diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
index f89759606de..71db23d0f5b 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
@@ -2167,6 +2167,7 @@ export async function runEmbeddedAttempt(
               sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
               messages: activeSession.messages,
               tokenBudget: params.contextTokenBudget,
+              model: params.modelId,
             });
             if (assembled.messages !== activeSession.messages) {
               activeSession.agent.replaceMessages(assembled.messages);
diff --git a/src/context-engine/legacy.ts b/src/context-engine/legacy.ts
index 09659c968fb..c823979c964 100644
--- a/src/context-engine/legacy.ts
+++ b/src/context-engine/legacy.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export class LegacyContextEngine implements ContextEngine {
     sessionKey?: string;
     messages: AgentMessage[];
     tokenBudget?: number;
+    model?: string;
   }): Promise<AssembleResult> {
     // Pass-through: the existing sanitize -> validate -> limit -> repair pipeline
     // in attempt.ts handles context assembly for the legacy engine.
diff --git a/src/context-engine/types.ts b/src/context-engine/types.ts
index 7ddd695b5b6..438ae625d2d 100644
--- a/src/context-engine/types.ts
+++ b/src/context-engine/types.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ export interface ContextEngine {
     sessionKey?: string;
     messages: AgentMessage[];
     tokenBudget?: number;
+    /** Current model identifier (e.g. "claude-opus-4", "gpt-4o", "qwen2.5-7b").
+     *  Allows context engine plugins to adapt formatting per model. */
+    model?: string;
   }): Promise<AssembleResult>;
 
   /**