fix(modelregistry): expose reasoning effort for DeepSeek V4 models

[coderbuzz]

Problem

/effort in the TUI only offers auto for DeepSeek V4 models (deepseek-v4-flash, deepseek-v4-pro) served from the official https://api.deepseek.com/v1 endpoint. low / high / max never appear, and setting them by hand is rejected with "Active model does not expose reasoning effort controls."

Root cause

reasoningEffortsForModelName in internal/modelregistry/catalog.go only recognizes gpt-5* / codex / o-series / hunyuan model names. DeepSeek falls through to default: return nil, so Registry.ReasoningEfforts returns an empty set and the /effort picker collapses to just auto.

Evidence that DeepSeek supports effort

DeepSeek's official Thinking Mode docs state that deepseek-v4-flash / deepseek-v4-pro accept the OpenAI-compatible reasoning_effort parameter with values low / high / max (medium and xhigh are mapped onto high). Thinking mode is enabled by default with a default effort of high.

Change

Advertise {low, high, max} for the deepseek model family so the /effort picker and the Ctrl+T effort ring work, and add fallback test coverage for deepseek-v4-flash, deepseek-v4-pro, deepseek-reasoner, and deepseek-chat.

Verification

• go test ./internal/modelregistry/... passes (new cases included)
• go test ./internal/providers/openai/... passes
• internal/cli failures (TestRunAddDirDispatchForwardsGrantIntoExecScope, TestExecScopeReRegistrationSwapsCoreToolsByName, TestRunSandboxCheckJSONDeniesOutOfWorkspaceWrite) are pre-existing sandbox-environment failures — they fail identically on a clean checkout of main (d7ac85c)

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added reasoning-effort support for DeepSeek models, including low, high, and max levels.

• Tests

  • Added coverage to verify supported reasoning-effort options across DeepSeek model variants.

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Walkthrough

The model registry now recognizes DeepSeek model names and returns low, high, and max reasoning efforts. Tests cover four DeepSeek identifiers.

Changes

DeepSeek effort inference

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Effort inference and fallback coverage internal/modelregistry/catalog.go, internal/modelregistry/effort_fallback_test.go	reasoningEffortsForModelName now matches DeepSeek names and returns low, high, and max efforts. Tests cover deepseek-v4-flash, deepseek-v4-pro, deepseek-reasoner, and deepseek-chat.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7dec1

The change exposes the intended reasoning-effort options for DeepSeek models and is otherwise merge-ready after normal checks. A minor comment update remains advisable so the documentation matches the full supported model scope.

Possibly related PRs

• Gitlawb/zero#890: Both changes update internal/modelregistry reasoning-effort handling.

Suggested reviewers: gnanam1990

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: exposing reasoning effort controls for DeepSeek models, although the change also covers non-V4 variants.
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Inline comments:
In `@internal/modelregistry/catalog.go`:
- Around line 234-238: Update the comment in the strings.Contains(n, "deepseek")
branch to describe all DeepSeek model names handled by this fallback, including
reasoner, chat, and V4 variants; keep the existing condition unchanged.

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lgtm