fix(models): consolidate provider and model into /model command

ui-tui/package-lock.json

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ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,28 @@ describe('createSlashHandler', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('honors TUI picker session scope without adding --global', async () => {
+    patchUiState({ sid: 'sid-abc' })
+
+    const ctx = buildCtx({
+      gateway: {
+        ...buildGateway(),
+        rpc: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ value: 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6' }))
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(
+      createSlashHandler(ctx)(
+        '/model anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 --provider openrouter --tui-session'
+      )
+    ).toBe(true)
+    expect(ctx.gateway.rpc).toHaveBeenCalledWith('config.set', {
+      key: 'model',
+      session_id: 'sid-abc',
+      value: 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 --provider openrouter'
+    })
+  })
+
   it('does not duplicate --global for explicit persistent model switches', () => {
     patchUiState({ sid: 'sid-abc' })
     const ctx = buildCtx()

ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/session.ts

@@ -17,12 +17,29 @@ import type { SlashCommand } from '../types.js'
 
 const GLOBAL_MODEL_FLAG_RE = /(?:^|\s)--global(?:\s|$)/
 
+/** Stripped before `config.set`; TUI model picker uses this for session-scoped switches. */
+const TUI_SESSION_MODEL_RE = /(?:^|\s)--tui-session(?:\s|$)/
+
 const persistedModelArg = (arg: string) => {
   const trimmed = arg.trim()
 
   return !trimmed || GLOBAL_MODEL_FLAG_RE.test(trimmed) ? trimmed : `${trimmed} --global`
 }
 
+const modelValueForConfigSet = (arg: string) => {
+  const trimmed = arg.trim()
+
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return trimmed
+  }
+
+  if (TUI_SESSION_MODEL_RE.test(trimmed)) {
+    return trimmed.replace(/\s*--tui-session\b\s*/g, ' ').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
+  }
+
+  return persistedModelArg(trimmed)
+}
+
 export const sessionCommands: SlashCommand[] = [
   {
     aliases: ['bg', 'btw'],
@@ -60,7 +77,7 @@ export const sessionCommands: SlashCommand[] = [
       }
 
       ctx.gateway
-        .rpc<ConfigSetResponse>('config.set', { key: 'model', session_id: ctx.sid, value: persistedModelArg(arg) })
+        .rpc<ConfigSetResponse>('config.set', { key: 'model', session_id: ctx.sid, value: modelValueForConfigSet(arg) })
         .then(
           ctx.guarded<ConfigSetResponse>(r => {
             if (!r.value) {

ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts

@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ export function useMainApp(gw: GatewayClient) {
 
   const onModelSelect = useCallback((value: string) => {
     patchOverlayState({ modelPicker: false })
-    slashRef.current(`/model ${value} --global`)
+    slashRef.current(`/model ${value}`)
   }, [])
 
   const hasReasoning = useTurnSelector(state => Boolean(state.reasoning.trim()))

ui-tui/src/components/modelPicker.tsx

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
           )
         )
         setModelIdx(0)
+        setStage('provider')
         setErr('')
         setLoading(false)
       })
@@ -110,7 +111,9 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
       const model = models[modelIdx]
 
       if (provider && model) {
-        onSelect(`${model} --provider ${provider.slug}${persistGlobal ? ' --global' : ''}`)
+        onSelect(
+          `${model} --provider ${provider.slug}${persistGlobal ? ' --global' : ' --tui-session'}`
+        )
       } else {
         setStage('provider')
       }
@@ -136,7 +139,9 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
           setProviderIdx(next)
         }
       } else if (provider && models[offset + n - 1]) {
-        onSelect(`${models[offset + n - 1]} --provider ${provider.slug}${persistGlobal ? ' --global' : ''}`)
+        onSelect(
+          `${models[offset + n - 1]} --provider ${provider.slug}${persistGlobal ? ' --global' : ' --tui-session'}`
+        )
       }
     }
   })
@@ -173,11 +178,15 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
     return (
       <Box flexDirection="column" width={width}>
         <Text bold color={t.color.amber} wrap="truncate-end">
-          Select Provider
+          Select provider (step 1/2)
         </Text>
 
         <Text color={t.color.dim} wrap="truncate-end">
-          Current model: {currentModel || '(unknown)'}
+          Full model IDs on the next step · Enter to continue
+        </Text>
+
+        <Text color={t.color.dim} wrap="truncate-end">
+          Current: {currentModel || '(unknown)'}
         </Text>
         <Text color={t.color.label} wrap="truncate-end">
           {provider?.warning ? `warning: ${provider.warning}` : ' '}
@@ -225,11 +234,11 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
   return (
     <Box flexDirection="column" width={width}>
       <Text bold color={t.color.amber} wrap="truncate-end">
-        Select Model
+        Select model (step 2/2)
       </Text>
 
       <Text color={t.color.dim} wrap="truncate-end">
-        {names[providerIdx] || '(unknown provider)'}
+        {names[providerIdx] || '(unknown provider)'} · Esc back
       </Text>
       <Text color={t.color.label} wrap="truncate-end">
         {provider?.warning ? `warning: ${provider.warning}` : ' '}
@@ -254,6 +263,8 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
           )
         }
 
+        const prefix = modelIdx === idx ? '▸ ' : row === currentModel ? '* ' : '  '
+
         return (
           <Text
             bold={modelIdx === idx}
@@ -262,7 +273,7 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
             key={`${provider?.slug ?? 'prov'}:${idx}:${row}`}
             wrap="truncate-end"
           >
-            {modelIdx === idx ? '▸ ' : '  '}
+            {prefix}
             {i + 1}. {row}
           </Text>
         )

ui-tui/src/hooks/useCompletion.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ export function useCompletion(input: string, blocked: boolean, gw: GatewayClient
       return
     }
 
+    // `/model` / `/provider` use the two-step ModelPicker (real curated IDs).
+    // Slash completion here only showed short aliases + vendor/family meta.
+    if (isSlash && /^\/(?:model|provider)(?:\s|$)/.test(input)) {
+      clear()
+
+      return
+    }
+
     const pathReplace = input.length - (pathWord?.length ?? 0)
 
     const t = setTimeout(() => {