v0.17.0

Breaking

• cli: Remove the single --model flag in favor of per-phase model overrides (#82). Replace --model <name> with the per-phase flag(s) you actually want — --review-model, --parse-model, --fix-model, --test-model, or --exploration-model. Passing --model now exits early with a curated error pointing at the new flags (both --model X and --model=X shapes are caught before argparse runs). Each phase resolves its model in this order: explicit per-phase flag → per-backend phase default → backend default, so phases without an override knob (WONDER, ENVISION, MERGE, INTENT, PR_FEEDBACK) still get phase-appropriate models out of the box. Per-backend defaults are documented in the README's Per-phase model defaults section.

Added

• deep: Add a read-only phase_verify_recommendations pass between cross-stack merge and the fix gate (#84). The verifier audits each merged finding's recommendation (not just the finding) against trait/interface contracts and sibling implementations, emits structured consistent / contradicts / uncertain verdicts plus unverified_assumptions to .daydream/deep/recommendation-verdicts.json, and feeds those verdicts back into phase_fix so the fix agent has full verifier context when applying changes. Closes the gap where prior passes only validated whether findings were real — never whether the recommended fix itself was correct. Runs unconditionally in stage 5 so --start-at fix resumes still produce verdicts. UI prints a one-line summary: Recommendation verification: N findings · M flagged (X contradicts, Y uncertain).

• cli: Add per-phase model override flags --review-model, --parse-model, --fix-model, --test-model (#82). Pairs with the existing --exploration-model so callers can tune cost vs. quality per phase — PARSE on haiku, FIX/TEST/EXPLORATION on sonnet, REVIEW/WONDER/ENVISION/MERGE/INTENT/PR_FEEDBACK on opus — without a single-knob compromise.

• config: Add PHASE_DEFAULT_MODELS table mapping backend → phase → model id (#82). _resolve_backend(config, phase) consults this table when no explicit per-phase flag is set, and the deep orchestrator resolves per-phase backends for intent / wonder / review / parse / merge / verify / fix / test. UI now prints a dim Model: <name> line after every phase hero so the effective per-phase model is visible at a glance.