feat(claude): advisor tool support, per session and as an App Settings default

Claude Code's advisor tool (code.claude.com/docs/en/advisor) lets the session's
main model consult a second, stronger model at decision points: before
committing to an approach, on a recurring error, and before declaring a task
done. Codeman can now start claude sessions with one.

- `advisorModel` field on POST /api/sessions, /api/quick-start and
  /api/ralph-loop/start (fable, opus, sonnet or a full model id in those
  families; haiku cannot advise and is refused). Stored on the session and
  persisted, so respawn, boot restore and reboot restore keep it. Remote and
  docker quick-starts refuse it, as they refuse effort.
- App Settings, Models, "Advisor" segment (Default / Sonnet / Opus / Fable),
  synced as `claudeAdvisorModel`. Run, resume and the Ralph wizard send it.
  Default sends nothing, leaving the CLI's own /advisor choice in charge.
- Carried as the `advisorModel` key in the launch's single --settings JSON,
  merged with ultracode and the statusLine exporter, never the --advisor
  flag: `claude --advisor haiku` exits 1 at launch, which would leave a dead
  pane on every respawn, while the settings key degrades to no advisor. A
  launch without an advisor is byte-identical to before.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Codeman maintainer
2026-10-04 19:05:43 +02:00
parent 9240493c43
commit 01f403dc1b
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
*/
import type { ClaudeMode, EffortLevel } from './types.js';
import { isEffortLevel } from './types.js';
import { isAdvisorModel, isEffortLevel } from './types.js';
import { getAugmentedPath } from './utils/index.js';
import { compareVersions } from './utils/dependency-checker.js';
import { dataPath } from './config/instance.js';
@@ -54,6 +54,25 @@ export function buildEffortCliArgs(effort?: EffortLevel): string[] {
return effort === 'ultracode' ? ['--settings', '{"ultracode":true}'] : ['--effort', effort];
}
/**
* The `--settings` keys that switch on Claude Code's advisor tool for one session: a
* stronger model the main model consults at decision points (code.claude.com/docs/en/advisor).
* Returns `{}` for an absent or non-allowlisted value, so callers can spread it unconditionally.
*
* ⚠️ Carried as the `advisorModel` SETTINGS key, never the `--advisor` flag. The flag EXITS at
* launch on any pairing the CLI refuses (`claude --advisor haiku` prints "cannot be used as an
* advisor" and exits 1, as does a Fable advisor still awaiting usage-credit consent), which
* would leave a dead pane on every spawn and respawn. The settings key degrades instead: the
* CLI simply does not attach an advisor it cannot use. It is a SOFT default either way:
* `/advisor` still switches or turns it off inside the running session.
*
* ⚠️ Claude Code reads only ONE `--settings` flag per invocation, so this must be merged into
* the same JSON object as ultracode and the statusLine exporter, never rendered on its own.
*/
export function buildAdvisorSettings(advisorModel?: string): { advisorModel?: string } {
return isAdvisorModel(advisorModel) ? { advisorModel } : {};
}
/**
* Minimum Claude CLI version for passing `--name` at spawn. 2.1.224 is the release
* that ships cross-session messaging (the feature that makes the peer name matter),
@@ -111,6 +130,7 @@ export function buildNameCliArgs(sessionName: string | undefined, cliVersion: st
* @param effort - Optional effort level, injected via --settings (overridable in-session)
* @param sessionName - Optional Codeman session name, passed as `--name` (version-gated)
* @param cliVersion - Installed Claude CLI version for the `--name` gate (null = omit the flag)
* @param advisorModel - Optional advisor model, merged into the one `--settings` JSON (see buildAdvisorSettings)
* @returns Array of CLI arguments
*/
export function buildInteractiveArgs(
@@ -120,11 +140,21 @@ export function buildInteractiveArgs(
allowedTools?: string,
effort?: EffortLevel,
sessionName?: string,
cliVersion?: string | null
cliVersion?: string | null,
advisorModel?: string
): string[] {
const args = [...buildPermissionArgs(claudeMode, allowedTools), '--session-id', sessionId];
if (model) args.push('--model', model);
args.push(...buildEffortCliArgs(effort));
const effortArgs = buildEffortCliArgs(effort);
const advisor = buildAdvisorSettings(advisorModel);
if (advisor.advisorModel === undefined) {
args.push(...effortArgs);
} else if (effortArgs[0] === '--settings') {
// One --settings flag only: fold the advisor into ultracode's JSON object.
args.push('--settings', JSON.stringify({ ...JSON.parse(effortArgs[1]), ...advisor }));
} else {
args.push(...effortArgs, '--settings', JSON.stringify(advisor));
}
args.push(...buildNameCliArgs(sessionName, cliVersion));
return args;
}