refactor(config): pydantic-settings revamp + drop `is_whitebox` plumbing

Replaces 200+ lines of bespoke env-loader / persist / change-detection
machinery with ``pydantic_settings.BaseSettings`` (already a transitive
of ``openai-agents → mcp``, no new direct dep).

What was wrong with ``Config``:

- 14 knobs flat in one namespace, weak grouping by comment-block.
- ``Config._applied_from_default`` and ``Config._config_file_override``
  were externally mutated from ``interface/main.py:532-534``. Private
  members were part of the public contract.
- Stringly-typed values: every caller had to coerce
  (``int(Config.get("llm_timeout") or "300")``,
  ``... not in {"0", "false", "no", "off"}``).
- Dead knob: ``strix_llm_max_retries`` declared, persisted, listed in
  ``_LLM_CANONICAL_NAMES`` — zero readers (``DEFAULT_RETRY``
  hardcodes ``max_retries=5``). Dropped.
- ``_LLM_CANONICAL_NAMES`` tuple maintained alongside class vars —
  duplicate source of truth.
- ``_tracked_names()`` introspected ``vars(cls).items()`` filtered on
  ``(v is None or isinstance(v, str))`` — fragile.
- Awkward path: ``strix/config/config.py`` inside ``strix/config/``
  with ``__init__.py`` just re-exporting.
- Dual access for the same fact: ``web_search`` read
  ``os.getenv("PERPLEXITY_API_KEY")`` while ``main.py`` read
  ``Config.get("perplexity_api_key")``.

New shape:

- ``strix/config/settings.py`` — typed dataclass tree:
  ``Settings.{llm,runtime,telemetry,integrations}``. Each sub-model is
  its own ``BaseSettings`` so it reads env independently. Field-level
  ``alias=`` and ``validation_alias=AliasChoices(...)`` mirror the
  existing flat env-var names — user-facing env contract is unchanged.
  Bool fields auto-parse ``"0"``/``"false"``/``"no"``/``"off"``;
  int fields auto-coerce.
- ``strix/config/loader.py`` — thin ``load_settings()``,
  ``apply_config_override(path)``, ``persist_current()`` with module
  cache. JSON file reader walks aliases to populate sub-models, dropping
  entries already covered by env (so env still wins).
- 13 callsites migrated from ``Config.get("...")`` to
  ``load_settings().<group>.<field>``.
- ``posthog._is_enabled()`` collapses to one line.
- ``--config <path>`` flow simplified: one
  ``apply_config_override(...)`` call replaces three lines of
  class-private mutation.

Drive-by — drop ``is_whitebox`` from ``scan_config`` dict:

- It was being derived as ``bool(args.local_sources)`` in three places
  (``cli.py``, ``tui.py``, ``main.py``) and stuffed into the dict for
  ``entry.py`` to read back. The fact is fully derivable from
  ``scan_config["targets"]`` — any target with ``type == "local_code"``.
- New helper ``is_whitebox_scan(targets)`` in ``interface/utils.py``
  alongside the other target-classification utilities.
- ``entry.py`` computes once; ``main.py``'s posthog start uses the same
  helper. Triplicate derivation gone.

Verified: ruff at baseline (3), mypy at baseline (69). Six smoke tests
pass — defaults / JSON-only / env-wins-over-JSON / alias-chain
fallback / bool parsing / ``is_whitebox_scan``.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

uv.lock

@@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "docker" },
     { name = "openai-agents", extra = ["litellm"] },
     { name = "pydantic" },
+    { name = "pydantic-settings" },
     { name = "requests" },
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "textual" },
@@ -2065,6 +2066,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "docker", specifier = ">=7.1.0" },
     { name = "openai-agents", extras = ["litellm"], specifier = "==0.14.6" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.11.3" },
+    { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.13.0" },
     { name = "requests", specifier = ">=2.32.0" },
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "textual", specifier = ">=6.0.0" },