diff --git a/src/agents/tools/pdf-tool.model-config.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/pdf-tool.model-config.test.ts
index d2850c01590..e2049bbc2ab 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/pdf-tool.model-config.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/pdf-tool.model-config.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ vi.mock("./model-config.helpers.js", () => ({
     if (provider === "google") {
       return Boolean(process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY || process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY);
     }
-    if (provider === "minimax" || provider === "minimax-cn") {
+    if (
+      provider === "minimax" ||
+      provider === "minimax-cn" ||
+      provider === "minimax-portal" ||
+      provider === "minimax-portal-cn"
+    ) {
       return Boolean(process.env.MINIMAX_API_KEY);
     }
     return false;
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ describe("resolvePdfModelConfigForTool", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("does not add configured MiniMax chat models as automatic PDF image fallbacks", () => {
+  it("uses configured MiniMax chat models for PDF text extraction fallback", () => {
     vi.stubEnv("MINIMAX_API_KEY", "minimax-test");
     const cfg = {
       ...withDefaultModel("openai/gpt-5.4"),
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ describe("resolvePdfModelConfigForTool", () => {
                 id: "MiniMax-M2.7",
                 name: "MiniMax M2.7",
                 reasoning: false,
-                input: ["text", "image"],
+                input: ["text"],
                 cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
                 contextWindow: 128_000,
                 maxTokens: 8_192,
@@ -138,7 +143,27 @@ describe("resolvePdfModelConfigForTool", () => {
     } as OpenClawConfig;
 
     expect(resolvePdfModelConfigForTool({ cfg, agentDir: TEST_AGENT_DIR })).toEqual({
-      primary: "minimax/MiniMax-VL-01",
+      primary: "minimax/MiniMax-M2.7",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("uses the default MiniMax chat model for PDF text extraction fallback", () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("MINIMAX_API_KEY", "minimax-test");
+    const cfg = {
+      ...withDefaultModel("minimax-portal/MiniMax-M2.7"),
+      models: {
+        providers: {
+          "minimax-portal": {
+            baseUrl: "https://api.minimax.io/anthropic",
+            api: "anthropic-messages",
+            models: [],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    } as OpenClawConfig;
+
+    expect(resolvePdfModelConfigForTool({ cfg, agentDir: TEST_AGENT_DIR })).toEqual({
+      primary: "minimax-portal/MiniMax-M2.7",
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/agents/tools/pdf-tool.model-config.ts b/src/agents/tools/pdf-tool.model-config.ts
index 33d50b26205..f6aa35a7543 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/pdf-tool.model-config.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/pdf-tool.model-config.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   resolveDefaultMediaModel,
 } from "../../media-understanding/defaults.js";
 import type { AuthProfileStore } from "../auth-profiles/types.js";
-import { isMinimaxVlmProvider } from "../minimax-vlm.js";
+import { isMinimaxVlmModel, isMinimaxVlmProvider } from "../minimax-vlm.js";
 import {
   coerceImageModelConfig,
   type ImageModelConfig,
@@ -55,6 +55,78 @@ function resolveImageCandidateRefs(params: {
     .filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value));
 }
 
+function formatProviderModelRef(providerId: string, modelId: string): string {
+  const slash = modelId.indexOf("/");
+  if (slash > 0 && modelId.slice(0, slash).trim() === providerId) {
+    return modelId;
+  }
+  return `${providerId}/${modelId}`;
+}
+
+function isMinimaxVlmModelRef(ref: string): boolean {
+  const slash = ref.indexOf("/");
+  if (slash <= 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return isMinimaxVlmModel(ref.slice(0, slash), ref.slice(slash + 1));
+}
+
+function resolveMinimaxTextExtractionCandidateRefs(params: {
+  cfg?: OpenClawConfig;
+  primary: { provider: string; model: string };
+  primaryProviderOk: boolean;
+  agentDir: string;
+  authStore?: AuthProfileStore;
+}): string[] {
+  const candidates: string[] = [];
+  const addCandidate = (providerId: string, modelId: string) => {
+    const provider = providerId.trim();
+    const model = modelId.trim();
+    if (!provider || !model || isMinimaxVlmModel(provider, model)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const ref = formatProviderModelRef(provider, model);
+    if (!candidates.includes(ref)) {
+      candidates.push(ref);
+    }
+  };
+
+  if (params.primaryProviderOk && isMinimaxVlmProvider(params.primary.provider)) {
+    addCandidate(params.primary.provider, params.primary.model);
+  }
+
+  const providers = params.cfg?.models?.providers;
+  if (!providers || typeof providers !== "object") {
+    return candidates;
+  }
+
+  for (const [providerKey, providerCfg] of Object.entries(providers)) {
+    const providerId = providerKey.trim();
+    if (
+      !providerId ||
+      !isMinimaxVlmProvider(providerId) ||
+      !hasAuthForProvider({
+        provider: providerId,
+        agentDir: params.agentDir,
+        authStore: params.authStore,
+      })
+    ) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const modelId = (providerCfg?.models ?? [])
+      .find((model) => {
+        const id = model?.id?.trim();
+        return Boolean(id) && Array.isArray(model?.input) && model.input.includes("text");
+      })
+      ?.id?.trim();
+    if (modelId) {
+      addCandidate(providerId, modelId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return candidates;
+}
+
 export function resolvePdfModelConfigForTool(params: {
   cfg?: OpenClawConfig;
   agentDir: string;
@@ -138,6 +210,13 @@ export function resolvePdfModelConfigForTool(params: {
     agentDir: params.agentDir,
     workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
     authStore: params.authStore,
+  }).filter((ref) => !isMinimaxVlmModelRef(ref));
+  const minimaxTextExtractionCandidates = resolveMinimaxTextExtractionCandidateRefs({
+    cfg: params.cfg,
+    primary,
+    primaryProviderOk: providerOk,
+    agentDir: params.agentDir,
+    authStore: params.authStore,
   });
 
   if (params.cfg?.models?.providers && typeof params.cfg.models.providers === "object") {
@@ -180,11 +259,19 @@ export function resolvePdfModelConfigForTool(params: {
   } else if (providerOk && primarySupportsNativePdf && (providerVision || providerDefault)) {
     preferred = providerVision ?? `${primary.provider}/${providerDefault}`;
   } else {
-    preferred = nativePdfCandidates[0] ?? genericImageCandidates[0] ?? null;
+    preferred =
+      nativePdfCandidates[0] ??
+      minimaxTextExtractionCandidates[0] ??
+      genericImageCandidates[0] ??
+      null;
   }
 
   if (preferred?.trim()) {
-    for (const candidate of [...nativePdfCandidates, ...genericImageCandidates]) {
+    for (const candidate of [
+      ...nativePdfCandidates,
+      ...minimaxTextExtractionCandidates,
+      ...genericImageCandidates,
+    ]) {
       if (candidate !== preferred) {
         addFallback(candidate);
       }