feat: implement issue #1209 — [Phase 1] Document the Model selection standard in agent-standards.md - #1216
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe agent standards now define model-family defaults, permitted version-ID exceptions, and operator overrides. The CI standards link to this guidance, and the BMAD workflow reference uses family-based wording. ChangesModel selection guidance
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This pull request introduces a new "Model selection" standard in standards/agent-standards.md, which mandates using model families (such as opus, sonnet, or haiku) instead of hard-coded version IDs, while outlining allowed exceptions and operator overrides. It also updates related references in standards/ci-standards.md. The review feedback consistently suggests capitalizing "id" and "ids" to "ID" and "IDs" across the newly added sections for better documentation consistency.
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Review comments at @standards/agent-standards.md:
- Around line 136-137: Update the occurrence audit requirement in the model-pin
exception guidance to allow a metadata field or sidecar when the recorded-data
format does not support comments, while retaining the inline `# model-pin-ok`
marker for formats that do and requiring the exception reason to remain
auditable.
Review comments at @standards/ci-standards.md:
- Around line 1399-1402: Update the reusable workflow’s default for the optional
model input to use the supported model-family value or existing family resolver
instead of a version-pinned model; preserve caller-supplied overrides and the
existing workflow execution path.
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Automated review — escalated to humanThe automated review cascade escalated this PR to a human reviewer at review cycle 3/3 (risk: MEDIUM, reviewed commit Why: the cascade could neither approve the PR nor auto-request fixes, so it requested human review via CODEOWNERS and set the Reviewer summary: Re-review at cycle 3/3. The only commits since the prior review (dbeb6b5) are merges from main (#1221, #1234, #1235), so the PR's own diff is unchanged. None of the prior-cycle findings have been addressed: the cubic thread on exception (b) is still unresolved, and ci-standards.md still contradicts the new This note is updated in place on re-escalation; it is not re-posted. |
… ci-standards opus-family default - agent-standards.md exception (b): price data in a comment-less format (e.g. a JSON price table) uses a metadata field or sidecar file, matching exception (c). - ci-standards.md: Feature Ideation intro, settings table, cost line and inputs table now name the opus family / 'opus' default instead of claude-opus-4-6 / ANTHROPIC_MODEL, matching the new workflow default. - feature-ideation-reusable.yml: two stale comments updated; no behaviour change in this commit. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Automated review — APPROVED ✓
Risk: MEDIUM
Reviewed commit: 691d476b9db10509d051b7651500178e59a61c90
Review mode: triage-approved (single reviewer)
Summary
Adds the canonical "Model selection" (family, not version) section to standards/agent-standards.md, links to it from ci-standards.md §8, and changes the default for the model input in feature-ideation-reusable.yml from claude-opus-4-6 to opus. The new commit 691d476 fixes every blocking finding from the prior cycle-3 review. All threads are resolved and CI is green. I rated it MEDIUM rather than LOW because a reusable workflow's default changes at runtime. The triage-approved assessment holds.
Linked issue analysis
Closes #1209 ([Phase 1] Document the Model selection standard).
- AC1, a
## Model selectionH2 with the family rule and a resolver note: ✅ - AC2, the four allowed exceptions (resolver, price data, recorded data, fixed eval judge), each with an audit marker: ✅ Formats without comment syntax may now use a metadata field or sidecar file for rows (b) and (c).
- AC3, the operator-override rule: ✅
### Operator override - AC4, the link from ci-standards.md, plus rewording the stale "Opus 4.6 model selection" text in agent-standards.md's BMAD section: ✅
- AC5, one source of truth: ✅ ci-standards.md gotcha #2 links to the canonical rule instead of restating it.
The workflow default change goes beyond the doc-only scope of Phase 1. It keeps the repo consistent with the new rule, and the PR body now states it clearly.
Findings
Prior-review findings (cycle 3, at dbeb6b5): all resolved by 691d476
- ✅ Exception (b) price-data marker (cubic P3): row (b) now allows a metadata field or sidecar file for formats without comments, such as a JSON price table. Row (c) already did.
- ✅ ci-standards.md contradicted the new default: the inputs table now shows
'opus'. The Settings table now reads "opusfamily by default … passed as--model", replacing the staleANTHROPIC_MODELwording. The §8 intro and the typical-cost line no longer say "Opus 4.6". TheANTHROPIC_MODELgotcha reference in the header comment offeature-ideation-reusable.ymlhas been updated too. - ✅ The PR body understated the runtime impact: the Risk section now says the
modeldefault changes, which callers use the default, and how to roll back (model: claude-opus-4-6as an operator override). - ✅ Unresolved threads / CHANGES_REQUESTED: a GraphQL check returns zero unresolved review threads, and the CodeRabbit CHANGES_REQUESTED review is dismissed.
Verification
inputs.modelstill reaches the action only throughclaude_args: --model ${{ inputs.model }}(line 277).opusis a valid Claude Code CLI model alias. No secret handling, permissions orrun:steps change.- Neither caller stub (
.github/workflows/feature-ideation.yml,standards/workflows/feature-ideation.yml) passesmodel, so both pick up theopusfamily. Repos pinned to@v1only get it when the tag moves.
Non-blocking
- Both caller-stub templates (lines 8–9 and 23) still have stale header comments saying "Opus 4.6 model selection" and "ANTHROPIC_MODEL env var". These are thin caller stubs, and the prior review agreed this cleanup can go to the follow-up docs/lint stories under epic #1208.
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run_secret_scanningMCP tool was not available in this run. gitleaks CI passed, and the diff is prose plus one default string.
CI status
Every check either passed or was skipped as not applicable (pnpm/cargo/pip/govulncheck audits, dependabot-automerge, dev-lead ci-relay/resume). Passing checks: Lint, bats, ShellCheck, "Lint, schema, and bats", CodeQL / Analyze (actions, python), SonarCloud (quality gate passed), gitleaks, AgentShield, Agent Security Scan, AGENTS.md Self-Check, dependency-audit (npm), duplicate-decl-gate. CodeRabbit, cubic and Graphite report success. Merge state is BLOCKED only because a review is required.
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Automated review — APPROVED ✓
Risk: MEDIUM
Reviewed commit: 691d476b9db10509d051b7651500178e59a61c90
Review mode: triage-approved (single reviewer)
Summary
Adds the canonical "Model selection" (family, not version) section to standards/agent-standards.md and links to it from ci-standards.md §8. It also changes the default for the model input in feature-ideation-reusable.yml from claude-opus-4-6 to opus. This confirmation review agrees with triage: the change is correct and complete, all threads are resolved and CI is green. I rated it MEDIUM rather than LOW because a reusable workflow's runtime default changes.
Linked issue analysis
Closes #1209 ([Phase 1] Document the Model selection standard).
- AC1, a
## Model selectionH2 with the family rule and a resolver note: ✅ - AC2, the four allowed exceptions (resolver, price data, recorded data, fixed eval judge), each with an audit marker: ✅ Formats without comment syntax may use a metadata field or sidecar file for rows (b) and (c), which is a sensible extension.
- AC3, the operator-override rule: ✅
### Operator override - AC4, the cross-link from ci-standards.md, plus rewording the stale "Opus 4.6 model selection" text in the BMAD section: ✅
- AC5, one source of truth: ✅ ci-standards.md gotcha #2 links to the canonical rule instead of restating it.
The workflow default change goes beyond Phase 1's doc-only scope. It keeps the repo consistent with the new rule, and the PR body's Risk and Rollback sections state it plainly.
Findings
Blocking: none.
Verification
inputs.modelreachesanthropics/claude-code-action(SHA-pinned, v1.0.234) only throughclaude_args: --model ${{ inputs.model }}(line 277).opusis a valid Claude Code CLI model alias. No secrets, permissions,run:steps or action pins change.- ci-standards.md now agrees with the new default in the inputs table, the Settings table, the §8 intro, the cost line and gotcha #2. No stale
ANTHROPIC_MODELor "Opus 4.6" text is left in the changed files. - All 10 review threads are resolved (GraphQL check). The CodeRabbit CHANGES_REQUESTED review is dismissed. The
needs-human-reviewlabel has been removed.
Non-blocking
- The header comments in the caller-stub templates (
.github/workflows/feature-ideation.yml,standards/workflows/feature-ideation.yml) still mention "Opus 4.6" andANTHROPIC_MODEL. This is fine to leave for the follow-up docs/lint stories under epic #1208. - Linked issue #1209 is already CLOSED, though the PR has not merged yet. This is informational only.
- Secret scan: the
run_secret_scanningMCP tool was not available in this run. gitleaks CI passed, and the diff is prose plus one default string.
CI status
Every check either passed or was skipped as not applicable. Passing checks: Lint, bats, ShellCheck, "Lint, schema, and bats", CodeQL / Analyze (actions, python), SonarCloud (quality gate passed), Secret scan (gitleaks), AgentShield, Agent Security Scan, AGENTS.md Self-Check, dependency-audit (npm), duplicate-decl-gate. CodeRabbit, cubic and Graphite report success. Skipped as not applicable: the pnpm/cargo/pip/govulncheck audits, dependabot-automerge, and dev-lead ci-relay/resume.
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Automated review — APPROVED ✓
Risk: MEDIUM
Reviewed commit: 691d476b9db10509d051b7651500178e59a61c90
Review mode: triage-approved (single reviewer)
Summary
Adds the canonical "Model selection" (family, not version) section to standards/agent-standards.md and links to it from ci-standards.md §8. It also changes the default for the model input in feature-ideation-reusable.yml from claude-opus-4-6 to opus. This confirmation review agrees with triage: the diff is correct and complete, every review thread is resolved and CI is green. I rated it MEDIUM rather than LOW because a reusable workflow's runtime default changes.
Linked issue analysis
Closes #1209 ([Phase 1] Document the Model selection standard).
- AC1, a
## Model selectionH2 with the family rule and a resolver note: ✅ - AC2, the four allowed exceptions (resolver, price data, recorded data, fixed eval judge), each with a
# model-pin-ok: <reason>marker: ✅ Rows (b) and (c) also allow a metadata field or sidecar file for formats without comments, which is a reasonable extension. - AC3, the operator-override rule: ✅
### Operator override - AC4, the cross-link from ci-standards.md, plus rewording the stale "Opus 4.6 model selection" text in the BMAD section to "Opus-family model selection": ✅
- AC5, one source of truth: ✅ ci-standards.md gotcha #2 links to the canonical rule instead of restating it.
The workflow default change goes beyond Phase 1's doc-only scope. It keeps the repo consistent with the new rule, and the PR body's Risk and Rollback sections state it plainly.
Findings
Blocking: none.
Verification
inputs.modelreachesanthropics/claude-code-action(SHA-pinned, v1.0.234) only throughclaude_args: --model ${{ inputs.model }}(line 277).opusis a valid Claude Code CLI model alias. No secrets, permissions,run:steps or action pins change.- ci-standards.md now matches the new default in the §8 intro, the Settings table, the cost line, gotcha #2 and the inputs table.
- Review state: all 10 review threads are resolved (GraphQL check). The CodeRabbit CHANGES_REQUESTED review is dismissed. The PR has no
needs-human-reviewlabel. The cycle-3 escalation was for the earlier commit3ea5bc3. The head commit691d476fixes both items it raised: the price-data marker for exception (b) and the ci-standards.md text that contradicted the new default.
Non-blocking
- The header comments in the caller-stub templates (
.github/workflows/feature-ideation.yml,standards/workflows/feature-ideation.yml) may still mention "Opus 4.6" orANTHROPIC_MODEL. These can wait for the follow-up docs/lint stories. - Linked issue #1209 is already CLOSED, though this PR has not merged yet. This is informational only.
- Secret scan: the
run_secret_scanningMCP tool was not available in this run. gitleaks CI passed, and the diff is prose plus one default string.
CI status
Every check either passed or was skipped as not applicable. Passing checks: Lint, bats, ShellCheck, "Lint, schema, and bats", CodeQL / Analyze (actions, python), SonarCloud (quality gate passed), Secret scan (gitleaks), AgentShield, Agent Security Scan, AGENTS.md Self-Check, dependency-audit (npm), duplicate-decl-gate. CodeRabbit, cubic and Graphite report success. Skipped as not applicable: the pnpm/cargo/pip/govulncheck audits, dependabot-automerge, and dev-lead ci-relay/resume.
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Problem
[Phase 1] Document the Model selection standard in agent-standards.md
From the issue: As a standards maintainer, I want add a canonical "Model selection" section to standards/agent-standards.md capturing the family-not-version rule, its exceptions and the operator-override note, and cross-link it from ci-standards.md, so that there is one authoritative rule the reusable-workflow, docs and lint stories can all reference instead of each restating it.
Risk
Low — mostly documentation, with one runtime-visible change:
feature-ideation-reusable.yml'smodelinput default changes from the pinnedclaude-opus-4-6to theopusfamily. Callers that do not passmodelwill run on the current Opus version the Claude Code CLI resolves, instead of Opus 4.6. Callers that pass an explicitmodelare unaffected.Test plan
No test files were added or updated. Verification:
bash scripts/dev-lead-lint.sh(shellcheck --severity=warning) ran pre-commit; the existing CI (bats + lint) guards the change.Rollback
Revert this PR, or pass
model: claude-opus-4-6as an operator override to pin the old model for a single caller. No non-revertible side effects (no tags, migrations, or external state).Monitoring
Watch the next scheduled Feature Ideation run in a BMAD-enabled repo: confirm it starts on the
opusfamily and that cost stays near the documented ~$2-3 per run.Closes #1209
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