diff --git a/pkg/config/runtime.go b/pkg/config/runtime.go
index ff3d3eb35..cc1e8fb80 100644
--- a/pkg/config/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/config/runtime.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"log/slog"
+	"maps"
 	"slices"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	DefaultModel   *latest.ModelConfig
 	GlobalCodeMode bool
 	WorkingDir     string
+	Models         map[string]latest.ModelConfig
 
 	// Hook overrides from CLI flags
 	HookPreToolUse   []string
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ func (runConfig *RuntimeConfig) Clone() *RuntimeConfig {
 		Config: runConfig.Config,
 	}
 	clone.EnvFiles = slices.Clone(runConfig.EnvFiles)
+	clone.Models = maps.Clone(runConfig.Models)
 	clone.DefaultModel = runConfig.DefaultModel.Clone()
 	clone.HookPreToolUse = slices.Clone(runConfig.HookPreToolUse)
 	clone.HookPostToolUse = slices.Clone(runConfig.HookPostToolUse)
diff --git a/pkg/config/runtime_clone_test.go b/pkg/config/runtime_clone_test.go
index 77b0bd43e..941909d34 100644
--- a/pkg/config/runtime_clone_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/runtime_clone_test.go
@@ -59,3 +59,56 @@ func TestClone_EnvFilesIsolated(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, original.EnvFiles, 2, "original must not be modified when clone is mutated")
 	assert.Len(t, clone.EnvFiles, 3)
 }
+
+func TestClone_ModelsIsolated(t *testing.T) {
+	temp := 0.7
+	original := &RuntimeConfig{
+		Config: Config{
+			Models: map[string]latest.ModelConfig{
+				"model1": {
+					Provider:    "openai",
+					Model:       "gpt-4o",
+					Temperature: &temp,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	clone := original.Clone()
+
+	// Mutate the clone's Models map
+	clone.Models["model2"] = latest.ModelConfig{
+		Provider: "anthropic",
+		Model:    "claude-3",
+	}
+
+	// Mutate an existing model in the clone
+	newTemp := 0.9
+	clone.Models["model1"] = latest.ModelConfig{
+		Provider:    "openai",
+		Model:       "gpt-4o-mini",
+		Temperature: &newTemp,
+	}
+
+	// Original must not be affected by mutations to the clone
+	assert.Len(t, original.Models, 1, "original must not have new models added")
+	assert.Equal(t, "gpt-4o", original.Models["model1"].Model)
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.7, *original.Models["model1"].Temperature, 0.001)
+
+	// Clone should have the mutations
+	assert.Len(t, clone.Models, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, "gpt-4o-mini", clone.Models["model1"].Model)
+	assert.Equal(t, "claude-3", clone.Models["model2"].Model)
+}
+
+func TestClone_NilModels(t *testing.T) {
+	original := &RuntimeConfig{
+		Config: Config{
+			Models: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	clone := original.Clone()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, clone.Models)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/teamloader/registry.go b/pkg/teamloader/registry.go
index 3cf729053..df128b7a1 100644
--- a/pkg/teamloader/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/teamloader/registry.go
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ func createRAGTool(ctx context.Context, toolset latest.Toolset, parentDir string
 		ParentDir:     parentDir,
 		ModelsGateway: runConfig.ModelsGateway,
 		Env:           runConfig.EnvProvider(),
+		Models:        runConfig.Models,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create RAG manager: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/teamloader/teamloader.go b/pkg/teamloader/teamloader.go
index 459c04064..04b023724 100644
--- a/pkg/teamloader/teamloader.go
+++ b/pkg/teamloader/teamloader.go
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ func LoadWithConfig(ctx context.Context, agentSource config.Source, runConfig *c
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Make model definitions available to toolset creators (e.g., RAG reranking)
+	runConfig.Models = cfg.Models
+
 	// Load agents
 	parentDir := cmp.Or(agentSource.ParentDir(), runConfig.WorkingDir)
 	configName := configNameFromSource(agentSource.Name())