Paperclip’s claude_local adapter had NO default model or effort level — unlike codex_local,
Paperclip’s claude_local adapter had NO default model or effort level — unlike codex_local, gemini_local, and cursor adapters which all had defaults. The route handler applyCreateDefaultsByAdapterType in /opt/paperclip/src/server/src/routes/agents.ts had cases for other adapters but NOT claude_local. This means new agents created without explicit model got NO model default, and documented “Cognitive Tiers” were aspirational, not enforced. Additionally, Sentinel/Homeostasis were on stale claude-sonnet-4-20250514 instead of current claude-sonnet-4-6. Fix: Added DEFAULT_CLAUDE_LOCAL_MODEL = "claude-opus-4-6" and DEFAULT_CLAUDE_LOCAL_EFFORT = "high" to adapter exports in /opt/paperclip/src/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/index.ts, wired into route handler, updated DB records. Rule: When documenting model assignments for ANY system, verify the runtime enforcement chain (adapter defaults → route handler → DB records). Documentation without runtime enforcement is a lie.