diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
index 544cfc27..2636b4ba 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
@@ -263,6 +263,32 @@ h2, h3 {
   opacity: 0.4;
   cursor: progress;
 }
+.overflow-sep {
+  height: 1px;
+  background: var(--border);
+  margin: 0.3em 0.4em;
+}
+.overflow-section-label {
+  font-size: 0.72em;
+  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  padding: 0 0.7em 0.1em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.overflow-item-model {
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+.overflow-item-model:hover {
+  color: var(--fg);
+  background: rgba(203, 166, 247, 0.08);
+  border-color: var(--purple-dim);
+}
+.overflow-item-model.active {
+  color: var(--purple);
+  border-color: var(--purple-dim);
+  background: rgba(203, 166, 247, 0.06);
+}
 
 /* Header pill — inbox / loose-ends triggers. Compact, count-prominent. */
 .header-pill {
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
index b9320108..c47683df 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
@@ -272,6 +272,39 @@ window.marked = marked;
     });
     menu.append(logoutBtn);
 
+    // ─── model quick-picker ────────────────────────────────────────
+    // Three one-click shortcuts for the most common model aliases.
+    // The active model is highlighted via the `active` class; see
+    // `renderModelChip` which updates `modelPickerBtns` live.
+    const modelSep = el('div', { class: 'overflow-sep', 'aria-hidden': 'true' });
+    const modelLabel = el('div', { class: 'overflow-section-label' }, 'model');
+    menu.append(modelSep, modelLabel);
+    const MODEL_ALIASES = [
+      { name: 'haiku',  label: 'haiku   (fast)' },
+      { name: 'sonnet', label: 'sonnet  (balanced)' },
+      { name: 'opus',   label: 'opus    (powerful)' },
+    ];
+    modelPickerBtns = [];
+    for (const m of MODEL_ALIASES) {
+      const btn = el('button', {
+        type: 'button',
+        class: 'overflow-item overflow-item-model',
+        role: 'menuitem',
+        title: `/model ${m.name}`,
+        'data-model': m.name,
+      },
+        el('span', { class: 'overflow-item-icon', 'aria-hidden': 'true' }, '⊞'),
+        m.label,
+      );
+      btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+        if (currentModel === m.name) { closeOverflowMenu(); return; }
+        closeOverflowMenu();
+        postModel(m.name);
+      });
+      modelPickerBtns.push(btn);
+      menu.append(btn);
+    }
+
     overflowMenuPopulated = true;
   }
 
@@ -431,6 +464,13 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // bus-driven `status_changed` handler so it can re-enable the
   // composer without waiting for the next snapshot fetch.
   let currentLabel = '';
+  // Tracked so the overflow-menu model picker can highlight the active
+  // model and avoid a redundant `/api/model` POST on same-model click.
+  let currentModel = null;
+  // References to the model picker buttons populated in the overflow
+  // menu so renderModelChip can update their `active` state without
+  // rebuilding the whole menu.
+  let modelPickerBtns = [];
 
   const SLASH_COMMANDS = [
     { name: '/help',        desc: 'list slash commands' },
@@ -969,12 +1009,23 @@ window.marked = marked;
   }
 
   function renderModelChip(model) {
+    currentModel = model || null;
     const el_ = $('model-chip');
     if (!el_) return;
-    if (!model) { el_.hidden = true; return; }
-    el_.hidden = false;
-    el_.textContent = 'model · ' + model;
-    el_.title = `claude --model ${model}\nset via the operator's /model command; persists across turns until changed`;
+    if (!model) { el_.hidden = true; } else {
+      el_.hidden = false;
+      el_.textContent = 'model · ' + model;
+      el_.title = `claude --model ${model}\nset via the operator's /model command; persists across turns until changed`;
+    }
+    // Sync model picker buttons: highlight the active alias. A short alias
+    // (haiku/sonnet/opus) matches if `model` ends with that string; full
+    // API names like `claude-3-5-haiku-20241022` match on the suffix too.
+    for (const btn of modelPickerBtns) {
+      const alias = btn.dataset.model || '';
+      const isActive = !!model && (model === alias || model.endsWith(alias));
+      btn.classList.toggle('active', isActive);
+      btn.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(isActive));
+    }
   }
   // Token badges — two separate chips:
   //   ctx · N    last inference's prompt size = current context window