fix(engine): fall back to provider template for unrecognized model IDs

When a configured primary/fallback model isn't found in the registry,
check if the provider has any known models and construct a model
on-the-fly using that provider as a template (mirroring the pi CLI's
buildFallbackModel logic). This lets any valid provider model ID work
(e.g. any OpenRouter model string) without requiring it to be in the
built-in or custom model list. Only throw if the provider itself is
completely unknown.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

packages/engine/src/pi-create-kb-agent.test.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const discoverAndLoadExtensionsMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
 });
 const packageManagerResolveMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ extensions: [] });
 const findMock = vi.fn();
+const getAllMock = vi.fn(() => [] as any[]);
 const registerProviderMock = vi.fn();
 const refreshMock = vi.fn();
 const settingsManagerCreateMock = vi.fn(() => ({ kind: "settings-manager-create" }));
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ vi.mock("@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent", () => ({
     find(provider: string, modelId: string) {
       return findMock(provider, modelId);
     }
+    getAll() {
+      return getAllMock();
+    }
     registerProvider(name: string, config: unknown) {
       return registerProviderMock(name, config);
     }

packages/engine/src/pi.ts

@@ -154,6 +154,17 @@ function resolveConfiguredModel(
     return model;
   }
 
+  // Fall back to constructing a model on-the-fly if the provider is known.
+  // This mirrors the pi CLI's buildFallbackModel behaviour, which accepts any
+  // model ID for a configured provider (e.g. any OpenRouter model string) even
+  // when it isn't in the built-in or custom model list.
+  const providerModels = modelRegistry.getAll().filter((m) => m.provider === provider);
+  if (providerModels.length > 0) {
+    const baseModel = providerModels[0]!;
+    console.log(`[pi] ${kind} model ${provider}/${modelId} not in registry; using provider base model as template`);
+    return { ...baseModel, id: modelId, name: modelId };
+  }
+
   throw new Error(
     `Configured ${kind} model ${provider}/${modelId} was not found in the pi model registry. ` +
     "Open Settings and choose a model from /api/models, or update your pi model configuration.",