diff --git a/.github/workflows/warden.yml b/.github/workflows/warden.yml
index 8eb2b2c..faa3af5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/warden.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/warden.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         id-token: write
     env:
       WARDEN_OPENROUTER_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.WARDEN_OPENROUTER_API_KEY }}
-      WARDEN_MODEL: ${{ secrets.WARDEN_MODEL }}
+      WARDEN_MODEL: openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k3
       WARDEN_SENTRY_DSN: ${{ secrets.WARDEN_SENTRY_DSN }}
       WARDEN_SERVICE_URL: ${{ vars.WARDEN_SERVICE_URL }}
       WARDEN_SERVICE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.WARDEN_SERVICE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/warden.toml b/warden.toml
index 3b66325..db02bfc 100644
--- a/warden.toml
+++ b/warden.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version = 1
 
 [defaults]
 runtime = "pi"
-model = "openrouter/x-ai/grok-4.5"
+model = "openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k3"
 reportOn = "low"
 failOn = "off"
 failCheck = false
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ignorePaths = [
 ]
 
 [defaults.agent]
-effort = "high"
+effort = "max"
 
 [defaults.auxiliary]
 model = "openrouter/openai/gpt-5.6-luna"