diff --git a/.changeset/nervous-students-unite.md b/.changeset/nervous-students-unite.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..187d74d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nervous-students-unite.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@assistant-ui/react": patch
+---
+
+feat: useThreadModelConfig API
diff --git a/packages/react/src/api/AssistantRuntime.ts b/packages/react/src/api/AssistantRuntime.ts
index f17bef00e..7fc7511be 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/api/AssistantRuntime.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/api/AssistantRuntime.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export class AssistantRuntimeImpl
     return this._core.registerModelConfigProvider(provider);
   }
 
-  // TODO events for thread switching
   /**
    * @deprecated Thread is now static and never gets updated. This will be removed in 0.6.0.
    */
diff --git a/packages/react/src/api/ThreadRuntime.ts b/packages/react/src/api/ThreadRuntime.ts
index a458a6bea..a67ac2165 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/api/ThreadRuntime.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/api/ThreadRuntime.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   ThreadRuntimeCore,
   SpeechState,
   SubmittedFeedback,
+  ThreadRuntimeEventType,
 } from "../runtimes/core/ThreadRuntimeCore";
 import { ExportedMessageRepository } from "../runtimes/utils/MessageRepository";
 import {
@@ -133,10 +134,7 @@ export type ThreadRuntime = {
    */
   stopSpeaking: () => void;
 
-  unstable_on(
-    event: "switched-to" | "run-start",
-    callback: () => void,
-  ): Unsubscribe;
+  unstable_on(event: ThreadRuntimeEventType, callback: () => void): Unsubscribe;
 
   // Legacy methods with deprecations
 
@@ -501,7 +499,7 @@ export class ThreadRuntimeImpl
   >();
 
   public unstable_on(
-    event: "switched-to" | "run-start",
+    event: ThreadRuntimeEventType,
     callback: () => void,
   ): Unsubscribe {
     let subject = this._eventListenerNestedSubscriptions.get(event);
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/react/ThreadContext.ts b/packages/react/src/context/react/ThreadContext.ts
index 8450d1955..079a57e0c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/context/react/ThreadContext.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/context/react/ThreadContext.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { createContext } from "react";
+import { createContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import type { ThreadViewportState } from "../stores/ThreadViewport";
 import { ReadonlyStore } from "../ReadonlyStore";
 import { UseBoundStore } from "zustand";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { createContextHook } from "./utils/createContextHook";
 import { createContextStoreHook } from "./utils/createContextStoreHook";
 import { ThreadRuntime } from "../../api";
 import { ThreadState } from "../../api/ThreadRuntime";
-import { ThreadMessage } from "../../types";
+import { ModelConfig, ThreadMessage } from "../../types";
 import { ThreadComposerState } from "../../api/ComposerRuntime";
 
 export type ThreadContextValue = {
@@ -88,3 +88,23 @@ export const {
   useViewport: useThreadViewport,
   useViewportStore: useThreadViewportStore,
 } = createContextStoreHook(useThreadContext, "useViewport");
+
+export function useThreadModelConfig(options?: {
+  optional?: false | undefined;
+}): ModelConfig;
+export function useThreadModelConfig(options?: {
+  optional?: boolean | undefined;
+}): ModelConfig | null;
+export function useThreadModelConfig(options?: {
+  optional?: boolean | undefined;
+}): ModelConfig | null {
+  const [, rerender] = useState({});
+
+  const runtime = useThreadRuntime(options);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return runtime?.unstable_on("model-config-update", () => rerender({}));
+  }, [runtime]);
+
+  if (!runtime) return null;
+  return runtime?.getModelConfig();
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/context/react/index.ts b/packages/react/src/context/react/index.ts
index 3e5841dbb..25f23218a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/context/react/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/context/react/index.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export {
   useThreadRuntime,
   useThread,
   useThreadComposer,
+  useThreadModelConfig,
 
   /**
    * @deprecated Use `useThread().messages` instead. This will be removed in 0.6.0.
diff --git a/packages/react/src/runtimes/core/BaseThreadRuntimeCore.tsx b/packages/react/src/runtimes/core/BaseThreadRuntimeCore.tsx
index fb61ef438..f405bc3ff 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/runtimes/core/BaseThreadRuntimeCore.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/runtimes/core/BaseThreadRuntimeCore.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   SpeechState,
   RuntimeCapabilities,
   SubmittedFeedback,
+  ThreadRuntimeEventType,
 } from "../core/ThreadRuntimeCore";
 import { DefaultEditComposerRuntimeCore } from "../composer/DefaultEditComposerRuntimeCore";
 import { SpeechSynthesisAdapter } from "../speech";
@@ -52,7 +53,11 @@ export abstract class BaseThreadRuntimeCore implements ThreadRuntimeCore {
 
   public readonly composer = new DefaultThreadComposerRuntimeCore(this);
 
-  constructor(private configProvider: ModelConfigProvider) {}
+  constructor(private configProvider: ModelConfigProvider) {
+    this.configProvider.subscribe?.(() => {
+      this._notifyEventSubscribers("model-config-update");
+    });
+  }
 
   public getModelConfig() {
     return this.configProvider.getModelConfig();
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ export abstract class BaseThreadRuntimeCore implements ThreadRuntimeCore {
     for (const callback of this._subscriptions) callback();
   }
 
-  public _notifyEventSubscribers(event: "switched-to" | "run-start") {
+  public _notifyEventSubscribers(event: ThreadRuntimeEventType) {
     const subscribers = this._eventSubscribers.get(event);
     if (!subscribers) return;
 
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ export abstract class BaseThreadRuntimeCore implements ThreadRuntimeCore {
 
   private _eventSubscribers = new Map<string, Set<() => void>>();
 
-  public unstable_on(event: "switched-to" | "run-start", callback: () => void) {
+  public unstable_on(event: ThreadRuntimeEventType, callback: () => void) {
     const subscribers = this._eventSubscribers.get(event);
     if (!subscribers) {
       this._eventSubscribers.set(event, new Set([callback]));
diff --git a/packages/react/src/runtimes/core/ThreadRuntimeCore.tsx b/packages/react/src/runtimes/core/ThreadRuntimeCore.tsx
index edc04e2db..4e739193b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/runtimes/core/ThreadRuntimeCore.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/runtimes/core/ThreadRuntimeCore.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export type SubmittedFeedback = Readonly<{
   type: "negative" | "positive";
 }>;
 
+export type ThreadRuntimeEventType =
+  | "switched-to"
+  | "run-start"
+  | "model-config-update";
+
 export type ThreadRuntimeCore = Readonly<{
   getMessageById: (messageId: string) =>
     | {
@@ -86,8 +91,5 @@ export type ThreadRuntimeCore = Readonly<{
   import(repository: ExportedMessageRepository): void;
   export(): ExportedMessageRepository;
 
-  unstable_on(
-    event: "switched-to" | "run-start",
-    callback: () => void,
-  ): Unsubscribe;
+  unstable_on(event: ThreadRuntimeEventType, callback: () => void): Unsubscribe;
 }>;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/types/ModelConfigTypes.ts b/packages/react/src/types/ModelConfigTypes.ts
index 33ea6b40c..90e0efb5f 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/types/ModelConfigTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/types/ModelConfigTypes.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 import type { JSONSchema7 } from "json-schema";
+import { Unsubscribe } from "./Unsubscribe";
 
 export const LanguageModelV1CallSettingsSchema = z.object({
   maxTokens: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
@@ -47,7 +48,10 @@ export type ModelConfig = {
   config?: LanguageModelConfig | undefined;
 };
 
-export type ModelConfigProvider = { getModelConfig: () => ModelConfig };
+export type ModelConfigProvider = {
+  getModelConfig: () => ModelConfig;
+  subscribe?: (callback: () => void) => Unsubscribe;
+};
 
 export const mergeModelConfigs = (
   configSet: Set<ModelConfigProvider>,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/utils/ProxyConfigProvider.ts b/packages/react/src/utils/ProxyConfigProvider.ts
index 79d6075b3..26f81788c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/utils/ProxyConfigProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/utils/ProxyConfigProvider.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-"use client";
 import {
   type ModelConfigProvider,
   mergeModelConfigs,
@@ -13,8 +12,25 @@ export class ProxyConfigProvider implements ModelConfigProvider {
 
   registerModelConfigProvider(provider: ModelConfigProvider) {
     this._providers.add(provider);
+    const unsubscribe = provider.subscribe?.(() => {
+      this.notifySubscribers();
+    });
+    this.notifySubscribers();
     return () => {
       this._providers.delete(provider);
+      unsubscribe?.();
+      this.notifySubscribers();
     };
   }
+
+  private _subscribers = new Set<() => void>();
+
+  notifySubscribers() {
+    for (const callback of this._subscribers) callback();
+  }
+
+  subscribe(callback: () => void) {
+    this._subscribers.add(callback);
+    return () => this._subscribers.delete(callback);
+  }
 }