diff --git a/internal/provider/devin.go b/internal/provider/devin.go
index c60bb3d7..d6fafe23 100644
--- a/internal/provider/devin.go
+++ b/internal/provider/devin.go
@@ -901,6 +901,35 @@ func devinTierOf(id string) (tier, level string) {
 	return "", devinLevel(id)
 }
 
+// devinBase is the model a Devin variant id is a variant of: the id less
+// its tier and effort words (claude-opus-5-5-low-fast is claude-opus-5-5,
+// swe-2-high swe-2); an id at no effort is itself.
+func devinBase(id string) string {
+	tier, level := devinTierOf(id)
+	if level == "" {
+		return id
+	}
+	low := strings.ToLower(id)
+	cut := func(word string) bool {
+		for _, sep := range []string{"-", "_"} {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(low, sep+word) {
+				low, id = low[:len(low)-len(sep+word)], id[:len(low)-len(sep+word)]
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+	if tier != "" {
+		cut(tier)
+	}
+	for _, l := range devinLevels {
+		if l.level == level && cut(l.word) {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return id
+}
+
 // devinEffortOf is the effort a Devin id runs at, in a tier or not.
 func devinEffortOf(id string) string {
 	_, l := devinTierOf(id)
diff --git a/internal/provider/devin_models_test.go b/internal/provider/devin_models_test.go
index 8aef8305..44569f5a 100644
--- a/internal/provider/devin_models_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/devin_models_test.go
@@ -204,3 +204,32 @@ func TestDevinTiers(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("offered to the agent: %s", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// The built-in's Devin picks from before the families were one model
+// (swe-2-high, claude-opus-5-5-low-fast) are variants of a model the plugin
+// lists, which it passes to Devin as they are: moving loses none of them,
+// nor Adaptive, which the built-in never served. A variant of a model the
+// plugin doesn't list, and a model of its own, are lost (moving Devin named every
+// level the user had picked was named as one the plugin doesn't serve).
+func TestDevinMoveKeepsVariants(t *testing.T) {
+	for id, want := range map[string]string{
+		"swe-2-high": "swe-2", "claude-opus-5-5-low-fast": "claude-opus-5-5", "swe-1-7-lightning-medium": "swe-1-7-lightning",
+		"GPT-6-Sol_HIGH": "GPT-6-Sol", "claude-fable-5-1-xhigh": "claude-fable-5-1", "swe-1-6-fast": "swe-1-6-fast", "glm-5-2-1m": "glm-5-2-1m", "swe-2": "swe-2",
+	} {
+		if got := devinBase(id); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("devinBase(%q) = %q, want %q", id, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+	served := movers["devin"].served
+	listed := []string{"swe-2", "claude-opus-5-5", "claude-opus-5-5-fast", "swe-1-7-lightning"}
+	for _, m := range []string{"swe-2-high", "swe-2-max", "claude-opus-5-5-medium-fast", "swe-1-7-lightning-medium", "Adaptive", "adaptive"} {
+		if !served(m, listed) {
+			t.Errorf("moving loses %s", m)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, m := range []string{"claude-fable-5-1-high", "gpt-6-luna", "swe-2"} {
+		if served(m, listed) {
+			t.Errorf("%s counts as served", m)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/provider/migrate.go b/internal/provider/migrate.go
index 72586999..1d553d6f 100644
--- a/internal/provider/migrate.go
+++ b/internal/provider/migrate.go
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ type mover struct {
 	// what else of the built-in's they carry (a key onto its provider),
 	// whose saving syncs the agents, which read the accounts.
 	settle func(auths map[string]map[string]any) error
+	// served is whether the plugin, listing listed, still serves model, one
+	// of the built-in's picks it doesn't list; nil for none.
+	served func(model string, listed []string) bool
 }
 
 var movers = map[string]*mover{}
@@ -548,7 +551,9 @@ func move(ctx context.Context, id string, mv *mover) (err error) {
 			return &moveError{MoveWhy{Code: "account", Args: map[string]string{"user": a.User, "error": err.Error()}}, fmt.Sprintf("%s doesn't work through the plugin: %s", a.User, err), err}
 		}
 		if !tried {
-			if missing := slices.DeleteFunc(slices.Clone(inUse), func(m string) bool { return slices.Contains(c.Models, m) }); len(missing) > 0 {
+			if missing := slices.DeleteFunc(slices.Clone(inUse), func(m string) bool {
+				return slices.Contains(c.Models, m) || mv.served != nil && mv.served(m, c.Models)
+			}); len(missing) > 0 {
 				names := strings.Join(modelNames(id, missing), ", ")
 				return &moveError{MoveWhy{Code: "unserved", Args: map[string]string{"models": names}}, fmt.Sprintf("the plugin doesn't serve %s. Untick them under Models, or keep the built-in.", names), nil}
 			}
@@ -588,7 +593,9 @@ func modelNames(id string, ids []string) []string {
 		if names[m] != "" {
 			m = names[m]
 		}
-		out = append(out, m)
+		if !slices.Contains(out, m) {
+			out = append(out, m)
+		}
 	}
 	return out
 }
diff --git a/internal/provider/migrate_side.go b/internal/provider/migrate_side.go
index 8f1d0f85..b0971ea7 100644
--- a/internal/provider/migrate_side.go
+++ b/internal/provider/migrate_side.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -19,6 +20,16 @@ func init() {
 		pkg:    "@magpie-community/opencode-devin-auth",
 		min:    "0.1.5", // a failure's status and its sign-in mark as the built-in's
 		agents: []string{"devin"},
+		// a variant picked before the families were one model (swe-2-high)
+		// goes to Devin as it is, through the plugin too, which keeps the
+		// picks it is given; Adaptive and Fusion the built-in never served
+		served: func(model string, listed []string) bool {
+			if id := strings.ToLower(model); id == "adaptive" || id == "fusion" {
+				return true
+			}
+			base := devinBase(model)
+			return base != model && slices.Contains(listed, base)
+		},
 		out: func() ([]Moving, error) {
 			var out []Moving
 			for _, l := range devinLogins() {
diff --git a/internal/provider/migrate_test.go b/internal/provider/migrate_test.go
index 1510acd7..b3eb7c50 100644
--- a/internal/provider/migrate_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/migrate_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -150,6 +151,15 @@ func TestMoveToPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(fakeSaved(t)) != 1 || plugin.SignedIn("fakeco") {
 		t.Fatal("a move short of a model moved")
 	}
+	// one the mover says the plugin serves though it doesn't list it (a
+	// Devin variant) isn't named, nor is a name twice
+	movers["fakeco"].served = func(m string, listed []string) bool { return m == "fake-1-high" && slices.Contains(listed, "fake-1") }
+	reset(fakeLogin("a@fake", "r-a", false, true))
+	inUse = []string{"fake-1", "fake-1-high", "gone-model", "gone-model"}
+	if err := Move(ctx, "fakeco"); err == nil || strings.Contains(err.Error(), "fake-1-high") || strings.Count(err.Error(), "gone-model") != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Move with a served variant and a model the plugin lacks = %v", err)
+	}
+	movers["fakeco"].served = nil
 	inUse = []string{"fake-1", "fake-claude"}
 
 	// an account signed in through the plugin already gets back what it had