Summary:
- Adds a plugin-owned CLI backend argument rewrite hook and wires Anthropic `claude-cli` to translate non-off `/think` levels into Claude Code `--effort`, with docs, changelog, API baseline, and tests.
- Reproducibility: yes. Current main has a high-confidence source reproduction: choose `claude-cli`, set a non ... builds argv from backend args that contain no `--effort` even though `thinkLevel` exists on the run params.
Automerge notes:
- No ClawSweeper repair was needed after automerge opt-in.
Validation:
- ClawSweeper review passed for head be17754009.
- Required merge gates passed before the squash merge.
Prepared head SHA: be17754009
Review: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/77410#issuecomment-4372812685
Co-authored-by: stainlu <stainlu@newtype-ai.org>