fix(config): preserve list-format models in custom_providers normalize

_normalize_custom_provider_entry silently drops the models field when it's
a list. Hand-edited configs (and the shape used by older Hermes versions)
still write models as a plain list of ids, so after the normalize pass the
entry reaches list_authenticated_providers() with no models and /model
shows the provider with (0) models — even though the underlying picker
code handles lists fine.

Convert list-format models into the empty-value dict shape the rest of
the pipeline already expects. Dict-format entries keep passing through
unchanged.

Repro (before the fix):

    custom_providers:
    - name: acme
      base_url: https://api.example.com/v1
      models: [foo, bar, baz]

/model shows "acme (0)"; bypassing normalize in list_authenticated_providers
returns three models, confirming the drop happens in normalize.

Adds four unit tests covering list→dict conversion, dict pass-through,
filtering of empty/non-string entries, and the empty-list case.

hermes_cli/config.py

@@ -2055,6 +2055,14 @@ def _normalize_custom_provider_entry(
     models = entry.get("models")
     if isinstance(models, dict) and models:
         normalized["models"] = models
+    elif isinstance(models, list) and models:
+        # Hand-edited configs (and older Hermes versions) write ``models`` as
+        # a plain list of model ids. Preserve them by converting to the dict
+        # shape downstream code expects; otherwise normalize silently drops
+        # the list and /model shows the provider with (0) models.
+        normalized["models"] = {
+            str(m): {} for m in models if isinstance(m, str) and m.strip()
+        }
 
     context_length = entry.get("context_length")
     if isinstance(context_length, int) and context_length > 0:

tests/hermes_cli/test_provider_config_validation.py

@@ -135,3 +135,48 @@ class TestNormalizeCustomProviderEntry:
         }
         result = _normalize_custom_provider_entry(entry, provider_key="")
         assert result is None
+
+    def test_models_list_converted_to_dict(self):
+        """List-format models should be preserved as an empty-value dict so
+        /model picks them up instead of showing the provider with (0) models."""
+        entry = {
+            "name": "tencent-coding-plan",
+            "base_url": "https://api.lkeap.cloud.tencent.com/coding/v3",
+            "models": ["glm-5", "kimi-k2.5", "minimax-m2.5"],
+        }
+        result = _normalize_custom_provider_entry(entry)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result["models"] == {"glm-5": {}, "kimi-k2.5": {}, "minimax-m2.5": {}}
+
+    def test_models_dict_preserved(self):
+        """Dict-format models should pass through unchanged."""
+        entry = {
+            "name": "acme",
+            "base_url": "https://api.example.com/v1",
+            "models": {"gpt-foo": {"context_length": 32000}},
+        }
+        result = _normalize_custom_provider_entry(entry)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result["models"] == {"gpt-foo": {"context_length": 32000}}
+
+    def test_models_list_filters_empty_and_non_string(self):
+        """List entries that are empty strings or non-strings are skipped."""
+        entry = {
+            "name": "acme",
+            "base_url": "https://api.example.com/v1",
+            "models": ["valid", "", None, 42, "  ", "also-valid"],
+        }
+        result = _normalize_custom_provider_entry(entry)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result["models"] == {"valid": {}, "also-valid": {}}
+
+    def test_models_empty_list_omitted(self):
+        """Empty list (falsy) should not produce a models key."""
+        entry = {
+            "name": "acme",
+            "base_url": "https://api.example.com/v1",
+            "models": [],
+        }
+        result = _normalize_custom_provider_entry(entry)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert "models" not in result