diff --git a/server/drivers/acp/acp.test.ts b/server/drivers/acp/acp.test.ts
index 3d6a994a9b6..a77f9b75843 100644
--- a/server/drivers/acp/acp.test.ts
+++ b/server/drivers/acp/acp.test.ts
@@ -506,6 +506,25 @@ describe("ACP turns (fake CLI)", () => {
 
     expect(JSON.parse(readFileSync(without, "utf8")).argv).not.toContain("--reasoning-effort");
   });
+
+  it("puts Grok -m after agent so ACP stdio binds the local slug", async () => {
+    const dump = join(scratch, "grok-argv-order.json");
+    await create(GrokAgentDriver);
+    process.env.FAKE_ACP_DUMP = dump;
+    await instance.adapter.sendTurn({ threadId: "t-argv", text: "hi", model: "grok-4.5", effort: "high" });
+    await recorder.until((e) => e.type === "turn.completed");
+
+    const argv = JSON.parse(readFileSync(dump, "utf8")).argv as string[];
+    const agent = argv.indexOf("agent");
+    const modelFlag = argv.indexOf("-m");
+    const stdio = argv.indexOf("stdio");
+    expect(agent).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(modelFlag).toBeGreaterThan(agent);
+    expect(stdio).toBeGreaterThan(modelFlag);
+    expect(argv[modelFlag + 1]).toBe("grok-4.5");
+    expect(argv.indexOf("--reasoning-effort")).toBeGreaterThan(agent);
+    expect(argv.indexOf("--permission-mode")).toBeLessThan(agent);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("ACP snapshot", () => {
diff --git a/server/drivers/acp/core.ts b/server/drivers/acp/core.ts
index 0bbc999eaeb..7e0bf73b3f9 100644
--- a/server/drivers/acp/core.ts
+++ b/server/drivers/acp/core.ts
@@ -590,6 +590,10 @@ export function createAcpDriver(support: AcpSupport): ProviderDriver<AcpConfig>
                   config,
                   turn: cliTurn,
                 });
+                // initialize's currentModelId is the CLI default (grok-4.6),
+                // not the model this turn asked for. After a successful pin,
+                // report the slug we set so the UI does not claim otherwise.
+                if (!selectedModel && cliTurn.model) selectedModel = cliTurn.model;
               }
             } catch (error) {
               // session.started is the only place the resume cursor is recorded,
diff --git a/server/drivers/acp/grok.ts b/server/drivers/acp/grok.ts
index ce6554a0e8e..d6956a4e789 100644
--- a/server/drivers/acp/grok.ts
+++ b/server/drivers/acp/grok.ts
@@ -205,20 +205,41 @@ const support: AcpSupport = {
     signInCommand: "grok login",
   },
 
-  // --permission-mode must always be explicit: ~/.grok/config.toml may set
-  // permission_mode = "always-approve", which would silently make every
-  // session yolo and never fire session/request_permission.
+  // Write the [model.slug] block with the instance HOME/GROK_HOME, then pass
+  // the slug on argv. spawnArgs must not call ensureGrokInjectSlug itself —
+  // that helper defaults to process.env and would miss the instance override.
+  resolveTurnModel: (model, env) => (model ? ensureGrokInjectSlug(model, env) : model),
+
+  // --permission-mode is a global grok flag. -m and --reasoning-effort are
+  // agent flags: Grok 1.0.6 only applies them when they sit AFTER `agent`
+  // and BEFORE `stdio` (`grok agent -m slug stdio`). Putting -m first is
+  // accepted as a TUI option and then ignored, so ACP session/new keeps
+  // [models].default (grok-4.6) and oMLX never sees a request.
   spawnArgs: (config, turn) => [
     "--permission-mode",
     config.fullAuto ? "bypassPermissions" : "default",
-    ...(turn.model ? ["-m", ensureGrokInjectSlug(turn.model)] : []),
+    "agent",
+    ...(turn.model ? ["-m", turn.model] : []),
     // long form on purpose: `--effort` is documented as an alias, and an
     // alias is the part a CLI is free to rename
     ...(turn.effort ? ["--reasoning-effort", turn.effort] : []),
-    "agent",
     "stdio",
   ],
 
+  // -m on argv is necessary but not sufficient: session/new still starts on
+  // [models].default. Pin the slug over the wire, same as Hermes/Droid.
+  async configureSession({ request, sessionId, turn }) {
+    if (!turn.model) return;
+    try {
+      await request("session/set_model", { sessionId, modelId: turn.model });
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Grok rejected model "${turn.model}" via session/set_model: ${(e as Error).message}. ` +
+          `Check that grok is current (1.0.6+ supports it) and that this slug exists in ~/.grok/config.toml.`,
+      );
+    }
+  },
+
   // The CLI owns its own grok.com login; a leaked API key silently flips
   // billing from the subscription to pay-as-you-go.
   transformEnv: (env) => {
diff --git a/server/drivers/local-inject.test.ts b/server/drivers/local-inject.test.ts
index 7e7ab60dcec..34f456d2a45 100644
--- a/server/drivers/local-inject.test.ts
+++ b/server/drivers/local-inject.test.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import { DroidAgentDriver, ensureDroidInjectModel } from "./acp/droid.ts";
-import { ensureGrokInjectSlug } from "./acp/grok.ts";
+import { ensureGrokInjectSlug, GrokAgentDriver } from "./acp/grok.ts";
 import { ensureKimiInjectAlias, KimiAgentDriver } from "./acp/kimi.ts";
 import { ensureOpenCodeInjectModel } from "./acp/opencode-go.ts";
 import { AntigravityDriver } from "./antigravity.ts";
 
 const FAKE_ACP = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "testing", "fake-acp-cli.ts");
 const FAKE_AGY = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "testing", "fake-agy-cli.ts");
+import { recordEvents } from "../testing/events.ts";
 import { ensureHermesInjectProvider } from "./acp/hermes.ts";
 import { ensureQwenInjectModel } from "./acp/qwen.ts";
 import {
@@ -243,6 +244,47 @@ describe("ensureGrokInjectSlug", () => {
     const text = readFileSync(join(home, ".grok", "config.toml"), "utf8");
     expect(text).toContain(`api_key = "unsloth-secret"`);
   });
+
+  it("puts the resolved oMLX slug after agent on the Grok child argv", async () => {
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "omb-grok-argv-"));
+    scratchDirs.push(home);
+    mkdirSync(join(home, ".grok"), { recursive: true });
+    const dump = join(home, "dump.json");
+    const instance = await GrokAgentDriver.create({
+      instanceId: "grok-omlx-argv",
+      displayName: "Grok",
+      environment: { HOME: home, FAKE_ACP_DUMP: dump },
+      enabled: true,
+      config: { cli: FAKE_ACP, fullAuto: false },
+    });
+    const recorder = recordEvents(instance.adapter);
+    try {
+      await instance.adapter.sendTurn({
+        threadId: "t-omlx",
+        text: "hi",
+        model: "omlx::GLM-5.2-fp8",
+      });
+      await recorder.until((e) => e.type === "turn.completed");
+      const argv = JSON.parse(readFileSync(dump, "utf8")).argv as string[];
+      const agent = argv.indexOf("agent");
+      const modelFlag = argv.indexOf("-m");
+      expect(agent).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+      expect(modelFlag).toBeGreaterThan(agent);
+      expect(argv.indexOf("stdio")).toBeGreaterThan(modelFlag);
+      expect(argv[modelFlag + 1]).toBe("omlx-glm-5.2-fp8");
+      const configCalls = JSON.parse(readFileSync(`${dump}.config.json`, "utf8")) as Array<{
+        method: string;
+        params: { modelId?: string };
+      }>;
+      expect(configCalls).toContainEqual({
+        method: "session/set_model",
+        params: { sessionId: "fake-acp-session", modelId: "omlx-glm-5.2-fp8" },
+      });
+      expect(readFileSync(join(home, ".grok", "config.toml"), "utf8")).toContain(`model = "GLM-5.2-fp8"`);
+    } finally {
+      await instance.dispose();
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 describe("ensureKimiInjectAlias", () => {