chimera assist

Your daily-driver assistant: cheap by default, escalates when it must. Assist = chat with the second-brain defaults ON: the tier cascade routes chit-chat to cheap models and escalates hard asks; your persistent profile (chimera profile) is the stable preamble; memory, nudges and end-of-session consolidation are active. On exit it prints the session cost receipt — tier distribution + measured tokens — so 'cheap by default' is a number. ``--max-usd`` bounds the whole run rather than one turn. Naming a model — ``--model`` or ``/model`` — pins it and turns the ladder off for as long as it is pinned, because the ladder is what chooses a model; it used to accept the slug and ignore it. ``/solve`` hands a task to the verified loop, inside the same ceiling.

Options

--model, -mstr
Override the model slug.
--max-stepsintdefault: 6
Max tool-calling steps per message.
--workspace, -wstrdefault: '.'
Workspace root for tools.
--no-memoryboolean
Don't recall long-term memory.
--no-cascadeboolean
Disable tiered routing (single default model instead).
--max-usdfloat
Stop once this conversation has spent this much (the whole run, not one turn).
--write-regionstr
Comma-separated globs the file-writers may touch (e.g. 'src/**,*.py'). A write outside is refused — blocks an injected instruction from rewriting an unrelated file.