From 4e1ca13d60fc4ce98b74dbac188bc9ea3892a527 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: monkut <shane.cousins@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:09:48 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] :sparkles: Add 'xhigh' effort level, default to it, bump to
 0.2.5

Adds XHIGH = "xhigh" to VALID_EFFORT_LEVELS between HIGH and MAX
and changes DEFAULT_EFFORT_LEVEL to XHIGH, matching Anthropic's
recommended starting point for coding/agentic work on Opus 4.7.

Refs #81
---
 askcc/settings.py   |  3 ++-
 pyproject.toml      |  2 +-
 tests/test_askcc.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 uv.lock             |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/askcc/settings.py b/askcc/settings.py
index 2629f7c..3a4ded9 100644
--- a/askcc/settings.py
+++ b/askcc/settings.py
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ class VALID_EFFORT_LEVELS(enum.StrEnum):  # noqa: N801
     LOW = "low"
     MEDIUM = "medium"
     HIGH = "high"
+    XHIGH = "xhigh"
     MAX = "max"
 
 
-DEFAULT_EFFORT_LEVEL = VALID_EFFORT_LEVELS.MAX
+DEFAULT_EFFORT_LEVEL = VALID_EFFORT_LEVELS.XHIGH
 
 
 def _resolve_effort_level() -> VALID_EFFORT_LEVELS:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c586bb..f533080 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "askcc"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 description = "A one-shot cc cli executor"
 authors = [{ name = "mknt", email = "shane.cousins@gmail.com" }]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/tests/test_askcc.py b/tests/test_askcc.py
index 2834299..bf087c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_askcc.py
+++ b/tests/test_askcc.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     CLAUDE_ENV_MAX_THINKING_TOKENS,
     DEFAULT_EFFORT_LEVEL,
     DEFAULT_MAX_THINKING_TOKENS,
+    VALID_EFFORT_LEVELS,
     _resolve_effort_level,
 )
 
@@ -1582,6 +1583,18 @@ def test_invalid_effort_level_logged_and_ignored(
         assert result == DEFAULT_EFFORT_LEVEL
         assert "Invalid ASKCC_CLAUDE_EFFORT_LEVEL" in caplog.text
 
+    def test_xhigh_effort_level_resolves_without_warning(
+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+    ):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("ASKCC_CLAUDE_EFFORT_LEVEL", "xhigh")
+        with caplog.at_level("WARNING", logger="askcc.settings"):
+            result = _resolve_effort_level()
+        assert result == VALID_EFFORT_LEVELS.XHIGH
+        assert "Invalid ASKCC_CLAUDE_EFFORT_LEVEL" not in caplog.text
+
+    def test_default_effort_level_is_xhigh(self):
+        assert DEFAULT_EFFORT_LEVEL == VALID_EFFORT_LEVELS.XHIGH
+
     def test_max_thinking_tokens_from_env(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
         monkeypatch.setenv("ASKCC_CLAUDE_MAX_THINKING_TOKENS", "50000")
         raw = os.getenv("ASKCC_CLAUDE_MAX_THINKING_TOKENS", "")
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index dc6c6f4..e07c76f 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires-python = "==3.14.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "askcc"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 source = { editable = "." }
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]