diff --git a/src/agents/pi-model-discovery.ts b/src/agents/pi-model-discovery.ts
index c50ec909563..04b53a4137f 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-model-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-model-discovery.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import {
 } from "../plugins/provider-runtime.js";
 import { resolveRuntimeSyntheticAuthProviderRefs } from "../plugins/synthetic-auth.runtime.js";
 import { isRecord } from "../utils.js";
-import { ensureAuthProfileStore } from "./auth-profiles/store.js";
+import {
+  ensureAuthProfileStore,
+  loadAuthProfileStoreForSecretsRuntime,
+} from "./auth-profiles/store.js";
 import { resolveProviderEnvApiKeyCandidates } from "./model-auth-env-vars.js";
 import { resolveEnvApiKey } from "./model-auth-env.js";
 import { resolvePiCredentialMapFromStore, type PiCredentialMap } from "./pi-auth-credentials.js";
@@ -277,8 +280,18 @@ export function addEnvBackedPiCredentials(
   return next;
 }
 
-export function resolvePiCredentialsForDiscovery(agentDir: string): PiCredentialMap {
-  const store = ensureAuthProfileStore(agentDir, { allowKeychainPrompt: false });
+type DiscoverAuthStorageOptions = {
+  readOnly?: boolean;
+};
+
+export function resolvePiCredentialsForDiscovery(
+  agentDir: string,
+  options?: DiscoverAuthStorageOptions,
+): PiCredentialMap {
+  const store =
+    options?.readOnly === true
+      ? loadAuthProfileStoreForSecretsRuntime(agentDir)
+      : ensureAuthProfileStore(agentDir, { allowKeychainPrompt: false });
   const credentials = addEnvBackedPiCredentials(resolvePiCredentialMapFromStore(store));
   for (const provider of resolveRuntimeSyntheticAuthProviderRefs()) {
     if (credentials[provider]) {
@@ -305,10 +318,15 @@ export function resolvePiCredentialsForDiscovery(agentDir: string): PiCredential
 }
 
 // Compatibility helpers for pi-coding-agent 0.50+ (discover* helpers removed).
-export function discoverAuthStorage(agentDir: string): PiAuthStorage {
-  const credentials = resolvePiCredentialsForDiscovery(agentDir);
+export function discoverAuthStorage(
+  agentDir: string,
+  options?: DiscoverAuthStorageOptions,
+): PiAuthStorage {
+  const credentials = resolvePiCredentialsForDiscovery(agentDir, options);
   const authPath = path.join(agentDir, "auth.json");
-  scrubLegacyStaticAuthJsonEntriesForDiscovery(authPath);
+  if (options?.readOnly !== true) {
+    scrubLegacyStaticAuthJsonEntriesForDiscovery(authPath);
+  }
   return createAuthStorage(PiAuthStorageClass, authPath, credentials);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.list-command.ts b/src/commands/models/list.list-command.ts
index b6afc796360..3ffee8e69c7 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.list-command.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.list-command.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { resolveConfiguredEntries } from "./list.configured.js";
 import { formatErrorWithStack } from "./list.errors.js";
 import {
   appendCatalogSupplementRows,
+  appendConfiguredProviderRows,
   appendConfiguredRows,
   appendDiscoveredRows,
   appendProviderCatalogRows,
@@ -47,9 +48,8 @@ export async function modelsListCommand(
   if (providerFilter === null) {
     return;
   }
-  const { ensureAuthProfileStore, ensureOpenClawModelsJson, resolveOpenClawAgentDir } =
-    await import("./list.runtime.js");
-  const { sourceConfig, resolvedConfig: cfg } = await loadModelsConfigWithSource({
+  const { ensureAuthProfileStore, resolveOpenClawAgentDir } = await import("./list.runtime.js");
+  const { resolvedConfig: cfg } = await loadModelsConfigWithSource({
     commandName: "models list",
     runtime,
   });
@@ -62,11 +62,8 @@ export async function modelsListCommand(
   let availabilityErrorMessage: string | undefined;
   const useProviderCatalogFastPath = Boolean(opts.all && providerFilter === "codex");
   try {
-    // Keep command behavior explicit: sync models.json from the source config
-    // before building the read-only model registry view.
     if (!useProviderCatalogFastPath) {
-      await ensureOpenClawModelsJson(sourceConfig ?? cfg);
-      const loaded = await loadListModelRegistry(cfg, { sourceConfig, providerFilter });
+      const loaded = await loadListModelRegistry(cfg, { providerFilter });
       modelRegistry = loaded.registry;
       discoveredKeys = loaded.discoveredKeys;
       availableKeys = loaded.availableKeys;
@@ -107,6 +104,14 @@ export async function modelsListCommand(
       context: rowContext,
     });
 
+    if (providerFilter) {
+      appendConfiguredProviderRows({
+        rows,
+        context: rowContext,
+        seenKeys,
+      });
+    }
+
     if (modelRegistry) {
       await appendCatalogSupplementRows({
         rows,
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.model-row.ts b/src/commands/models/list.model-row.ts
index e06d1cf2411..52e67d2f6bc 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.model-row.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.model-row.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-import type { Api, Model } from "@mariozechner/pi-ai";
 import type { AuthProfileStore } from "../../agents/auth-profiles/types.js";
 import { modelKey } from "../../agents/model-ref-shared.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { isLocalBaseUrl } from "./list.local-url.js";
 import type { ModelRow } from "./list.types.js";
 
+export type ListRowModel = {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  provider: string;
+  input: Array<"text" | "image">;
+  baseUrl?: string;
+  contextWindow?: number | null;
+};
+
 export type ModelAuthAvailabilityResolver = (params: {
   provider: string;
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;
@@ -18,7 +26,7 @@ function authStoreHasProviderProfile(authStore: AuthProfileStore, provider: stri
 }
 
 export function toModelRow(params: {
-  model?: Model<Api>;
+  model?: ListRowModel;
   key: string;
   tags: string[];
   aliases?: string[];
@@ -52,7 +60,7 @@ export function toModelRow(params: {
   }
 
   const input = model.input.join("+") || "text";
-  const local = isLocalBaseUrl(model.baseUrl);
+  const local = isLocalBaseUrl(model.baseUrl ?? "");
   const modelIsAvailable = availableKeys?.has(modelKey(model.provider, model.id)) ?? false;
   // Prefer model-level registry availability when present.
   // Fall back to provider-level auth heuristics only if registry availability isn't available,
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.registry.ts b/src/commands/models/list.registry.ts
index 40b64cf46bd..29b4e67ddd5 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.registry.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.registry.ts
@@ -108,12 +108,9 @@ function loadAvailableModels(registry: ModelRegistry, cfg: OpenClawConfig): Mode
   }
 }
 
-export async function loadModelRegistry(
-  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
-  opts?: { sourceConfig?: OpenClawConfig; providerFilter?: string },
-) {
+export async function loadModelRegistry(cfg: OpenClawConfig, opts?: { providerFilter?: string }) {
   const agentDir = resolveOpenClawAgentDir();
-  const authStorage = discoverAuthStorage(agentDir);
+  const authStorage = discoverAuthStorage(agentDir, { readOnly: true });
   const registry = discoverModels(authStorage, agentDir, {
     providerFilter: opts?.providerFilter,
   });
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.rows.ts b/src/commands/models/list.rows.ts
index 89aaa4fbd79..25d87e35fc6 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.rows.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.rows.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import type { Api, Model } from "@mariozechner/pi-ai";
 import type { ModelRegistry } from "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent";
 import type { AuthProfileStore } from "../../agents/auth-profiles/types.js";
+import { DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TOKENS } from "../../agents/defaults.js";
 import { shouldSuppressBuiltInModel } from "../../agents/model-suppression.js";
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../../agents/provider-id.js";
+import type { ModelDefinitionConfig, ModelProviderConfig } from "../../config/types.models.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import type { ListRowModel } from "./list.model-row.js";
 import { loadModelRegistry, toModelRow } from "./list.registry.js";
 import {
   loadModelCatalog,
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ function matchesRowFilter(filter: RowFilter, model: { provider: string; baseUrl?
 }
 
 function buildRow(params: {
-  model: Model<Api>;
+  model: ListRowModel;
   key: string;
   context: RowBuilderContext;
   allowProviderAvailabilityFallback?: boolean;
@@ -75,9 +78,35 @@ function shouldSuppressListModel(params: {
   });
 }
 
+function resolveConfiguredModelInput(params: {
+  model: Partial<ModelDefinitionConfig>;
+}): Array<"text" | "image"> {
+  const input = Array.isArray(params.model.input)
+    ? params.model.input.filter(
+        (item): item is "text" | "image" => item === "text" || item === "image",
+      )
+    : [];
+  return input.length > 0 ? input : ["text"];
+}
+
+function toConfiguredProviderListModel(params: {
+  provider: string;
+  providerConfig: Partial<ModelProviderConfig>;
+  model: Partial<ModelDefinitionConfig> & Pick<ModelDefinitionConfig, "id">;
+}): ListRowModel {
+  return {
+    provider: params.provider,
+    id: params.model.id,
+    name: params.model.name ?? params.model.id,
+    baseUrl: params.model.baseUrl ?? params.providerConfig.baseUrl,
+    input: resolveConfiguredModelInput({ model: params.model }),
+    contextWindow: params.model.contextWindow ?? DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TOKENS,
+  };
+}
+
 export async function loadListModelRegistry(
   cfg: OpenClawConfig,
-  opts?: { sourceConfig?: OpenClawConfig; providerFilter?: string },
+  opts?: { providerFilter?: string },
 ) {
   const loaded = await loadModelRegistry(cfg, opts);
   return {
@@ -121,6 +150,43 @@ export function appendDiscoveredRows(params: {
   return seenKeys;
 }
 
+export function appendConfiguredProviderRows(params: {
+  rows: ModelRow[];
+  context: RowBuilderContext;
+  seenKeys: Set<string>;
+}): void {
+  for (const [provider, providerConfig] of Object.entries(
+    params.context.cfg.models?.providers ?? {},
+  )) {
+    for (const configuredModel of providerConfig.models ?? []) {
+      const key = modelKey(provider, configuredModel.id);
+      if (params.seenKeys.has(key)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const model = toConfiguredProviderListModel({
+        provider,
+        providerConfig,
+        model: configuredModel,
+      });
+      if (!matchesRowFilter(params.context.filter, model)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (shouldSuppressListModel({ model, context: params.context })) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      params.rows.push(
+        buildRow({
+          model,
+          key,
+          context: params.context,
+          allowProviderAvailabilityFallback: !params.context.discoveredKeys.has(key),
+        }),
+      );
+      params.seenKeys.add(key);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export async function appendCatalogSupplementRows(params: {
   rows: ModelRow[];
   modelRegistry: ModelRegistry;
diff --git a/src/commands/models/list.runtime.ts b/src/commands/models/list.runtime.ts
index ad446fa4b78..7d0613de45b 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/list.runtime.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/list.runtime.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-export { ensureAuthProfileStoreWithoutExternalProfiles as ensureAuthProfileStore } from "../../agents/auth-profiles/store.js";
-export { ensureOpenClawModelsJson } from "../../agents/models-config.js";
+export { loadAuthProfileStoreWithoutExternalProfiles as ensureAuthProfileStore } from "../../agents/auth-profiles/store.js";
 export { resolveOpenClawAgentDir } from "../../agents/agent-paths.js";
 export { listProfilesForProvider } from "../../agents/auth-profiles.js";
 export {