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Problem

When Claude Code's settings.json defines modelPicker, /model lists those rows. T3 Code's Claude picker ignores it and always shows the bundled catalog, so a model such as deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro can only be added by hand under Add custom model. Pi and OpenCode read their model list from the installation they run; Claude did not.

Reproduction and expected behavior are in #23279, now discussion #23283.

Change

checkClaudeProviderStatus now also reads modelPicker from the instance's config directory and from managed settings, in Claude Code's precedence. The highest source that defines one wins outright, and a project checkout's settings never contribute.

• Picker rows are listed first, under their label. Rows that name a bundled model keep that model's own effort and context controls and take the configured label.
• Any other id is listed as a built-in row with no controls and sent to Claude Code verbatim, as a custom model is today. It is not marked custom, because the web picker drops custom rows that are not in the user's own settings.
• replaceBuiltInOptions: true shows only the picker rows. Without it the bundled catalog follows them.
• Without a usable modelPicker, including one whose rows are all invalid, the list is unchanged. The version-failure snapshot keeps the bundled list, so a CLI that cannot run does not read the file.
• The managed settings path helper in ClaudeSkills.ts is exported and reused instead of duplicated.
• docs/user/providers-claude.md says picker models need no manual entry.

Not done on purpose: behavesAs is not honored. The adapter only resolves capabilities from the bundled catalog and custom models, so borrowed controls would show in the picker and then be dropped at runtime, the failure described in #16672. That belongs with the live-catalog work in #16583.

Scope and approval

A bug fix for #23279, which a maintainer moved to discussion #23283. I asked there for a maintainer to confirm the direction: #23283 (comment). No approval yet. It makes the Claude picker follow a list Claude Code already has, the same direction maintainers accepted for gateway discovery in #13875 (#13875 (comment)). It does not touch #13913, which reads init.models from the SDK, a different source.

Verification

• vp test run src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.test.ts src/provider/ProviderRegistry.test.ts in apps/server: 41 passed. New tests cover row order and labels, bundled models keeping their capabilities under a configured label, duplicate and blank rows, replaceBuiltInOptions, malformed and missing files, and the status check end to end.
• vpr check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql and typecheck pass.
• ClaudeSkills.test.ts > merges plugin enablement and selects installs in native registry order fails. It fails the same way on clean main, so it is not caused by this change.
• Not checked: a real Claude Code run against a live modelPicker, and the web picker in a browser.

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Approvability

Verdict: Would Approve

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a localized, tested addition that mirrors Claude Code's existing modelPicker only when that setting is configured; instances without it retain the current model catalog. A separate medium-severity finding concerns labels for bundled models and remains a correctness issue to address.

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Walkthrough

Claude model-picker settings are read from managed settings or the user settings file and applied to the version-resolved Claude model catalog. Configured models appear in the provider list, and the documentation describes how to select them.

Changes: Claude model picker

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Read settings and shape model entries apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeSkills.ts, apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.test.ts	The reader checks managed settings before user settings and uses the first file that defines a picker. The model-list helper preserves controls for matching built-in models, creates entries without controls for unknown IDs, and can omit unlisted built-ins. Tests cover configured rows, replacement behavior, and fallback when settings are invalid or unavailable.
Integrate the configured list into the provider apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeProvider.ts, apps/server/src/provider/ProviderRegistry.test.ts, docs/user/providers-claude.md	After the version check, the provider applies picker settings to the resolved model catalog. A provider status test checks configured rows and catalog order. The documentation describes models available through modelPicker and how to add other custom models.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ClaudeProvider
  participant readClaudeModelPicker
  participant ManagedSettings
  participant UserSettings
  participant applyClaudeModelPicker
  participant providerModelsFromSettings
  ClaudeProvider->>readClaudeModelPicker: Read picker settings
  readClaudeModelPicker->>ManagedSettings: Check managed settings first
  readClaudeModelPicker->>UserSettings: Check user settings if needed
  ClaudeProvider->>applyClaudeModelPicker: Apply settings to version-resolved models
  applyClaudeModelPicker->>providerModelsFromSettings: Pass the resulting model list

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Possibly related issues

• [Bug]: Claude model picker ignores a custom modelPicker in Claude Code settings #23279 — The issue reports that Claude Code modelPicker settings are ignored. This change reads those settings and applies configured rows to the Claude picker.
• [Bug]: Claude picker ignores availableModels and ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_*_MODEL; picking Haiku on Bedrock silently runs Opus #24214 — This change reads modelPicker, but it does not read availableModels or ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_*_MODEL, which the issue also concerns.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Low · up to 48440

Some Claude configurations may show the wrong picker label or omit models supplied through a launch-argument settings file. Address those cases and isolate the status test before merging, or accept the bounded limitation.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.ts:
- Line 68: Update the picker result handling around `names` so it returns
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🟡 Minor · Resolve relative CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR with the status cwd. · ClaudeModelPicker.ts:46-51

apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.ts:46-51
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Resolve relative CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR with the status cwd.

ClaudeDriver passes stateDir as the status cwd. Claude commands and skill settings therefore resolve a relative CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR under stateDir. readClaudeModelPicker resolves it against the server process cwd instead. When those directories differ, the picker reads a different settings.json and omits the configured picker rows.

Suggested fix

diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.ts
@@
 export const readClaudeModelPicker = Effect.fn("readClaudeModelPicker")(function* (
   claudeSettings: Pick<ClaudeSettings, "homePath">,
   environment: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+  cwd?: string,
 ) {
@@
-  const configDir = yield* resolveClaudeHomePath(claudeSettings, environment);
+  const configDir = yield* resolveClaudeHomePath(claudeSettings, environment, cwd);

diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeProvider.ts
@@
-  const modelPicker = yield* readClaudeModelPicker(claudeSettings, resolvedEnvironment);
+  const modelPicker = yield* readClaudeModelPicker(claudeSettings, resolvedEnvironment, cwd);

diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeHome.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/ClaudeHome.ts
@@
 export const resolveClaudeHomePath = Effect.fn("resolveClaudeHomePath")(function* (
   config: Pick<ClaudeSettings, "homePath">,
   environment?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+  cwd?: string,
 ): Effect.fn.Return<string, never, Path.Path> {
@@
   const inherited = environment?.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR?.trim() ?? "";
   if (inherited.length > 0) {
-    return path.resolve(inherited);
+    return cwd ? path.resolve(cwd, inherited) : path.resolve(inherited);
   }

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.ts around lines 46
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Update readClaudeModelPicker to accept the status cwd and pass it to
resolveClaudeHomePath; update the resolver to resolve relative CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR
values against that cwd while preserving existing behavior when no cwd is
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🟡 Minor · Match picker IDs against Claude aliases. · ClaudeModelPicker.ts:75-88

apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.ts:75-88
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Match picker IDs against Claude aliases.

A picker row such as claude-sonnet-4-6-20251117 is a case-insensitive alias for bundled claude-sonnet-4-6. The exact-slug lookup emits that row with capabilities: null, so the provider UI omits its effort and context controls. The launch resolver still maps the alias to the bundled slug. Resolve aliases when applying the picker and avoid appending the matched bundled row again.

Suggested fix

-  const builtInBySlug = new Map(builtInModels.map((model) => [model.slug, model]));
+  const builtInByPickerId = new Map<string, ServerProviderModel>();
+  for (const model of builtInModels) {
+    builtInByPickerId.set(model.slug, model);
+    for (const alias of model.aliases ?? []) {
+      builtInByPickerId.set(alias.toLowerCase(), model);
+    }
+  }
+  const resolveBuiltIn = (slug: string) =>
+    builtInByPickerId.get(slug) ?? builtInByPickerId.get(slug.toLowerCase());
+  const listedBuiltInSlugs = new Set<string>();
   // Rows naming a bundled model keep its effort and context controls. Any other
   // id goes to Claude Code verbatim with no controls, like a custom model.
   const listed = [...picker.labels].map(([slug, label]): ServerProviderModel => {
-    const builtIn = builtInBySlug.get(slug);
+    const builtIn = resolveBuiltIn(slug);
     if (!builtIn) return { slug, name: label ?? slug, isCustom: false, capabilities: null };
-    if (!label) return builtIn;
+    listedBuiltInSlugs.add(builtIn.slug);
+    if (!label) return builtIn.slug === slug ? builtIn : { ...builtIn, slug };
     const { shortName: _shortName, ...rest } = builtIn;
-    return { ...rest, name: label };
+    return { ...rest, slug, name: label };
   });
   return picker.replaceBuiltInOptions
     ? listed
-    : [...listed, ...builtInModels.filter((model) => !picker.labels.has(model.slug))];
+    : [...listed, ...builtInModels.filter((model) => !listedBuiltInSlugs.has(model.slug))];
 }

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/ClaudeModelPicker.ts around lines 75
- 88:
Update applyClaudeModelPicker to resolve picker IDs against bundled model
aliases case-insensitively, preserving the picker row’s ID while retaining the
matched model’s capabilities. Track matched built-in slugs so the return path
does not append a bundled model already represented by an alias row.

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- Around line 46-51: Update readClaudeModelPicker to accept the status cwd and
pass it to resolveClaudeHomePath; update the resolver to resolve relative
CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR values against that cwd while preserving existing behavior
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- Around line 75-88: Update applyClaudeModelPicker to resolve picker IDs against
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Minor · Read the launch-argument settings file when building the picker. · ClaudeModelPicker.ts:49-52

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Read the launch-argument settings file when building the picker.

A supported instance can use --settings <file> --thinking-display omitted. For a model selection with no Claude SDK settings, this leaves --settings in extraArgs without an overriding options.settings value. Claude Code can then load modelPicker from that file, but readClaudeModelPicker checks only managed settings and configDir/settings.json. The provider catalog can therefore differ from the picker used by Claude Code.

Add the --settings file to the reader with Claude Code’s path resolution and precedence. The exact path-resolution helper should be reused rather than resolving relative paths against configDir.

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- 52:
Update readClaudeModelPicker to include the file supplied by the launch
`--settings` argument when collecting settings paths, using the existing Claude
Code path-resolution helper and precedence rather than resolving relative paths
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/provider/ProviderRegistry.test.ts:
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve configured picker labels after custom-model overrides.

If customModels contains the same slug with a different name, providerModelsFromSettings replaces the modelPicker label. This affects users who previously entered that model manually: the configured row appears first, but not under its configured label. Apply the picker label after the custom-model name override, or define an explicit precedence that preserves the intended display name.

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Isolate the managed-settings lookup in this test.

If the test host has a managed-settings file with modelPicker, checkClaudeProviderStatus reads that picker before the temporary settings.json. The test then asserts against the wrong model list and fails. Make the managed-settings read absent in this test's filesystem layer, or supply an explicit managed-settings fixture.

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Isolate the managed-settings lookup in the test calling
checkClaudeProviderStatus by making managed settings absent in its filesystem
layer or providing an explicit fixture without modelPicker. Preserve the
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Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

This PR does not meet the verification requirement.

The PR changes which Claude models and labels appear in the picker, but explicitly leaves both a real CLI modelPicker run and the browser picker unchecked and supplies no before/after evidence.

Show the current picker and the updated picker with the same configured modelPicker, exercise selection through a real Claude session, and document results and any remaining limitations for reconsideration.