diff --git a/src/widgets/Model.ts b/src/widgets/Model.ts
index 94b2b90d..fa85e714 100644
--- a/src/widgets/Model.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/Model.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export class ModelWidget implements Widget {
             : (model?.display_name ?? model?.id);
 
         if (modelDisplayName) {
-            return item.rawValue ? modelDisplayName : `Model: ${modelDisplayName}`;
+            const shortName = modelDisplayName.replace(/\s*\(.*\)$/, '');
+            return item.rawValue ? shortName : `Model: ${shortName}`;
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/src/widgets/__tests__/Model.test.ts b/src/widgets/__tests__/Model.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4234567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/__tests__/Model.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it
+} from 'vitest';
+
+import type {
+    RenderContext,
+    WidgetItem
+} from '../../types';
+import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from '../../types/Settings';
+import { ModelWidget } from '../Model';
+
+const ITEM: WidgetItem = { id: 'model', type: 'model' };
+const RAW_ITEM: WidgetItem = { id: 'model', type: 'model', rawValue: true };
+
+function makeContext(overrides: Partial<RenderContext> = {}): RenderContext {
+    return { ...overrides };
+}
+
+describe('ModelWidget', () => {
+    describe('render()', () => {
+        it('strips parenthetical suffix from display_name', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext({ data: { model: { id: 'claude-opus-4-6[1m]', display_name: 'Opus 4.6 (1M context)' } } });
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(RAW_ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBe('Opus 4.6');
+        });
+
+        it('strips parenthetical from Sonnet display_name', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext({ data: { model: { id: 'claude-sonnet-4-6', display_name: 'Sonnet 4.6 (200K context)' } } });
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(RAW_ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBe('Sonnet 4.6');
+        });
+
+        it('leaves name unchanged when no parenthetical', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext({ data: { model: { id: 'claude-sonnet-4-6', display_name: 'Sonnet 4.6' } } });
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(RAW_ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBe('Sonnet 4.6');
+        });
+
+        it('handles model as string (legacy)', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext({ data: { model: 'Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context)' } });
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(RAW_ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBe('Claude Opus 4.6');
+        });
+
+        it('includes Model: prefix when rawValue is false', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext({ data: { model: { id: 'claude-opus-4-6[1m]', display_name: 'Opus 4.6 (1M context)' } } });
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBe('Model: Opus 4.6');
+        });
+
+        it('returns null when model is absent', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext({ data: {} });
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        it('returns null when context.data is absent', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext();
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        it('returns preview text in preview mode', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext({ isPreview: true });
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBe('Model: Claude');
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(RAW_ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBe('Claude');
+        });
+
+        it('falls back to model id when display_name is absent', () => {
+            const ctx = makeContext({ data: { model: { id: 'claude-opus-4-6[1m]' } } });
+            expect(new ModelWidget().render(RAW_ITEM, ctx, DEFAULT_SETTINGS)).toBe('claude-opus-4-6[1m]');
+        });
+    });
+});
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