diff --git a/packages/ai/test/provider/github-copilot.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/provider/github-copilot.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b194ca7909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ai/test/provider/github-copilot.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { shouldUseResponsesApi } from "@opencode-ai/ai/providers/github-copilot"
+
+describe("GitHub Copilot", () => {
+  test("selects the endpoint from explicit metadata before the model ID fallback", () => {
+    expect(shouldUseResponsesApi("mai-code-1-flash-picker", "responses")).toBe(true)
+    expect(shouldUseResponsesApi("gpt-5", "chat")).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldUseResponsesApi("gpt-5")).toBe(true)
+    expect(shouldUseResponsesApi("gpt-5.1-codex")).toBe(true)
+    expect(shouldUseResponsesApi("gpt-4o")).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldUseResponsesApi("gpt-5-mini")).toBe(false)
+    expect(shouldUseResponsesApi("gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07")).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/github-copilot.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/github-copilot.ts
index c8aff68697c..e7d27f4cca8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/github-copilot.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/github-copilot.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { IntegrationOAuthMethodRegistration } from "@opencode-ai/plugin/effect/integration"
+import { shouldUseResponsesApi } from "@opencode-ai/ai/providers/github-copilot"
 import { Effect, Option, Schema, Semaphore, Stream } from "effect"
 import { Catalog } from "../../catalog"
 import { Credential } from "../../credential"
@@ -140,14 +141,6 @@ const oauth = (app: App.Info) => ({
     }),
 }) satisfies IntegrationOAuthMethodRegistration
 
-function shouldUseResponses(modelID: string) {
-  // Copilot supports Responses for GPT-5 class models, except mini variants
-  // which still need the chat-completions endpoint.
-  const match = /^gpt-(\d+)/.exec(modelID)
-  if (!match) return false
-  return Number(match[1]) >= 5 && !modelID.startsWith("gpt-5-mini")
-}
-
 export const GithubCopilotPlugin = define({
   id: "opencode.provider.github-copilot",
   effect: Effect.fn(function* (ctx) {
@@ -269,7 +262,7 @@ export const GithubCopilotPlugin = define({
           return
         }
         const id = evt.model.modelID ?? evt.model.id
-        evt.language = shouldUseResponses(id) ? evt.sdk.responses(id) : evt.sdk.chat(id)
+        evt.language = shouldUseResponsesApi(id) ? evt.sdk.responses(id) : evt.sdk.chat(id)
       }),
     )
   }),