From 88fc7be8c1e8ca70b6d0222ac23253af6fb09502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 0xallam <ahmed39652003@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:03:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support xhigh reasoning effort

---
 strix/config/settings.py | 2 +-
 strix/core/inputs.py     | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/strix/config/settings.py b/strix/config/settings.py
index fea3ce1..6e696b1 100644
--- a/strix/config/settings.py
+++ b/strix/config/settings.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from pydantic import AliasChoices, Field
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
 
-ReasoningEffort = Literal["low", "medium", "high"]
+ReasoningEffort = Literal["none", "minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"]
 
 _BASE_CONFIG = SettingsConfigDict(
     case_sensitive=False,
diff --git a/strix/core/inputs.py b/strix/core/inputs.py
index 3d65803..4922526 100644
--- a/strix/core/inputs.py
+++ b/strix/core/inputs.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
-from typing import Any, Literal
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from agents.model_settings import ModelSettings
 from openai.types.shared import Reasoning
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ from openai.types.shared import Reasoning
 from strix.config.models import DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY
 
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from strix.config.settings import ReasoningEffort
+
+
 # Default max_turns budget passed to the SDK runner.
 DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS = 500
 
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ def build_scope_context(scan_config: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 def make_model_settings(
-    reasoning_effort: Literal["low", "medium", "high"] | None,
+    reasoning_effort: ReasoningEffort | None,
 ) -> ModelSettings:
     model_settings = ModelSettings(
         parallel_tool_calls=False,