docs(trekresearch): deep-research engine is operator-only from CC 2.1.218; document the real window

Claude Code 2.1.218 changed /deep-research to start only when invoked
manually; from there the Skill tool refuses a model invocation outright
with `disable-model-invocation` (measured in a real `--engine deep-research`
run 2026-09-01 18:32Z - the SC3 fallback to swarm held). The engine was
built against 2.1.196 and the prose still promised a path Claude Code has
removed ("requires Claude Code 2.1.154+").

The flag is KEPT as an additive opt-in that never hard-fails. Prose only:
no lib/ change, no adapter-contract change, no default change, no version
bump.

- commands/trekresearch.md: flag bullet states the closed window
  `2.1.154 <= CC < 2.1.218`; the pre-gate gained an UPPER ceiling (still a
  numeric comparison, not a string one) that skips straight to the fallback
  with reason `disable-model-invocation`; step 3 names the Skill-tool
  refusal as a known failure manifestation; step 4 lists the reason tokens.
- docs/command-modes.md + README.md: same window, one sentence each, on the
  reference row itself.
- CHANGELOG.md: Unreleased/Docs entry.

Tests first (Iron Law): tests/lib/doc-consistency.test.mjs gained a pin
requiring 2.1.218 + disable-model-invocation on all three surfaces, on both
reference rows, and in both load-bearing regions of the command (flag
bullet + pre-gate). Seen red on all three surfaces before the prose change.
tests/commands/trekresearch-engine.test.mjs unchanged and green.

New baseline: 1024 tests, 1022 pass / 0 fail / 2 skip (was 1023: 1021/0/2).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| **External** | `/trekresearch --external <question>` | Only external research agents (skip codebase analysis) |
| **Foreground** | `/trekresearch --fg <question>` | No-op alias (foreground is default since v2.4.0) |
| **Profile** | `/trekresearch --profile <name> <question>` | (v4.1.0) Pin model profile for the research phase. See [Profile system](#profile-system-v410). |
| **Engine** | `/trekresearch --external --engine deep-research <question>` | Delegate the external phase to Claude Code's built-in `/deep-research` workflow; falls back to `swarm` if unavailable. Default `swarm`. |
| **Engine** | `/trekresearch --external --engine deep-research <question>` | Delegate the external phase to Claude Code's built-in `/deep-research` workflow. Only works on `2.1.154 <= CC < 2.1.218`; from **2.1.218** `/deep-research` is operator-invoked only (Skill tool: `disable-model-invocation`), so it always falls back to `swarm`. Never hard-fails. Default `swarm`. |
Flags combine: `--project <dir> --external`.