diff --git a/agents/architect.md b/agents/architect.md
index 45e2d2b..e078721 100644
--- a/agents/architect.md
+++ b/agents/architect.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: architect
 description: Research-first planning agent. Handles triage, research coordination, architecture design, and wave decomposition. Use before any non-trivial implementation task. Produces the implementation blueprint the entire team follows.
 model: opus
-effort: max
+effort: high
 permissionMode: plan
 tools: Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, WebSearch, Bash, Write
 disallowedTools: Edit