diff --git a/extensions/chutes/index.test.ts b/extensions/chutes/index.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 70c73619b2d..00000000000
--- a/extensions/chutes/index.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { registerSingleProviderPlugin } from "../../test/helpers/extensions/plugin-registration.js";
-
-vi.mock("openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-auth", () => ({
-  buildOauthProviderAuthResult: vi.fn(),
-  createProviderApiKeyAuthMethod: vi.fn((params: { methodId: string; label: string }) => ({
-    id: params.methodId,
-    label: params.label,
-    kind: "api-key",
-  })),
-  loginChutes: vi.fn(),
-  resolveOAuthApiKeyMarker: vi.fn((providerId: string) => `oauth:${providerId}`),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("./onboard.js", () => ({
-  CHUTES_DEFAULT_MODEL_REF: "chutes/test-model",
-  applyChutesApiKeyConfig: vi.fn((cfg: unknown) => cfg),
-  applyChutesProviderConfig: vi.fn((cfg: unknown) => cfg),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("./provider-catalog.js", () => ({
-  buildChutesProvider: vi.fn(async () => ({
-    api: "openai-completions",
-    baseUrl: "https://chutes.test",
-    models: [],
-  })),
-}));
-
-describe("chutes provider plugin", () => {
-  it("registers OAuth and API key auth flows under one provider", async () => {
-    const { default: chutesPlugin } = await import("./index.js");
-    const provider = registerSingleProviderPlugin(chutesPlugin);
-
-    expect(provider.id).toBe("chutes");
-    expect(provider.auth.map((method) => method.id)).toEqual(["oauth", "api-key"]);
-    expect(provider.catalog?.run).toEqual(expect.any(Function));
-  });
-});
diff --git a/extensions/chutes/onboard.test.ts b/extensions/chutes/onboard.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eaba15ea8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/chutes/onboard.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  applyChutesApiKeyConfig,
+  applyChutesConfig,
+  applyChutesProviderConfig,
+  CHUTES_DEFAULT_MODEL_REF,
+} from "./onboard.js";
+
+describe("chutes onboarding config", () => {
+  it("registers the Chutes provider catalog and aliases", () => {
+    const cfg = applyChutesProviderConfig({});
+
+    expect(cfg.models?.providers?.chutes?.api).toBe("openai-completions");
+    expect(cfg.models?.providers?.chutes?.baseUrl).toBe("https://llm.chutes.ai/v1");
+    expect(cfg.models?.providers?.chutes?.models?.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(cfg.agents?.defaults?.models?.["chutes-fast"]).toEqual({
+      alias: "chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-FP8",
+    });
+    expect(cfg.agents?.defaults?.models?.["chutes-vision"]).toEqual({
+      alias: "chutes/chutesai/Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506",
+    });
+    expect(cfg.agents?.defaults?.models?.["chutes-pro"]).toEqual({
+      alias: "chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-TEE",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("sets the default primary model for API key onboarding", () => {
+    const cfg = applyChutesApiKeyConfig({
+      agents: {
+        defaults: {
+          model: {
+            fallbacks: ["existing-fallback"],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(cfg.agents?.defaults?.model).toEqual({
+      primary: CHUTES_DEFAULT_MODEL_REF,
+      fallbacks: ["existing-fallback"],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("sets default text and image models for full onboarding", () => {
+    const cfg = applyChutesConfig({});
+
+    expect(cfg.agents?.defaults?.model).toEqual({
+      primary: CHUTES_DEFAULT_MODEL_REF,
+      fallbacks: ["chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-TEE", "chutes/Qwen/Qwen3-32B"],
+    });
+    expect(cfg.agents?.defaults?.imageModel).toEqual({
+      primary: "chutes/chutesai/Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506",
+      fallbacks: ["chutes/chutesai/Mistral-Small-3.1-24B-Instruct-2503"],
+    });
+  });
+});