Typed into the conversation view, /model was forwarded to the session's
stdin as message text — the CLI's interactive picker only exists in its
own TUI, so nothing happened. clide now owns it like /clear//resume//fork
(T-156).
/model <name> sends a set_model control_request (verified against
claude 2.1.175: subtype accepted alongside set_permission_mode;
"default" resets to the CLI's configured model) with an optimistic
status merge, rolled back with a toast if the CLI rejects the name.
Bare /model swaps a picker card into the interaction zone (D-78) —
numbers / arrows + Enter / Esc, mirroring the prompt card's shortcuts.
The model list comes from the `initialize` handshake response, which
the session now always sends — the spike verified it is side-effect-
free, and it previously went out only when MCP servers were hosted.
Until the response lands the picker falls back to the stable aliases.
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