diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/copilot.spec.ts.md b/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/copilot.spec.ts.md
index 0797e8989..38fc2496b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/copilot.spec.ts.md
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/copilot.spec.ts.md
@@ -467,9 +467,9 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
 
     'gemini-2.5-flash'
 
-> should pick first pro model when no requested model during active
+> should pick default model when no requested model during active
 
-    'gemini-2.5-pro'
+    'gemini-2.5-flash'
 
 > should honor requested pro model during active
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/copilot.spec.ts.snap b/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/copilot.spec.ts.snap
index cd677a05b..2933e7d0e 100644
Binary files a/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/copilot.spec.ts.snap and b/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/copilot.spec.ts.snap differ
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/copilot.spec.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/copilot.spec.ts
index 6a3b69e75..602ff7fc9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/copilot.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/__tests__/copilot.spec.ts
@@ -2129,13 +2129,13 @@ test('should resolve model correctly based on subscription status and prompt con
     );
   }
 
-  // payment enabled + active: without requested -> first pro; requested pro should be honored
+  // payment enabled + active: without requested -> default model; requested pro should be honored
   {
     mockStatus(SubscriptionStatus.Active);
     const model6 = await s.resolveModel(true);
     t.snapshot(
       model6,
-      'should pick first pro model when no requested model during active'
+      'should pick default model when no requested model during active'
     );
 
     const model7 = await s.resolveModel(true, 'claude-sonnet-4@20250514');
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/anthropic/official.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/anthropic/official.ts
index ce2ac59ac..efdc4a527 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/anthropic/official.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/anthropic/official.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export class AnthropicOfficialProvider extends AnthropicProvider<AnthropicOffici
 
   override readonly models = [
     {
+      name: 'Claude Opus 4',
       id: 'claude-opus-4-20250514',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export class AnthropicOfficialProvider extends AnthropicProvider<AnthropicOffici
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'Claude Sonnet 4',
       id: 'claude-sonnet-4-20250514',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ export class AnthropicOfficialProvider extends AnthropicProvider<AnthropicOffici
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'Claude 3.7 Sonnet',
       id: 'claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ export class AnthropicOfficialProvider extends AnthropicProvider<AnthropicOffici
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'Claude 3.5 Sonnet',
       id: 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022',
       capabilities: [
         {
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/anthropic/vertex.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/anthropic/vertex.ts
index e2aa32259..3d5655daf 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/anthropic/vertex.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/anthropic/vertex.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class AnthropicVertexProvider extends AnthropicProvider<AnthropicVertexCo
 
   override readonly models = [
     {
+      name: 'Claude Opus 4',
       id: 'claude-opus-4@20250514',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export class AnthropicVertexProvider extends AnthropicProvider<AnthropicVertexCo
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'Claude Sonnet 4',
       id: 'claude-sonnet-4@20250514',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export class AnthropicVertexProvider extends AnthropicProvider<AnthropicVertexCo
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'Claude 3.7 Sonnet',
       id: 'claude-3-7-sonnet@20250219',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ export class AnthropicVertexProvider extends AnthropicProvider<AnthropicVertexCo
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'Claude 3.5 Sonnet',
       id: 'claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022',
       capabilities: [
         {
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/openai.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/openai.ts
index ba872bab8..afeeddcf5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/openai.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/providers/openai.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
   readonly models = [
     // Text to Text models
     {
+      name: 'GPT 4o',
       id: 'gpt-4o',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
     },
     // FIXME(@darkskygit): deprecated
     {
+      name: 'GPT 4o 2024-08-06',
       id: 'gpt-4o-2024-08-06',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 4o Mini',
       id: 'gpt-4o-mini',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
     },
     // FIXME(@darkskygit): deprecated
     {
+      name: 'GPT 4o Mini 2024-07-18',
       id: 'gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 4.1',
       id: 'gpt-4.1',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -143,6 +148,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 4.1 2025-04-14',
       id: 'gpt-4.1-2025-04-14',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -156,6 +162,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 4.1 Mini',
       id: 'gpt-4.1-mini',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -169,6 +176,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 4.1 Nano',
       id: 'gpt-4.1-nano',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -182,6 +190,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 5',
       id: 'gpt-5',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -195,6 +204,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 5 2025-08-07',
       id: 'gpt-5-2025-08-07',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -208,6 +218,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 5 Mini',
       id: 'gpt-5-mini',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -221,6 +232,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT 5 Nano',
       id: 'gpt-5-nano',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -234,6 +246,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT O1',
       id: 'o1',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -243,6 +256,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT O3',
       id: 'o3',
       capabilities: [
         {
@@ -252,6 +266,7 @@ export class OpenAIProvider extends CopilotProvider<OpenAIConfig> {
       ],
     },
     {
+      name: 'GPT O4 Mini',
       id: 'o4-mini',
       capabilities: [
         {
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/resolver.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/resolver.ts
index 9f356f70e..85f53e616 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/resolver.ts
@@ -362,6 +362,27 @@ class CopilotPromptType {
   messages!: CopilotPromptMessageType[];
 }
 
+@ObjectType()
+class CopilotModelType {
+  @Field(() => String)
+  id!: string;
+
+  @Field(() => String)
+  name!: string;
+}
+
+@ObjectType()
+export class CopilotModelsType {
+  @Field(() => String)
+  defaultModel!: string;
+
+  @Field(() => [CopilotModelType])
+  optionalModels!: CopilotModelType[];
+
+  @Field(() => [CopilotModelType])
+  proModels!: CopilotModelType[];
+}
+
 @ObjectType()
 export class CopilotSessionType {
   @Field(() => ID)
@@ -400,9 +421,12 @@ export class CopilotType {
 @Throttle()
 @Resolver(() => CopilotType)
 export class CopilotResolver {
+  private readonly modelNames = new Map<string, string>();
+
   constructor(
     private readonly ac: AccessController,
     private readonly mutex: RequestMutex,
+    private readonly prompt: PromptService,
     private readonly chatSession: ChatSessionService,
     private readonly storage: CopilotStorage,
     private readonly docReader: DocReader,
@@ -443,6 +467,48 @@ export class CopilotResolver {
     return { userId: user.id, workspaceId, docId: docId || undefined };
   }
 
+  @ResolveField(() => CopilotModelsType, {
+    description:
+      'List available models for a prompt, with human-readable names',
+    complexity: 2,
+  })
+  async models(
+    @Args('promptName') promptName: string
+  ): Promise<CopilotModelsType> {
+    const prompt = await this.prompt.get(promptName);
+    if (!prompt) {
+      throw new NotFoundException('Prompt not found');
+    }
+    const convertModels = (ids: string[]) => {
+      return ids
+        .map(id => ({ id, name: this.modelNames.get(id) }))
+        .filter(m => !!m.name) as CopilotModelType[];
+    };
+    const proModels = prompt.config?.proModels || [];
+    const missing = new Set(
+      [...prompt.optionalModels, ...proModels].filter(
+        id => !this.modelNames.has(id)
+      )
+    );
+    if (missing.size) {
+      for (const model of missing) {
+        if (this.modelNames.has(model)) continue;
+        const provider = await this.providerFactory.getProviderByModel(model);
+        if (provider?.configured()) {
+          for (const m of provider.models) {
+            if (m.name) this.modelNames.set(m.id, m.name);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      defaultModel: prompt.model,
+      optionalModels: convertModels(prompt.optionalModels),
+      proModels: convertModels(proModels),
+    };
+  }
+
   @ResolveField(() => CopilotSessionType, {
     description: 'Get the session by id',
     complexity: 2,
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/session.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/session.ts
index 6ce10c5ad..9c37007fc 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/session.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/copilot/session.ts
@@ -130,15 +130,8 @@ export class ChatSession implements AsyncDisposable {
       paymentEnabled = false;
     }
 
-    if (paymentEnabled) {
-      if (isUserAIPro) {
-        if (!requestedModelId) {
-          const firstPro = this.proModels[0];
-          return normalize(firstPro);
-        }
-      } else if (isPro(requestedModelId)) {
-        return defaultModel;
-      }
+    if (paymentEnabled && !isUserAIPro && isPro(requestedModelId)) {
+      return defaultModel;
     }
 
     return normalize(requestedModelId);
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/schema.gql b/packages/backend/server/src/schema.gql
index 61a011bfd..15551a45b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/schema.gql
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/schema.gql
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ type Copilot {
   contexts(contextId: String, sessionId: String): [CopilotContext!]!
   histories(docId: String, options: QueryChatHistoriesInput): [CopilotHistories!]! @deprecated(reason: "use `chats` instead")
 
+  """List available models for a prompt, with human-readable names"""
+  models(promptName: String!): CopilotModelsType!
+
   """Get the quota of the user in the workspace"""
   quota: CopilotQuota!
 
@@ -360,6 +363,17 @@ type CopilotMessageNotFoundDataType {
   messageId: String!
 }
 
+type CopilotModelType {
+  id: String!
+  name: String!
+}
+
+type CopilotModelsType {
+  defaultModel: String!
+  optionalModels: [CopilotModelType!]!
+  proModels: [CopilotModelType!]!
+}
+
 input CopilotPromptConfigInput {
   frequencyPenalty: Float
   presencePenalty: Float
diff --git a/packages/common/graphql/src/graphql/copilot-models-get.gql b/packages/common/graphql/src/graphql/copilot-models-get.gql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c15fa3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/common/graphql/src/graphql/copilot-models-get.gql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+query getPromptModels($promptName: String!) {
+  currentUser {
+    copilot {
+      models(promptName: $promptName) {
+        defaultModel
+        optionalModels {
+          id
+          name
+        }
+        proModels {
+          id
+          name
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/common/graphql/src/graphql/index.ts b/packages/common/graphql/src/graphql/index.ts
index 325def15d..4ad96df00 100644
--- a/packages/common/graphql/src/graphql/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common/graphql/src/graphql/index.ts
@@ -1059,6 +1059,28 @@ export const createCopilotMessageMutation = {
   file: true,
 };
 
+export const getPromptModelsQuery = {
+  id: 'getPromptModelsQuery' as const,
+  op: 'getPromptModels',
+  query: `query getPromptModels($promptName: String!) {
+  currentUser {
+    copilot {
+      models(promptName: $promptName) {
+        defaultModel
+        optionalModels {
+          id
+          name
+        }
+        proModels {
+          id
+          name
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}`,
+};
+
 export const copilotQuotaQuery = {
   id: 'copilotQuotaQuery' as const,
   op: 'copilotQuota',
diff --git a/packages/common/graphql/src/schema.ts b/packages/common/graphql/src/schema.ts
index 198d30279..541cb9fb6 100644
--- a/packages/common/graphql/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/common/graphql/src/schema.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ export interface Copilot {
   contexts: Array<CopilotContext>;
   /** @deprecated use `chats` instead */
   histories: Array<CopilotHistories>;
+  /** List available models for a prompt, with human-readable names */
+  models: CopilotModelsType;
   /** Get the quota of the user in the workspace */
   quota: CopilotQuota;
   /** Get the session by id */
@@ -296,6 +298,10 @@ export interface CopilotHistoriesArgs {
   options?: InputMaybe<QueryChatHistoriesInput>;
 }
 
+export interface CopilotModelsArgs {
+  promptName: Scalars['String']['input'];
+}
+
 export interface CopilotSessionArgs {
   sessionId: Scalars['String']['input'];
 }
@@ -451,6 +457,19 @@ export interface CopilotMessageNotFoundDataType {
   messageId: Scalars['String']['output'];
 }
 
+export interface CopilotModelType {
+  __typename?: 'CopilotModelType';
+  id: Scalars['String']['output'];
+  name: Scalars['String']['output'];
+}
+
+export interface CopilotModelsType {
+  __typename?: 'CopilotModelsType';
+  defaultModel: Scalars['String']['output'];
+  optionalModels: Array<CopilotModelType>;
+  proModels: Array<CopilotModelType>;
+}
+
 export interface CopilotPromptConfigInput {
   frequencyPenalty?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Float']['input']>;
   presencePenalty?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Float']['input']>;
@@ -4343,6 +4362,34 @@ export type CreateCopilotMessageMutation = {
   createCopilotMessage: string;
 };
 
+export type GetPromptModelsQueryVariables = Exact<{
+  promptName: Scalars['String']['input'];
+}>;
+
+export type GetPromptModelsQuery = {
+  __typename?: 'Query';
+  currentUser: {
+    __typename?: 'UserType';
+    copilot: {
+      __typename?: 'Copilot';
+      models: {
+        __typename?: 'CopilotModelsType';
+        defaultModel: string;
+        optionalModels: Array<{
+          __typename?: 'CopilotModelType';
+          id: string;
+          name: string;
+        }>;
+        proModels: Array<{
+          __typename?: 'CopilotModelType';
+          id: string;
+          name: string;
+        }>;
+      };
+    };
+  } | null;
+};
+
 export type CopilotQuotaQueryVariables = Exact<{ [key: string]: never }>;
 
 export type CopilotQuotaQuery = {
@@ -6380,6 +6427,11 @@ export type Queries =
       variables: GetAudioTranscriptionQueryVariables;
       response: GetAudioTranscriptionQuery;
     }
+  | {
+      name: 'getPromptModelsQuery';
+      variables: GetPromptModelsQueryVariables;
+      response: GetPromptModelsQuery;
+    }
   | {
       name: 'copilotQuotaQuery';
       variables: CopilotQuotaQueryVariables;