diff --git a/src/cli/capability-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/capability-cli.test.ts
index 5e2e1e5c33b..24cfbb27ad3 100644
--- a/src/cli/capability-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/capability-cli.test.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ vi.mock("../commands/models/list.js", () => ({
   modelsStatusCommand:
     mocks.modelsStatusCommand as typeof import("../commands/models/list.js").modelsStatusCommand,
 }));
+vi.mock("../commands/models/list.status-command.js", () => ({
+  modelsStatusCommand:
+    mocks.modelsStatusCommand as typeof import("../commands/models/list.status-command.js").modelsStatusCommand,
+}));
 
 vi.mock("../gateway/call.js", () => ({
   callGateway: mocks.callGateway as typeof import("../gateway/call.js").callGateway,
diff --git a/src/cli/capability-cli.ts b/src/cli/capability-cli.ts
index 8eb73b1d42c..a5ba86618b7 100644
--- a/src/cli/capability-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/capability-cli.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
 import { updateAuthProfileStoreWithLock } from "../agents/auth-profiles/store.js";
 import { resolveMemorySearchConfig } from "../agents/memory-search.js";
 import { loadModelCatalog } from "../agents/model-catalog.js";
-import { modelsStatusCommand } from "../commands/models/list.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveAgentModelPrimaryValue } from "../config/model-input.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
@@ -683,6 +682,7 @@ async function buildModelProviders() {
 
 async function runModelAuthStatus() {
   const captured: string[] = [];
+  const { modelsStatusCommand } = await import("../commands/models/list.status-command.js");
   await modelsStatusCommand(
     { json: true },
     {
diff --git a/src/cli/models-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/models-cli.test.ts
index 30f3f2fc03f..6b46baa3f1a 100644
--- a/src/cli/models-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/models-cli.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ vi.mock("../commands/models/list.js", () => ({
   modelsListCommand: mocks.noopAsync,
   modelsStatusCommand: mocks.modelsStatusCommand,
 }));
+vi.mock("../commands/models/list.list-command.js", () => ({
+  modelsListCommand: mocks.noopAsync,
+}));
+vi.mock("../commands/models/list.status-command.js", () => ({
+  modelsStatusCommand: mocks.modelsStatusCommand,
+}));
 vi.mock("../commands/models/auth.js", () => ({
   modelsAuthAddCommand: mocks.modelsAuthAddCommand,
   modelsAuthLoginCommand: mocks.modelsAuthLoginCommand,
diff --git a/src/cli/models-cli.ts b/src/cli/models-cli.ts
index 0773a55bb54..a769aae2113 100644
--- a/src/cli/models-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/models-cli.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import type { Command } from "commander";
-import { modelsListCommand, modelsStatusCommand } from "../commands/models/list.js";
 import { defaultRuntime } from "../runtime.js";
 import { formatDocsLink } from "../terminal/links.js";
 import { theme } from "../terminal/theme.js";
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ export function registerModelsCli(program: Command) {
     .option("--plain", "Plain line output", false)
     .action(async (opts) => {
       await runModelsCommand(async () => {
+        const { modelsListCommand } = await import("../commands/models/list.list-command.js");
         await modelsListCommand(opts, defaultRuntime);
       });
     });
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export function registerModelsCli(program: Command) {
       const agent =
         resolveOptionFromCommand<string>(command, "agent") ?? (opts.agent as string | undefined);
       await runModelsCommand(async () => {
+        const { modelsStatusCommand } = await import("../commands/models/list.status-command.js");
         await modelsStatusCommand(
           {
             json: Boolean(opts.json),
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ export function registerModelsCli(program: Command) {
 
   models.action(async (opts) => {
     await runModelsCommand(async () => {
+      const { modelsStatusCommand } = await import("../commands/models/list.status-command.js");
       await modelsStatusCommand(
         {
           json: Boolean(opts?.statusJson),
diff --git a/src/cli/program/routed-command-definitions.ts b/src/cli/program/routed-command-definitions.ts
index 8557039ac19..09873d6cdd3 100644
--- a/src/cli/program/routed-command-definitions.ts
+++ b/src/cli/program/routed-command-definitions.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ type RouteArgParser<TArgs> = (argv: string[]) => TArgs | null;
 
 type ParsedRouteArgs<TParse extends RouteArgParser<unknown>> = Exclude<ReturnType<TParse>, null>;
 type ConfigCliModule = typeof import("../config-cli.js");
-type ModelsListModule = typeof import("../../commands/models/list.js");
+type ModelsListCommandModule = typeof import("../../commands/models/list.list-command.js");
+type ModelsStatusCommandModule = typeof import("../../commands/models/list.status-command.js");
 
 export type RoutedCommandDefinition<TParse extends RouteArgParser<unknown>> = {
   parseArgs: TParse;
@@ -36,16 +37,22 @@ function defineRoutedCommand<TParse extends RouteArgParser<unknown>>(
 }
 
 let configCliPromise: Promise<ConfigCliModule> | undefined;
-let modelsListPromise: Promise<ModelsListModule> | undefined;
+let modelsListCommandPromise: Promise<ModelsListCommandModule> | undefined;
+let modelsStatusCommandPromise: Promise<ModelsStatusCommandModule> | undefined;
 
 function loadConfigCli(): Promise<ConfigCliModule> {
   configCliPromise ??= import("../config-cli.js");
   return configCliPromise;
 }
 
-function loadModelsList(): Promise<ModelsListModule> {
-  modelsListPromise ??= import("../../commands/models/list.js");
-  return modelsListPromise;
+function loadModelsListCommand(): Promise<ModelsListCommandModule> {
+  modelsListCommandPromise ??= import("../../commands/models/list.list-command.js");
+  return modelsListCommandPromise;
+}
+
+function loadModelsStatusCommand(): Promise<ModelsStatusCommandModule> {
+  modelsStatusCommandPromise ??= import("../../commands/models/list.status-command.js");
+  return modelsStatusCommandPromise;
 }
 
 export const routedCommandDefinitions = {
@@ -114,14 +121,14 @@ export const routedCommandDefinitions = {
   "models-list": defineRoutedCommand({
     parseArgs: parseModelsListRouteArgs,
     runParsedArgs: async (args) => {
-      const { modelsListCommand } = await loadModelsList();
+      const { modelsListCommand } = await loadModelsListCommand();
       await modelsListCommand(args, defaultRuntime);
     },
   }),
   "models-status": defineRoutedCommand({
     parseArgs: parseModelsStatusRouteArgs,
     runParsedArgs: async (args) => {
-      const { modelsStatusCommand } = await loadModelsList();
+      const { modelsStatusCommand } = await loadModelsStatusCommand();
       await modelsStatusCommand(args, defaultRuntime);
     },
   }),
diff --git a/src/cli/program/routes.test.ts b/src/cli/program/routes.test.ts
index 631d564f865..468458762b3 100644
--- a/src/cli/program/routes.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/program/routes.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ vi.mock("../../commands/models/list.js", () => ({
   modelsListCommand: modelsListCommandMock,
   modelsStatusCommand: modelsStatusCommandMock,
 }));
+vi.mock("../../commands/models/list.list-command.js", () => ({
+  modelsListCommand: modelsListCommandMock,
+}));
+vi.mock("../../commands/models/list.status-command.js", () => ({
+  modelsStatusCommand: modelsStatusCommandMock,
+}));
 
 vi.mock("../daemon-cli/status.js", () => ({
   runDaemonStatus: runDaemonStatusMock,