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-- **Total Sessions**: 7
-- **Last Active**: 2026-04-17
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+- **Last Active**: 2026-04-18
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 | # | Date | Title | Commits | Branch |
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+| 8 | 2026-04-18 | Provider discovery and model ref hardening | `09d0c1f` | `master` |
 | 7 | 2026-04-17 | Deep code review for ocswitch | - | `master` |
 | 6 | 2026-04-17 | Rename CLI to ocswitch | `cf3dcec` | `master` |
 | 5 | 2026-04-17 | Fix sync command panic | `887eb14` | `master` |
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 ### Next Steps
 
 - None - task complete
+
+
+## Session 8: Provider discovery and model ref hardening
+
+**Date**: 2026-04-18
+**Task**: Provider discovery and model ref hardening
+**Branch**: `master`
+
+### Summary
+
+Completed provider model discovery hardening, provider/model parsing improvements, README/help sync, follow-up review fixes, and final test-name cleanup.
+
+### Main Changes
+
+(Add details)
+
+### Git Commits
+
+| Hash | Message |
+|------|---------|
+| `09d0c1f` | (see git log) |
+
+### Testing
+
+- [OK] (Add test results)
+
+### Status
+
+[OK] **Completed**
+
+### Next Steps
+
+- None - task complete