diff --git a/packages/harness-omp/config/config.gateway-slim.yml b/packages/harness-omp/config/config.gateway-slim.yml
index f0ec28f..a64bfa9 100644
--- a/packages/harness-omp/config/config.gateway-slim.yml
+++ b/packages/harness-omp/config/config.gateway-slim.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
 # --- role -> model mapping ---------------------------------------------------
 modelRoles:
   default: llm/zai/GLM-5.2
+  # advisor pinned in-family: after the 2026-07 advisor 402 storm (advisor role
+  # resolved to a credit-dead paid provider, one failed call per primary turn,
+  # no circuit-breaker), the advisor role is always pinned explicitly.
+  advisor: llm/zai/GLM-5.2:low
 
 # --- skill discovery scoping (the ~16.5k lever; tools deliberately untouched) -
 skills:
-  includeSkills: [local-model-triage]
+  includeSkills: [estate-orient, local-model-triage]
   enablePiUser: true    # ~/.omp/agent/skills (omp-native user dir)
   enablePiProject: true # .omp/skills in-repo
   enableClaudeUser: false
diff --git a/packages/harness-omp/config/config.local.yml b/packages/harness-omp/config/config.local.yml
index af78e58..3b17c3b 100644
--- a/packages/harness-omp/config/config.local.yml
+++ b/packages/harness-omp/config/config.local.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ includeWorkspaceTree: false
 # shared set from packages/skills/. A bun test keeps this list in sync with
 # the packages/skills directory listing.
 skills:
-  includeSkills: [local-model-triage]
+  includeSkills: [estate-orient, local-model-triage]
   enablePiUser: true    # ~/.omp/agent/skills (omp-native user dir)
   enablePiProject: true # .omp/skills in-repo
   enableClaudeUser: false
@@ -66,3 +66,7 @@ modelRoles:
   smol: ollama/qwen3.5-9b-mtp
   slow: ollama/qwen3.6-35b-mtp
   plan: ollama/qwen3.6-35b-mtp
+  # advisor pinned in-family: after the 2026-07 advisor 402 storm (advisor role
+  # resolved to a credit-dead paid provider, one failed call per primary turn,
+  # no circuit-breaker), the advisor role is always pinned explicitly.
+  advisor: ollama/qwen3.5-9b-mtp
diff --git a/packages/harness-omp/tests/preset.test.ts b/packages/harness-omp/tests/preset.test.ts
index 6231ca4..8c968d8 100644
--- a/packages/harness-omp/tests/preset.test.ts
+++ b/packages/harness-omp/tests/preset.test.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ describe("config.local.yml", () => {
       for (const m of p.models ?? []) declared.add(`${prov}/${m.id}`);
     }
     for (const [role, id] of Object.entries<string>(doc.modelRoles ?? {})) {
-      expect(declared.has(id), `${role}: ${id}`).toBeTrue();
+      // selectors may carry a ':level' thinking suffix (e.g. 'llm/zai/GLM-5.2:low')
+      const bare = id.replace(/:(off|minimal|low|medium|high|xhigh|max)$/, "");
+      expect(declared.has(bare), `${role}: ${id}`).toBeTrue();
     }
   });
 });
@@ -110,7 +112,9 @@ describe("config.gateway-slim.yml", () => {
       for (const m of p.models ?? []) declared.add(`${prov}/${m.id}`);
     }
     for (const [role, id] of Object.entries<string>(doc.modelRoles ?? {})) {
-      expect(declared.has(id), `${role}: ${id}`).toBeTrue();
+      // selectors may carry a ':level' thinking suffix (e.g. 'llm/zai/GLM-5.2:low')
+      const bare = id.replace(/:(off|minimal|low|medium|high|xhigh|max)$/, "");
+      expect(declared.has(bare), `${role}: ${id}`).toBeTrue();
     }
   });
 });