fix: gate image tool and deepgram audio payload

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 - WhatsApp: scope self-chat response prefix; inject pending-only group history and clear after any processed message.
 - WhatsApp: include `linked` field in `describeAccount`.
 - Agents: drop unsigned Gemini tool calls and avoid JSON Schema `format` keyword collisions.
+- Agents: hide the image tool when the primary model already supports images.
 - Agents: avoid duplicate sends by replying with `NO_REPLY` after `message` tool sends.
 - Auth: inherit/merge sub-agent auth profiles from the main agent.
 - Gateway: resolve local auth for security probe and validate gateway token/password file modes. (#1011, #1022) — thanks @ivanrvpereira, @kkarimi.

src/agents/tools/image-tool.test.ts

@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ describe("image tool implicit imageModel config", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("disables image tool when primary model already supports images", async () => {
+    const agentDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "clawdbot-image-"));
+    const cfg: ClawdbotConfig = {
+      agents: {
+        defaults: {
+          model: { primary: "acme/vision-1" },
+          imageModel: { primary: "openai/gpt-5-mini" },
+        },
+      },
+      models: {
+        providers: {
+          acme: {
+            models: [{ id: "vision-1", input: ["text", "image"] }],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    expect(resolveImageModelConfigForTool({ cfg, agentDir })).toBeNull();
+    expect(createImageTool({ config: cfg, agentDir })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("sandboxes image paths like the read tool", async () => {
     const stateDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "clawdbot-image-sandbox-"));
     const agentDir = path.join(stateDir, "agent");

src/agents/tools/image-tool.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import fsSync from "node:fs";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_MODEL, DEFAULT_PROVIDER } from "../defaults.js";
 import { minimaxUnderstandImage } from "../minimax-vlm.js";
 import { getApiKeyForModel, resolveEnvApiKey } from "../model-auth.js";
 import { runWithImageModelFallback } from "../model-fallback.js";
-import { parseModelRef } from "../model-selection.js";
+import { normalizeProviderId, resolveConfiguredModelRef } from "../model-selection.js";
 import { ensureClawdbotModelsJson } from "../models-config.js";
 import { assertSandboxPath } from "../sandbox-paths.js";
 import type { AnyAgentTool } from "./common.js";
@@ -42,12 +43,15 @@ function resolveDefaultModelRef(cfg?: ClawdbotConfig): {
   provider: string;
   model: string;
 } {
-  const modelConfig = cfg?.agents?.defaults?.model as { primary?: string } | string | undefined;
+  if (cfg) {
-  const raw = typeof modelConfig === "string" ? modelConfig.trim() : modelConfig?.primary?.trim();
+    const resolved = resolveConfiguredModelRef({
-  const parsed =
+      cfg,
-    parseModelRef(raw ?? "", DEFAULT_PROVIDER) ??
+      defaultProvider: DEFAULT_PROVIDER,
-    ({ provider: DEFAULT_PROVIDER, model: DEFAULT_MODEL } as const);
+      defaultModel: DEFAULT_MODEL,
-  return { provider: parsed.provider, model: parsed.model };
+    });
+    return { provider: resolved.provider, model: resolved.model };
+  }
+  return { provider: DEFAULT_PROVIDER, model: DEFAULT_MODEL };
 }
 
 function hasAuthForProvider(params: { provider: string; agentDir: string }): boolean {
@@ -58,6 +62,77 @@ function hasAuthForProvider(params: { provider: string; agentDir: string }): boo
   return listProfilesForProvider(store, params.provider).length > 0;
 }
 
+type ProviderModelEntry = {
+  id?: string;
+  input?: string[];
+};
+
+type ProviderConfigLike = {
+  models?: ProviderModelEntry[];
+};
+
+function resolveProviderConfig(
+  providers: Record<string, ProviderConfigLike> | undefined,
+  provider: string,
+): ProviderConfigLike | null {
+  if (!providers) return null;
+  const normalized = normalizeProviderId(provider);
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(providers)) {
+    if (normalizeProviderId(key) === normalized) return value;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function resolveModelSupportsImages(params: {
+  providerConfig: ProviderConfigLike | null;
+  modelId: string;
+}): boolean | null {
+  const models = params.providerConfig?.models;
+  if (!Array.isArray(models) || models.length === 0) return null;
+  const trimmedId = params.modelId.trim();
+  if (!trimmedId) return null;
+  const match =
+    models.find((model) => String(model?.id ?? "").trim() === trimmedId) ??
+    models.find(
+      (model) =>
+        String(model?.id ?? "")
+          .trim()
+          .toLowerCase() === trimmedId.toLowerCase(),
+    );
+  if (!match) return null;
+  const input = Array.isArray(match.input) ? match.input : [];
+  return input.includes("image");
+}
+
+function resolvePrimaryModelSupportsImages(params: {
+  cfg?: ClawdbotConfig;
+  agentDir: string;
+}): boolean | null {
+  if (!params.cfg) return null;
+  const primary = resolveDefaultModelRef(params.cfg);
+  const providerConfig = resolveProviderConfig(
+    params.cfg.models?.providers as Record<string, ProviderConfigLike> | undefined,
+    primary.provider,
+  );
+  const fromConfig = resolveModelSupportsImages({
+    providerConfig,
+    modelId: primary.model,
+  });
+  if (fromConfig !== null) return fromConfig;
+  try {
+    const modelsPath = path.join(params.agentDir, "models.json");
+    const raw = fsSync.readFileSync(modelsPath, "utf8");
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as { providers?: Record<string, ProviderConfigLike> };
+    const provider = resolveProviderConfig(parsed.providers, primary.provider);
+    return resolveModelSupportsImages({
+      providerConfig: provider,
+      modelId: primary.model,
+    });
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Resolve the effective image model config for the `image` tool.
  *
@@ -70,6 +145,11 @@ export function resolveImageModelConfigForTool(params: {
   cfg?: ClawdbotConfig;
   agentDir: string;
 }): ImageModelConfig | null {
+  const primarySupportsImages = resolvePrimaryModelSupportsImages({
+    cfg: params.cfg,
+    agentDir: params.agentDir,
+  });
+  if (primarySupportsImages === true) return null;
   const explicit = coerceImageModelConfig(params.cfg);
   if (explicit.primary?.trim() || (explicit.fallbacks?.length ?? 0) > 0) {
     return explicit;

src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.supports-fuzzy-model-matches-model-directive.test.ts

@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@ describe("directive behavior", () => {
       const storePath = path.join(home, "sessions.json");
 
       await getReplyFromConfig(
-        { Body: "/model kimi-k2-0905-preview", From: "+1222", To: "+1222", CommandAuthorized: true },
+        {
+          Body: "/model kimi-k2-0905-preview",
+          From: "+1222",
+          To: "+1222",
+          CommandAuthorized: true,
+        },
         {},
         {
           agents: {

src/gateway/ws-log.ts

@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ export function formatForLog(value: unknown): string {
         : JSON.stringify(value);
     if (!str) return "";
     const redacted = redactSensitiveText(str, WS_LOG_REDACT_OPTIONS);
-    return redacted.length > LOG_VALUE_LIMIT ? `${redacted.slice(0, LOG_VALUE_LIMIT)}...` : redacted;
+    return redacted.length > LOG_VALUE_LIMIT
+      ? `${redacted.slice(0, LOG_VALUE_LIMIT)}...`
+      : redacted;
   } catch {
     return String(value);
   }

src/media-understanding/providers/deepgram/audio.live.test.ts

@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ async function fetchSampleBuffer(url: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise<Buffer
 }
 
 describeLive("deepgram live", () => {
-  it(
+  it("transcribes sample audio", async () => {
-    "transcribes sample audio",
-    async () => {
     const buffer = await fetchSampleBuffer(SAMPLE_URL, 15000);
     const result = await transcribeDeepgramAudio({
       buffer,
@@ -45,7 +43,5 @@ describeLive("deepgram live", () => {
       timeoutMs: 20000,
     });
     expect(result.text.trim().length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    },
+  }, 30000);
-    30000,
-  );
 });

src/media-understanding/providers/deepgram/audio.test.ts

@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ describe("transcribeDeepgramAudio", () => {
     expect(headers.get("authorization")).toBe("Token test-key");
     expect(headers.get("x-custom")).toBe("1");
     expect(headers.get("content-type")).toBe("audio/wav");
-    expect(Buffer.isBuffer(seenInit?.body)).toBe(true);
+    expect(seenInit?.body).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array);
   });
 });

src/media-understanding/runner.ts

@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ async function runProviderEntry(params: {
     const providerConfig = cfg.models?.providers?.[providerId];
     const baseUrl = entry.baseUrl ?? params.config?.baseUrl ?? providerConfig?.baseUrl;
     const mergedHeaders = {
-      ...(providerConfig?.headers ?? {}),
+      ...providerConfig?.headers,
-      ...(params.config?.headers ?? {}),
+      ...params.config?.headers,
-      ...(entry.headers ?? {}),
+      ...entry.headers,
     };
     const headers = Object.keys(mergedHeaders).length > 0 ? mergedHeaders : undefined;
     const providerQuery = resolveProviderQuery({

src/web/auto-reply/monitor/process-message.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ import {
 import { dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher } from "../../../auto-reply/reply/provider-dispatcher.js";
 import type { getReplyFromConfig } from "../../../auto-reply/reply.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../../auto-reply/types.js";
-import { hasInlineCommandTokens, isControlCommandMessage } from "../../../auto-reply/command-detection.js";
+import {
+  hasInlineCommandTokens,
+  isControlCommandMessage,
+} from "../../../auto-reply/command-detection.js";
 import { finalizeInboundContext } from "../../../auto-reply/reply/inbound-context.js";
 import { toLocationContext } from "../../../channels/location.js";
 import type { loadConfig } from "../../../config/config.js";