From 9b3ae761f30cecf1575de8ad56e5817c51a8b3ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Clarke <alex.j.tusa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:18:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add reasoning_effort validation for the main
 configuration file

---
 src/config/app_config.rs | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/config/app_config.rs b/src/config/app_config.rs
index 29b4efe..de9377a 100644
--- a/src/config/app_config.rs
+++ b/src/config/app_config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::client::{ClientConfig, list_models};
+use crate::client::{ClientConfig, Model, ModelType, list_models};
 use crate::render::{MarkdownRender, RenderOptions};
 use crate::utils::{IS_STDOUT_TERMINAL, NO_COLOR, decode_bin, get_env_name};
 
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ impl AppConfig {
         app_config.setup_document_loaders();
         app_config.setup_user_agent();
         app_config.resolve_model()?;
+        app_config.validate_reasoning_effort()?;
         Ok(app_config)
     }
 
@@ -276,6 +277,31 @@ impl AppConfig {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn validate_reasoning_effort(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let Some(ref effort) = self.reasoning_effort else {
+            return Ok(());
+        };
+        let model = Model::retrieve_model(self, &self.model_id, ModelType::Chat)?;
+        let levels = model.reasoning_levels();
+
+        if levels.is_empty() {
+            bail!(
+                "reasoning_effort '{}' is configured but the model does not support reasoning effort",
+                effort
+            );
+        }
+
+        if !levels.iter().any(|l| l == effort) {
+            bail!(
+                "reasoning_effort '{}' is not valid for the model. Supported levels: {}",
+                effort,
+                levels.join(", ")
+            );
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn resolve_model(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         if self.model_id.is_empty() {
             let models = list_models(self, crate::client::ModelType::Chat);