feat: enhance role-tier structure for models and update related configurations

index.ts

@@ -23,12 +23,25 @@ const plugin = {
     properties: {
       models: {
         type: "object",
-        description: "Model mapping per developer tier",
+        description: "Model mapping per role and tier",
         properties: {
-          junior: { type: "string" },
+          dev: {
-          medior: { type: "string" },
+            type: "object",
-          senior: { type: "string" },
+            description: "Developer tier models",
-          qa: { type: "string" },
+            properties: {
+              junior: { type: "string" },
+              medior: { type: "string" },
+              senior: { type: "string" },
+            },
+          },
+          qa: {
+            type: "object",
+            description: "QA tier models",
+            properties: {
+              "qa-engineer": { type: "string" },
+              "manual-tester": { type: "string" },
+            },
+          },
         },
       },
       projectExecution: {

lib/dispatch.ts

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export async function dispatchTask(
     transitionLabel, pluginConfig,
   } = opts;
 
-  const model = resolveTierToModel(tier, pluginConfig);
+  const model = resolveTierToModel(tier, pluginConfig, role);
   const worker = getWorker(project, role);
   const existingSessionKey = getSessionForTier(worker, tier);
   const sessionAction = existingSessionKey ? "send" : "spawn";

lib/setup/config.ts

@@ -5,13 +5,30 @@
  */
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
-import type { Tier } from "../tiers.js";
+import { DEV_TIERS, QA_TIERS, type Tier } from "../tiers.js";
 import { HEARTBEAT_DEFAULTS } from "../services/heartbeat.js";
 
 function openclawConfigPath(): string {
   return path.join(process.env.HOME ?? "/home/lauren", ".openclaw", "openclaw.json");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Convert flat tier map to nested role-tier structure.
+ */
+function buildRoleTierModels(models: Record<Tier, string>): { dev: Record<string, string>; qa: Record<string, string> } {
+  const dev: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const qa: Record<string, string> = {};
+
+  for (const tier of DEV_TIERS) {
+    dev[tier] = models[tier];
+  }
+  for (const tier of QA_TIERS) {
+    qa[tier] = models[tier];
+  }
+
+  return { dev, qa };
+}
+
 /**
  * Write DevClaw model tier config and devClawAgentIds to openclaw.json plugins section.
  *
@@ -30,7 +47,7 @@ export async function writePluginConfig(
   const config = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(configPath, "utf-8"));
 
   ensurePluginStructure(config);
-  config.plugins.entries.devclaw.config.models = { ...models };
+  config.plugins.entries.devclaw.config.models = buildRoleTierModels(models);
 
   if (projectExecution) {
     config.plugins.entries.devclaw.config.projectExecution = projectExecution;

lib/tiers.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 export const DEV_TIERS = ["junior", "medior", "senior"] as const;
-export const QA_TIERS = ["qa"] as const;
+export const QA_TIERS = ["qa-engineer", "manual-tester"] as const;
 export const ALL_TIERS = [...DEV_TIERS, ...QA_TIERS] as const;
 
 export type DevTier = (typeof DEV_TIERS)[number];
@@ -17,7 +17,21 @@ export const DEFAULT_MODELS: Record<Tier, string> = {
   junior: "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5",
   medior: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",
   senior: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5",
-  qa: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",
+  "qa-engineer": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",
+  "manual-tester": "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5",
+};
+
+/** Default models by role-tier structure. */
+export const DEFAULT_MODELS_BY_ROLE = {
+  dev: {
+    junior: "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5",
+    medior: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",
+    senior: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5",
+  },
+  qa: {
+    "qa-engineer": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5",
+    "manual-tester": "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5",
+  },
 };
 
 /** Emoji used in announcements per tier. */
@@ -25,7 +39,8 @@ export const TIER_EMOJI: Record<Tier, string> = {
   junior: "⚡",
   medior: "🔧",
   senior: "🧠",
-  qa: "🔍",
+  "qa-engineer": "🔍",
+  "manual-tester": "👀",
 };
 
 /** Check if a string is a valid tier name. */
@@ -42,16 +57,31 @@ export function isDevTier(value: string): value is DevTier {
  * Resolve a tier name to a full model ID.
  *
  * Resolution order:
- * 1. Plugin config `models` map (user overrides)
+ * 1. Plugin config `models.<role>.<tier>` nested structure (user overrides)
- * 2. DEFAULT_MODELS (hardcoded defaults)
+ * 2. Plugin config `models.<tier>` flat structure (backward compatibility)
- * 3. Treat input as raw model ID (passthrough for non-tier values)
+ * 3. DEFAULT_MODELS (hardcoded defaults)
+ * 4. Treat input as raw model ID (passthrough for non-tier values)
  */
 export function resolveTierToModel(
   tier: string,
   pluginConfig?: Record<string, unknown>,
+  role?: "dev" | "qa",
 ): string {
-  const models = (pluginConfig as { models?: Record<string, string> })?.models;
+  const models = (pluginConfig as { models?: Record<string, unknown> })?.models;
-  return models?.[tier] ?? DEFAULT_MODELS[tier as Tier] ?? tier;
+
+  // Try nested role-tier structure first
+  if (role && models && typeof models === "object") {
+    const roleModels = models[role] as Record<string, string> | undefined;
+    if (roleModels?.[tier]) return roleModels[tier];
+  }
+
+  // Fall back to flat structure for backward compatibility
+  if (models && typeof models === "object") {
+    const flatModel = (models as Record<string, string>)[tier];
+    if (flatModel) return flatModel;
+  }
+
+  return DEFAULT_MODELS[tier as Tier] ?? tier;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -62,5 +92,6 @@ export const TIER_MIGRATION: Record<string, string> = {
   haiku: "junior",
   sonnet: "medior",
   opus: "senior",
-  grok: "qa",
+  grok: "qa-engineer",
+  qa: "qa-engineer",
 };

lib/tools/setup.ts

@@ -22,12 +22,23 @@ export function createSetupTool(api: OpenClawPluginApi) {
         channelBinding: { type: "string", enum: ["telegram", "whatsapp"], description: "Channel to bind (optional, with newAgentName only)." },
         migrateFrom: { type: "string", description: "Agent ID to migrate channel binding from. Check openclaw.json bindings first." },
         models: {
-          type: "object", description: "Model overrides per tier.",
+          type: "object", description: "Model overrides per role and tier.",
           properties: {
-            junior: { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS.junior}` },
+            dev: {
-            medior: { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS.medior}` },
+              type: "object", description: "Developer tier models",
-            senior: { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS.senior}` },
+              properties: {
-            qa: { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS.qa}` },
+                junior: { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS.junior}` },
+                medior: { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS.medior}` },
+                senior: { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS.senior}` },
+              },
+            },
+            qa: {
+              type: "object", description: "QA tier models",
+              properties: {
+                "qa-engineer": { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS["qa-engineer"]}` },
+                "manual-tester": { type: "string", description: `Default: ${DEFAULT_MODELS["manual-tester"]}` },
+              },
+            },
           },
         },
         projectExecution: { type: "string", enum: ["parallel", "sequential"], description: "Project execution mode. Default: parallel." },