Category delegation fails when provider-models.json contains model objects
with metadata (id, provider, context, output) instead of plain strings.
Line 196 in model-availability.ts assumes string[] format, causing:
- Object concatenation: `${providerId}/${modelId}` becomes "ollama/[object Object]"
- Empty availableModels Set passed to resolveModelPipeline()
- Error: "Model not configured for category"
This is the root cause of issue #1508 where delegate_task(category='quick')
fails despite direct agent routing (delegate_task(subagent_type='explore'))
working correctly.
Changes:
- model-availability.ts: Add type check to handle both string and object formats
- connected-providers-cache.ts: Update ProviderModelsCache interface to accept both formats
- model-availability.test.ts: Add 4 test cases for object[] format handling
Direct agent routing bypasses fetchAvailableModels() entirely, explaining why
it works while category routing fails. This fix enables category delegation
to work with manually-populated Ollama model caches.
Fixes#1508
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