nyldn/claude-octopus v8.31.0

v8.31.0 — Multi-model intelligence improvements

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What's New

Inspired by analysis of the PAL MCP Server, this release adds four features that improve debate quality, validation integrity, and cost control.

Features

1. Debate Integrity Rules — Always-on prompt constraints injected into all grapple debate prompts (anti-contrarian, anti-rubber-stamp, evidence-based, proportional severity)

2. Anti-Sycophancy Quality Gate — Silent devil's advocate challenge in tangle validation when pass rates hit 90%+, with randomized bypass token to prevent prompt injection

3. Blinded Consensus Mode — Independent evaluation without anchoring bias as alternative to ACH cross-critique; mode-aware synthesis prompts, results headings, and interactive question routing via /octo:debate

4. Model Restriction Service — Per-provider allowlists via environment variables (OCTOPUS_CODEX_ALLOWED_MODELS, etc.) with transparent fallback to first allowed model

Bug Fixes

• Fixed MCP debate tool broken -d flag
• Fixed grep regex matching in model validation (-F flag)
• Fixed synthesis prompt mode-awareness for blinded mode

Files Changed

• scripts/orchestrate.sh — All 4 features + bug fixes (+351 lines)
• mcp-server/src/index.ts — Added mode parameter to debate tool
• .claude/skills/skill-debate.md — Added evaluation mode interactive question