diff --git a/src/hooks/anthropic-effort/hook.ts b/src/hooks/anthropic-effort/hook.ts
index 247bf2709..76fba5245 100644
--- a/src/hooks/anthropic-effort/hook.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/anthropic-effort/hook.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { log, normalizeModelID } from "../../shared"
 
 const OPUS_PATTERN = /claude-.*opus/i
+const INTERNAL_SKIP_AGENTS = new Set(["title", "summary", "compaction"])
 
 function isClaudeProvider(providerID: string, modelID: string): boolean {
   if (["anthropic", "google-vertex-anthropic", "opencode"].includes(providerID)) return true
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@ function isOpusModel(modelID: string): boolean {
   return OPUS_PATTERN.test(normalized)
 }
 
+function shouldSkipForInternalAgent(agentName: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!agentName) return false
+  return INTERNAL_SKIP_AGENTS.has(agentName.trim().toLowerCase())
+}
+
 interface ChatParamsInput {
   sessionID: string
   agent: { name?: string }
@@ -48,10 +54,11 @@ export function createAnthropicEffortHook() {
       input: ChatParamsInput,
       output: ChatParamsOutput
     ): Promise<void> => {
-      const { model, message } = input
+      const { agent, model, message } = input
       if (!model?.modelID || !model?.providerID) return
       if (message.variant !== "max") return
       if (!isClaudeProvider(model.providerID, model.modelID)) return
+      if (shouldSkipForInternalAgent(agent?.name)) return
       if (output.options.effort !== undefined) return
 
       const opus = isOpusModel(model.modelID)
diff --git a/src/hooks/anthropic-effort/index.test.ts b/src/hooks/anthropic-effort/index.test.ts
index ab8d0bdaf..056ff0a28 100644
--- a/src/hooks/anthropic-effort/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/anthropic-effort/index.test.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ describe("createAnthropicEffortHook", () => {
       expect(output.options.effort).toBeUndefined()
     })
 
+    describe("#given internal hidden agents", () => {
+      const internalAgents = ["title", "summary", "compaction"] as const
+
+      for (const agentName of internalAgents) {
+        it(`skips effort injection for ${agentName} agent`, async () => {
+          // given
+          const hook = createAnthropicEffortHook()
+          const { input, output } = createMockParams({ agentName })
+
+          // when
+          await hook["chat.params"](input, output)
+
+          // then
+          expect(output.options.effort).toBeUndefined()
+          expect(input.message.variant).toBe("max")
+        })
+      }
+    })
+
     it("should clamp effort to high for non-opus claude model with variant max", async () => {
       //#given claude-sonnet-4-6 (not opus) with variant max
       const hook = createAnthropicEffortHook()