diff --git a/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.test.ts b/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.test.ts
index 3206b6b..a024650 100644
--- a/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.test.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ function fakeRuntime(sessionId = "session-1", patch: Partial<TestSession> = {})
     setSessionName: (name: string) => { session.sessionName = name; },
     compact: () => Promise.resolve({ summary: "", tokensBefore: 0 }),
     getUserMessagesForForking: () => [],
+    agent: { streamFn: () => { throw new Error("streamFn should not be called in this test"); } },
     ...patch,
   };
   const runtime: PiSessionRuntime = {
@@ -166,6 +167,23 @@ function emptyArchiveStore(): NonNullable<PiSessionServiceDependencies["archiveS
 }
 
 describe("PiSessionService", () => {
+  it("exposes the session's agent.streamFn for one-off model calls", async () => {
+    const hub = new CapturingSessionEventHub();
+    const streamFn = vi.fn();
+    const fake = fakeRuntime("stream-session", { agent: { streamFn } });
+    const service = new PiSessionService(hub, {
+      createAgentRuntime: runtimeCreator(fake.runtime),
+      sessionManager: sessionGateway([]),
+      heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+    });
+
+    await service.start("/workspace");
+
+    expect(fake.session.agent.streamFn).toBe(streamFn);
+
+    await service.dispose();
+  });
+
   it("starts sessions through an injected runtime creator", async () => {
     const hub = new CapturingSessionEventHub();
     const fake = fakeRuntime();
diff --git a/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.ts b/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.ts
index dc507f6..e38ffb2 100644
--- a/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.ts
+++ b/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { open, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import type { ImageContent } from "@earendil-works/pi-ai";
+import type { StreamFn } from "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core";
 import {
   AuthStorage,
   createAgentSessionFromServices,
@@ -232,6 +233,15 @@ export interface PiAgentSession {
   setThinkingLevel(level: ClientThinkingLevel): void;
   cycleThinkingLevel(): ClientThinkingLevel | undefined;
   setSessionName(name: string): void;
+  /**
+   * Narrow re-expression of `AgentSession.agent` (an `@earendil-works/pi-agent-core`
+   * `Agent`), exposing only `streamFn` — the resolved-auth/headers/retry "call this
+   * model" function pi's own compaction/branch-summarization code uses internally.
+   * Lets callers (e.g. session title generation) issue one-off model calls without
+   * depending on pi-ai's deprecated `/compat` provider registry or leaking the full
+   * `Agent`/`AgentSession` surface.
+   */
+  agent: { streamFn: StreamFn };
 }
 
 export interface PiSessionRuntime {