diff --git a/components/graph-context-control.tsx b/components/graph-context-control.tsx
index e3ba6a6..27a99cd 100644
--- a/components/graph-context-control.tsx
+++ b/components/graph-context-control.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
import { BookOpenIcon } from "lucide-react";
import {
GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_DEFAULT,
- GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_MAX,
- GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STEP,
+ GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS,
+ type ChatSettings,
} from "@/src/core";
/**
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ import {
* session contributed to the graph asks first what the graph will
* contribute to the session.
*
- * One quiet compact row sized to sit in the stats band beside the model +
- * thinking pills: short slider, "tok" readout, the FULL number (owner,
- * 2026-09-15: no k-rounding — 1024 reads as 1024). 0 = off; absent settings
- * show the DEFAULT (1024 — on). The value rides ChatSettings (the same
- * lifted settings the model picker uses), so it persists pre-chat via the
- * same deferred PUT. Sessions never show this control — the injection is
- * one-shot at session start, so mid-session there is nothing to decide.
+ * A DISCRETE 6-position slider (owner, 2026-09-15): off, then powers of four
+ * from 64 — a continuous 0–4096 dial was precision theater (a 128-token
+ * budget is ~2 propositions). The native range input walks positions 0–5
+ * and maps through GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS; every stop is a real
+ * decision. Non-stop values from a stale client snap to the nearest stop
+ * for display. The readout shows the FULL number (no k-rounding). The
+ * value rides ChatSettings (the same lifted settings the model picker
+ * uses), so it persists pre-chat via the same deferred PUT. Sessions
+ * never show this control — the injection is one-shot at session start.
*/
export function GraphContextControl({
value,
@@ -34,6 +36,12 @@ export function GraphContextControl({
onChange: (tokens: number) => void;
testId?: string;
}) {
+ // Snap for display only: a legacy non-stop value shows its nearest stop
+ // and the next drag lands on a real one.
+ const stop = nearestStop(value);
+ // indexOf on a readonly tuple rejects a plain number; the snap above
+ // always yields a member, so the cast is honest.
+ const index = (GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS as readonly number[]).indexOf(stop);
return (
@@ -41,16 +49,19 @@ export function GraphContextControl({
onChange(Number(e.target.value))}
+ max={GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS.length - 1}
+ step={1}
+ value={index}
+ onChange={(e) => {
+ const next = (GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS as readonly number[])[Number(e.target.value)];
+ if (next !== undefined) onChange(next);
+ }}
aria-label="Prior-knowledge token budget"
className="h-1 w-24 shrink-0 accent-primary"
data-testid="graph-context-slider"
/>
{value === 0 ? "off" : `${value} tok`}
@@ -59,9 +70,20 @@ export function GraphContextControl({
);
}
+/** The nearest stop to any budget value (display snapping). */
+export function nearestStop(value: number): number {
+ let best: number = GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS[0] ?? 0;
+ for (const s of GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS) {
+ if (Math.abs(s - value) < Math.abs(best - value)) best = s;
+ }
+ return best;
+}
+
/** The control's effective value for a chat's settings — absent = the
* default (on), never 0: the decided default is a modest slice of prior
* knowledge for every fresh session. */
-export function effectiveContextTokens(settings: { graphContextTokens?: number } | undefined): number {
+export function effectiveContextTokens(
+ settings: Pick | undefined,
+): number {
return settings?.graphContextTokens ?? GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_DEFAULT;
}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/contracts/chat.ts b/src/core/contracts/chat.ts
index b53895d..3e77c11 100644
--- a/src/core/contracts/chat.ts
+++ b/src/core/contracts/chat.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,17 @@ export interface ChatSettings {
graphContextTokens?: number;
}
-/** The injection budget's decided knobs (2026-09-14): default 1024 (a
- * meaningful, modest slice of prior knowledge), hard max 4096, slider
- * step 128, 0 = off. */
+/** The injection budget's decided knobs (2026-09-14; scale revised
+ * 2026-09-15, owner): default 1024 (a meaningful, modest slice of prior
+ * knowledge), hard max 16384, 0 = off. The UI is a DISCRETE slider over
+ * these stops — powers of four from 64 (the fine-grained low end was
+ * theater: a 128-token budget is ~2 propositions, nobody wants that
+ * dial); the server still accepts any integer in range (a stale client
+ * can't brick settings), the stops only govern what the slider sends. */
export const GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_DEFAULT = 1024;
-export const GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_MAX = 4096;
-export const GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STEP = 128;
+export const GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_MAX = 16384;
+/** The slider's positions, left to right: off, then powers of four. */
+export const GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS = [0, 64, 256, 1024, 4096, 16384] as const;
// ─── Background-extraction usage (the money channel, extraction side) ────────
diff --git a/tests/graph-context-core.test.ts b/tests/graph-context-core.test.ts
index cdfb5a3..611e0d4 100644
--- a/tests/graph-context-core.test.ts
+++ b/tests/graph-context-core.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
steerDelivered,
GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_DEFAULT,
GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_MAX,
- GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STEP,
+ GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS,
graphContextText,
type GraphContextData,
} from "../src/core/contracts.ts";
@@ -279,10 +279,12 @@ describe("the runner's pure gates", () => {
assert.equal(effectiveContextBudget({ graphContextTokens: 2048 }), 2048);
});
- it("the decided knobs: default 1024, max 4096, step 128", () => {
+ it("the decided knobs: default 1024, max 16384, discrete powers-of-four stops from 64", () => {
assert.equal(GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_DEFAULT, 1024);
- assert.equal(GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_MAX, 4096);
- assert.equal(GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STEP, 128);
+ assert.equal(GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_MAX, 16384);
+ // The scale revision (owner, 2026-09-15): off then powers of four —
+ // every stop a real decision, no fine-grained dial theater.
+ assert.deepEqual([...GRAPH_CONTEXT_TOKENS_STOPS], [0, 64, 256, 1024, 4096, 16384]);
});
it("contextToolCallId is deterministic per chat (the one-shot dedup key)", () => {
diff --git a/tests/render-new-session.test.tsx b/tests/render-new-session.test.tsx
index 4172da6..9186f7e 100644
--- a/tests/render-new-session.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/render-new-session.test.tsx
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ describe("DraftShell — the sessionless surface", () => {
html.indexOf('data-testid="stats-bar"') < html.indexOf('data-testid="graph-context-control"'),
"the slider is the stats bar's left slot",
);
- // The slider's default position: 1024 of 4096, step 128 (decided).
- assert.ok(html.includes('min="0"') && html.includes('max="4096"') && html.includes('step="128"'));
+ // The DISCRETE slider (owner, 2026-09-15): 6 positions (off + powers of
+ // four from 64), not a continuous 0-4096 dial.
+ assert.ok(html.includes('min="0"') && html.includes('max="5"') && html.includes('step="1"'));
+ assert.ok(html.includes('value="3"'), "default 1024 = stop index 3");
// The readout: "tok" abbreviated, but the FULL number (owner, 2026-09-15:
// no k-rounding — 1024 reads as 1024).
assert.ok(html.includes("1024 tok"), "the readout shows the default budget, not 0 — default is ON");