diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/[id]/page.js b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/[id]/page.js
index fd9defc5..132c28bd 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/[id]/page.js
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/dashboard/providers/[id]/page.js
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ export default function ProviderDetailPage() {
     const allModels = [
       ...models,
       ...kiloFreeModels.filter((fm) => !models.some((m) => m.id === fm.id)),
-    ].filter((m) => !m.type || m.type === "llm");
+    ].filter((m) => { const k = m.kind || m.type; return !k || k === "llm"; });
     const disabledSet = new Set(disabledModelIds);
     const displayModels = allModels.filter((m) => !disabledSet.has(m.id));
     const disabledDisplayModels = allModels.filter((m) => disabledSet.has(m.id));
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ export default function ProviderDetailPage() {
             const allIds = [
               ...models,
               ...kiloFreeModels.filter((fm) => !models.some((m) => m.id === fm.id)),
-            ].filter((m) => !m.type || m.type === "llm").map((m) => m.id);
+            ].filter((m) => { const k = m.kind || m.type; return !k || k === "llm"; }).map((m) => m.id);
             const activeIds = allIds.filter((id) => !disabledModelIds.includes(id));
             return (
               <div className="flex gap-2">
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/models/route.js b/src/app/api/v1/models/route.js
index af163633..6b791dcd 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/models/route.js
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/models/route.js
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export async function buildModelsList(kindFilter) {
 
       const customModelIds = customModels
         .filter((m) => {
-          if (!m?.id || (m.type && m.type !== "llm")) return false;
+          if (!m?.id || ((m.kind || m.type) && (m.kind || m.type) !== "llm")) return false;
           const alias = m.providerAlias;
           return alias === staticAlias || alias === outputAlias || alias === providerId;
         })
diff --git a/src/shared/components/ModelSelectModal.js b/src/shared/components/ModelSelectModal.js
index 0e965f8d..b55057ec 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/ModelSelectModal.js
+++ b/src/shared/components/ModelSelectModal.js
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ export default function ModelSelectModal({
     // For these kinds, providers without hardcoded models can still be picked (provider-as-model fallback)
     const ALLOW_PROVIDER_FALLBACK_KINDS = new Set(["tts", "image", "webFetch"]);
 
-    // Filter a models[] array by kindFilter (keep only matching m.type)
+    const mKind = (m) => m.kind || m.type;
+    // Filter a models[] array by kindFilter (keep only matching kind)
     const filterByKind = (models) => {
-      // No kindFilter → LLM context: keep only LLM models (no type or type === "llm")
-      if (!kindFilter) return models.filter((m) => m.isPlaceholder || !m.type || m.type === "llm");
+      if (!kindFilter) return models.filter((m) => m.isPlaceholder || !mKind(m) || mKind(m) === "llm");
       if (!TYPED_KINDS.has(kindFilter)) return models;
-      return models.filter((m) => m.isPlaceholder || m.type === kindFilter);
+      return models.filter((m) => m.isPlaceholder || mKind(m) === kindFilter);
     };
 
     // Get all active provider IDs from connections (filtered by kindFilter if set)
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ export default function ModelSelectModal({
         let combined = aliasModels;
         if (kindFilter && TYPED_KINDS.has(kindFilter)) {
           combined = getModelsByProviderId(providerId)
-            .filter((m) => m.type === kindFilter)
-            .map((m) => ({ id: m.id, name: m.name, value: `${alias}/${m.id}`, type: m.type }));
+            .filter((m) => mKind(m) === kindFilter)
+            .map((m) => ({ id: m.id, name: m.name, value: `${alias}/${m.id}`, kind: mKind(m) }));
           // Fallback: provider-as-model when no hardcoded models match (tts/image/webFetch only)
           if (combined.length === 0 && ALLOW_PROVIDER_FALLBACK_KINDS.has(kindFilter)) {
             const supports = (providerInfo.serviceKinds || ["llm"]).includes(kindFilter);
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export default function ModelSelectModal({
           .map((m) => ({ id: m.id, name: m.name || m.id, value: `${alias}/${m.id}`, isCustom: true }));
 
         const merged = [
-          ...hardcodedModels.map((m) => ({ id: m.id, name: m.name, value: `${alias}/${m.id}`, type: m.type })),
+          ...hardcodedModels.map((m) => ({ id: m.id, name: m.name, value: `${alias}/${m.id}`, kind: mKind(m) })),
           ...customAliasModels,
           ...customRegisteredModels,
         ];