fix(ultrawork): respect variant-only schema overrides

Allow ultrawork overrides configured with only variant to apply at message time so thinking level is honored even without model replacement.

src/plugin/ultrawork-model-override.test.ts

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe("resolveUltraworkOverride", () => {
     expect(result).toBeNull()
   })
 
-  test("should return null when ultrawork.model is not set", () => {
+  test("should resolve variant-only override when ultrawork.model is not set", () => {
     //#given
     const config = createConfig("sisyphus", { variant: "max" })
     const output = createOutput("ultrawork do something")
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ describe("resolveUltraworkOverride", () => {
     const result = resolveUltraworkOverride(config, "sisyphus", output)
 
     //#then
-    expect(result).toBeNull()
+    expect(result).toEqual({ variant: "max" })
   })
 
   test("should handle model string with multiple slashes", () => {
@@ -295,6 +295,22 @@ describe("applyUltraworkModelOverrideOnMessage", () => {
     expect(dbOverrideSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  test("should apply variant-only override when no message ID", () => {
+    //#given
+    const config = createConfig("sisyphus", { variant: "high" })
+    const output = createOutput("ultrawork do something")
+    const tui = createMockTui()
+
+    //#when
+    applyUltraworkModelOverrideOnMessage(config, "sisyphus", output, tui)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(output.message.model).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(output.message["variant"]).toBe("high")
+    expect(output.message["thinking"]).toBe("high")
+    expect(dbOverrideSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   test("should not apply override when no keyword detected", () => {
     //#given
     const config = createConfig("sisyphus", { model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6" })

src/plugin/ultrawork-model-override.ts

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ function showToast(tui: unknown, title: string, message: string): void {
 }
 
 export type UltraworkOverrideResult = {
-  providerID: string
-  modelID: string
+  providerID?: string
+  modelID?: string
   variant?: string
 }
 
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ export function resolveUltraworkOverride(
   const agentConfigKey = getAgentConfigKey(rawAgentName)
   const agentConfig = pluginConfig.agents[agentConfigKey as keyof AgentOverrides]
   const ultraworkConfig = agentConfig?.ultrawork
-  if (!ultraworkConfig?.model) return null
+  if (!ultraworkConfig?.model && !ultraworkConfig?.variant) return null
+
+  if (!ultraworkConfig.model) {
+    return {
+      variant: ultraworkConfig.variant,
+    }
+  }
 
   const modelParts = ultraworkConfig.model.split("/")
   if (modelParts.length < 2) return null
@@ -92,6 +98,14 @@ export function applyUltraworkModelOverrideOnMessage(
   const override = resolveUltraworkOverride(pluginConfig, inputAgentName, output)
   if (!override) return
 
+  if (!override.providerID || !override.modelID) {
+    if (override.variant) {
+      output.message["variant"] = override.variant
+      output.message["thinking"] = override.variant
+    }
+    return
+  }
+
   const messageId = output.message["id"] as string | undefined
   if (!messageId) {
     log("[ultrawork-model-override] No message ID found, falling back to direct mutation")