diff --git a/src/agents/model-catalog-scope.ts b/src/agents/model-catalog-scope.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1c57f9e552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agents/model-catalog-scope.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import { findNormalizedProviderValue, normalizeProviderId } from "./provider-id.js";
+
+function dedupeCatalogScopeRefs(values: Array<string | undefined>): string[] {
+  const refs = new Set<string>();
+  for (const value of values) {
+    const trimmed = value?.trim();
+    if (trimmed) {
+      refs.add(trimmed);
+    }
+  }
+  return [...refs];
+}
+
+function providerFromModelRef(value: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+  const trimmed = value?.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const slash = trimmed.indexOf("/");
+  if (slash <= 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const provider = normalizeProviderId(trimmed.slice(0, slash));
+  return provider || undefined;
+}
+
+export function resolveModelCatalogScope(params: {
+  cfg?: OpenClawConfig;
+  provider: string;
+  model: string;
+}): { providerRefs: string[]; modelRefs: string[] } {
+  const provider = params.provider.trim();
+  const model = params.model.trim();
+  const providerConfig = findNormalizedProviderValue(params.cfg?.models?.providers, provider);
+  return {
+    providerRefs: dedupeCatalogScopeRefs([provider, providerConfig?.api]),
+    modelRefs: dedupeCatalogScopeRefs([provider && model ? `${provider}/${model}` : model, model]),
+  };
+}
+
+export function resolveProviderDiscoveryProviderIdsForCatalogScope(params: {
+  providerRefs?: readonly string[];
+  modelRefs?: readonly string[];
+}): string[] | undefined {
+  const providerIds = dedupeCatalogScopeRefs([
+    ...(params.providerRefs ?? []),
+    ...(params.modelRefs ?? []).map(providerFromModelRef),
+  ]);
+  return providerIds.length > 0 ? providerIds : undefined;
+}
diff --git a/src/config/model-refs.ts b/src/config/model-refs.ts
index d4e0c7e266e..ffdaa4cd66b 100644
--- a/src/config/model-refs.ts
+++ b/src/config/model-refs.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { normalizeProviderId } from "../agents/provider-id.js";
 import { isRecord } from "../utils.js";
 
 export type ConfiguredModelRef = {
@@ -115,3 +116,19 @@ export function collectConfiguredModelRefs(
   );
   return refs;
 }
+
+export function collectConfiguredModelRefValues(
+  config: unknown,
+  options?: { includeChannelModelOverrides?: boolean },
+): string[] {
+  return collectConfiguredModelRefs(config, options).map((ref) => ref.value);
+}
+
+export function extractProviderFromModelRef(value: string): string | null {
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  const slash = trimmed.indexOf("/");
+  if (slash <= 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return normalizeProviderId(trimmed.slice(0, slash));
+}