features/actor_v3_route_synthesis.feature

@@ -108,3 +108,26 @@ Feature: v3 actor config parser synthesises execution routes
     When I build the v3 graph config through ReactiveConfigParser
     Then the reactive config routes should not be empty
     And the reactive config should have exactly one route
+
+  # --- Fix: _build_from_v3 respects explicit provider field (issue #10926) ---
+
+  @tdd_issue @tdd_issue_10926
+  Scenario: v3 actor with explicit provider field uses it without inference
+    Given a flat v3 LLM actor config with explicit provider and model without slash
+    When I build the flat v3 config through ReactiveConfigParser
+    Then the agent config should have provider "anthropic"
+    And the agent config should have model "claude-sonnet-4-20250514"
+
+  @tdd_issue @tdd_issue_10926
+  Scenario: v3 actor without explicit provider falls back to inference from model with slash
+    Given a flat v3 LLM actor config with model containing slash and no explicit provider
+    When I build the flat v3 config through ReactiveConfigParser
+    Then the agent config should have provider "openrouter"
+    And the agent config should have model "openrouter/anthropic-claude-sonnet"
+
+  @tdd_issue @tdd_issue_10926
+  Scenario: v3 actor with model without slash and no explicit provider gets custom provider
+    Given a flat v3 LLM actor config with model without slash and no explicit provider
+    When I build the flat v3 config through ReactiveConfigParser
+    Then the agent config should have provider "custom"
+    And the agent config should have model "gpt-4-turbo"

features/builtin_actor_v3_yaml.feature

@@ -31,3 +31,26 @@ Feature: Built-in actors work with v3 YAML format
     When built-in actors are ensured
     Then the generated yaml_text should be valid v3 ActorConfigSchema
     And the yaml_text should parse without errors
+
+  @tdd_issue @tdd_issue_10926
+  Scenario: Built-in actor YAML uses bare model identifier without provider prefix
+    Given a configured provider registry with anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514
+    When built-in actors are ensured
+    Then the anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514 actor should have yaml_text
+    And the yaml_text should contain "model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514"
+    And the yaml_text should not contain "model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514"
+
+  @tdd_issue @tdd_issue_10926
+  Scenario: Built-in actor YAML has lowercase provider field
+    Given a configured provider registry with Anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514
+    When built-in actors are ensured
+    Then the yaml_text should contain "provider: anthropic"
+    And the yaml_text should not contain "provider: Anthropic"
+
+  @tdd_issue @tdd_issue_10926
+  Scenario: Built-in actor YAML for model without slash has separate provider and model fields
+    Given a configured provider registry with anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514
+    When built-in actors are ensured
+    Then the generated yaml_text should be valid v3 ActorConfigSchema
+    And the yaml_text should contain "provider: anthropic"
+    And the yaml_text should contain "model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514"

features/steps/actor_v3_route_synthesis_steps.py

@@ -451,3 +451,45 @@ def step_agent_config_no_provider(context: Any) -> None:
     assert "provider" not in agent.config, (
         f"Expected no provider key in config, but found: '{agent.config.get('provider')}'"
     )
+
+
+# ── Fix: explicit provider field (issue #10926) ──────────────────────────
+
+
+@given("a flat v3 LLM actor config with explicit provider and model without slash")
+def step_flat_v3_explicit_provider_no_slash(context: Any) -> None:
+    """v3 LLM actor with explicit ``provider`` and a model that lacks a ``/``."""
+    context.v3_route_config = {
+        "name": "local/test-anthropic-bare",
+        "type": "llm",
+        "description": "Anthropic actor with bare model identifier",
+        "provider": "anthropic",
+        "model": "claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
+        "system_prompt": "You are helpful",
+    }
+
+
+@given(
+    "a flat v3 LLM actor config with model containing slash and no explicit provider"
+)
+def step_flat_v3_model_with_slash_no_provider(context: Any) -> None:
+    """v3 LLM actor with no ``provider`` field; provider inferred from model slash."""
+    context.v3_route_config = {
+        "name": "local/test-openrouter",
+        "type": "llm",
+        "description": "OpenRouter actor inferred from model slash",
+        "model": "openrouter/anthropic-claude-sonnet",
+        "system_prompt": "You are helpful",
+    }
+
+
+@given("a flat v3 LLM actor config with model without slash and no explicit provider")
+def step_flat_v3_model_no_slash_no_provider(context: Any) -> None:
+    """v3 LLM actor with no ``provider`` and model has no ``/``; should get custom."""
+    context.v3_route_config = {
+        "name": "local/test-custom",
+        "type": "llm",
+        "description": "Custom actor with bare model and no explicit provider",
+        "model": "gpt-4-turbo",
+        "system_prompt": "You are helpful",
+    }

features/steps/builtin_actor_v3_yaml_steps.py

@@ -112,6 +112,17 @@ def step_yaml_text_contains(context: Context, expected_text: str) -> None:
     )
 
 
+@then('the yaml_text should not contain "{unexpected_text}"')
+def step_yaml_text_not_contains(context: Context, unexpected_text: str) -> None:
+    """Verify the yaml_text does not contain the given substring."""
+    actor = getattr(context, "current_actor", None)
+    assert actor is not None, "No current actor set"
+    assert actor.yaml_text is not None, "Actor has no yaml_text"
+    assert unexpected_text not in actor.yaml_text, (
+        f"Expected '{unexpected_text}' NOT to be in yaml_text, but found it in: {actor.yaml_text}"
+    )
+
+
 @then('the {actor_name} actor yaml_text should contain "{expected_text}"')
 def step_specific_actor_yaml_contains(
     context: Context, actor_name: str, expected_text: str

features/steps/tdd_actor_run_response_steps.py

@@ -49,9 +49,25 @@ def step_run_actor_run_with_builtin(context: Any, prompt: str) -> None:
     context.runner = CliRunner()
 
     def run_with_mocks():
-        with patch(
-            "cleveragents.providers.registry.ProviderRegistry.create_llm",
-            return_value=context.mock_llm,
+        # Build a mock container that returns the stub actor registry.
+        # This is needed because the CLI's resolve_config_files() calls
+        # get_container().actor_registry().get(name) — without this patch,
+        # it hits the real DI container which has no actors in CI.
+        mock_container = MagicMock()
+        mock_actor_registry = MagicMock()
+        mock_actor = context.actor_service.actors[actor_name]
+        mock_actor_registry.get.return_value = mock_actor
+        mock_container.actor_registry.return_value = mock_actor_registry
+
+        with (
+            patch(
+                "cleveragents.cli.commands._resolve_actor.get_container",
+                return_value=mock_container,
+            ),
+            patch(
+                "cleveragents.providers.registry.ProviderRegistry.create_llm",
+                return_value=context.mock_llm,
+            ),
         ):
             return context.runner.invoke(
                 actor_app,

features/tdd_actor_run_response.feature

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@tdd_issue @tdd_issue_10861 @tdd_expected_fail
+@tdd_issue @tdd_issue_10861
 Feature: TDD Issue #10862 — agents actor run returns no useful response
   As a user who invokes `agents actor run` with a built-in LLM actor
   I want to receive the LLM's response

src/cleveragents/actor/registry.py

@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ class ActorRegistry:
         yaml_dict: dict[str, Any] = {
             "name": self._actor_name(provider, model),
             "type": "llm",
-            "model": f"{provider}/{model}",
+            "model": model,
             "description": (
                 f"Built-in actor from provider registry ({provider}/{model})"
             ),
-            "provider": provider,
+            "provider": provider.lower(),
             "capabilities": (asdict(capabilities) if capabilities else None),
             "unsafe": False,
             "source": "provider-registry",

src/cleveragents/reactive/config_parser.py

@@ -302,8 +302,17 @@ class ReactiveConfigParser:
                 f"non-empty 'model' field."
             )
 
-        # Infer provider from model string (m11: shared utility).
-        provider = infer_provider_from_model(model)
+        # m11: Resolve provider per spec resolution order (step 2):
+        # check explicit top-level ``provider`` field before falling back
+        # to inference from the model string.  This fixes issue #10926
+        # where models without a ``/`` separator (e.g. Anthropic's bare
+        # model IDs) would otherwise be inferred as ``"custom"``, causing
+        # an ``Unknown provider type: custom`` error at runtime.
+        explicit_provider = data.get("provider")
+        if explicit_provider and isinstance(explicit_provider, str):
+            provider = explicit_provider
+        else:
+            provider = infer_provider_from_model(model)
 
         # Collect v3 metadata for runtime attachment.
         # m12: validate element types for skills list.