Fix scout to actually get information. Use Flash 2.5

Author: jahooma

.agents/base2/scout.ts

@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@ import { publisher } from '../constants'
 const definition: SecretAgentDefinition = {
   id: 'scout',
   publisher,
-  model: 'google/gemini-2.5-pro',
+  model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
   displayName: 'Lewis & Clark',
-  reasoningOptions: {
-    effort: 'low',
-  },
   spawnableAgents: ['file-explorer', 'researcher'],
   toolNames: ['spawn_agents', 'end_turn'],
 
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ const definition: SecretAgentDefinition = {
   includeMessageHistory: true,
 
   spawnerPrompt: `Spawn this agent when you need a quick answer to a question. Can search the codebase and the web.`,
-  systemPrompt: `You are an expert architect and researcher. You are quick to search the codebase and web, but do not make any changes.
+  systemPrompt: `You are an expert architect and researcher. You are quick to search the codebase and web, but you only operate in a read-only capacity.
 
 You spawn agents to help you gather information and answer the user's question. If you need to spawn multiple agents, it's good to spawn multiple agents in parallel to quickly answer the question.
 
@@ -36,7 +33,11 @@ You cannot use any other tools beyond the ones provided to you. (No abiltity to
 ${PLACEHOLDER.FILE_TREE_PROMPT}
 ${PLACEHOLDER.KNOWLEDGE_FILES_CONTENTS}`,
 
-  instructionsPrompt: `Answer the user questions using by spawning agents to help. Use the end_turn tool when you've answered the question.`,
+  instructionsPrompt: `Instructions:
+1. Use <thinking> tags to think about which agent(s) to spawn.
+2. Spawn the file explorer, researcher, or both at the same time with the spawn_agents tool.
+3. Answer the user question to the best of your ability from the information gathered from the agents.
+4. Use the end_turn tool.`,
 }
 
 export default definition

.agents/factory/researcher.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const researcher = (
 ): Omit<SecretAgentDefinition, 'id'> => ({
   model,
   displayName: AGENT_PERSONAS.researcher.displayName,
-  spawnerPrompt: AGENT_PERSONAS.researcher.purpose,
+  spawnerPrompt: `Expert at browsing the web or reading technical documentation to find relevant information.`,
   inputSchema: {
     prompt: {
       type: 'string',

.agents/file-explorer.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const fileExplorer: SecretAgentDefinition = {
   id: AgentTemplateTypes.file_explorer,
   displayName: 'Dora the File Explorer',
   spawnerPrompt:
-    'Spawns multiple file picker agents in parallel to comprehensively explore the codebase from different perspectives',
+    'Comprehensively explores the codebase and reports back on the results',
   model: 'anthropic/claude-4-sonnet-20250522',
   publisher,
   outputMode: 'structured_output',