diff --git a/src/agents/pi-model-discovery.ts b/src/agents/pi-model-discovery.ts
index 7c6dbdec4cc..1744305b117 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-model-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-model-discovery.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type DiscoveredProviderRuntimeModelLike = Omit<ProviderRuntimeModelLike, "api">
 
 type DiscoverModelsOptions = {
   providerFilter?: string;
+  normalizeModels?: boolean;
 };
 
 type InMemoryAuthStorageBackendLike = {
@@ -149,17 +150,24 @@ function createOpenClawModelRegistry(
   const providerFilter = options?.providerFilter ? normalizeProviderId(options.providerFilter) : "";
   const matchesProviderFilter = (entry: Model<Api>) =>
     !providerFilter || normalizeProviderId(entry.provider) === providerFilter;
+  const shouldNormalize = options?.normalizeModels !== false;
 
-  registry.getAll = () =>
-    getAll()
-      .filter((entry: Model<Api>) => matchesProviderFilter(entry))
-      .map((entry: Model<Api>) => normalizeDiscoveredPiModel(entry, agentDir));
-  registry.getAvailable = () =>
-    getAvailable()
-      .filter((entry: Model<Api>) => matchesProviderFilter(entry))
-      .map((entry: Model<Api>) => normalizeDiscoveredPiModel(entry, agentDir));
+  registry.getAll = () => {
+    const entries = getAll().filter((entry: Model<Api>) => matchesProviderFilter(entry));
+    return shouldNormalize
+      ? entries.map((entry: Model<Api>) => normalizeDiscoveredPiModel(entry, agentDir))
+      : entries;
+  };
+  registry.getAvailable = () => {
+    const entries = getAvailable().filter((entry: Model<Api>) => matchesProviderFilter(entry));
+    return shouldNormalize
+      ? entries.map((entry: Model<Api>) => normalizeDiscoveredPiModel(entry, agentDir))
+      : entries;
+  };
   registry.find = (provider: string, modelId: string) =>
-    normalizeDiscoveredPiModel(find(provider, modelId), agentDir);
+    shouldNormalize
+      ? normalizeDiscoveredPiModel(find(provider, modelId), agentDir)
+      : find(provider, modelId);
 
   return registry;
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.list-command.forward-compat.test.ts b/src/commands/models/list.list-command.forward-compat.test.ts
index 2e424bfd39f..be36882bef5 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.list-command.forward-compat.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.list-command.forward-compat.test.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function installModelsListCommandForwardCompatMocks() {
   vi.doMock("./list.registry-load.js", () => ({
     loadListModelRegistry: async (
       cfg: unknown,
-      opts?: { providerFilter?: string },
+      opts?: { providerFilter?: string; normalizeModels?: boolean },
     ): Promise<{
       models: Array<{ provider: string; id: string }>;
       availableKeys?: Set<string>;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function installModelsListCommandForwardCompatMocks() {
     loadConfiguredListModelRegistry: (
       _cfg: unknown,
       _entries: unknown,
-      opts?: { providerFilter?: string },
+      opts?: { providerFilter?: string; normalizeModels?: boolean },
     ) => {
       mocks.loadModelRegistry(mocks.resolvedConfig, opts);
       return {
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ describe("modelsListCommand forward-compat", () => {
 
       expect(mocks.loadModelRegistry).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mocks.resolvedConfig, {
         providerFilter: undefined,
+        normalizeModels: false,
       });
       expect(mocks.loadProviderCatalogModelsForList).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(mocks.resolveModelWithRegistry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -653,6 +654,7 @@ describe("modelsListCommand forward-compat", () => {
         mocks.resolvedConfig,
         expect.objectContaining({
           providerFilter: "openai-codex",
+          normalizeModels: true,
         }),
       );
       expect(mocks.loadProviderCatalogModelsForList).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, {
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.list-command.ts b/src/commands/models/list.list-command.ts
index 03d7e0c6ec1..7be2486d9c0 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.list-command.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.list-command.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ export async function modelsListCommand(
   const shouldLoadRegistry = sourcePlan?.requiresInitialRegistry ?? false;
   const loadRegistryState = async () => {
     const { loadListModelRegistry } = await loadRegistryLoadModule();
-    const loaded = await loadListModelRegistry(cfg, { providerFilter });
+    const loaded = await loadListModelRegistry(cfg, {
+      providerFilter,
+      normalizeModels: Boolean(providerFilter),
+    });
     modelRegistry = loaded.registry;
     discoveredKeys = loaded.discoveredKeys;
     availableKeys = loaded.availableKeys;
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.registry-load.ts b/src/commands/models/list.registry-load.ts
index d7e683c3c38..b6b65f7c674 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.registry-load.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.registry-load.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { modelKey } from "./shared.js";
 
 export async function loadListModelRegistry(
   cfg: OpenClawConfig,
-  opts?: { providerFilter?: string },
+  opts?: { providerFilter?: string; normalizeModels?: boolean },
 ) {
   const loaded = await loadModelRegistry(cfg, opts);
   return {
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.registry.ts b/src/commands/models/list.registry.ts
index 972b8ab43ac..f2d3b39a7e0 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.registry.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.registry.ts
@@ -107,11 +107,15 @@ function loadAvailableModels(registry: ModelRegistry, cfg: OpenClawConfig): Mode
   }
 }
 
-export async function loadModelRegistry(cfg: OpenClawConfig, opts?: { providerFilter?: string }) {
+export async function loadModelRegistry(
+  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
+  opts?: { providerFilter?: string; normalizeModels?: boolean },
+) {
   const agentDir = resolveOpenClawAgentDir();
   const authStorage = discoverAuthStorage(agentDir, { readOnly: true });
   const registry = discoverModels(authStorage, agentDir, {
     providerFilter: opts?.providerFilter,
+    normalizeModels: opts?.normalizeModels,
   });
   const models = registry.getAll().filter(
     (model) =>