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feat(honcho): wizard cadence default 2, surface reasoning level, backwards-compat fallback

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Setup wizard now always writes dialecticCadence=2 on new configs and
surfaces the reasoning level as an explicit step with all five options
(minimal / low / medium / high / max), always writing
dialecticReasoningLevel.

Code keeps a backwards-compat fallback of 1 when dialecticCadence is
unset so existing honcho.json configs that predate the setting keep
firing every turn on upgrade. New setups via the wizard get 2
explicitly; docs show 2 as the default.

Also scrubs editorial lines from code and docs ("max is reserved for
explicit tool-path selection", "Unset → every turn; wizard pre-fills 2",
and similar process-exposing phrasing) and adds an inline link to
app.honcho.dev where the server-side observation sync is mentioned in
honcho.md. Recommended cadence range updated to 1-5 across docs and
wizard copy.
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Erosika
2026-04-18 13:49:50 -04:00
committed by kshitij
parent 5b6792f04d
commit 21d5ef2f17
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Controls **how often** dialectic and context calls happen.
| Key | Default | Description |
|-----|---------|-------------|
| `contextCadence` | `1` | Min turns between context API calls |
| `dialecticCadence` | `1` (wizard: `2`) | Min turns between dialectic API calls. Unset → every turn; wizard pre-fills `2` |
| `dialecticCadence` | `2` | Min turns between dialectic API calls. Recommended 1–5 |
| `injectionFrequency` | `every-turn` | `every-turn` or `first-turn` for base context injection |
Higher cadence values fire the dialectic LLM less often. `dialecticCadence: 2` means the engine fires every other turn. Setting it to `1` fires every turn.
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ Config file: `$HERMES_HOME/honcho.json` (profile-local) or `~/.honcho/config.jso
| `contextTokens` | uncapped | Max tokens for the combined base context injection (summary + representation + card). Opt-in cap — omit to leave uncapped, set to an integer to bound injection size. |
| `injectionFrequency` | `every-turn` | `every-turn` or `first-turn` |
| `contextCadence` | `1` | Min turns between context API calls |
| `dialecticCadence` | `1` (wizard: `2`) | Min turns between dialectic LLM calls |
| `dialecticCadence` | `2` | Min turns between dialectic LLM calls (recommended 1–5) |
The `contextTokens` budget is enforced at injection time. If the session summary + representation + card exceed the budget, Honcho trims the summary first, then the representation, preserving the card. This prevents context blowup in long sessions.