diff --git a/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/index.ts b/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/index.ts
index 6844391c..2688a0f2 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/index.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 export const type = "opencode_local";
 export const label = "OpenCode (local)";
-export const DEFAULT_OPENCODE_LOCAL_MODEL = "openai/gpt-5.3-codex";
+export const DEFAULT_OPENCODE_LOCAL_MODEL = "openai/gpt-5.2-codex";
 
 export const models = [
   { id: DEFAULT_OPENCODE_LOCAL_MODEL, label: DEFAULT_OPENCODE_LOCAL_MODEL },
-  { id: "openai/gpt-5.3-codex-spark", label: "openai/gpt-5.3-codex-spark" },
-  { id: "openai/gpt-5.2-codex", label: "openai/gpt-5.2-codex" },
-  { id: "openai/gpt-5.1-codex", label: "openai/gpt-5.1-codex" },
-  { id: "openai/gpt-5-codex", label: "openai/gpt-5-codex" },
-  { id: "openai/codex-mini-latest", label: "openai/codex-mini-latest" },
-  { id: "openai/gpt-5", label: "openai/gpt-5" },
-  { id: "openai/o3", label: "openai/o3" },
-  { id: "openai/o4-mini", label: "openai/o4-mini" },
+  { id: "openai/gpt-5.2", label: "openai/gpt-5.2" },
+  { id: "openai/gpt-5.1-codex-max", label: "openai/gpt-5.1-codex-max" },
+  { id: "openai/gpt-5.1-codex-mini", label: "openai/gpt-5.1-codex-mini" },
 ];
 
 export const agentConfigurationDoc = `# opencode_local agent configuration
@@ -31,7 +26,7 @@ Don't use when:
 Core fields:
 - cwd (string, optional): default absolute working directory fallback for the agent process (created if missing when possible)
 - instructionsFilePath (string, optional): absolute path to a markdown instructions file prepended to the run prompt
-- model (string, optional): OpenCode model id in provider/model format (for example openai/gpt-5.3-codex)
+- model (string, optional): OpenCode model id in provider/model format (for example openai/gpt-5.2-codex)
 - variant (string, optional): provider-specific reasoning/profile variant passed as --variant
 - promptTemplate (string, optional): run prompt template
 - command (string, optional): defaults to "opencode"
diff --git a/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts
index 2bb5437e..d0070dca 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -59,28 +59,58 @@ function resolveProviderFromModel(model: string): string | null {
   return trimmed.slice(0, slash).toLowerCase();
 }
 
-function resolveProviderCredentialKey(provider: string | null): string | null {
-  if (!provider) return null;
-  switch (provider) {
-    case "openai":
-      return "OPENAI_API_KEY";
-    case "anthropic":
-      return "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY";
-    case "openrouter":
-      return "OPENROUTER_API_KEY";
-    case "google":
-    case "gemini":
-      return "GEMINI_API_KEY";
-    default:
-      return null;
-  }
-}
-
 function isProviderModelNotFoundFailure(stdout: string, stderr: string): boolean {
   const haystack = `${stdout}\n${stderr}`;
   return /ProviderModelNotFoundError|provider model not found/i.test(haystack);
 }
 
+type ProviderModelNotFoundDetails = {
+  providerId: string | null;
+  modelId: string | null;
+  suggestions: string[];
+};
+
+function parseProviderModelNotFoundDetails(
+  stdout: string,
+  stderr: string,
+): ProviderModelNotFoundDetails | null {
+  if (!isProviderModelNotFoundFailure(stdout, stderr)) return null;
+  const haystack = `${stdout}\n${stderr}`;
+
+  const providerMatch = haystack.match(/providerID:\s*"([^"]+)"/i);
+  const modelMatch = haystack.match(/modelID:\s*"([^"]+)"/i);
+  const suggestionsMatch = haystack.match(/suggestions:\s*\[([^\]]*)\]/i);
+  const suggestions = suggestionsMatch
+    ? Array.from(
+        suggestionsMatch[1].matchAll(/"([^"]+)"/g),
+        (match) => match[1].trim(),
+      ).filter((value) => value.length > 0)
+    : [];
+
+  return {
+    providerId: providerMatch?.[1]?.trim().toLowerCase() || null,
+    modelId: modelMatch?.[1]?.trim() || null,
+    suggestions,
+  };
+}
+
+function formatModelNotFoundError(
+  model: string,
+  providerFromModel: string | null,
+  details: ProviderModelNotFoundDetails | null,
+): string {
+  const provider = details?.providerId || providerFromModel || "unknown";
+  const missingModel = details?.modelId || model;
+  const suggestions = details?.suggestions ?? [];
+  const suggestionText =
+    suggestions.length > 0 ? ` Suggested models: ${suggestions.map((value) => `\`${value}\``).join(", ")}.` : "";
+  return (
+    `OpenCode model \`${missingModel}\` is unavailable for provider \`${provider}\`.` +
+    ` Run \`opencode models ${provider}\` and set adapterConfig.model to a supported value.` +
+    suggestionText
+  );
+}
+
 function claudeSkillsHome(): string {
   return path.join(os.homedir(), ".claude", "skills");
 }
@@ -372,13 +402,9 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
       : null;
     const parsedError = typeof attempt.parsed.errorMessage === "string" ? attempt.parsed.errorMessage.trim() : "";
     const stderrLine = firstNonEmptyLine(attempt.proc.stderr);
-    const providerCredentialKey = resolveProviderCredentialKey(providerFromModel);
-    const missingProviderCredential =
-      providerCredentialKey !== null &&
-      !hasEffectiveEnvValue(env, providerCredentialKey) &&
-      isProviderModelNotFoundFailure(attempt.proc.stdout, attempt.proc.stderr);
-    const fallbackErrorMessage = missingProviderCredential
-      ? `OpenCode provider "${providerFromModel}" is not configured. Set ${providerCredentialKey} or authenticate with \`opencode auth login\`.`
+    const modelNotFound = parseProviderModelNotFoundDetails(attempt.proc.stdout, attempt.proc.stderr);
+    const fallbackErrorMessage = modelNotFound
+      ? formatModelNotFoundError(model, providerFromModel, modelNotFound)
       : parsedError ||
         stderrLine ||
         `OpenCode exited with code ${attempt.proc.exitCode ?? -1}`;
diff --git a/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/test.ts b/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/test.ts
index f765ffb2..99c0606e 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/test.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/opencode-local/src/server/test.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ function summarizeProbeDetail(stdout: string, stderr: string, parsedError: strin
 }
 
 const OPENCODE_AUTH_REQUIRED_RE =
-  /(?:not\s+authenticated|authentication\s+required|unauthorized|forbidden|api(?:[_\s-]?key)?(?:\s+is)?\s+required|missing\s+api(?:[_\s-]?key)?|openai[_\s-]?api[_\s-]?key|provider\s+credentials|provider\s+model\s+not\s+found|ProviderModelNotFoundError|login\s+required)/i;
+  /(?:not\s+authenticated|authentication\s+required|unauthorized|forbidden|api(?:[_\s-]?key)?(?:\s+is)?\s+required|missing\s+api(?:[_\s-]?key)?|openai[_\s-]?api[_\s-]?key|provider\s+credentials|login\s+required)/i;
+const OPENCODE_MODEL_NOT_FOUND_RE = /ProviderModelNotFoundError|provider\s+model\s+not\s+found/i;
 
 export async function testEnvironment(
   ctx: AdapterEnvironmentTestContext,
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ export async function testEnvironment(
       message: "OPENAI_API_KEY is not set. OpenCode runs may fail until authentication is configured.",
       hint: configDefinesOpenAiKey
         ? "adapterConfig.env defines OPENAI_API_KEY but it is empty. Set a non-empty value or remove the override."
-        : "Set OPENAI_API_KEY in adapter env or shell environment.",
+        : "Set OPENAI_API_KEY in adapter env/shell, or authenticate with `opencode auth login`.",
     });
   }
 
@@ -168,6 +169,12 @@ export async function testEnvironment(
       const parsed = parseOpenCodeJsonl(probe.stdout);
       const detail = summarizeProbeDetail(probe.stdout, probe.stderr, parsed.errorMessage);
       const authEvidence = `${parsed.errorMessage ?? ""}\n${probe.stdout}\n${probe.stderr}`.trim();
+      const modelNotFound = OPENCODE_MODEL_NOT_FOUND_RE.test(authEvidence);
+      const modelProvider = (() => {
+        const slash = model.indexOf("/");
+        if (slash <= 0) return "openai";
+        return model.slice(0, slash).toLowerCase();
+      })();
 
       if (probe.timedOut) {
         checks.push({
@@ -192,6 +199,14 @@ export async function testEnvironment(
                 hint: "Try `opencode run --format json \"Respond with hello\"` manually to inspect full output.",
               }),
         });
+      } else if (modelNotFound) {
+        checks.push({
+          code: "opencode_hello_probe_model_unavailable",
+          level: "warn",
+          message: `OpenCode could not run model \`${model}\`.`,
+          ...(detail ? { detail } : {}),
+          hint: `Run \`opencode models ${modelProvider}\` and set adapterConfig.model to one of the available models.`,
+        });
       } else if (OPENCODE_AUTH_REQUIRED_RE.test(authEvidence)) {
         checks.push({
           code: "opencode_hello_probe_auth_required",
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/opencode-local-adapter-environment.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/opencode-local-adapter-environment.test.ts
index 1a6285ee..c539d771 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/opencode-local-adapter-environment.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/opencode-local-adapter-environment.test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe("opencode_local environment diagnostics", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("classifies ProviderModelNotFoundError probe output as auth-required warning", async () => {
+  it("classifies ProviderModelNotFoundError probe output as model-unavailable warning", async () => {
     const cwd = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-opencode-env-probe-cwd-"));
     const binDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-opencode-env-probe-bin-"));
     const fakeOpencode = path.join(binDir, "opencode");
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ describe("opencode_local environment diagnostics", () => {
         },
       });
 
-      const authCheck = result.checks.find((check) => check.code === "opencode_hello_probe_auth_required");
-      expect(authCheck).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(authCheck?.level).toBe("warn");
+      const modelCheck = result.checks.find((check) => check.code === "opencode_hello_probe_model_unavailable");
+      expect(modelCheck).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(modelCheck?.level).toBe("warn");
       expect(result.status).toBe("warn");
     } finally {
       await fs.rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });