fix(variant): respect TUI variant and enforce max in ultrawork mode

- keyword-detector: always set variant to 'max' when ultrawork/ulw keyword detected
- chat-message: remove variant resolution logic to passthrough TUI variant unchanged
- Tests updated to reflect new behavior

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src/hooks/keyword-detector/hook.ts

@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ export function createKeywordDetectorHook(ctx: PluginInput, _collector?: Context
       if (hasUltrawork) {
         log(`[keyword-detector] Ultrawork mode activated`, { sessionID: input.sessionID })
 
-        if (output.message.variant === undefined) {
+        output.message.variant = "max"
-          output.message.variant = "max"
-        }
 
         ctx.client.tui
           .showToast({

src/hooks/keyword-detector/index.test.ts

@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ describe("keyword-detector session filtering", () => {
     expect(toastCalls).toContain("Ultrawork Mode Activated")
   })
 
-  test("should not override existing variant", async () => {
+  test("should override existing variant when ultrawork keyword is used", async () => {
-    // given - main session set with pre-existing variant
+    // given - main session set with pre-existing variant from TUI
     setMainSession("main-123")
 
     const toastCalls: string[] = []
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ describe("keyword-detector session filtering", () => {
       output
     )
 
-    // then - existing variant should remain
+    // then - ultrawork should override TUI variant to max
-    expect(output.message.variant).toBe("low")
+    expect(output.message.variant).toBe("max")
     expect(toastCalls).toContain("Ultrawork Mode Activated")
   })
 })

src/plugin/chat-message.test.ts

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ function createMockOutput(variant?: string): ChatMessageHandlerOutput {
   return { message, parts: [] }
 }
 
-describe("createChatMessageHandler - first message variant", () => {
+describe("createChatMessageHandler - TUI variant passthrough", () => {
-  test("first message: sets variant from fallback chain when user has no selection", async () => {
+  test("first message: does not override TUI variant when user has no selection", async () => {
-    //#given - first message, no user-selected variant, hephaestus with medium in chain
+    //#given - first message, no user-selected variant
     const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: true })
     const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
     const input = createMockInput("hephaestus", { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.3-codex" })
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ describe("createChatMessageHandler - first message variant", () => {
     //#when
     await handler(input, output)
 
-    //#then - should set variant from fallback chain
+    //#then - TUI sent undefined, should stay undefined (no config override)
-    expect(output.message["variant"]).toBeDefined()
+    expect(output.message["variant"]).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   test("first message: preserves user-selected variant when already set", async () => {
@@ -70,25 +70,11 @@ describe("createChatMessageHandler - first message variant", () => {
     //#when
     await handler(input, output)
 
-    //#then - user's xhigh must be preserved, not overwritten to "medium"
+    //#then - user's xhigh must be preserved
     expect(output.message["variant"]).toBe("xhigh")
   })
 
-  test("first message: preserves user-selected 'high' variant", async () => {
+  test("subsequent message: preserves TUI variant", async () => {
-    //#given - user selected "high" variant
-    const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: true })
-    const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
-    const input = createMockInput("hephaestus", { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.3-codex" })
-    const output = createMockOutput("high")
-
-    //#when
-    await handler(input, output)
-
-    //#then
-    expect(output.message["variant"]).toBe("high")
-  })
-
-  test("subsequent message: does not override existing variant", async () => {
     //#given - not first message, variant already set
     const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: false })
     const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
@@ -102,6 +88,20 @@ describe("createChatMessageHandler - first message variant", () => {
     expect(output.message["variant"]).toBe("xhigh")
   })
 
+  test("subsequent message: does not inject variant when TUI sends none", async () => {
+    //#given - not first message, no variant from TUI
+    const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: false })
+    const handler = createChatMessageHandler(args)
+    const input = createMockInput("hephaestus", { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.3-codex" })
+    const output = createMockOutput() // no variant
+
+    //#when
+    await handler(input, output)
+
+    //#then - should stay undefined, not auto-resolved from config
+    expect(output.message["variant"]).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
   test("first message: marks gate as applied regardless of variant presence", async () => {
     //#given - first message with user-selected variant
     const args = createMockHandlerArgs({ shouldOverride: true })

src/plugin/chat-message.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 import type { OhMyOpenCodeConfig } from "../config"
 import type { PluginContext } from "./types"
 
-import {
-  applyAgentVariant,
-  resolveAgentVariant,
-  resolveVariantForModel,
-} from "../shared/agent-variant"
 import { hasConnectedProvidersCache } from "../shared"
-import {
+import { setSessionAgent } from "../features/claude-code-session-state"
-  setSessionAgent,
-} from "../features/claude-code-session-state"
 import { applyUltraworkModelOverrideOnMessage } from "./ultrawork-model-override"
 
 import type { CreatedHooks } from "../create-hooks"
@@ -57,25 +50,7 @@ export function createChatMessageHandler(args: {
     const message = output.message
 
     if (firstMessageVariantGate.shouldOverride(input.sessionID)) {
-      if (message["variant"] === undefined) {
-        const variant =
-          input.model && input.agent
-            ? resolveVariantForModel(pluginConfig, input.agent, input.model)
-            : resolveAgentVariant(pluginConfig, input.agent)
-        if (variant !== undefined) {
-          message["variant"] = variant
-        }
-      }
       firstMessageVariantGate.markApplied(input.sessionID)
-    } else {
-      if (input.model && input.agent && message["variant"] === undefined) {
-        const variant = resolveVariantForModel(pluginConfig, input.agent, input.model)
-        if (variant !== undefined) {
-          message["variant"] = variant
-        }
-      } else {
-        applyAgentVariant(pluginConfig, input.agent, message)
-      }
     }
 
     await hooks.stopContinuationGuard?.["chat.message"]?.(input)