diff --git a/docs/chat-commands.md b/docs/chat-commands.md
index 816292e74..15317c1d4 100644
--- a/docs/chat-commands.md
+++ b/docs/chat-commands.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ These commands work inside chat channels and interactive agent sessions:
 | `/stop` | Stop the current task |
 | `/restart` | Restart the bot |
 | `/status` | Show bot status |
+| `/model` | Show the current model and available model presets |
+| `/model <preset>` | Switch the runtime model preset for future turns |
 | `/dream` | Run Dream memory consolidation now |
 | `/dream-log` | Show the latest Dream memory change |
 | `/dream-log <sha>` | Show a specific Dream memory change |
@@ -15,6 +17,26 @@ These commands work inside chat channels and interactive agent sessions:
 | `/dream-restore <sha>` | Restore memory to the state before a specific change |
 | `/help` | Show available in-chat commands |
 
+## Model Presets
+
+Use `/model` to inspect the current runtime model:
+
+```text
+/model
+```
+
+The response shows the current model, the current preset, and the available preset names. `default` is always available and represents the model settings from `agents.defaults.*`.
+
+To switch presets for future turns:
+
+```text
+/model fast
+/model deep
+/model default
+```
+
+Preset names come from the top-level `modelPresets` config. Switching is runtime-only: it does not rewrite `config.json`, and an in-progress turn keeps using the model it started with. See [Configuration: Model presets](./configuration.md#model-presets) for setup details.
+
 ## Periodic Tasks
 
 The gateway wakes up every 30 minutes and checks `HEARTBEAT.md` in your workspace (`~/.nanobot/workspace/HEARTBEAT.md`). If the file has tasks, the agent executes them and delivers results to your most recently active chat channel.
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 9b2c73b50..c0d73e7b2 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -657,6 +657,71 @@ That's it! Environment variables, model routing, config matching, and `nanobot s
 
 </details>
 
+## Model Presets
+
+Model presets let you name a complete model configuration and switch it at runtime with `/model <preset>`.
+
+Existing configs do not need to change. If you do not set `modelPresets` or `agents.defaults.modelPreset`, nanobot keeps using `agents.defaults.*` exactly as before.
+
+```json
+{
+  "agents": {
+    "defaults": {
+      "model": "openai/gpt-4.1",
+      "provider": "openai",
+      "maxTokens": 8192,
+      "contextWindowTokens": 128000,
+      "temperature": 0.1,
+      "modelPreset": null
+    }
+  },
+  "modelPresets": {
+    "fast": {
+      "model": "openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
+      "provider": "openai",
+      "maxTokens": 4096,
+      "contextWindowTokens": 128000,
+      "temperature": 0.2,
+      "reasoningEffort": "low"
+    },
+    "deep": {
+      "model": "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5",
+      "provider": "anthropic",
+      "maxTokens": 8192,
+      "contextWindowTokens": 200000,
+      "reasoningEffort": "high"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`modelPresets` is a top-level object. The keys under it (`fast`, `deep`, `coding`, etc.) are user-defined preset names. Each preset supports:
+
+| Field | Description |
+|-------|-------------|
+| `model` | Model name to use for this preset. |
+| `provider` | Provider name, or `"auto"` to use provider auto-detection. |
+| `maxTokens` | Maximum completion/output tokens. |
+| `contextWindowTokens` | Context window size used by prompt building and consolidation decisions. |
+| `temperature` | Sampling temperature. |
+| `reasoningEffort` | Optional reasoning/thinking setting. Provider support varies. |
+
+`default` is reserved and always means the implicit preset built from `agents.defaults.*`; do not define `modelPresets.default`. Use `/model default` to switch back to `agents.defaults.*`.
+
+Set `agents.defaults.modelPreset` to start with a named preset:
+
+```json
+{
+  "agents": {
+    "defaults": {
+      "modelPreset": "fast"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+When `modelPreset` is `null` or omitted, startup uses the implicit `default` preset from `agents.defaults.*`. Runtime changes made with `/model <preset>` are not written back to `config.json`; they affect future turns until the process restarts or another model/config change replaces them.
+
 ## Channel Settings
 
 Global settings that apply to all channels. Configure under the `channels` section in `~/.nanobot/config.json`:
diff --git a/docs/websocket.md b/docs/websocket.md
index e3303b868..556bb5bb6 100644
--- a/docs/websocket.md
+++ b/docs/websocket.md
@@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ All frames are JSON text. Each message has an `event` field.
 }
 ```
 
+**`runtime_model_updated`** — broadcast when the gateway runtime model changes, for example after `/model <preset>`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "event": "runtime_model_updated",
+  "model_name": "openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
+  "model_preset": "fast"
+}
+```
+
+`model_preset` is omitted when no named preset is active. WebUI clients use this event to keep the displayed model badge in sync across slash commands, config reloads, and settings changes.
+
 **`attached`** — confirmation for `new_chat` / `attach` inbound envelopes (see [Multi-chat multiplexing](#multi-chat-multiplexing)):
 
 ```json