Move agent AI defaults into Settings

desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentAiDefaults.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { useAppNavigation } from "@/app/navigation/useAppNavigation";
+import type { InheritedDefault } from "./bakedEnvHelpers";
+import { getPersonaProviderOptions } from "./personaDialogPickers";
+import { Button } from "@/shared/ui/button";
+
+function providerLabel(providerId: string) {
+  const option = getPersonaProviderOptions("", "buzz-agent").find(
+    (candidate) => candidate.id === providerId,
+  );
+  return option?.label ?? providerId;
+}
+
+export function formatAiDefaultsSummary({
+  provider,
+  model,
+}: {
+  provider: InheritedDefault;
+  model: InheritedDefault;
+}) {
+  const parts = [
+    provider.value ? providerLabel(provider.value) : null,
+    model.value || null,
+  ].filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value));
+
+  return parts.length > 0 ? parts.join(" · ") : "Not configured";
+}
+
+export function AgentAiDefaultsNotice({
+  confirmNavigation = false,
+  explicitModel,
+  explicitProvider,
+  inheritedModel,
+  inheritedProvider,
+}: {
+  confirmNavigation?: boolean;
+  explicitModel: string;
+  explicitProvider: string;
+  inheritedModel: InheritedDefault;
+  inheritedProvider: InheritedDefault;
+}) {
+  const { goSettings } = useAppNavigation();
+  const inheritsProvider = explicitProvider.trim().length === 0;
+  const inheritsModel = explicitModel.trim().length === 0;
+
+  const usesCustomConfig = !inheritsProvider && !inheritsModel;
+  const requiredProviderMissing = inheritsProvider && !inheritedProvider.value;
+
+  const inheritedParts = [
+    inheritsProvider
+      ? inheritedProvider.value
+        ? `Provider ${providerLabel(inheritedProvider.value)}`
+        : "Provider not configured"
+      : null,
+    inheritsModel
+      ? inheritedModel.value
+        ? `Model ${inheritedModel.value}`
+        : "Model not configured"
+      : null,
+  ].filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value));
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2 rounded-lg border border-border/60 bg-muted/30 px-3 py-2"
+      data-testid="agent-ai-defaults-notice"
+    >
+      <div className="min-w-0">
+        <p className="text-xs font-medium text-foreground">
+          {usesCustomConfig
+            ? "Custom AI configuration"
+            : requiredProviderMissing
+              ? "AI defaults aren’t configured"
+              : inheritsProvider && inheritsModel
+                ? "Uses AI defaults"
+                : "Partially uses AI defaults"}
+        </p>
+        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          {usesCustomConfig
+            ? "This agent won’t follow provider or model default changes."
+            : requiredProviderMissing
+              ? "Choose a provider in AI defaults to use this agent."
+              : `${inheritedParts.join(" · ")}. Inherited fields follow future changes.`}
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <Button
+        onClick={() => {
+          if (
+            confirmNavigation &&
+            !window.confirm(
+              "Leave this agent without saving? Your changes will be discarded.",
+            )
+          ) {
+            return;
+          }
+          void goSettings("agents");
+        }}
+        size="xs"
+        type="button"
+        variant="link"
+      >
+        Edit AI defaults
+      </Button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentDefinitionDialog.tsx

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import {
   getBakedProviderInheritLabel,
 } from "./bakedEnvHelpers";
 import { useAgentDialogDefaults } from "./useAgentDialogDefaults";
+import { AgentAiDefaultsNotice } from "./AgentAiDefaults";
 import { useProviderApiKeyFieldState } from "./providerApiKeyFieldState";
 import { buildRuntimeModelProviderPayload } from "./agentDefinitionSubmitPayload";
 
@@ -864,6 +865,14 @@ export function AgentDefinitionDialog({
               ) : null}
             </AnimatePresence>
 
+            <AgentAiDefaultsNotice
+              confirmNavigation
+              explicitModel={model}
+              explicitProvider={provider}
+              inheritedModel={inheritedModelDefault}
+              inheritedProvider={inheritedProviderDefault}
+            />
+
             {isCreateMode ? createRunSection : null}
 
             <div className="space-y-3">

desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentInstanceEditDialog.tsx

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import {
 } from "./bakedEnvHelpers";
 import { getProviderApiKeyEnvVar } from "./personaDialogPickers";
 import { useAgentDialogDefaults } from "./useAgentDialogDefaults";
+import { AgentAiDefaultsNotice } from "./AgentAiDefaults";
 import { useProviderApiKeyFieldState } from "./providerApiKeyFieldState";
 
 const ADVANCED_FIELDS_MOTION_TRANSITION = {
@@ -1087,6 +1088,14 @@ export function AgentInstanceEditDialog({
               </p>
             </div>
 
+            <AgentAiDefaultsNotice
+              confirmNavigation
+              explicitModel={inheritedSubmission.model ?? ""}
+              explicitProvider={inheritedSubmission.provider ?? ""}
+              inheritedModel={inheritedModelDefault}
+              inheritedProvider={inheritedProviderDefault}
+            />
+
             {/* Advanced settings */}
             <div className="space-y-3">
               <button

desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentsView.tsx

@@ -24,11 +24,20 @@ import { useManagedAgentActions } from "./useManagedAgentActions";
 import { usePersonaActions } from "./usePersonaActions";
 import { useTeamActions } from "./useTeamActions";
 import { useProfilePanel } from "@/shared/context/ProfilePanelContext";
+import { useAppNavigation } from "@/app/navigation/useAppNavigation";
+import { useBakedBuildEnvQuery } from "@/features/agents/hooks";
+import { useGlobalAgentConfig } from "@/features/agents/useGlobalAgentConfig";
 import { PageHeader } from "@/shared/ui/PageHeader";
-import { GlobalAgentConfigSettingsCard } from "@/features/settings/ui/GlobalAgentConfigSettingsCard";
+import { formatAiDefaultsSummary } from "./AgentAiDefaults";
+import { getInheritedAgentDefaults } from "./bakedEnvHelpers";
 
 export function AgentsView() {
   const { openPersonaProfilePanel, openProfilePanel } = useProfilePanel();
+  const { goSettings } = useAppNavigation();
+  const { globalConfig } = useGlobalAgentConfig();
+  const { data: bakedEnv } = useBakedBuildEnvQuery({ enabled: true });
+  const inheritedDefaults = getInheritedAgentDefaults(globalConfig, bakedEnv);
+  const aiDefaultsSummary = formatAiDefaultsSummary(inheritedDefaults);
   const agents = useManagedAgentActions();
   const personas = usePersonaActions();
   const teamImportInputRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
@@ -95,9 +104,11 @@ export function AgentsView() {
             title="Agents"
           />
           <div className="flex flex-col gap-8">
-            <GlobalAgentConfigSettingsCard />
-
             <UnifiedAgentsSection
+              aiDefaultsSummary={aiDefaultsSummary}
+              onEditAiDefaults={() => {
+                void goSettings("agents");
+              }}
               actionErrorMessage={agents.actionErrorMessage}
               actionNoticeMessage={agents.actionNoticeMessage}
               agents={agents.managedAgents}

desktop/src/features/agents/ui/UnifiedAgentsSection.tsx

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { PersonaActionsMenu } from "./PersonaActionsMenu";
 import { buildUnifiedGroups, pickProfileAgent } from "./unifiedAgentGroups";
 
 type UnifiedAgentsSectionProps = {
+  aiDefaultsSummary: string;
   actionErrorMessage: string | null;
   actionNoticeMessage: string | null;
   agents: ManagedAgent[];
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ type UnifiedAgentsSectionProps = {
   startingAgentPubkey: string | null;
   startingPersonaIds: ReadonlySet<string>;
   onBulkStopRunning: () => void;
+  onEditAiDefaults: () => void;
   onOpenAgentProfile: (
     pubkey: string,
     options?: ProfilePanelOpenOptions,
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ const AGENT_CARD_GRID_CLASS = `${AGENT_CARD_COLUMN_CLASS} grid grid-cols-[repeat
 export function UnifiedAgentsSection(props: UnifiedAgentsSectionProps) {
   const {
     actionErrorMessage,
+    aiDefaultsSummary,
     actionNoticeMessage,
     agents,
     agentsError,
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ export function UnifiedAgentsSection(props: UnifiedAgentsSectionProps) {
     startingAgentPubkey,
     startingPersonaIds,
     onBulkStopRunning,
+    onEditAiDefaults,
     onOpenAgentProfile,
     onOpenPersonaProfile,
     onStartAgent,
@@ -160,11 +164,13 @@ export function UnifiedAgentsSection(props: UnifiedAgentsSectionProps) {
 
       <AgentsListHeader
         agentCount={agents.length}
+        aiDefaultsSummary={aiDefaultsSummary}
         fileInputRef={fileInputRef}
         handleFileChange={handleFileChange}
         isActionPending={isActionPending}
         runningCount={runningCount}
         onBulkStopRunning={onBulkStopRunning}
+        onEditAiDefaults={onEditAiDefaults}
       />
 
       {isLoading ? <LoadingSkeleton /> : null}
@@ -437,18 +443,22 @@ function firstAvatarUrl(
 
 function AgentsListHeader({
   agentCount,
+  aiDefaultsSummary,
   fileInputRef,
   handleFileChange,
   isActionPending,
   runningCount,
   onBulkStopRunning,
+  onEditAiDefaults,
 }: {
   agentCount: number;
+  aiDefaultsSummary: string;
   fileInputRef: React.RefObject<HTMLInputElement | null>;
   handleFileChange: (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
   isActionPending: boolean;
   runningCount: number;
   onBulkStopRunning: () => void;
+  onEditAiDefaults: () => void;
 }) {
   return (
     <div className={AGENT_CARD_COLUMN_CLASS}>
@@ -461,7 +471,22 @@ function AgentsListHeader({
       />
       <SectionHeader
         title="Agents"
-        description="Agents in this community."
+        description={
+          <>
+            <span>Agents in this community.</span>
+            <span className="mt-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-1 text-xs">
+              <span>AI defaults: {aiDefaultsSummary}</span>
+              <Button
+                onClick={onEditAiDefaults}
+                size="xs"
+                type="button"
+                variant="link"
+              >
+                Edit defaults
+              </Button>
+            </span>
+          </>
+        }
         action={
           agentCount > 0 ? (
             <DropdownMenu modal={false}>

desktop/src/features/agents/ui/bakedEnvHelpers.ts

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export function getAdvancedInheritedSummary(
     ...(effort.value ? [`effort ${effort.value}`] : []),
     ...(globalEnvLabel ? [globalEnvLabel] : []),
   ];
-  return `Using global defaults: ${parts.join(" · ")}`;
+  return `Using AI defaults: ${parts.join(" · ")}`;
 }
 
 export function getInheritedAgentDefaults(

desktop/src/features/agents/ui/createAgentLocalModeGate.test.mjs

@@ -840,8 +840,8 @@ test("providerDefaultLabel_globalSet_returnsInheritLabel", () => {
   const label = getDefaultLlmProviderLabel("buzz-agent", "anthropic");
   assert.equal(
     label,
-    "Inherit global default (anthropic)",
-    "global provider set must return 'Inherit global default (<provider>)'",
+    "Use AI defaults (anthropic)",
+    "global provider set must return 'Use AI defaults (<provider>)'",
   );
 });
 
@@ -850,15 +850,15 @@ test("providerDefaultLabel_globalSetWithWhitespace_trimsAndReturnsInherit", () =
   const label = getDefaultLlmProviderLabel("buzz-agent", "  openai  ");
   assert.equal(
     label,
-    "Inherit global default (openai)",
+    "Use AI defaults (openai)",
     "global provider with surrounding whitespace must be trimmed in label",
   );
 });
 
 test("providerDefaultLabel_sharedCompute_neverLeaksInternalId", () => {
   assert.equal(
     getDefaultLlmProviderLabel("buzz-agent", "relay-mesh"),
-    "Inherit global default (Buzz shared compute)",
+    "Use AI defaults (Buzz shared compute)",
   );
 });
 
@@ -972,8 +972,8 @@ test("modelDefaultLabel_globalSet_returnsInheritLabel", () => {
   const label = getDefaultLlmModelLabel("claude-opus-4-5");
   assert.equal(
     label,
-    "Inherit global default (claude-opus-4-5)",
-    "global model set must return 'Inherit global default (<model>)'",
+    "Use AI defaults (claude-opus-4-5)",
+    "global model set must return 'Use AI defaults (<model>)'",
   );
 });
 
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ test("modelDefaultLabel_globalSetWithWhitespace_trimsAndReturnsInherit", () => {
   const label = getDefaultLlmModelLabel("  gpt-4o  ");
   assert.equal(
     label,
-    "Inherit global default (gpt-4o)",
+    "Use AI defaults (gpt-4o)",
     "global model with surrounding whitespace must be trimmed in label",
   );
 });
@@ -1131,11 +1131,11 @@ test("f3_templateDialog_localProviderBlankGlobalAnthropicNoModel_saveBlocked", (
 
 test("f3_templateDialog_globalModelSet_zeroValueLabelIsInherit", () => {
   // Case 3: global model set → the zero-value model dropdown option must show
-  // "Inherit global default (<model>)" not the generic "Default model".
+  // "Use AI defaults (<model>)" not the generic "Default model".
   // getDefaultLlmModelLabel is what AgentDefinitionDialog now uses for that slot.
   assert.equal(
     getDefaultLlmModelLabel("claude-opus-4-5"),
-    "Inherit global default (claude-opus-4-5)",
+    "Use AI defaults (claude-opus-4-5)",
     "zero-value model option label must show the global model name when set",
   );
   assert.equal(
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ test("f3b_buildTemplateModelDropdownOptions_anthropicGlobalModelSet_containsInhe
   );
   assert.equal(
     inheritEntry.label,
-    "Inherit global default (claude-opus-4-5)",
+    "Use AI defaults (claude-opus-4-5)",
     "inherit entry must carry the global model name",
   );
 });
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ test("f3b_buildTemplateModelDropdownOptions_blankProviderGlobalModelSet_noDouble
   );
   assert.equal(
     autoEntries[0].label,
-    "Inherit global default (claude-opus-4-5)",
+    "Use AI defaults (claude-opus-4-5)",
     "existing zero-value entry must be relabeled with the global model name",
   );
 });