Feature request: session-only switch (`s` key) in /effort and /advisor pickers, matching /model

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Activity 1 comment · opened Jul 17, 2026

Summary

The /model picker supports pressing s to switch models for the current session only, while Enter saves the selection as the default for new sessions (changelog v2.1.x: "Press s in the picker to switch models for the current session only"). This is great.

/effort and /advisor have no equivalent: any selection is immediately saved as the default for new sessions. The only session-only path for effort is the --effort <level> CLI flag at launch — nothing mid-session.

Problem

Temporarily raising effort for one hard task (e.g. highxhigh) silently overwrites the saved default. Users who forget to switch back inherit the new level in every future session. Same for the advisor model. We hit exactly this today: a quick /effort change overwrote a deliberately configured default in settings.json.

Proposal

Parity with /model: in the /effort and /advisor pickers, Enter = save as default (current behavior), s = apply to the current session only.

Environment

  • Claude Code v2.1.212, Linux (VPS, terminal)

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