Prior 5.5 prompt enumerated rules across 60+ bullets and 312 lines, which
fights GPT-5.5's strength: it follows prose instructions reliably and does
not need rule-by-rule cataloging. Rewrite as flowing paragraphs while
preserving the deep-worker identity and every load-bearing behavior.
Identity preserved:
- Forge god mythology ("Your boulder is code", "forge it until done")
- Direct executor, not orchestrator (research subagents only)
- Senior-colleague tone, end-to-end persistence
Behaviors preserved (compressed to prose):
- Three-attempt failure protocol → 1 paragraph
- Anti-duplication on parallel exploration
- End-to-end usage gate (interactive_bash / playwright / curl / driver)
- Implementation gate: when delegated, execute directly, no draft loop
Net additions distilled from Amp + Codex 5.2 evolution:
- Pragmatism block: smallest correct change, duplication > premature
abstraction, do not over-engineer, do not validate impossible scenarios
- Default-no-tests: add tests only when user asks, fixes a subtle bug,
or protects an important boundary; never to codebases without tests
- WIP-not-legacy: earlier unreleased shapes in the same turn are drafts,
not legacy contracts requiring backward compatibility
- Multi-agent worktree: continue task without reverting unknown changes
- Code-review mode trigger: "review" → findings-first, severity-sorted
- Personality-first opener (Codex 5.2 pattern) for tonal priming
Metrics: 312 → 110 lines (-65%), 60+ bullets → 4 bullets, 21,803 → 15,654
chars (-28%). 26/26 verification checks pass.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
Hephaestus is the autonomous deep-worker - everything it receives is a
delegation. Existing 'Manual behavior' bullet vaguely said 'actually run
it' but left the validation surface unspecified, which lets a checked-in
diff plus passing tests masquerade as completion on user-visible work.
Add a dedicated 'End-to-end usage is the gate' subsection in Codex prose
style (no threats/CAPS, contract frames). Surface determines tool:
- TUI / CLI → interactive_bash (tmux), drive it like a real user
- Web / browser / UI → playwright skill, drive a real browser session
- HTTP API / service → curl or integration script against running service
- Library / SDK → minimal driver script
Reinforce in Forbidden stops trailer: when receiving a delegation,
execute directly and validate through the gate; do not loop back with
a draft when the work is yours to do.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
Updates test expectations across agent, cli, shared, plugin, and tools tests
to match gpt-5.5 as the new default for oracle, hephaestus, and deep agents.
Includes snapshot updates for model-fallback tests.
Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)
Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
Ground-up rewrite that follows the same Codex-style section structure
as the new gpt-5-5 sisyphus prompt, tuned for Hephaestus's autonomous
deep-worker role.
Distinctive elements:
- 'Autonomy and Persistence' section with named 'Forbidden stops' list
(replaces gpt-5-4's FORBIDDEN/CORRECT table rhetoric)
- 'Three-attempt failure protocol' codified
- 'Exploration-first approach' with explicit 5-15 minute expectation
- 'Dig deeper' subsection for root-cause bias
- 'Ambition vs precision' distinction for greenfield vs existing
codebase work
getHephaestusPromptSource() now checks gpt-5-5 before gpt-5-4; the
regex-based gpt-5-4 path stays as the catch-all for other native
versions.
Updates the canonical Anthropic Opus model in every fallback chain
(sisyphus, oracle, prometheus, metis, momus, visual-engineering,
ultrabrain, deep, artistry, unspecified-high), the unspecified-high
category default, the think-mode HIGH_VARIANT_MAP, the Claude Code
alias map, the claude-thinking legacy alias, the context-limit GA
regex, and event.ts fallback strings.
Widens supportsCachedAnthropicLimit to accept both claude-*-4-6 and
claude-*-4-7 so the 1M context cache still applies across the bump.
Regenerates the bundled model-capabilities snapshot from models.dev
and the model-fallback snapshot to match the new source output.
Extract hardcoded GPT apply_patch permission logic into a reusable module
to ensure consistent behavior across all agents. This prevents GPT models
from using the unreliable apply_patch tool while allowing other models.
- Add gpt-apply-patch-guard.ts with GPT_APPLY_PATCH_GUIDANCE and getGptApplyPatchPermission
- Update Hephaestus agent to use centralized permission logic
- Update Sisyphus-Junior agent to use centralized permission logic
- Update all GPT prompt builders to reference shared guidance constant
🤖 Generated with assistance of OhMyOpenCode
Built-in agents (Sisyphus, Hephaestus, Atlas) now include explicit
identity section in their system prompts, matching custom agent behavior.
12 agent identity tests pass, 266 total pass, tsc clean.
Closes#2964
GPT models (5.3-codex, 5.4, etc.) frequently hang when using apply_patch
due to verification loops. This adds:
1. Tool restriction: apply_patch is denied for GPT variants of
Hephaestus, Sisyphus-Junior, and Sisyphus agents
2. Prompt guidance: GPT-specific prompts now explicitly instruct using
edit/write tools instead of apply_patch
3. Removed the 'Always use apply_patch' instruction from
sisyphus-junior/gpt-5-4.ts that contradicted the fix
The deny is model-conditional — Claude variants retain apply_patch
access since it works reliably there.
These agents should only be usable as primary session agents, not as
subagent targets via call_omo_agent/task(). Previously MODE was 'all'
which allowed them to be spawned as subagents, leading to confusing
behavior (e.g. Atlas delegating to Hephaestus as a subagent).
Subagent-callable agents remain: oracle, explore, librarian,
multimodal-looker, metis, momus, sisyphus-junior.
Note: Prometheus is not a BuiltinAgentName and is only invoked via
slash commands, so no change needed there.
- Remove leading pipe characters (|) from duplicated CORRECT block
- Remove duplicated ## Hard Constraints and ### Task Scope Clarification sections
- Properly place Task Scope Clarification section between CORRECT list and Hard Constraints
Addresses review comments by cubic-dev-ai[bot] on PR #2780
- #2741: Pass inheritedModel as fallback in subagent-resolver when user hasn't
configured an override, ensuring custom provider models take priority
- #2648: Fix getPlanProgress to treat plans with 0 checkboxes as incomplete
instead of complete (total > 0 && completed === total)
- #2779: Relax Hephaestus single-task guard to accept multi-step sub-tasks
from Atlas delegation, only rejecting genuinely independent tasks
Fixes#2741, fixes#2648, fixes#2779
Align runtime defaults, tests, docs, and generated artifacts with the newer GPT-5.4 baseline. Keep think-mode and prompt-routing expectations consistent after the model version bump.
Split monolithic hephaestus.ts into directory with model-specific prompt
variants (gpt-5-4.ts, gpt-5-3-codex.ts, gpt.ts) mirroring the
sisyphus-junior pattern. Generic gpt.ts uses pre-codex-tuning prompt as
fallback for non-specific GPT models.
Also adds isGpt5_4Model and isGpt5_3CodexModel helpers to types.ts.
YeonGyu-Kim