crew 0.15.0: Grok defaults to medium effort

plugins/crew/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json",
   "name": "crew",
-  "version": "0.14.0",
+  "version": "0.15.0",
   "description": "Another vendor's agent CLI as an isolated subagent, from any host: ask a read-only question or hold a multi-turn conversation (agy, opencode, Codex, Grok, Hermes, Copilot, Cursor, Muse, Kimi, or Claude Code from another host), get a second opinion on a diff, or delegate one coding slice to agy, opencode, Copilot, Codex, Grok or Cursor under the worker CLI's own hooks and a mechanical gate. Tiers (cheap, mid, top) map to a model and effort per backend. The verdict never reads the CLI's exit 0 as success.",
   "author": {
     "name": "4nrry",

plugins/crew/skills/crew/references/cursor.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ComputerUse, shell stdin) is denied by the allowlist.
 
 | Field | Meaning |
 |---|---|
-| `model` | default `grok-4.7[context=500k,reasoning_effort=xhigh,fast=false]` (Grok 4.7, xhigh, 500k window); `auto`, a flat id from `cursor-agent models` (`grok-4.7-xhigh`), or a full bracket variant with every parameter in the CLI's order (`grok-4.7[context=500k,reasoning_effort=xhigh,fast=false]` for Grok's 500k window) |
+| `model` | default `grok-4.7[context=500k,reasoning_effort=medium,fast=false]` (Grok 4.7, medium, 500k window); `auto`, a flat id from `cursor-agent models` (`grok-4.7-xhigh`), or a full bracket variant with every parameter in the CLI's order (`grok-4.7[context=500k,reasoning_effort=xhigh,fast=false]` for Grok's 500k window) |
 | `effort` | appended to a flat id (`grok-4.7` + `xhigh` = `grok-4.7-xhigh`); ignored with `auto`; refused with a bracket variant, which carries its own |
 | `scope` | must not cover `.cursor/hooks.json` |
 

plugins/crew/skills/crew/references/grok.md

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ and, with `"effort"` in the task, `--reasoning-effort`.
 | Field | Meaning |
 |---|---|
 | `model` | default `grok-4.7`; `grok models` lists the others |
-| `effort` | default `xhigh`; `low` to `xhigh`, as the model offers |
+| `effort` | default `medium`; `low` to `xhigh`, as the model offers |
 
 **Long context.** Grok Build has no flag for its 500k window (the TUI's
 `/context-window`). `[model."grok-4.7"]` with `context_window = 500000` in

plugins/crew/skills/crew/scripts/backends.py

@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ def b_kimi(s, prompt, model, effort, session, cwd, opts=None):
                      efforts=EFFORTS, models=OPENCODE_MODELS,
                      read_only="OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT denies edit, bash, execute, task"),
     "grok": dict(web=True, native_schema=True, vendor="xai", bins=("grok",), build=b_grok, parse=p_grok,
-                 # The user's choice (2026-10-26): Grok runs as grok-4.7 at xhigh, never a fast
-                 # variant; --effort lowers it. Its 500k window comes from ~/.grok/config.toml.
-                 tiers={t: ("grok-4.7", "xhigh") for t in TIERS},
+                 # The user's choice (2026-10-27): Grok runs as grok-4.7 at medium, never a fast
+                 # variant; --effort raises it. Its 500k window comes from ~/.grok/config.toml.
+                 tiers={t: ("grok-4.7", "medium") for t in TIERS},
                  efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"),
                  read_only="--permission-mode plan, no MCP, no subagents"),
     "codex": dict(web=True, native_schema=False, vendor="openai", bins=("codex",), build=b_codex, parse=p_codex,
@@ -370,17 +370,17 @@ def b_kimi(s, prompt, model, effort, session, cwd, opts=None):
                   efforts=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max", "ultra"),
                   read_only="sandbox_mode read-only, on every turn"),
     "hermes": dict(web=True, native_schema=False, vendor="nous", bins=("hermes",), build=b_hermes, parse=p_hermes,
-                   # grok-4.7 at xhigh, as for grok; Hermes reads its 500k window from api.x.ai.
-                   tiers={t: ("xai-oauth:grok-4.7", "xhigh") for t in TIERS},
+                   # grok-4.7 at medium, as for grok; Hermes reads its 500k window from api.x.ai.
+                   tiers={t: ("xai-oauth:grok-4.7", "medium") for t in TIERS},
                    efforts=EFFORTS,
                    read_only="-t web,x_search: no file or terminal tools, so put the code in the prompt"),
     "copilot": dict(web=False, native_schema=False, vendor="github", bins=("~/.local/bin/copilot", "copilot"), build=b_copilot,
                     parse=p_copilot, tiers={t: ("auto", None) for t in TIERS},
                     efforts=("none", "minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max"),
                     read_only="headless denies tools needing approval; write tools excluded"),
     "cursor": dict(web=False, native_schema=False, vendor="cursor", bins=("cursor-agent",), build=b_cursor, parse=p_generic,
-                   # Grok 4.7 at xhigh with its 500k window, as a full variant (see cursor_model).
-                   tiers={t: ("grok-4.7[context=500k,reasoning_effort=xhigh,fast=false]", None) for t in TIERS}, efforts=EFFORTS,
+                   # Grok 4.7 at medium with its 500k window, as a full variant (see cursor_model).
+                   tiers={t: ("grok-4.7[context=500k,reasoning_effort=medium,fast=false]", None) for t in TIERS}, efforts=EFFORTS,
                    read_only="--mode ask"),
     "muse": dict(web=False, native_schema=False, vendor="muse", bins=("muse",), build=b_muse, parse=p_generic,
                  tiers={"cheap": ("muse-spark-1.3", "low"), "mid": ("muse-spark-1.3", "medium"),

plugins/crew/skills/crew/scripts/crew.py

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 # Under `--sandbox workspace` the worker cannot write ~/.grok/hooks.
 TESTED_GROK_VERSION = "1.0.70"
 GROK_DEFAULT_MODEL = "grok-4.7"
-GROK_DEFAULT_EFFORT = "xhigh"
+GROK_DEFAULT_EFFORT = "medium"
 GROK_HOOK_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~/.grok/hooks")
 GROK_TOOLS = "run_terminal_command,read_file,search_replace,list_dir,grep,write,todo_write"
 GK_TOOLS = {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 # opencode. Its sandbox does not start on this machine (AppArmor), so the run
 # uses `--sandbox disabled` and the hooks are the only limit.
 TESTED_CURSOR_VERSION = "2026.10.22-27dcf5f"
-CURSOR_DEFAULT_MODEL = "grok-4.7[context=500k,reasoning_effort=xhigh,fast=false]"
+CURSOR_DEFAULT_MODEL = "grok-4.7[context=500k,reasoning_effort=medium,fast=false]"
 CURSOR_HOOK_FILE = ".cursor/hooks.json"
 CU_TOOLS = {
     "Read": ("view_file", {"file_path": "AbsolutePath"}),