xhigh is the quality sweet-spot for a single precedent but very slow at scale
(64-chunk case ≈ 20 min). Bulk queue-drains (process_pending over many
precedents) now use a lighter effort to cut wall-clock; interactive single
re-extraction keeps xhigh quality.
- config.HALACHA_BULK_EXTRACT_EFFORT (env, default 'high'; set 'medium' for max
speed, 'xhigh' to match single).
- extract()/_extract_impl()/_extract_chunk() take an `effort` override threaded
to claude_session.query_json; None falls back to HALACHA_EXTRACT_EFFORT (xhigh).
- process_pending_extractions(kind='halacha') passes the bulk effort; single
reextract_halachot keeps xhigh.
Verified end-to-end (mocked LLM): _extract_chunk(effort='medium') → query_json
effort='medium'; effort=None → 'xhigh' fallback. Closes the open item in #72.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Chaim
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