.github/time/test_time.py

@@ -707,10 +707,10 @@ W.say(c28, f"x\n\n{tm.MARK}" + json.dumps({"venture": True, "beat": "built", "wi
 W.files["ventures/mdecks/index.html"] = "<html>thin</html>"
 specs, roots = [], []
 def spy(card, done, spec, root=""):
-    specs.append(spec); roots.append(root); return {"pr": -1, "steps": 3, "seat": "grok", "model": "grok-4-7"}
+    specs.append(spec); roots.append(root); return {"pr": -1, "steps": 3, "seat": "kimi", "model": "kimi-k2-7-code"}
 vt._build_on_pages = spy
 vtick()
-assert specs == ["venice:grok 4.7"] and "(grok-4-7)" in W.text(c28), (specs, W.text(c28)[-200:])
+assert specs == ["venice:kimi code"] and "(kimi-k2-7-code)" in W.text(c28), (specs, W.text(c28)[-200:])
 assert roots == ["ventures/mdecks/"], roots
 print("ALL OK 20")
 

.github/time/venture.py

@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ def advance(card: dict, comments: list[dict], beats: list[dict], heavy_ok: bool)
                 say(f"🔧 The checks found {len(problems)} problem(s); fix round {fixes + 1}:\n\n{bullets}",
                     {"beat": "built", **keep, "fixes": fixes, "problems": problems})
                 # cost cascade: the cheap worker gets the first round; a failed round escalates to a stronger model
-                spec = worker_spec() if fixes == 0 else env("TIME_VENTURE_ESCALATE", "venice:grok 4.7")
+                spec = worker_spec() if fixes == 0 else env("TIME_VENTURE_ESCALATE", "venice:kimi code")
                 r = _build_on_pages({"number": n, "title": f"Fix the {w['name']} launch page",
                                      "body": FIX_BODY.format(name=w["name"], slug=w["slug"], problems=bullets, page=w.get("page", ""),
                                                              join=w["join"], signal=signal_url(w))},

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 - A venture build writes only inside its own `ventures/<slug>/` folder on the Pages branch, which also carries the studio's site and every other venture: a fix round once wrote its page over the site's front page.
 - The Venice worker's shell no longer sees secrets: its environment drops tokens and keys, its checkout keeps no token in `.git/config`, and the workflows check out without persisted credentials.
 
+### Changed
+- The second fix round escalates to Kimi's code model (`venice:kimi code`) instead of grok 4.7: still a different model from the first round, at a fraction of the cost. `TIME_VENTURE_ESCALATE` overrides it.
+
 ### Added
 - A batch's children start in the tick that spawned them (GitHub lists a card made a moment ago only later, so they used to wait a tick).
 - Build briefs keep claims to what the code does: no promised features or schedules, and the trending repos are the wave a venture rides, never something it "builds on". Fix rounds take a failing claim off the page rather than building a feature in a hurry. In the first live batch, every fix round was a claim the code didn't back.