Set Claude model to opus 4.6 1M in base role

Move model config from local-only key (preserved from existing settings)
to base role so it's managed declaratively. All machines get opus[1m] by
default when claudeconfig.sh runs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: technicalpickles

claude/README.md

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ When you run `./claudeconfig.sh`:
 2. **Active role** (`roles/$ROLE.jsonc`): settings deep-merged on top of base. Permissions and sandbox arrays concatenated (not deep-merged, which would replace arrays)
 3. **Stacks** (`stacks/*.jsonc`, sorted alphabetically): permissions and sandbox arrays concatenated
 4. **Deduplication**: all arrays sorted and deduplicated
-5. **Local keys**: `model`, `enabledPlugins`, `extraKnownMarketplaces` preserved from existing `~/.claude/settings.json`
+5. **Local keys**: `enabledPlugins`, `extraKnownMarketplaces` preserved from existing `~/.claude/settings.json`
 6. **Validation and write**
 
 ## Common Tasks
@@ -211,14 +211,13 @@ When you notice you're repeatedly approving the same permission across projects:
 
 These keys in `~/.claude/settings.json` are preserved across regenerations:
 
-- `model`: machine-specific model preference
 - `enabledPlugins`: plugin activation state (tracked in gt-1bil)
 - `extraKnownMarketplaces`: managed by `configure_marketplaces()` in claudeconfig.sh
 
 ## Files NOT to Edit
 
 - `~/.claude/settings.json`: generated by `claudeconfig.sh`, will be overwritten
-- Exception: `model`, `enabledPlugins`, and `extraKnownMarketplaces` are preserved
+- Exception: `enabledPlugins` and `extraKnownMarketplaces` are preserved
 
 ## Debugging
 

claude/roles/base.jsonc

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   // Base settings
+  "model": "opus[1m]",
   "defaultMode": "acceptEdits",
   "statusLine": {
     "type": "command",
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 
   // Permissions: base safety rules
   "permissions": {
+    "defaultMode": "acceptEdits"
     "allow": [
       "Bash(rm -rf .DS_Store)",
       "Bash(rm -rf .cache)",

claudeconfig.sh

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ generate_settings() {
   local temp_file="$(mktemp)"
 
   # Local-only keys preserved from existing settings across regenerations
-  local local_keys=("model" "enabledPlugins" "extraKnownMarketplaces")
+  local local_keys=("enabledPlugins" "extraKnownMarketplaces")
 
   # Extract local-only settings from existing file
   local local_settings="{}"