Parity Matrix

Parity Matrix

Tracks badger’s flag and slash-command surface vs the sibling Chimera coding-agent CLIs.

Flag surface

Flag	mink	otter	ferret	weasel	shrew	stoat	badger
--version	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
--model	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
-p / --print	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
--output-format	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
--max-steps	yes (50)	yes (50)	yes (50)	yes (50)	yes (50)	yes (50)	yes (25)
--cwd	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
--allowed-tools	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
--rerun-on-failure	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
--max-reruns	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
--against	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
--sandbox	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no
--approval	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no

Subcommand surface

Subcommand	mink	otter	ferret	weasel	shrew	stoat	badger
(default)	REPL	REPL	REPL	REPL	REPL	REPL	REPL
serve	no	yes	yes	partial	no	no	partial
sessions	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
share	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	yes
agents	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	partial	partial
bench	yes	yes	partial	no	yes	no	partial
parity	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes

partial = the dispatcher exists but emits a stub message; the body is owned by another wave or another sibling CLI.

Slash-command palette

Slash command	shared	mink	otter	ferret	badger
/help	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/model	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/tools	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/clear	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/cost	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/compact	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/yolo	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/init	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/exit	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
/sandbox	no	no	no	yes	no
/approval	no	no	no	yes	no
/parity	no	no	no	no	yes
/rerun	no	no	no	no	yes

Defaults

Default	Value
Default model	claude-sonnet-4-6
Default max-steps	25
Default --rerun-on-failure	False (opt-in)
Default --max-reruns	2
Eventlog directory prefix	~/.chimera/eventlog/badger-*
Provider chain ordering	Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Ollama

Live snapshot

The chimera badger parity --against … subcommand asserts these values against the live agent at runtime. See parity.md.