diff --git a/src/telegram/bot-handlers.ts b/src/telegram/bot-handlers.ts
index 17ba2a29ac3..cafd720c977 100644
--- a/src/telegram/bot-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/bot-handlers.ts
@@ -1261,11 +1261,29 @@ export const registerTelegramHandlers = ({
 
         if (modelCallback.type === "select") {
           const { provider, model } = modelCallback;
+          let resolvedProvider = provider;
+          if (!resolvedProvider) {
+            const matchingProviders = providers.filter((id) => byProvider.get(id)?.has(model));
+            if (matchingProviders.length === 1) {
+              resolvedProvider = matchingProviders[0];
+            } else {
+              const providerInfos: ProviderInfo[] = providers.map((p) => ({
+                id: p,
+                count: byProvider.get(p)?.size ?? 0,
+              }));
+              const buttons = buildProviderKeyboard(providerInfos);
+              await editMessageWithButtons(
+                `Could not resolve model "${model}".\n\nSelect a provider:`,
+                buttons,
+              );
+              return;
+            }
+          }
           // Process model selection as a synthetic message with /model command
           const syntheticMessage = buildSyntheticTextMessage({
             base: callbackMessage,
             from: callback.from,
-            text: `/model ${provider}/${model}`,
+            text: `/model ${resolvedProvider}/${model}`,
           });
           await processMessage(buildSyntheticContext(ctx, syntheticMessage), [], storeAllowFrom, {
             forceWasMentioned: true,
diff --git a/src/telegram/bot.test.ts b/src/telegram/bot.test.ts
index e667b3a60f4..ff869570e20 100644
--- a/src/telegram/bot.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/bot.test.ts
@@ -319,6 +319,107 @@ describe("createTelegramBot", () => {
     expect(answerCallbackQuerySpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cbq-4");
   });
 
+  it("routes compact model callbacks by inferring provider", async () => {
+    onSpy.mockClear();
+    replySpy.mockClear();
+
+    const modelId = "us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0";
+
+    createTelegramBot({
+      token: "tok",
+      config: {
+        agents: {
+          defaults: {
+            model: `bedrock/${modelId}`,
+          },
+        },
+        channels: {
+          telegram: {
+            dmPolicy: "open",
+            allowFrom: ["*"],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const callbackHandler = onSpy.mock.calls.find((call) => call[0] === "callback_query")?.[1] as (
+      ctx: Record<string, unknown>,
+    ) => Promise<void>;
+    expect(callbackHandler).toBeDefined();
+
+    await callbackHandler({
+      callbackQuery: {
+        id: "cbq-model-compact-1",
+        data: `mdl_sel/${modelId}`,
+        from: { id: 9, first_name: "Ada", username: "ada_bot" },
+        message: {
+          chat: { id: 1234, type: "private" },
+          date: 1736380800,
+          message_id: 14,
+        },
+      },
+      me: { username: "openclaw_bot" },
+      getFile: async () => ({ download: async () => new Uint8Array() }),
+    });
+
+    expect(replySpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const payload = replySpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
+    expect(payload?.Body).toContain(`/model amazon-bedrock/${modelId}`);
+    expect(answerCallbackQuerySpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cbq-model-compact-1");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects ambiguous compact model callbacks and returns provider list", async () => {
+    onSpy.mockClear();
+    replySpy.mockClear();
+    editMessageTextSpy.mockClear();
+
+    createTelegramBot({
+      token: "tok",
+      config: {
+        agents: {
+          defaults: {
+            model: "anthropic/shared-model",
+            models: {
+              "anthropic/shared-model": {},
+              "openai/shared-model": {},
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        channels: {
+          telegram: {
+            dmPolicy: "open",
+            allowFrom: ["*"],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const callbackHandler = onSpy.mock.calls.find((call) => call[0] === "callback_query")?.[1] as (
+      ctx: Record<string, unknown>,
+    ) => Promise<void>;
+    expect(callbackHandler).toBeDefined();
+
+    await callbackHandler({
+      callbackQuery: {
+        id: "cbq-model-compact-2",
+        data: "mdl_sel/shared-model",
+        from: { id: 9, first_name: "Ada", username: "ada_bot" },
+        message: {
+          chat: { id: 1234, type: "private" },
+          date: 1736380800,
+          message_id: 15,
+        },
+      },
+      me: { username: "openclaw_bot" },
+      getFile: async () => ({ download: async () => new Uint8Array() }),
+    });
+
+    expect(replySpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(editMessageTextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(editMessageTextSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[2]).toContain(
+      'Could not resolve model "shared-model".',
+    );
+    expect(answerCallbackQuerySpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cbq-model-compact-2");
+  });
+
   it("includes sender identity in group envelope headers", async () => {
     onSpy.mockClear();
     replySpy.mockClear();
diff --git a/src/telegram/model-buttons.test.ts b/src/telegram/model-buttons.test.ts
index ac3ef5d5188..3650ed917d7 100644
--- a/src/telegram/model-buttons.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/model-buttons.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ describe("parseModelCallbackData", () => {
         { type: "select", provider: "anthropic", model: "claude-sonnet-4-5" },
       ],
       ["mdl_sel_openai/gpt-4/turbo", { type: "select", provider: "openai", model: "gpt-4/turbo" }],
+      [
+        "mdl_sel/us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0",
+        { type: "select", model: "us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0" },
+      ],
+      [
+        "mdl_sel/anthropic/claude-3-7-sonnet",
+        { type: "select", model: "anthropic/claude-3-7-sonnet" },
+      ],
       ["  mdl_prov  ", { type: "providers" }],
     ] as const;
     for (const [input, expected] of cases) {
@@ -36,6 +44,7 @@ describe("parseModelCallbackData", () => {
       "mdl_invalid",
       "mdl_list_",
       "mdl_sel_noslash",
+      "mdl_sel/",
     ];
     for (const input of invalid) {
       expect(parseModelCallbackData(input), input).toBeNull();
@@ -209,6 +218,18 @@ describe("buildModelsKeyboard", () => {
       }
     }
   });
+
+  it("uses compact selection callback when provider/model callback exceeds 64 bytes", () => {
+    const model = "us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0";
+    const result = buildModelsKeyboard({
+      provider: "amazon-bedrock",
+      models: [model],
+      currentPage: 1,
+      totalPages: 1,
+    });
+
+    expect(result[0]?.[0]?.callback_data).toBe(`mdl_sel/${model}`);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("buildBrowseProvidersButton", () => {
diff --git a/src/telegram/model-buttons.ts b/src/telegram/model-buttons.ts
index 86e54a07524..86e54b72827 100644
--- a/src/telegram/model-buttons.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/model-buttons.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
  * Callback data patterns (max 64 bytes for Telegram):
  * - mdl_prov              - show providers list
  * - mdl_list_{prov}_{pg}  - show models for provider (page N, 1-indexed)
- * - mdl_sel_{provider/id} - select model
+ * - mdl_sel_{provider/id} - select model (standard)
+ * - mdl_sel/{model}       - select model (compact fallback when standard is >64 bytes)
  * - mdl_back              - back to providers list
  */
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export type ButtonRow = Array<{ text: string; callback_data: string }>;
 export type ParsedModelCallback =
   | { type: "providers" }
   | { type: "list"; provider: string; page: number }
-  | { type: "select"; provider: string; model: string }
+  | { type: "select"; provider?: string; model: string }
   | { type: "back" };
 
 export type ProviderInfo = {
@@ -57,6 +58,18 @@ export function parseModelCallbackData(data: string): ParsedModelCallback | null
     }
   }
 
+  // mdl_sel/{model} (compact fallback)
+  const compactSelMatch = trimmed.match(/^mdl_sel\/(.+)$/);
+  if (compactSelMatch) {
+    const modelRef = compactSelMatch[1];
+    if (modelRef) {
+      return {
+        type: "select",
+        model: modelRef,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
   // mdl_sel_{provider/model}
   const selMatch = trimmed.match(/^mdl_sel_(.+)$/);
   if (selMatch) {
@@ -133,8 +146,12 @@ export function buildModelsKeyboard(params: ModelsKeyboardParams): ButtonRow[] {
     : currentModel;
 
   for (const model of pageModels) {
-    const callbackData = `mdl_sel_${provider}/${model}`;
-    // Skip models that would exceed Telegram's callback_data limit
+    const fullCallbackData = `mdl_sel_${provider}/${model}`;
+    const callbackData =
+      Buffer.byteLength(fullCallbackData, "utf8") <= MAX_CALLBACK_DATA_BYTES
+        ? fullCallbackData
+        : `mdl_sel/${model}`;
+    // Skip models that still exceed Telegram's callback_data limit
     if (Buffer.byteLength(callbackData, "utf8") > MAX_CALLBACK_DATA_BYTES) {
       continue;
     }