diff --git a/src/agents/model-selection-cli.test.ts b/src/agents/model-selection-cli.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56d67df1786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agents/model-selection-cli.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.js";
+import { __testing as setupRegistryRuntimeTesting } from "../plugins/setup-registry.runtime.js";
+import { isCliProvider } from "./model-selection-cli.js";
+
+describe("isCliProvider", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setupRegistryRuntimeTesting.resetRuntimeState();
+    setupRegistryRuntimeTesting.setRuntimeModuleForTest({
+      resolvePluginSetupCliBackend: ({ backend }) =>
+        backend === "claude-cli"
+          ? {
+              pluginId: "anthropic",
+              backend: { id: "claude-cli", config: { command: "claude" } },
+            }
+          : undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    setupRegistryRuntimeTesting.resetRuntimeState();
+  });
+
+  it("returns true for setup-registered cli backends", () => {
+    expect(isCliProvider("claude-cli", {} as OpenClawConfig)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for provider ids", () => {
+    expect(isCliProvider("example-cli", {} as OpenClawConfig)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/agents/model-selection.test.ts b/src/agents/model-selection.test.ts
index e4c7be8629e..984413417ff 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-selection.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-selection.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.js";
 import { resetLogger, setLoggerOverride } from "../logging/logger.js";
 import { createWarnLogCapture } from "../logging/test-helpers/warn-log-capture.js";
-import { __testing as setupRegistryRuntimeTesting } from "../plugins/setup-registry.runtime.js";
 import {
   buildAllowedModelSet,
   inferUniqueProviderFromConfiguredModels,
-  isCliProvider,
   parseModelRef,
   buildModelAliasIndex,
   normalizeModelSelection,
@@ -29,6 +27,10 @@ vi.mock("./provider-model-normalization.runtime.js", () => ({
   normalizeProviderModelIdWithRuntime: () => undefined,
 }));
 
+vi.mock("./model-selection-cli.js", () => ({
+  isCliProvider: () => false,
+}));
+
 const EXPLICIT_ALLOWLIST_CONFIG = {
   agents: {
     defaults: {
@@ -159,33 +161,6 @@ describe("model-selection", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe("isCliProvider", () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      setupRegistryRuntimeTesting.resetRuntimeState();
-      setupRegistryRuntimeTesting.setRuntimeModuleForTest({
-        resolvePluginSetupCliBackend: ({ backend }) =>
-          backend === "claude-cli"
-            ? {
-                pluginId: "anthropic",
-                backend: { id: "claude-cli", config: { command: "claude" } },
-              }
-            : undefined,
-      });
-    });
-
-    afterEach(() => {
-      setupRegistryRuntimeTesting.resetRuntimeState();
-    });
-
-    it("returns true for setup-registered cli backends", () => {
-      expect(isCliProvider("claude-cli", {} as OpenClawConfig)).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it("returns false for provider ids", () => {
-      expect(isCliProvider("example-cli", {} as OpenClawConfig)).toBe(false);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe("modelKey", () => {
     it("keeps canonical OpenRouter native ids without duplicating the provider", () => {
       expect(modelKey("openrouter", "openrouter/hunter-alpha")).toBe("openrouter/hunter-alpha");