agent.ts
utils/model/agent.ts
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AGENT_MODEL_OPTIONSAgentModelAliasAgentModelOptiongetDefaultSubagentModelgetAgentModelgetAgentModelDisplaygetAgentModelOptions
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modelinheritparentopusparentmodelpermissionmodeprefixaliassonnethaiku
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../permissions/PermissionMode.js../stringUtils.js./aliases.js./bedrock.js./model.js./providers.js
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import type { PermissionMode } from '../permissions/PermissionMode.js'
import { capitalize } from '../stringUtils.js'
import { MODEL_ALIASES, type ModelAlias } from './aliases.js'
import { applyBedrockRegionPrefix, getBedrockRegionPrefix } from './bedrock.js'
import {
getCanonicalName,
getRuntimeMainLoopModel,
parseUserSpecifiedModel,
} from './model.js'
import { getAPIProvider } from './providers.js'
export const AGENT_MODEL_OPTIONS = [...MODEL_ALIASES, 'inherit'] as const
export type AgentModelAlias = (typeof AGENT_MODEL_OPTIONS)[number]
export type AgentModelOption = {
value: AgentModelAlias
label: string
description: string
}
/**
* Get the default subagent model. Returns 'inherit' so subagents inherit
* the model from the parent thread.
*/
export function getDefaultSubagentModel(): string {
return 'inherit'
}
/**
* Get the effective model string for an agent.
*
* For Bedrock, if the parent model uses a cross-region inference prefix (e.g., "eu.", "us."),
* that prefix is inherited by subagents using alias models (e.g., "sonnet", "haiku", "opus").
* This ensures subagents use the same region as the parent, which is necessary when
* IAM permissions are scoped to specific cross-region inference profiles.
*/
export function getAgentModel(
agentModel: string | undefined,
parentModel: string,
toolSpecifiedModel?: ModelAlias,
permissionMode?: PermissionMode,
): string {
if (process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL) {
return parseUserSpecifiedModel(process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL)
}
// Extract Bedrock region prefix from parent model to inherit for subagents.
// This ensures subagents use the same cross-region inference profile (e.g., "eu.", "us.")
// as the parent, which is required when IAM permissions only allow specific regions.
const parentRegionPrefix = getBedrockRegionPrefix(parentModel)
// Helper to apply parent region prefix for Bedrock models.
// `originalSpec` is the raw model string before resolution (alias or full ID).
// If the user explicitly specified a full model ID that already carries its own
// region prefix (e.g., "eu.anthropic.…"), we preserve it instead of overwriting
// with the parent's prefix. This prevents silent data-residency violations when
// an agent config intentionally pins to a different region than the parent.
const applyParentRegionPrefix = (
resolvedModel: string,
originalSpec: string,
): string => {
if (parentRegionPrefix && getAPIProvider() === 'bedrock') {
if (getBedrockRegionPrefix(originalSpec)) return resolvedModel
return applyBedrockRegionPrefix(resolvedModel, parentRegionPrefix)
}
return resolvedModel
}
// Prioritize tool-specified model if provided
if (toolSpecifiedModel) {
if (aliasMatchesParentTier(toolSpecifiedModel, parentModel)) {
return parentModel
}
const model = parseUserSpecifiedModel(toolSpecifiedModel)
return applyParentRegionPrefix(model, toolSpecifiedModel)
}
const agentModelWithExp = agentModel ?? getDefaultSubagentModel()
if (agentModelWithExp === 'inherit') {
// Apply runtime model resolution for inherit to get the effective model
// This ensures agents using 'inherit' get opusplan→Opus resolution in plan mode
return getRuntimeMainLoopModel({
permissionMode: permissionMode ?? 'default',
mainLoopModel: parentModel,
exceeds200kTokens: false,
})
}
if (aliasMatchesParentTier(agentModelWithExp, parentModel)) {
return parentModel
}
const model = parseUserSpecifiedModel(agentModelWithExp)
return applyParentRegionPrefix(model, agentModelWithExp)
}
/**
* Check if a bare family alias (opus/sonnet/haiku) matches the parent model's
* tier. When it does, the subagent inherits the parent's exact model string
* instead of resolving the alias to a provider default.
*
* Prevents surprising downgrades: a Vertex user on Opus 4.6 (via /model) who
* spawns a subagent with `model: opus` should get Opus 4.6, not whatever
* getDefaultOpusModel() returns for 3P.
* See https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/30815.
*
* Only bare family aliases match. `opus[1m]`, `best`, `opusplan` fall through
* since they carry semantics beyond "same tier as parent".
*/
function aliasMatchesParentTier(alias: string, parentModel: string): boolean {
const canonical = getCanonicalName(parentModel)
switch (alias.toLowerCase()) {
case 'opus':
return canonical.includes('opus')
case 'sonnet':
return canonical.includes('sonnet')
case 'haiku':
return canonical.includes('haiku')
default:
return false
}
}
export function getAgentModelDisplay(model: string | undefined): string {
// When model is omitted, getDefaultSubagentModel() returns 'inherit' at runtime
if (!model) return 'Inherit from parent (default)'
if (model === 'inherit') return 'Inherit from parent'
return capitalize(model)
}
/**
* Get available model options for agents
*/
export function getAgentModelOptions(): AgentModelOption[] {
return [
{
value: 'sonnet',
label: 'Sonnet',
description: 'Balanced performance - best for most agents',
},
{
value: 'opus',
label: 'Opus',
description: 'Most capable for complex reasoning tasks',
},
{
value: 'haiku',
label: 'Haiku',
description: 'Fast and efficient for simple tasks',
},
{
value: 'inherit',
label: 'Inherit from parent',
description: 'Use the same model as the main conversation',
},
]
}