diff --git a/src/gateway/live-agent-probes.test.ts b/src/gateway/live-agent-probes.test.ts
index fc2eff6e00e..70d077149ec 100644
--- a/src/gateway/live-agent-probes.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/live-agent-probes.test.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@ import {
   assertLiveImageProbeReply,
   buildLiveCronProbeMessage,
   createLiveCronProbeSpec,
-  normalizeLiveAgentFamily,
+  isClaudeLikeLiveAgent,
 } from "./live-agent-probes.js";
 
 describe("live-agent-probes", () => {
-  it("normalizes cli backend ids into live agent families", () => {
-    expect(normalizeLiveAgentFamily("claude-cli")).toBe("claude");
-    expect(normalizeLiveAgentFamily("codex")).toBe("codex");
-    expect(normalizeLiveAgentFamily("google-gemini-cli")).toBe("gemini");
-    expect(normalizeLiveAgentFamily("opencode-ai")).toBe("opencode");
+  it("only special-cases Claude-like retry prompts", () => {
+    expect(isClaudeLikeLiveAgent("claude")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isClaudeLikeLiveAgent("claude-cli")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isClaudeLikeLiveAgent("codex")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isClaudeLikeLiveAgent("google-gemini-cli")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isClaudeLikeLiveAgent("opencode-ai")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isClaudeLikeLiveAgent("future-agent")).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("accepts only cat for the shared image probe reply", () => {
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ describe("live-agent-probes", () => {
     ).toContain("openclaw-tools/cron");
     expect(
       buildLiveCronProbeMessage({
-        agent: "codex",
+        agent: "future-agent",
         argsJson: spec.argsJson,
         attempt: 1,
         exactReply: spec.name,
diff --git a/src/gateway/live-agent-probes.ts b/src/gateway/live-agent-probes.ts
index 5e39d3f1534..b7f0012064d 100644
--- a/src/gateway/live-agent-probes.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/live-agent-probes.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import { normalizeOptionalLowercaseString } from "../shared/string-coerce.js";
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
-export type LiveAgentFamily = "claude" | "codex" | "gemini" | "opencode";
-
 export type CronListCliResult = {
   jobs?: Array<{
     id?: string;
@@ -28,21 +26,9 @@ export type LiveCronProbeSpec = {
   argsJson: string;
 };
 
-export function normalizeLiveAgentFamily(raw: string): LiveAgentFamily {
+export function isClaudeLikeLiveAgent(raw: string): boolean {
   const normalized = normalizeOptionalLowercaseString(raw);
-  if (normalized === "claude" || normalized === "claude-cli") {
-    return "claude";
-  }
-  if (normalized === "codex" || normalized === "codex-cli") {
-    return "codex";
-  }
-  if (normalized === "gemini" || normalized === "google-gemini-cli") {
-    return "gemini";
-  }
-  if (normalized === "opencode" || normalized === "opencode-ai") {
-    return "opencode";
-  }
-  throw new Error(`unsupported live agent family: ${raw}`);
+  return normalized === "claude" || normalized === "claude-cli";
 }
 
 export function assertLiveImageProbeReply(text: string): void {
@@ -84,7 +70,7 @@ export function buildLiveCronProbeMessage(params: {
   attempt: number;
   exactReply: string;
 }): string {
-  const family = normalizeLiveAgentFamily(params.agent);
+  const claudeLike = isClaudeLikeLiveAgent(params.agent);
   if (params.attempt === 0) {
     return (
       "Use the OpenClaw MCP tool `openclaw-tools/cron` (server `openclaw-tools`, tool `cron`). " +
@@ -93,7 +79,7 @@ export function buildLiveCronProbeMessage(params: {
       `After the cron job is created, reply exactly: ${params.exactReply}`
     );
   }
-  if (family === "claude") {
+  if (claudeLike) {
     return (
       "Retry the OpenClaw MCP tool `openclaw-tools/cron` now. " +
       `Use these exact JSON arguments: ${params.argsJson}. ` +