diff --git a/src/agents/context.ts b/src/agents/context.ts
index b14aedd9e26..50e549877ea 100644
--- a/src/agents/context.ts
+++ b/src/agents/context.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { consumeRootOptionToken, FLAG_TERMINATOR } from "../infra/cli-root-options.js";
 import { resolveOpenClawAgentDir } from "./agent-paths.js";
 import { ensureOpenClawModelsJson } from "./models-config.js";
 
@@ -69,40 +70,17 @@ const MODEL_CACHE = new Map<string, number>();
 let loadPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
 let configuredWindowsPrimed = false;
 
-function isValueToken(arg: string | undefined): boolean {
-  if (!arg || arg === "--") {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (!arg.startsWith("-")) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return /^-\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(arg);
-}
-
 function getCommandPathFromArgv(argv: string[]): string[] {
   const args = argv.slice(2);
   const tokens: string[] = [];
-  let skipNextAsRootValue = false;
   for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i += 1) {
     const arg = args[i];
-    if (!arg || arg === "--") {
+    if (!arg || arg === FLAG_TERMINATOR) {
       break;
     }
-    if (skipNextAsRootValue) {
-      skipNextAsRootValue = false;
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (arg === "--profile" || arg === "--log-level") {
-      const next = args[i + 1];
-      skipNextAsRootValue = isValueToken(next);
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (
-      arg === "--dev" ||
-      arg === "--no-color" ||
-      arg.startsWith("--profile=") ||
-      arg.startsWith("--log-level=")
-    ) {
+    const consumed = consumeRootOptionToken(args, i);
+    if (consumed > 0) {
+      i += consumed - 1;
       continue;
     }
     if (arg.startsWith("-")) {
diff --git a/src/cli/argv.ts b/src/cli/argv.ts
index ed5938bc76b..ca989dc4a4b 100644
--- a/src/cli/argv.ts
+++ b/src/cli/argv.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { isBunRuntime, isNodeRuntime } from "../daemon/runtime-binary.js";
+import {
+  consumeRootOptionToken,
+  FLAG_TERMINATOR,
+  isValueToken,
+} from "../infra/cli-root-options.js";
 
 const HELP_FLAGS = new Set(["-h", "--help"]);
 const VERSION_FLAGS = new Set(["-V", "--version"]);
 const ROOT_VERSION_ALIAS_FLAG = "-v";
-const ROOT_BOOLEAN_FLAGS = new Set(["--dev", "--no-color"]);
-const ROOT_VALUE_FLAGS = new Set(["--profile", "--log-level"]);
-const FLAG_TERMINATOR = "--";
 
 export function hasHelpOrVersion(argv: string[]): boolean {
   return (
@@ -13,19 +15,6 @@ export function hasHelpOrVersion(argv: string[]): boolean {
   );
 }
 
-function isValueToken(arg: string | undefined): boolean {
-  if (!arg) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (arg === FLAG_TERMINATOR) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (!arg.startsWith("-")) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return /^-\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(arg);
-}
-
 function parsePositiveInt(value: string): number | undefined {
   const parsed = Number.parseInt(value, 10);
   if (Number.isNaN(parsed) || parsed <= 0) {
@@ -62,17 +51,9 @@ export function hasRootVersionAlias(argv: string[]): boolean {
       hasAlias = true;
       continue;
     }
-    if (ROOT_BOOLEAN_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (arg.startsWith("--profile=")) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (ROOT_VALUE_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
-      const next = args[i + 1];
-      if (isValueToken(next)) {
-        i += 1;
-      }
+    const consumed = consumeRootOptionToken(args, i);
+    if (consumed > 0) {
+      i += consumed - 1;
       continue;
     }
     if (arg.startsWith("-")) {
@@ -109,17 +90,9 @@ function isRootInvocationForFlags(
       hasTarget = true;
       continue;
     }
-    if (ROOT_BOOLEAN_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (arg.startsWith("--profile=") || arg.startsWith("--log-level=")) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (ROOT_VALUE_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
-      const next = args[i + 1];
-      if (isValueToken(next)) {
-        i += 1;
-      }
+    const consumed = consumeRootOptionToken(args, i);
+    if (consumed > 0) {
+      i += consumed - 1;
       continue;
     }
     // Unknown flags and subcommand-scoped help/version should fall back to Commander.
@@ -193,17 +166,9 @@ function getCommandPathInternal(
       break;
     }
     if (opts.skipRootOptions) {
-      if (arg.startsWith("--profile=") || arg.startsWith("--log-level=")) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (ROOT_BOOLEAN_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (ROOT_VALUE_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
-        const next = args[i + 1];
-        if (isValueToken(next)) {
-          i += 1;
-        }
+      const consumed = consumeRootOptionToken(args, i);
+      if (consumed > 0) {
+        i += consumed - 1;
         continue;
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/cli/program/routes.ts b/src/cli/program/routes.ts
index 366c51ae135..a2e13254044 100644
--- a/src/cli/program/routes.ts
+++ b/src/cli/program/routes.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { consumeRootOptionToken } from "../../infra/cli-root-options.js";
 import { defaultRuntime } from "../../runtime.js";
 import { getFlagValue, getPositiveIntFlagValue, getVerboseFlag, hasFlag } from "../argv.js";
 
@@ -99,16 +100,6 @@ const routeMemoryStatus: RouteSpec = {
   },
 };
 
-function isValueToken(arg: string | undefined): boolean {
-  if (!arg || arg === "--") {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (!arg.startsWith("-")) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return /^-\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(arg);
-}
-
 function getCommandPositionals(argv: string[]): string[] {
   const out: string[] = [];
   const args = argv.slice(2);
@@ -119,17 +110,9 @@ function getCommandPositionals(argv: string[]): string[] {
       break;
     }
     if (!commandStarted) {
-      if (arg.startsWith("--profile=") || arg.startsWith("--log-level=")) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (arg === "--dev" || arg === "--no-color") {
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (arg === "--profile" || arg === "--log-level") {
-        const next = args[i + 1];
-        if (isValueToken(next)) {
-          i += 1;
-        }
+      const consumed = consumeRootOptionToken(args, i);
+      if (consumed > 0) {
+        i += consumed - 1;
         continue;
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/infra/cli-root-options.test.ts b/src/infra/cli-root-options.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..514548586f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/infra/cli-root-options.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { consumeRootOptionToken } from "./cli-root-options.js";
+
+describe("consumeRootOptionToken", () => {
+  it("consumes boolean and inline root options", () => {
+    expect(consumeRootOptionToken(["--dev"], 0)).toBe(1);
+    expect(consumeRootOptionToken(["--profile=work"], 0)).toBe(1);
+    expect(consumeRootOptionToken(["--log-level=debug"], 0)).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("consumes split root value option only when next token is a value", () => {
+    expect(consumeRootOptionToken(["--profile", "work"], 0)).toBe(2);
+    expect(consumeRootOptionToken(["--profile", "--no-color"], 0)).toBe(1);
+    expect(consumeRootOptionToken(["--profile", "--"], 0)).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/infra/cli-root-options.ts b/src/infra/cli-root-options.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9522e114966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/infra/cli-root-options.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+export const FLAG_TERMINATOR = "--";
+
+const ROOT_BOOLEAN_FLAGS = new Set(["--dev", "--no-color"]);
+const ROOT_VALUE_FLAGS = new Set(["--profile", "--log-level"]);
+
+export function isValueToken(arg: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!arg || arg === FLAG_TERMINATOR) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!arg.startsWith("-")) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return /^-\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(arg);
+}
+
+export function consumeRootOptionToken(args: ReadonlyArray<string>, index: number): number {
+  const arg = args[index];
+  if (!arg) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  if (ROOT_BOOLEAN_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (arg.startsWith("--profile=") || arg.startsWith("--log-level=")) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (ROOT_VALUE_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
+    return isValueToken(args[index + 1]) ? 2 : 1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}