From a67b6c62a9c2b018575d4b00e4813579cb61fb55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrey Avtomonov <andreybavt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 22:40:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore(setup): update llm preset guidance

---
 .../cli/src/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts  |  4 ++--
 .../context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts     |  4 ++--
 packages/cli/test/ingest.test.ts                    |  6 ++----
 scripts/codex-backend-live-smoke.mjs                | 13 +++++++++----
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts b/packages/cli/src/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts
index 9d6aba95..e1d96b9e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.ts
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ function localIngestLlmProviderGuardMessage(projectDir: string): string {
     'ktx ingest requires llm.provider.backend: anthropic, vertex, gateway, claude-code, or codex, or an injected agentRunner.',
     'Configure a local Claude Code/Codex session or API-backed LLM, then rerun ingest:',
     `  ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend claude-code --no-input`,
-    `  ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend codex --llm-model gpt-5.5 --no-input`,
-    `  ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --llm-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
+    `  ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend codex --no-input`,
+    `  ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --no-input`,
   ].join('\n');
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts
index 9d1ec9b4..1ff53470 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/context/ingest/local-bundle-runtime.test.ts
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ describe('createLocalBundleIngestRuntime', () => {
         'ktx ingest requires llm.provider.backend: anthropic, vertex, gateway, claude-code, or codex, or an injected agentRunner.',
         'Configure a local Claude Code/Codex session or API-backed LLM, then rerun ingest:',
         `  ktx setup --project-dir ${project.projectDir} --llm-backend claude-code --no-input`,
-        `  ktx setup --project-dir ${project.projectDir} --llm-backend codex --llm-model gpt-5.5 --no-input`,
-        `  ktx setup --project-dir ${project.projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --llm-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
+        `  ktx setup --project-dir ${project.projectDir} --llm-backend codex --no-input`,
+        `  ktx setup --project-dir ${project.projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --no-input`,
       ].join('\n'),
     );
   });
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/ingest.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/ingest.test.ts
index 4fc47d0c..33048802 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/ingest.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/ingest.test.ts
@@ -341,11 +341,9 @@ describe('runKtxIngest', () => {
     );
     expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain('Configure a local Claude Code/Codex session or API-backed LLM, then rerun ingest:');
     expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain(`ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend claude-code --no-input`);
+    expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain(`ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend codex --no-input`);
     expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain(
-      `ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend codex --llm-model gpt-5.5 --no-input`,
-    );
-    expect(runIo.stderr()).toContain(
-      `ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --llm-model claude-sonnet-4-6 --no-input`,
+      `ktx setup --project-dir ${projectDir} --llm-backend anthropic --anthropic-api-key-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --no-input`,
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/scripts/codex-backend-live-smoke.mjs b/scripts/codex-backend-live-smoke.mjs
index 7793fefc..0d25a10a 100644
--- a/scripts/codex-backend-live-smoke.mjs
+++ b/scripts/codex-backend-live-smoke.mjs
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ async function runSetupSmoke(projectDir) {
       projectDir,
       '--llm-backend',
       'codex',
-      '--llm-model',
-      'gpt-5.3-codex',
       '--no-input',
       '--yes',
       '--skip-databases',
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ async function runSetupSmoke(projectDir) {
     { timeoutMs: 600_000 },
   );
   requireSuccess('ktx setup codex backend', result);
-  if (!result.stdout.includes('LLM ready: yes (codex, gpt-5.3-codex)')) {
+  if (!result.stdout.includes('LLM ready: yes (codex, gpt-5.5)')) {
     throw new Error(`setup did not report Codex LLM readiness\nstdout:\n${result.stdout}`);
   }
 }
@@ -91,7 +89,14 @@ async function runRuntimeSmoke(projectDir) {
   const { z } = await import(zodUrl);
   const runtime = new CodexKtxLlmRuntime({
     projectDir,
-    modelSlots: { default: 'gpt-5.3-codex' },
+    modelSlots: {
+      default: 'gpt-5.5',
+      triage: 'gpt-5.5',
+      candidateExtraction: 'gpt-5.5',
+      curator: 'gpt-5.5',
+      reconcile: 'gpt-5.5',
+      repair: 'gpt-5.5',
+    },
   });
 
   const text = await runtime.generateText({