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Effort Levels

Pullfrog supports three effort levels that control model selection and reasoning depth:

• #mini — Fast, minimal reasoning. Best for simple tasks.
• #auto — Balanced (default). Good for most tasks.
• #max — Maximum capability. Best for complex tasks requiring deep reasoning.

The effort level can be specified via:

1. Macros in the prompt (#mini, #auto, #max)
2. The effort input in action.yml
3. The payload's effort field

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Claude Code

Claude Code uses model selection based on effort level.

Effort	Model	Description
mini	haiku	Fast, efficient
auto	opusplan	Opus for planning, Sonnet for execution
max	opus	Full Opus

Future direction: Anthropic's beta effort parameter (low/medium/high) could replace model selection, using Opus 4.5 for all tasks with effort controlling token spend. See Anthropic Effort Docs.

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Codex (OpenAI)

Codex uses both model selection and the modelReasoningEffort parameter from ThreadOptions.

Effort	Model	modelReasoningEffort	Description
mini	gpt-5.1-codex-mini	"low"	Smaller model, reduced reasoning
auto	gpt-5.1-codex	default	Standard model, default reasoning
max	gpt-5.1-codex-max	"high"	Largest model, maximum reasoning

Valid values for modelReasoningEffort: "minimal" | "low" | "medium" | "high"

Reference: Codex Config Reference

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Gemini

Gemini uses a combination of model selection and thinkingLevel configuration via settings.json.

Effort	Model	thinkingLevel	Description
mini	gemini-2.5-flash	LOW	Fast model, minimal thinking
auto	gemini-2.5-flash	HIGH	Fast model, deep thinking
max	gemini-2.5-pro	HIGH	Most capable model, deep thinking

The thinkingLevel is configured via:

{
  "modelConfig": {
    "generateContentConfig": {
      "thinkingConfig": {
        "thinkingLevel": "LOW"
      }
    }
  }
}

Reference: Gemini Thinking Docs

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Cursor

Cursor uses model selection via the --model CLI flag. Project-level configuration in .cursor/cli.json takes precedence if a model is specified there.

Effort	Model	Description
mini	auto (default)	Let Cursor select optimal model
auto	auto (default)	Let Cursor select optimal model
max	opus-4.5-thinking	Claude 4.5 Opus with thinking

Note: If the project has .cursor/cli.json with a model field, that model is used regardless of effort level.

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OpenCode

OpenCode does not currently have affordances for effort-level configuration. The effort parameter is ignored.

Effort	Behavior
mini	No effect
auto	No effect
max	No effect