diff --git a/architect-review/action.yml b/architect-review/action.yml
index cbadfa6..8fe6f93 100644
--- a/architect-review/action.yml
+++ b/architect-review/action.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ inputs:
   reasoning-effort:
     description: Reasoning effort level for the model agent. Allowed values are low, medium, high, max.
     required: false
-    default: "max"
+    default: "high"
   enable-thinking:
     description: Enable thinking mode for the model agent. When true, generates opencode.json with thinking.type=enabled.
     required: false
diff --git a/feature-missing/action.yml b/feature-missing/action.yml
index de986d2..d2f4f97 100644
--- a/feature-missing/action.yml
+++ b/feature-missing/action.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ inputs:
   reasoning-effort:
     description: Reasoning effort level for the model agent. Allowed values are low, medium, high, max.
     required: false
-    default: "max"
+    default: "high"
   enable-thinking:
     description: Enable thinking mode for the model agent. When true, generates opencode.json with thinking.type=enabled.
     required: false
diff --git a/github-run-opencode/action.yml b/github-run-opencode/action.yml
index 5026d4a..20af53b 100644
--- a/github-run-opencode/action.yml
+++ b/github-run-opencode/action.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ inputs:
   reasoning-effort:
     description: Reasoning effort level for the model agent. Allowed values are low, medium, high, max.
     required: false
-    default: "max"
+    default: "high"
   enable-thinking:
     description: Enable thinking mode for the model agent. When true, generates opencode.json with thinking.type=enabled.
     required: false
diff --git a/review/action.yml b/review/action.yml
index 48236c5..c57b7d1 100644
--- a/review/action.yml
+++ b/review/action.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ inputs:
   reasoning-effort:
     description: Reasoning effort level for the model agent. Allowed values are low, medium, high, max.
     required: false
-    default: "max"
+    default: "high"
   enable-thinking:
     description: Enable thinking mode for the model agent. When true, generates opencode.json with thinking.type=enabled.
     required: false
diff --git a/run-opencode/action.yml b/run-opencode/action.yml
index 87720c3..711407e 100644
--- a/run-opencode/action.yml
+++ b/run-opencode/action.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ inputs:
   reasoning-effort:
     description: Reasoning effort level for the model agent. Allowed values are low, medium, high, max.
     required: false
-    default: "max"
+    default: "high"
   enable-thinking:
     description: Enable thinking mode for the model agent. When true, generates opencode.json with thinking.type=enabled.
     required: false
diff --git a/spec-coverage/action.yml b/spec-coverage/action.yml
index ebcbad2..f122ca7 100644
--- a/spec-coverage/action.yml
+++ b/spec-coverage/action.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ inputs:
   reasoning-effort:
     description: Reasoning effort level for the model agent. Allowed values are low, medium, high, max.
     required: false
-    default: "max"
+    default: "high"
   enable-thinking:
     description: Enable thinking mode for the model agent. When true, generates opencode.json with thinking.type=enabled.
     required: false