fix:Improve Claude Mds

docs/explore-notes/README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ These sit **between** the CLAUDE.md files and the code:
   too fine-grained for a CLAUDE.md but stable enough to be worth caching. Read on demand.
 - **code** — the only source of truth.
 
+## Index
+
+| Note | Covers |
+|---|---|
+| [worker-task-pipeline](worker-task-pipeline.md) | `TaskRunner` end-to-end: config resolution, worktree, CLI invocation, streaming, commit |
+| [usage-monitoring](usage-monitoring.md) | OAuth usage endpoint, gate, throttle, per-run token accounting, usage pill/modal |
+| [external-mcp](external-mcp.md) | The `claudedo` MCP tool surface + its two test-enforced conventions |
+| [review-merge](review-merge.md) | Approve=merge-unit, verify gate, `MergeCommit`/revert, diff stack, conflict resolver |
+| [conpty-sessions](conpty-sessions.md) | Interactive/planning/list-handler launch specs + the arg-flattening gotcha |
+
 ## Rules
 
 - **Only stable structure.** Flows, responsibilities, entry points, invariants, relative

docs/explore-notes/worker-task-pipeline.md

@@ -53,6 +53,34 @@ How a task moves Queued → Running → terminal, across `src/ClaudeDo.Worker`
    - **Failed** FailAsync (Running/Queued → Failed).
    - **Cancelled** CancelAsync (Running/Queued/WaitingForReview/WaitingForChildren → Cancelled).
 
+## Model, effort & max-turns resolution
+
+*(section added and verified at commit `f6cb825`, 2026-08-05)*
+
+Step 6 builds the CLI args. Model and turn budget resolve like this:
+
+1. **Effective model** — task override → list config → `AppSettings.DefaultModel`.
+2. **Preset row** — `ModelPresets.For(global.ModelPresets, model, global.DefaultMaxTurns)`.
+   The model string is resolved through `ModelRegistry.TryNormalizeAlias` **first**, so a full
+   CLI model id (e.g. `claude-sonnet-4-6`, not just the bare `sonnet`/`opus`/`haiku`/`fable`
+   aliases) still hits its alias's preset row instead of missing every lookup. Only a model
+   that normalizes to nothing recognized falls back to a synthesized row using
+   `AppSettings.DefaultMaxTurns` — **never a hardcoded number, and it never throws**: an
+   unknown model must not block a run.
+3. The preset supplies `--effort` and the **global** max-turns default. Task/list `MaxTurns`
+   overrides still win over it.
+4. **Ceiling clamp** — `TaskRunner.ResolveMaxTurns` hard-clamps the resolved value to
+   `AppSettings.MaxTurnsCeiling` (default 80). An override above the ceiling still starts, just
+   capped, and a Warn logs the task id + requested + effective value.
+
+⚠️ **Trap:** if `app_settings.model_presets` is somehow null, the fallback path decides the turn
+budget — which is why `AppSettingsRepository.GetAsync` backfills shipping defaults on the first
+read after null. Ship preset turns are low (haiku 20, sonnet 30, opus 40, fable 25), so a task
+that genuinely needs a long run must set its own `MaxTurns`.
+
+Prompt composition: `TaskPromptComposer.Compose` injects attachment **absolute paths** as a
+read-only "## Reference files" section.
+
 ## Component Responsibilities
 
 **Queue/**