#62 Cloud model picker is not reachable after initial provider setup

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: sosidudku1

Current behavior

When a user configures an OpenAI-compatible cloud provider (custom base URL, e.g. vLLM or LM Studio), the setup wizard fetches {baseUrl}/v1/models and shows a model list to pick from (#41). After the wizard completes, that list is gone for good:

• The Cloud pane of the LLM panel renders exactly one chat model row for an openai-compatible provider: the one already selected (chatModelsForProvider in src/tui/llm-panel/llm-panel-row-builders.ts). Pressing Enter on it re-selects the same model.
• /model only jumps to the LLM tab; it takes no argument and opens no picker (src/tui/commands/slash-command-handler.ts).
• The only in-TUI way to change the model is to re-run the provider wizard, which restarts at the API key screen and does not prefill the base URL. Pressing Enter through the empty base URL step silently resets it to https://api.openai.com, clobbering the custom endpoint.

Effectively the user is locked into the model chosen during first-time setup unless they re-run the whole wizard or edit config.json by hand.

Expected behavior

A model picker that can be reopened at any time, which is the common pattern in agent CLIs: /model and Enter on the current model row should open the provider's model list, with the current model marked, and switching should take effect mid-session without re-entering the API key or the base URL.

Implementation note

The building blocks already exist: fetchOpenAiCompatModels / its 1h cache (added in [#41]) and the wizard's pick UI. The main work is exposing that picker outside the wizard: trigger it from the cloudChatModel row and from /model, and route the selection through the existing onProvidersSelectChatModel callback, which already persists and applies the change.

Related

While here, the configure-mode wizard should prefill the stored base URL instead of defaulting to https://api.openai.com on an empty field; today a quick re-run can silently break a custom endpoint.

[Anonymous]

Ticket changed by: Ooooze

• status: open --> closed