diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/command/index.ts b/packages/opencode/src/command/index.ts
index 976f1cd51e9..ccd4ec8db09 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/command/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/command/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export namespace Command {
       description: z.string().optional(),
       agent: z.string().optional(),
       model: z.string().optional(),
+      variant: z.string().optional(),
       mcp: z.boolean().optional(),
       // workaround for zod not supporting async functions natively so we use getters
       // https://zod.dev/v4/changelog?id=zfunction
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ export namespace Command {
         name,
         agent: command.agent,
         model: command.model,
+        variant: command.variant,
         description: command.description,
         get template() {
           return command.template
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
index ead3a0149b4..a5362b74ec7 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ export namespace Config {
     description: z.string().optional(),
     agent: z.string().optional(),
     model: z.string().optional(),
+    variant: z.string().optional(),
     subtask: z.boolean().optional(),
   })
   export type Command = z.infer<typeof Command>
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
index f891612272c..6152f736a62 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
@@ -1506,6 +1506,16 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
     template = template.trim()
 
     const model = await (async () => {
+      if (!command.model && command.variant) {
+        const error = new NamedError.Unknown({
+          message: `Command "${input.command}" has a variant "${command.variant}" but no model defined.`,
+        })
+        Bus.publish(Session.Event.Error, {
+          sessionID: input.sessionID,
+          error: error.toObject(),
+        })
+        throw error
+      }
       if (command.model) {
         return Provider.parseModel(command.model)
       }
@@ -1519,19 +1529,38 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
       return await lastModel(input.sessionID)
     })()
 
-    try {
-      await Provider.getModel(model.providerID, model.modelID)
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (Provider.ModelNotFoundError.isInstance(e)) {
-        const { providerID, modelID, suggestions } = e.data
-        const hint = suggestions?.length ? ` Did you mean: ${suggestions.join(", ")}?` : ""
+    const info = await (async () => {
+      try {
+        return await Provider.getModel(model.providerID, model.modelID)
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (Provider.ModelNotFoundError.isInstance(e)) {
+          const { providerID, modelID, suggestions } = e.data
+          const hint = suggestions?.length ? ` Did you mean: ${suggestions.join(", ")}?` : ""
+          Bus.publish(Session.Event.Error, {
+            sessionID: input.sessionID,
+            error: new NamedError.Unknown({ message: `Model not found: ${providerID}/${modelID}.${hint}` }).toObject(),
+          })
+        }
+        throw e
+      }
+    })()
+
+    if (command.variant) {
+      const variants = info.variants ?? {}
+      const available = Object.keys(variants)
+      if (!variants[command.variant]) {
+        const hint = available.length ? ` Available variants: ${available.join(", ")}` : ""
+        const error = new NamedError.Unknown({
+          message: `Variant not found: ${model.providerID}/${model.modelID} with variant "${command.variant}".${hint}`,
+        })
         Bus.publish(Session.Event.Error, {
           sessionID: input.sessionID,
-          error: new NamedError.Unknown({ message: `Model not found: ${providerID}/${modelID}.${hint}` }).toObject(),
+          error: error.toObject(),
         })
+        throw error
       }
-      throw e
     }
+
     const agent = await Agent.get(agentName)
     if (!agent) {
       const available = await Agent.list().then((agents) => agents.filter((a) => !a.hidden).map((a) => a.name))
@@ -1565,7 +1594,7 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
       model,
       agent: agentName,
       parts,
-      variant: input.variant,
+      variant: command.variant ?? input.variant,
     })) as MessageV2.WithParts
 
     Bus.publish(Command.Event.Executed, {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
index 087eb0c628c..386a780d20c 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ test("handles command configuration", async () => {
               template: "test template",
               description: "test command",
               agent: "test_agent",
+              model: "test_model",
+              variant: "test_variant",
             },
           },
         }),
@@ -243,6 +245,8 @@ test("handles command configuration", async () => {
         template: "test template",
         description: "test command",
         agent: "test_agent",
+        model: "test_model",
+        variant: "test_variant",
       })
     },
   })