* feat: add Claude Opus 4.6 to built-in model catalog
- Update default model from claude-opus-4-5 to claude-opus-4-6
- Add opus-4.6 model ID normalization
- Add claude-opus-4-6 to live model filter prefixes
- Update image tool to prefer claude-opus-4-6 for vision
- Add CLI backend alias for opus-4.6
- Update onboard auth default selections to include opus-4.6
- Update model picker placeholder
Closes#9811
* test: update tests for claude-opus-4-6 default
- Fix model-alias-defaults test to use claude-opus-4-6
- Fix image-tool test to expect claude-opus-4-6 in fallbacks
* feat: support claude-opus-4-6
* docs: update changelog for opus 4.6 (#9853) (thanks @TinyTb)
* chore: bump pi to 0.52.0
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Co-authored-by: Slurpy <slurpy@openclaw.ai>
Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
When the primary model supports vision natively (e.g., Claude Opus 4.5),
skip the image understanding call entirely. The image will be injected
directly into the model context instead, saving an API call and avoiding
redundant descriptions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
