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docs(odd): define explicit orchestrator selection scope
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feat(models): select profile orchestrator explicitly
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test(models): cover orchestrator choices across panel reopens
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docs(odd): record verified orchestrator selection
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docs(odd): record orchestrator selector publication
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fix(models): preserve target profile orchestrator selection
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docs(odd): record independent selector correction verification
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test(models): reset session profile bindings after orchestrator panel…
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions docs/readme-reference.md
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Expand Up @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ Synthetic tests prove the observer's behavior, not the cause of issue #213. A ne
```text
/gentle:status Check package assets and global model config.
/gentle:doctor Run read-only diagnostics for assets, config, tools, guards, and Herdr setup.
/gentle:models Assign global model/effort routing to packaged/custom agents.
/gentle:models Assign global agent model/effort routing and choose a profile orchestrator.
/gentle:profiles Create, switch, and manage global agent-model profiles.
/gentle:persona Switch between gentleman and neutral persona modes.
/gentle:background-subagents Show or set the managed background-subagents policy, with its deciding source.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1037,7 +1037,9 @@ Startup and reload materialize saved non-empty routing, but never treat a saved

Inside `/gentle:models`, press `x` to export the saved routing to `~/.pi/gentle-ai/models.export.json`, or `r` to restore from that file after confirmation. Export uses a versioned envelope and restore writes the normal `models.json` shape before applying routing to agents.

Press `u` to save global agent routing like `ctrl+s`, then capture that routing plus this session's orchestrator model and thinking level in the current profile. If this session has no model, `u` falls back to the orchestrator defaults in `settings.json`; it never changes those defaults. `/gentle:profiles` `s` follows the same rule for the orchestrator: the live session when available, the `settings.json` defaults otherwise. The panel names the profile `u` targets: the profile this repository pins when a pin wins, otherwise the globally active profile. When no profiles store exists yet, `u` seeds it with a `current` profile the way `/gentle:profiles` does on first open; when the store exists but nothing is active and nothing is pinned, the global save still happens and the panel points you to `/gentle:profiles`.
The `orchestrator` row selects the model and thinking effort that `u` will store in the current profile. Its initial choice is the target profile's saved entry, or **leave untouched** if that profile has no orchestrator key. Without an existing target profile, it uses the live session model and effort, falling back to `settings.json` when no live model exists; changing the row never switches the live session. Choose **leave untouched** in its model picker, or press `i` on the row, to store no `orchestrator` key—even when replacing a profile that previously carried one. Select a model before editing effort. **Set all agents** never changes this row.

Press `u` to save global agent routing like `ctrl+s`, then snapshot that routing and the explicit orchestrator choice into the current profile. `ctrl+s` saves only agent routing: it neither updates a profile nor applies the chosen orchestrator. Both keys leave orchestrator defaults and the live model/effort unchanged; applying a profile with no orchestrator key preserves both. Custom-model, export and restore reopens retain the choice; exports/restores remain saved-agent-routing operations. `/gentle:profiles` `s` remains unchanged: it captures the live session model/effort when available, the `settings.json` defaults otherwise. The panel names the profile `u` targets: the profile this repository pins when a pin wins, otherwise the globally active profile. When no profiles store exists yet, `u` seeds it with a `current` profile the way `/gentle:profiles` does on first open; when the store exists but nothing is active and nothing is pinned, the global save still happens and the panel points you to `/gentle:profiles`.

Config shape (per agent):

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96 changes: 59 additions & 37 deletions extensions/gentle-ai.ts
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Expand Up @@ -3095,7 +3095,7 @@ interface OverlayComponent {

type ModelPanelResult =
| { type: "save"; config: AgentModelConfig }
// `save`, then snapshot saved agent routing and the live orchestrator into
// `save`, then snapshot saved agent routing and the chosen orchestrator into
// the current profile without changing the global orchestrator defaults.
| { type: "save-profile"; config: AgentModelConfig }
| { type: "custom"; agent: string | "all"; config: AgentModelConfig }
Expand All @@ -3104,6 +3104,7 @@ type ModelPanelResult =
| { type: "cancel" };

const SET_ALL_AGENTS = "Set all agents";
const LEAVE_ORCHESTRATOR_UNTOUCHED = "leave untouched";

const PANEL_TONE = {
BORDER: "border",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3134,6 +3135,7 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
private query = "";
private readonly draft: AgentModelConfig;
private readonly rows: string[];
private readonly agents: string[];
private readonly modelOptions: string[];
private readonly done: (result: ModelPanelResult) => void;
private readonly theme: Theme | undefined;
Expand All @@ -3152,7 +3154,8 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
terminalRows?: () => number,
) {
this.draft = cloneModelConfig(initialConfig);
this.rows = [SET_ALL_AGENTS, ...agents];
this.rows = [SET_ALL_AGENTS, PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY, ...agents];
this.agents = [...agents];
this.modelOptions = modelOptions;
this.done = done;
this.theme = theme;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3275,6 +3278,7 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
}
if (matchesKey(data, "e")) {
this.selectedRow = this.rows[this.cursor] ?? SET_ALL_AGENTS;
if (this.selectedRow === PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY && !this.draft[this.selectedRow]?.model) return;
this.mode = "effort";
this.effortCursor = 0;
return;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3356,7 +3360,7 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
return;
}
this.applyModelSelection(
selected === INHERIT_MODEL ? undefined : selected,
selected === INHERIT_MODEL || selected === LEAVE_ORCHESTRATOR_UNTOUCHED ? undefined : selected,
);
this.mode = "agents";
return;
Expand All @@ -3370,7 +3374,7 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
private applyModelSelection(model: string | undefined): void {
const row = this.rows[this.cursor];
if (row === SET_ALL_AGENTS) {
for (const name of this.rows.slice(1)) this.setModel(name, model);
for (const name of this.agents) this.setModel(name, model);
return;
}
if (!row) return;
Expand All @@ -3380,7 +3384,7 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
private applyThinkingSelection(thinking: ThinkingLevel | undefined): void {
const row = this.selectedRow;
if (row === SET_ALL_AGENTS) {
for (const name of this.rows.slice(1)) this.setThinking(name, thinking);
for (const name of this.agents) this.setThinking(name, thinking);
return;
}
this.setThinking(row, thinking);
Expand All @@ -3389,13 +3393,17 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
private applyInherit(): void {
const row = this.rows[this.cursor];
if (row === SET_ALL_AGENTS) {
for (const name of this.rows.slice(1)) this.clearEntry(name);
for (const name of this.agents) this.clearEntry(name);
return;
}
if (row) this.clearEntry(row);
}

private setModel(name: string, model: string | undefined): void {
if (name === PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY && model === undefined) {
delete this.draft[name];
return;
}
const current = this.draft[name] ?? {};
if (model === undefined) delete current.model;
else current.model = model;
Expand All @@ -3404,6 +3412,7 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
}

private setThinking(name: string, thinking: ThinkingLevel | undefined): void {
if (name === PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY && !this.draft[name]?.model) return;
const current = this.draft[name] ?? {};
if (thinking === undefined) delete current.thinking;
else current.thinking = thinking;
Expand All @@ -3412,13 +3421,17 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
}

private clearEntry(name: string): void {
this.draft[name] = {};
if (name === PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY) delete this.draft[name];
else this.draft[name] = {};
}

private filteredModelOptions(): string[] {
const options = this.selectedRow === PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY
? this.modelOptions.map((option) => option === INHERIT_MODEL ? LEAVE_ORCHESTRATOR_UNTOUCHED : option)
: this.modelOptions;
const query = this.query.trim().toLowerCase();
if (!query) return this.modelOptions;
return this.modelOptions.filter((option) =>
if (!query) return options;
return options.filter((option) =>
option.toLowerCase().includes(query),
);
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3475,13 +3488,13 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
// longer fits the minimum width once the profile key joins the save keys.
lines.push(
line(
`j/k scroll • enter model/save • e effort • i ${isProviderReviewRole(this.rows[this.cursor] ?? "") ? "Pi persisted defaults" : "inherit"} • c custom`,
`j/k scroll • enter model/save • e effort • i ${this.rows[this.cursor] === PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY ? LEAVE_ORCHESTRATOR_UNTOUCHED : isProviderReviewRole(this.rows[this.cursor] ?? "") ? "Pi persisted defaults" : "inherit"} • c custom`,
"muted",
),
);
lines.push(
line(
`x export • r restore • ctrl+s save • u capture session in "${this.profileLabel}" • esc back`,
`x export • r restore • ctrl+s save agents • u save choice in "${this.profileLabel}" • esc back`,
"muted",
),
);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3581,11 +3594,9 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
}

private renderSetAllLabel(row: string): string {
const models = this.rows
.slice(1)
const models = this.agents
.map((name) => this.draft[name]?.model ?? routingDefaultLabel(name, "model"));
const efforts = this.rows
.slice(1)
const efforts = this.agents
.map((name) => this.draft[name]?.thinking ?? routingDefaultLabel(name, "effort"));
const firstModel = models[0] ?? "inherit";
const firstEffort = efforts[0] ?? "inherit";
Expand All @@ -3602,6 +3613,9 @@ class SddModelPanel implements OverlayComponent {
}

private renderAgentLabel(row: string): string {
if (row === PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY && !this.draft[row]?.model) {
return `${this.renderText(row.padEnd(20), "text")} ${this.renderText(LEAVE_ORCHESTRATOR_UNTOUCHED, "status")}`;
}
const model = this.draft[row]?.model ?? routingDefaultLabel(row, "model");
const effort = this.draft[row]?.thinking ?? routingDefaultLabel(row, "effort");
return `${this.renderText(sanitizeTerminalText(row).padEnd(20), "text")} ${this.renderText("model=", "muted")}${this.renderText(model, "status")}${this.renderText(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3676,8 +3690,18 @@ async function handleModelsCommand(ctx: ExtensionContext, pi: ExtensionAPI): Pro
);
return;
}
let config = savedConfig.status === "valid" ? savedConfig.config : {};
const profileLabel = describeCurrentProfileTarget(resolveCurrentProfileTarget(ctx.cwd));
let config = savedConfig.status === "valid" ? cloneModelConfig(savedConfig.config) : {};
const store = readProfilesFileResult(profilesFilePath(gentleAiConfigHome()));
const target = resolveCurrentProfileTarget(ctx.cwd, store);
// Existing profiles own the initial choice, including absence. Reopens keep the draft.
delete config[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY];
if (store.status === "valid" && target && hasOwnProfile(store.file.profiles, target.name)) {
const entry = store.file.profiles[target.name][PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY];
if (entry) config[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY] = { ...entry };
} else {
config = profileSnapshotFrom(config, liveOrchestratorSnapshot(ctx, pi) ?? readOrchestratorSettings(orchestratorSettingsPath()));
}
const profileLabel = describeCurrentProfileTarget(target);
let result = await showSddModelPanel(ctx, config, profileLabel);
while (result.type === "custom" || result.type === "export" || result.type === "restore") {
config = cloneModelConfig(result.config);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3707,7 +3731,10 @@ async function handleModelsCommand(ctx: ExtensionContext, pi: ExtensionAPI): Pro
result = await showSddModelPanel(ctx, config, profileLabel);
continue;
}
config = restored;
const orchestratorChoice = config[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY];
config = cloneModelConfig(restored);
delete config[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY];
if (orchestratorChoice) config[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY] = orchestratorChoice;
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the orchestrator key from restored before the restore writes models.json.

The new code protects only the panel draft from the export's orchestrator key. The write before it (writeModelConfigAsync(ctx.cwd, restored) at Line 3728) persists restored unchanged. An export from a version that still stored orchestrator in models.json therefore writes that key back into global routing.

This conflicts with the change at Lines 3799-3813, which keeps the orchestrator out of models.json. readEffectiveModelConfig then returns the stale entry. /gentle:profiles bootstrap uses that value, and so do s snapshots when no live model or settings entry overwrites it. In both cases a stale orchestrator can be copied into a profile.

Remove the key once before the write. The write, applyModelConfigAsync, and the draft then all use the same agent-only routing.

🐛 Proposed fix 
const approved = await ctx.ui.confirm(...);
if (approved) {
	// The orchestrator is snapshot-only and never a global agent route.
	delete restored[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY];
	try {
		await writeModelConfigAsync(ctx.cwd, restored);
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @extensions/gentle-ai.ts around lines 3734 - 3737:
Remove PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY from restored immediately after approval and
before writeModelConfigAsync persists it. Ensure the sanitized restored
configuration is then reused by the write, applyModelConfigAsync, and draft
handling so global models.json contains only agent routing while preserving the
orchestrator separately where required.

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try {
const applyResult = await applyModelConfigAsync(ctx.cwd, restored);
ctx.ui.notify([
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3769,18 +3796,21 @@ async function handleModelsCommand(ctx: ExtensionContext, pi: ExtensionAPI): Pro
result = await showSddModelPanel(ctx, config, profileLabel);
}
if (result.type !== "save" && result.type !== "save-profile") return;
writeModelConfig(ctx.cwd, result.config);
const applyResult = await applyModelConfigAsync(ctx.cwd, result.config);
// The panel's orchestrator is snapshot-only, never a global agent route.
const routing = cloneModelConfig(result.config);
delete routing[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY];
writeModelConfig(ctx.cwd, routing);
const applyResult = await applyModelConfigAsync(ctx.cwd, routing);
ctx.ui.notify(
[
"el Gentleman global model config saved.",
`Global config: ${modelConfigPath(ctx.cwd)}`,
`Agents updated: ${applyResult.updated}`,
...describeModelConfig(ctx.cwd, result.config),
...describeModelConfig(ctx.cwd, routing),
].join("\n"),
"info",
);
if (result.type === "save-profile") updateCurrentProfileFromSavedRouting(ctx, pi);
if (result.type === "save-profile") updateCurrentProfileFromSavedRouting(ctx, result.config[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY]);
}

/** The profile `u` in `/gentle:models` writes to, and why it is that one. */
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3812,11 +3842,10 @@ function describeCurrentProfileTarget(target: CurrentProfileTarget | undefined):

/**
* The second half of `u` captures saved global agent routing (never the pin)
* and the live session orchestrator. Without a live model it falls back to
* persisted settings. The global save has already been reported, so every
* outcome here speaks only about the profile.
* and the explicit panel choice, including key absence. The global save has
* already been reported, so every outcome here speaks only about the profile.
*/
function updateCurrentProfileFromSavedRouting(ctx: ExtensionContext, pi: ExtensionAPI): void {
function updateCurrentProfileFromSavedRouting(ctx: ExtensionContext, orchestrator: AgentRoutingEntry | undefined): void {
const path = profilesFilePath(gentleAiConfigHome());
const read = readProfilesFileResult(path);
if (read.status === "invalid") {
Expand All @@ -3826,16 +3855,9 @@ function updateCurrentProfileFromSavedRouting(ctx: ExtensionContext, pi: Extensi
);
return;
}
const snapshot = profileSnapshotFrom(
readGlobalEffectiveModelConfig(ctx.cwd),
readOrchestratorSettings(orchestratorSettingsPath()),
);
if (ctx.model) {
snapshot[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY] = {
model: `${ctx.model.provider}/${ctx.model.id}`,
thinking: pi.getThinkingLevel(),
};
}
const snapshot = cloneModelConfig(readGlobalEffectiveModelConfig(ctx.cwd));
delete snapshot[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY];
if (orchestrator?.model) snapshot[PROFILE_ORCHESTRATOR_KEY] = { ...orchestrator };
if (read.status === "missing") {
// The same seed `/gentle:profiles` performs on its first open, so pressing
// `u` before ever opening that panel lands on the same "current" profile.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -10585,7 +10607,7 @@ function createGentleAiExtensionForTesting(
}

pi.registerCommand("gentle:models", {
description: "Configure global per-agent models for el Gentleman.",
description: "Configure global agent models and choose a profile orchestrator.",
handler: async (_args, ctx) => {
await handleModelsCommand(ctx, pi);
},
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