diff --git a/fork/manifest.json b/fork/manifest.json
index 3c7139cc8dbc..75ce80fb6ab4 100644
--- a/fork/manifest.json
+++ b/fork/manifest.json
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
     "packages/opencode/src/peer/claude/sidecar-manager.ts",
     "packages/opencode/test/peer/claude/sidecar-e2e.test.ts",
     "packages/opencode/test/peer/claude/sidecar-manager.test.ts",
+    "packages/opencode/test/peer/claude/lifecycle-inject.test.ts",
     "packages/opencode/src/peer/claude/lifecycle.ts",
     "packages/opencode/src/peer/delegate.ts",
     "packages/opencode/test/peer/delegate.test.ts",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts b/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts
index 7b23606e6480..804813ec1fdd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts
@@ -209,10 +209,6 @@ export const Info = Schema.Struct({
         description:
           "When the parent session runs on a local llama-skein provider, place subagents on an idle peer provider instead of queueing behind the parent (default: true)",
       }),
-      local_subagent_placement_models: Schema.optional(Schema.mutable(Schema.Array(Schema.String))).annotate({
-        description:
-          "Model IDs trusted for local subagent placement (the parent's own model is always trusted). Unset: any tool-capable model on an idle provider qualifies",
-      }),
       peer_delegation: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean).annotate({
         description:
           "When no local host has a free slot for a subagent, hand the task to an idle peer agent (Claude Code or opencode) over A2A instead of failing (default: true)",
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/local/placement.ts b/packages/opencode/src/local/placement.ts
index e49763ffd2d5..f0e35db2b99e 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/local/placement.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/local/placement.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ export type Probe = {
   providerID: ProviderV2.ID
   hardware: ResourceSnapshot
   fit: FitReport
+  /** The host's own configured default model (`GET /api/config/info`), if any. */
+  defaultModel?: string
 }
 
 async function probe(providerID: ProviderV2.ID, baseURL: string, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<Probe | null> {
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ async function probe(providerID: ProviderV2.ID, baseURL: string, signal: AbortSi
     client: createClient(createConfig({ baseUrl: normalizeBaseURL(baseURL) })),
     key: `placement:${providerID}`,
   })
-  const [hardware, fit] = await Promise.all([
+  const [hardware, fit, configInfo] = await Promise.all([
     llama
       .getHardware({ signal })
       .then((res) => res.data ?? null)
@@ -144,13 +146,19 @@ async function probe(providerID: ProviderV2.ID, baseURL: string, signal: AbortSi
       .getFitReport({ signal })
       .then((res) => res.data ?? null)
       .catch(() => null),
+    // Best-effort: an older host without this endpoint simply has no default
+    // model preference, not a reason to skip placement on it.
+    llama
+      .getConfigInfo({ signal })
+      .then((res) => res.data?.default_model ?? undefined)
+      .catch(() => undefined),
   ])
   // Both signals are required: hardware to judge busyness, fit to judge which
   // model can actually serve a subagent. A plain llama-swap host without the
   // llama-skein API yields nulls and is skipped — capacity we can't see is
   // capacity we don't schedule on.
   if (!hardware || !fit) return null
-  return { providerID, hardware, fit }
+  return { providerID, hardware, fit, defaultModel: configInfo }
 }
 
 export function bestModel(input: {
@@ -158,21 +166,14 @@ export function bestModel(input: {
   info: Provider.Info
   parentModelID: string
   requiredCtx: number
-  allowedModels?: readonly string[]
 }): { modelID: ModelV2.ID; score: number; maxSafeCtx: number } | null {
   const loadedID = input.probe.hardware.loaded_model?.id
+  const defaultID = input.probe.defaultModel
   let best: { modelID: ModelV2.ID; score: number; maxSafeCtx: number } | null = null
   for (const fit of input.probe.fit.models) {
     const model = input.info.models[fit.model]
     if (!model) continue // not registered with opencode — can't be prompted
-    // Discovered local models default toolcall to true, so this filter alone
-    // can't be trusted — the allowlist below is the real vetting mechanism.
     if (!model.capabilities.toolcall) continue
-    // Curated list of models proven to handle subagent tool calls. Anything
-    // else may be loaded and fast yet flub tool-call JSON, wasting the whole
-    // task. The parent's own model is always trusted — the user picked it.
-    if (input.allowedModels?.length && fit.model !== input.parentModelID && !input.allowedModels.includes(fit.model))
-      continue
     // Hard context filter. A model whose usable context (max_safe_ctx) can't
     // hold the subagent prompt will 413 or silently truncate it — never pick
     // it, regardless of how well it fits VRAM or how fast it is. This is the
@@ -188,12 +189,15 @@ export function bestModel(input: {
       // Swapping models on a host mid-session evicts what the user (or skein)
       // deliberately keeps loaded and costs a multi-second reload both ways.
       // An eligible resident model always beats anything that needs a load;
-      // eligibility (allowlist, ctx, fit) is still enforced by the filters
-      // above, so an unvetted or too-small resident model never wins by
-      // residency alone.
+      // eligibility (ctx, fit, toolcall) is still enforced by the filters
+      // above, so a too-small resident model never wins by residency alone.
       (fit.model === loadedID ? 100_000 : 0) +
-      // Among models that would need a load, prefer the parent's own model:
-      // proven behavior beats an arbitrary pick.
+      // Among models that would need a load, prefer the host's own configured
+      // default (GET /api/config/info) — the operator chose it for this host
+      // specifically, which beats guessing from fit/speed alone.
+      (fit.model === defaultID ? 20_000 : 0) +
+      // Failing that, prefer the parent's own model: proven behavior beats an
+      // arbitrary pick.
       (fit.model === input.parentModelID ? 5_000 : 0) +
       Math.min(fit.est_tokens_per_sec ?? 0, 500) -
       // Host-bandwidth-paced placements rank below every GPU-resident
@@ -415,7 +419,6 @@ export type PickOutcome =
 export async function pick(input: {
   parent: Placement
   providers: Record<string, Provider.Info>
-  allowedModels?: readonly string[]
   promptText?: string
   requiredCtx?: number
   timeoutMs?: number
@@ -496,7 +499,6 @@ export async function pick(input: {
         info: candidates[i].info,
         parentModelID: input.parent.modelID,
         requiredCtx,
-        allowedModels: input.allowedModels,
       })
       if (!model) {
         scored.push({ providerID, eligible: false })
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts b/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
index 5a3b4f128305..c0fce507a4f6 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/tool/task.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ export const TaskTool = Tool.define(
                   LocalPlacement.pick({
                     parent: inherited,
                     providers,
-                    allowedModels: cfg.experimental?.local_subagent_placement_models,
                     promptText: params.prompt,
                     target: params.provider,
                     prefer: rolePlacement,
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/local/placement.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/local/placement.test.ts
index 9bdb7e725b89..665e6dd25aef 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/local/placement.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/local/placement.test.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ function info(...models: string[]): Provider.Info {
   } as unknown as Provider.Info
 }
 
-function probe(models: ModelFit[], loadedID?: string): Probe {
+function probe(models: ModelFit[], loadedID?: string, defaultModel?: string): Probe {
   return {
     providerID: "host" as Probe["providerID"],
     hardware: hw({ slots_total: 1, in_flight: 0, busy: false }, loadedID),
     fit: { models } as Probe["fit"],
+    defaultModel,
   }
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ describe("bestModel context-adequacy filter", () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe("bestModel resident-model tier (skein rule: loaded > preferred > any)", () => {
+describe("bestModel scoring tiers: loaded > host default > parent's model > any", () => {
   const requiredCtx = 9_000
 
   test("an eligible resident model beats swapping to the parent's own model", () => {
@@ -134,22 +135,57 @@ describe("bestModel resident-model tier (skein rule: loaded > preferred > any)",
     expect(result?.modelID as string | undefined).toBe("parentm")
   })
 
-  test("residency never overrides vetting — an unlisted resident model loses to an allowed cold one", () => {
+  test("a resident model beats a model that would need a fresh load, tool-capable or not", () => {
+    // No allowlist anymore — every registered, tool-capable model is eligible.
+    // Residency still wins over a cold load regardless of raw fit/speed.
     const p = probe(
       [
-        fitModel("resident", { fit_level: "perfect", max_safe_ctx: 32_768 }),
-        fitModel("vetted", { fit_level: "good", max_safe_ctx: 32_768 }),
+        fitModel("resident", { fit_level: "good", max_safe_ctx: 32_768, est_tokens_per_sec: 20 }),
+        fitModel("faster", { fit_level: "perfect", max_safe_ctx: 32_768, est_tokens_per_sec: 400 }),
       ],
       "resident",
     )
-    const result = bestModel({
-      probe: p,
-      info: info("resident", "vetted"),
-      parentModelID: "cloud",
-      requiredCtx,
-      allowedModels: ["vetted"],
-    })
-    expect(result?.modelID as string | undefined).toBe("vetted")
+    const result = bestModel({ probe: p, info: info("resident", "faster"), parentModelID: "cloud", requiredCtx })
+    expect(result?.modelID as string | undefined).toBe("resident")
+  })
+
+  test("with nothing resident, the host's own default model is preferred over a better fit", () => {
+    const p = probe(
+      [
+        fitModel("default", { fit_level: "good", max_safe_ctx: 32_768, est_tokens_per_sec: 20 }),
+        fitModel("other", { fit_level: "perfect", max_safe_ctx: 32_768, est_tokens_per_sec: 400 }),
+      ],
+      undefined,
+      "default",
+    )
+    const result = bestModel({ probe: p, info: info("default", "other"), parentModelID: "cloud", requiredCtx })
+    expect(result?.modelID as string | undefined).toBe("default")
+  })
+
+  test("the host's default model outranks the parent's own model", () => {
+    const p = probe(
+      [
+        fitModel("default", { fit_level: "good", max_safe_ctx: 32_768 }),
+        fitModel("parentm", { fit_level: "good", max_safe_ctx: 32_768 }),
+      ],
+      undefined,
+      "default",
+    )
+    const result = bestModel({ probe: p, info: info("default", "parentm"), parentModelID: "parentm", requiredCtx })
+    expect(result?.modelID as string | undefined).toBe("default")
+  })
+
+  test("residency still outranks the host's own default model", () => {
+    const p = probe(
+      [
+        fitModel("resident", { fit_level: "good", max_safe_ctx: 32_768 }),
+        fitModel("default", { fit_level: "good", max_safe_ctx: 32_768 }),
+      ],
+      "resident",
+      "default",
+    )
+    const result = bestModel({ probe: p, info: info("resident", "default"), parentModelID: "cloud", requiredCtx })
+    expect(result?.modelID as string | undefined).toBe("resident")
   })
 })