSE | outcome, frozen scope/inputs, authority, done-when, evidence/report, escalation; high |
 | GPT-5.6 Luna SWEEP | exact search space, rules, ambiguity behavior, stop, output; low; no architecture/debugging |
 | Claude Opus 5 HELM | xhigh for agentic work; high minimum for sensitive judgment; lower only when bounded/cost-led |
-| Claude Sonnet 5 WORKHORSE | exact scope, apply-to-all rules, tools, verification, report; high default |
+| Claude Opus 5 WORKHORSE | exact scope, apply-to-all rules, tools, verification, report; high default |
 | Claude Haiku 4.5 SWEEP | closed, high-volume, latency-sensitive work with exact schema/examples |
 
 Use only task-relevant tools; parallelize independent calls. Worker report: `status`, `files_or_items_touched`, `evidence`, `verification`, `risks_or_escalations`. Official basis: OpenAI [model](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/latest-model?model=gpt-5.6), [migration](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/upgrading-to-gpt-5p6-sol), [prompting](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/prompt-guidance-gpt-5p6), [Codex models](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/models); Anthropic [subagents](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents), [model effort](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config).

package/codex/guides/cli-multi-model-workflow.md

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Binding (2026-07-25):
 |---|---|---|
 | FRONTIER | Claude Fable 5 · GPT-5.6 Sol (read-only; max default, task-fit effort including Ultra) | bounded hardest decisions and verdicts |
 | HELM | Claude Opus 5 (xhigh) · GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh main; main Ultra requires explicit selection; bounded FRONTIER Ultra allowed) | standing main; Codex defaults bypass, explicit sandbox narrows |
-| WORKHORSE | Claude Sonnet 5 · GPT-5.6 Terra (high) | implementation and per-item judgment |
+| WORKHORSE | Claude Opus 5 (medium) · GPT-5.6 Terra (high) | implementation and per-item judgment |
 | SWEEP | Claude Haiku 4.5 · GPT-5.6 Luna (low) | clear repeatable scans and mechanical work |
 | VERIFIER-A | onto-mcp review | logic/authority kind; tier units per funnel |
 | VERIFIER-B | `ultracode-for-codex` CLI v0.4.5 (Codex-backed; callable from Claude or Codex) | code/execution kind |
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Dispatch packets:
 | GPT-5.6 Terra WORKHORSE | outcome, frozen scope/inputs, authority, done-when, evidence/report, escalation; high |
 | GPT-5.6 Luna SWEEP | exact search space, rules, ambiguity behavior, stop, output; low; no architecture/debugging |
 | Claude Opus 5 HELM | xhigh for agentic work; high minimum for sensitive judgment; lower only when bounded/cost-led |
-| Claude Sonnet 5 WORKHORSE | exact scope, apply-to-all rules, tools, verification, report; high default |
+| Claude Opus 5 WORKHORSE | exact scope, apply-to-all rules, tools, verification, report; high default |
 | Claude Haiku 4.5 SWEEP | closed, high-volume, latency-sensitive work with exact schema/examples |
 
 Use only task-relevant tools; parallelize independent calls. Worker report: `status`, `files_or_items_touched`, `evidence`, `verification`, `risks_or_escalations`. Official basis: OpenAI [model](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/latest-model?model=gpt-5.6), [migration](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/upgrading-to-gpt-5p6-sol), [prompting](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/prompt-guidance-gpt-5p6), [Codex models](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/models); Anthropic [subagents](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents), [model effort](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/model-config).

package/config/agent-launch.toml

@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ model = "claude-opus-5"
 effort = "xhigh"
 
 [hosts.claude.tiers.workhorse]
-model = "claude-sonnet-5"
-effort = "high"
+model = "claude-opus-5"
+effort = "medium"
 
 [hosts.claude.tiers.sweep]
 model = "claude-haiku-4-5"

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agent-bios",
-  "version": "0.9.3",
+  "version": "0.9.4",
   "releaseDate": "2026-07-25",
   "description": "A thin, low-level instruction layer for LLM CLI agents: one set of principles and behavior whichever model you run. Deploys into $HOME by copy via an explicit `agent-bios install`.",
   "bin": {

package/scripts/check-parity.sh

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ for tier, (model, effort) in expected_launch_tiers.items():
 expected_claude_tiers = {
     "frontier": ("claude-fable-5", "max"),
     "helm": ("claude-opus-5", "xhigh"),
-    "workhorse": ("claude-sonnet-5", "high"),
+    "workhorse": ("claude-opus-5", "medium"),
     "sweep": ("claude-haiku-4-5", "low"),
 }
 claude_launch_tiers = launch_profile.get("hosts", {}).get("claude", {}).get("tiers", {})
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ for guide_name in [
     for slot, claude_model in (
         ("FRONTIER", "Claude Fable 5"),
         ("HELM", "Claude Opus 5"),
-        ("WORKHORSE", "Claude Sonnet 5"),
+        ("WORKHORSE", "Claude Opus 5"),
         ("SWEEP", "Claude Haiku 4.5"),
     ):
         if rows[slot] and claude_model not in rows[slot][1]:

package/scripts/session-cost.py

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 """Aggregate token usage & cost for a Claude Code session (main + subagents).
 
 Usage: session-cost.py <session>.jsonl [...]
-Reads the session transcript and, if present, <session-dir>/subagents/agent-*.jsonl.
+Reads the session transcript, splitting main-loop from subagent (sidechain)
+usage, and also picks up <session-dir>/subagents/agent-*.jsonl when present.
 Prints per-source, per-model token sums, modeled cost, and wall-clock span.
 """
 import json, sys, glob, os
@@ -28,9 +29,17 @@ def price_for(model):
     return None
 
 def scan(path):
-    """-> {model: {in,out,cr,cw5,cw1,turns}}, (t_min, t_max)"""
-    agg, tmin, tmax, seen = {}, None, None, set()
-    for line in open(path):
+    """-> {(scope, model): {in,out,cr,cw5,cw1,turns}}, (t_min, t_max), {scope: agent_ids}
+
+    A single API response is written to the transcript several times as it
+    streams, each line carrying output_tokens *so far* (e.g. 2, 2, 2, 540).
+    Keep the record with the LARGEST output_tokens per message id: keeping the
+    first one instead under-reports subagent output by ~95%, because sidechain
+    messages get snapshotted far more often than main-loop ones do.
+    """
+    best, tmin, tmax = {}, None, None
+    agents = {"main": set(), "sub": set()}
+    for line in open(path, errors="replace"):
         try:
             d = json.loads(line)
         except json.JSONDecodeError:
@@ -42,11 +51,17 @@ def scan(path):
         u, model = m.get("usage"), m.get("model")
         if not u or not model or model == "<synthetic>":
             continue
-        rid = m.get("id") or d.get("requestId")
-        if rid in seen:
-            continue  # one usage record per API request
-        seen.add(rid)
-        a = agg.setdefault(model, dict(inp=0, out=0, cr=0, cw5=0, cw1=0, turns=0))
+        scope = "sub" if d.get("isSidechain") else "main"
+        if d.get("agentId"):
+            agents[scope].add(d["agentId"])
+        key = (scope, m.get("id") or d.get("requestId"))
+        prev = best.get(key)
+        if prev is None or u.get("output_tokens", 0) > prev[1].get("output_tokens", 0):
+            best[key] = (model, u)
+
+    agg = {}
+    for (scope, _), (model, u) in best.items():
+        a = agg.setdefault((scope, model), dict(inp=0, out=0, cr=0, cw5=0, cw1=0, turns=0))
         a["inp"] += u.get("input_tokens", 0)
         a["out"] += u.get("output_tokens", 0)
         a["cr"]  += u.get("cache_read_input_tokens", 0)
@@ -57,7 +72,7 @@ def scan(path):
         else:
             a["cw5"] += u.get("cache_creation_input_tokens", 0)
         a["turns"] += 1
-    return agg, (tmin, tmax)
+    return agg, (tmin, tmax), agents
 
 def cost(model, a):
     p = price_for(model)
@@ -71,19 +86,27 @@ def fmt(n):
 
 def report(session_path):
     base = session_path[:-6]  # strip .jsonl
-    sources = [("main", session_path)]
+    sources = [(None, session_path)]
     sources += [(os.path.basename(f)[:-6], f)
                 for f in sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(base, "subagents", "*.jsonl")))]
     print(f"\n=== {os.path.basename(session_path)} ===")
     grand, unpriced = 0.0, []
-    hdr = f"{'source':<38}{'model':<22}{'turns':>6}{'input':>9}{'output':>9}{'cache_rd':>10}{'cache_wr':>10}{'cost$':>9}"
+    hdr = (f"{'source':<38}{'model':<22}{'turns':>6}{'input':>9}{'output':>9}"
+           f"{'cache_rd':>10}{'cache_wr':>10}{'cost$':>9}")
     print(hdr); print("-" * len(hdr))
     span_min = span_max = None
-    for name, path in sources:
-        agg, (tmin, tmax) = scan(path)
+    for label, path in sources:
+        agg, (tmin, tmax), agents = scan(path)
         if tmin:
             span_min = min(span_min or tmin, tmin); span_max = max(span_max or tmax, tmax)
-        for model, a in agg.items():
+        for (scope, model), a in sorted(agg.items()):
+            if label is not None:
+                name = label
+            elif scope == "sub":
+                n = len(agents["sub"])
+                name = f"subagents (n={n})" if n else "subagents"
+            else:
+                name = "main"
             c = cost(model, a)
             cs = f"{c:9.2f}" if c is not None else "        ?"
             if c is None: