diff --git a/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/modules/consciousness.vue b/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/modules/consciousness.vue
index d06fa1b26..f59919d72 100644
--- a/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/modules/consciousness.vue
+++ b/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/modules/consciousness.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
 
 const providersStore = useProvidersStore()
 const consciousnessStore = useConsciousnessStore()
-const { availableProviders, availableTextGenerationsProvidersMetadata } = storeToRefs(providersStore)
+const { availableProviders, allChatProvidersMetadata } = storeToRefs(providersStore)
 const {
   activeProvider,
   activeModel,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function updateCustomModelName(value: string) {
             role="radiogroup"
           >
             <RadioCardSimple
-              v-for="metadata in availableTextGenerationsProvidersMetadata"
+              v-for="metadata in allChatProvidersMetadata"
               :id="metadata.id"
               :key="metadata.id"
               v-model="activeProvider"
diff --git a/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/modules/speech.vue b/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/modules/speech.vue
index da484fc65..e20a11662 100644
--- a/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/modules/speech.vue
+++ b/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/modules/speech.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const providersStore = useProvidersStore()
 const speechStore = useSpeechStore()
 const {
   availableProviders,
-  availableAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata,
+  allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata,
 } = storeToRefs(providersStore)
 const {
   activeSpeechProvider,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ function updateCustomModelName(value: string) {
               min-w-0 of-x-scroll scroll-smooth role="radiogroup"
             >
               <RadioCardSimple
-                v-for="metadata in availableAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata"
+                v-for="metadata in allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata"
                 :id="metadata.id"
                 :key="metadata.id"
                 v-model="activeSpeechProvider"
diff --git a/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/providers/index.vue b/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/providers/index.vue
index 47c92c162..6ee7464fd 100644
--- a/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/providers/index.vue
+++ b/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/pages/settings/providers/index.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia'
 import { useIconAnimation } from '../../../composables/useIconAnimation'
 
 const providersStore = useProvidersStore()
-const { allProvidersMetadata } = storeToRefs(providersStore)
+const {
+  allChatProvidersMetadata,
+  allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata,
+  allAudioTranscriptionProvidersMetadata,
+} = storeToRefs(providersStore)
 
 const {
   iconAnimationStarted,
@@ -16,23 +20,111 @@ const {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div grid="~ cols-2 gap-4">
-    <IconStatusItem
-      v-for="(provider, index) of allProvidersMetadata"
-      :key="provider.id"
-      v-motion
-      :initial="{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }"
-      :enter="{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
-      :duration="250 + index * 10"
-      :delay="index * 50"
-      :title="provider.localizedName"
-      :description="provider.localizedDescription"
-      :icon="provider.icon"
-      :icon-color="provider.iconColor"
-      :icon-image="provider.iconImage"
-      :to="`/settings/providers/${provider.id}`"
-      :configured="provider.configured"
-    />
+  <div flex flex-col gap-5>
+    <div bg="primary-500/10 dark:primary-800/25" rounded-lg p-4>
+      <div mb-2 text-xl font-semibold text="primary-800 dark:primary-100">
+        First time here?
+      </div>
+      <div text="primary-700 dark:primary-300">
+        AIRI requires at least one <div bg="primary-500/10 dark:primary-800/25" inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-lg px-2 py-0.5 translate-y="[0.25lh]">
+          <div i-solar:chat-square-like-bold-duotone /><strong font-semibold>Chat</strong>
+        </div> provider to be configured to think, and behave properly. You could think of
+        it as the brain of the characters living in AIRI system.
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div flex="~ row items-center gap-2">
+      <div i-solar:chat-square-like-bold-duotone text="neutral-500 dark:neutral-400 4xl" />
+      <div>
+        <div>
+          <span text="neutral-300 dark:neutral-500">Text generation model providers. e.g. OpenRouter, OpenAI, Ollama.</span>
+        </div>
+        <div flex text-nowrap text-3xl font-semibold>
+          <div>
+            Chat
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div grid="~ cols-2 gap-4">
+      <IconStatusItem
+        v-for="(provider, index) of allChatProvidersMetadata"
+        :key="provider.id"
+        v-motion
+        :initial="{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }"
+        :enter="{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
+        :duration="250 + index * 10"
+        :delay="index * 50"
+        :title="provider.localizedName"
+        :description="provider.localizedDescription"
+        :icon="provider.icon"
+        :icon-color="provider.iconColor"
+        :icon-image="provider.iconImage"
+        :to="`/settings/providers/${provider.id}`"
+        :configured="provider.configured"
+      />
+    </div>
+    <div flex="~ row items-center gap-2" my-5>
+      <div i-solar:user-speak-rounded-bold-duotone text="neutral-500 dark:neutral-400 4xl" />
+      <div>
+        <div>
+          <span text="neutral-300 dark:neutral-500">Speech (text-to-speech) model providers. e.g. ElevenLabs, Azure Speech.</span>
+        </div>
+        <div flex text-nowrap text-3xl font-semibold>
+          <div>
+            Speech
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div grid="~ cols-2 gap-4">
+      <IconStatusItem
+        v-for="(provider, index) of allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata"
+        :key="provider.id"
+        v-motion
+        :initial="{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }"
+        :enter="{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
+        :duration="250 + index * 10"
+        :delay="(allChatProvidersMetadata.length + index) * 50"
+        :title="provider.localizedName"
+        :description="provider.localizedDescription"
+        :icon="provider.icon"
+        :icon-color="provider.iconColor"
+        :icon-image="provider.iconImage"
+        :to="`/settings/providers/${provider.id}`"
+        :configured="provider.configured"
+      />
+    </div>
+    <div flex="~ row items-center gap-2" my-5>
+      <div i-solar:microphone-3-bold-duotone text="neutral-500 dark:neutral-400 4xl" />
+      <div>
+        <div>
+          <span text="neutral-300 dark:neutral-500">Transcription (speech-to-text) model providers. e.g. Whisper.cpp, OpenAI, Azure Speech</span>
+        </div>
+        <div flex text-nowrap text-3xl font-semibold>
+          <div>
+            Transcription
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div grid="~ cols-2 gap-4">
+      <IconStatusItem
+        v-for="(provider, index) of allAudioTranscriptionProvidersMetadata"
+        :key="provider.id"
+        v-motion
+        :initial="{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }"
+        :enter="{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
+        :duration="250 + index * 10"
+        :delay="(allChatProvidersMetadata.length + allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata.length + index) * 50"
+        :title="provider.localizedName"
+        :description="provider.localizedDescription"
+        :icon="provider.icon"
+        :icon-color="provider.iconColor"
+        :icon-image="provider.iconImage"
+        :to="`/settings/providers/${provider.id}`"
+        :configured="provider.configured"
+      />
+    </div>
   </div>
   <IconAnimation
     v-if="showIconAnimation"
@@ -48,7 +140,7 @@ const {
   <div
     v-else
     v-motion
-    text="neutral-200/50 dark:neutral-600/20" pointer-events-none
+    text="neutral-500/50 dark:neutral-600/20" pointer-events-none
     fixed top="[calc(100dvh-15rem)]" bottom-0 right--5 z--1
     :initial="{ scale: 0.9, opacity: 0, y: 20 }"
     :enter="{ scale: 1, opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
diff --git a/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/modules/consciousness.vue b/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/modules/consciousness.vue
index d06fa1b26..f59919d72 100644
--- a/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/modules/consciousness.vue
+++ b/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/modules/consciousness.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
 
 const providersStore = useProvidersStore()
 const consciousnessStore = useConsciousnessStore()
-const { availableProviders, availableTextGenerationsProvidersMetadata } = storeToRefs(providersStore)
+const { availableProviders, allChatProvidersMetadata } = storeToRefs(providersStore)
 const {
   activeProvider,
   activeModel,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function updateCustomModelName(value: string) {
             role="radiogroup"
           >
             <RadioCardSimple
-              v-for="metadata in availableTextGenerationsProvidersMetadata"
+              v-for="metadata in allChatProvidersMetadata"
               :id="metadata.id"
               :key="metadata.id"
               v-model="activeProvider"
diff --git a/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/modules/speech.vue b/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/modules/speech.vue
index da484fc65..e20a11662 100644
--- a/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/modules/speech.vue
+++ b/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/modules/speech.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const providersStore = useProvidersStore()
 const speechStore = useSpeechStore()
 const {
   availableProviders,
-  availableAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata,
+  allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata,
 } = storeToRefs(providersStore)
 const {
   activeSpeechProvider,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ function updateCustomModelName(value: string) {
               min-w-0 of-x-scroll scroll-smooth role="radiogroup"
             >
               <RadioCardSimple
-                v-for="metadata in availableAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata"
+                v-for="metadata in allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata"
                 :id="metadata.id"
                 :key="metadata.id"
                 v-model="activeSpeechProvider"
diff --git a/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/providers/index.vue b/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/providers/index.vue
index 47c92c162..6ee7464fd 100644
--- a/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/providers/index.vue
+++ b/apps/stage-web/src/pages/settings/providers/index.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia'
 import { useIconAnimation } from '../../../composables/useIconAnimation'
 
 const providersStore = useProvidersStore()
-const { allProvidersMetadata } = storeToRefs(providersStore)
+const {
+  allChatProvidersMetadata,
+  allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata,
+  allAudioTranscriptionProvidersMetadata,
+} = storeToRefs(providersStore)
 
 const {
   iconAnimationStarted,
@@ -16,23 +20,111 @@ const {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div grid="~ cols-2 gap-4">
-    <IconStatusItem
-      v-for="(provider, index) of allProvidersMetadata"
-      :key="provider.id"
-      v-motion
-      :initial="{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }"
-      :enter="{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
-      :duration="250 + index * 10"
-      :delay="index * 50"
-      :title="provider.localizedName"
-      :description="provider.localizedDescription"
-      :icon="provider.icon"
-      :icon-color="provider.iconColor"
-      :icon-image="provider.iconImage"
-      :to="`/settings/providers/${provider.id}`"
-      :configured="provider.configured"
-    />
+  <div flex flex-col gap-5>
+    <div bg="primary-500/10 dark:primary-800/25" rounded-lg p-4>
+      <div mb-2 text-xl font-semibold text="primary-800 dark:primary-100">
+        First time here?
+      </div>
+      <div text="primary-700 dark:primary-300">
+        AIRI requires at least one <div bg="primary-500/10 dark:primary-800/25" inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-lg px-2 py-0.5 translate-y="[0.25lh]">
+          <div i-solar:chat-square-like-bold-duotone /><strong font-semibold>Chat</strong>
+        </div> provider to be configured to think, and behave properly. You could think of
+        it as the brain of the characters living in AIRI system.
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div flex="~ row items-center gap-2">
+      <div i-solar:chat-square-like-bold-duotone text="neutral-500 dark:neutral-400 4xl" />
+      <div>
+        <div>
+          <span text="neutral-300 dark:neutral-500">Text generation model providers. e.g. OpenRouter, OpenAI, Ollama.</span>
+        </div>
+        <div flex text-nowrap text-3xl font-semibold>
+          <div>
+            Chat
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div grid="~ cols-2 gap-4">
+      <IconStatusItem
+        v-for="(provider, index) of allChatProvidersMetadata"
+        :key="provider.id"
+        v-motion
+        :initial="{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }"
+        :enter="{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
+        :duration="250 + index * 10"
+        :delay="index * 50"
+        :title="provider.localizedName"
+        :description="provider.localizedDescription"
+        :icon="provider.icon"
+        :icon-color="provider.iconColor"
+        :icon-image="provider.iconImage"
+        :to="`/settings/providers/${provider.id}`"
+        :configured="provider.configured"
+      />
+    </div>
+    <div flex="~ row items-center gap-2" my-5>
+      <div i-solar:user-speak-rounded-bold-duotone text="neutral-500 dark:neutral-400 4xl" />
+      <div>
+        <div>
+          <span text="neutral-300 dark:neutral-500">Speech (text-to-speech) model providers. e.g. ElevenLabs, Azure Speech.</span>
+        </div>
+        <div flex text-nowrap text-3xl font-semibold>
+          <div>
+            Speech
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div grid="~ cols-2 gap-4">
+      <IconStatusItem
+        v-for="(provider, index) of allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata"
+        :key="provider.id"
+        v-motion
+        :initial="{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }"
+        :enter="{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
+        :duration="250 + index * 10"
+        :delay="(allChatProvidersMetadata.length + index) * 50"
+        :title="provider.localizedName"
+        :description="provider.localizedDescription"
+        :icon="provider.icon"
+        :icon-color="provider.iconColor"
+        :icon-image="provider.iconImage"
+        :to="`/settings/providers/${provider.id}`"
+        :configured="provider.configured"
+      />
+    </div>
+    <div flex="~ row items-center gap-2" my-5>
+      <div i-solar:microphone-3-bold-duotone text="neutral-500 dark:neutral-400 4xl" />
+      <div>
+        <div>
+          <span text="neutral-300 dark:neutral-500">Transcription (speech-to-text) model providers. e.g. Whisper.cpp, OpenAI, Azure Speech</span>
+        </div>
+        <div flex text-nowrap text-3xl font-semibold>
+          <div>
+            Transcription
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div grid="~ cols-2 gap-4">
+      <IconStatusItem
+        v-for="(provider, index) of allAudioTranscriptionProvidersMetadata"
+        :key="provider.id"
+        v-motion
+        :initial="{ opacity: 0, y: 10 }"
+        :enter="{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
+        :duration="250 + index * 10"
+        :delay="(allChatProvidersMetadata.length + allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata.length + index) * 50"
+        :title="provider.localizedName"
+        :description="provider.localizedDescription"
+        :icon="provider.icon"
+        :icon-color="provider.iconColor"
+        :icon-image="provider.iconImage"
+        :to="`/settings/providers/${provider.id}`"
+        :configured="provider.configured"
+      />
+    </div>
   </div>
   <IconAnimation
     v-if="showIconAnimation"
@@ -48,7 +140,7 @@ const {
   <div
     v-else
     v-motion
-    text="neutral-200/50 dark:neutral-600/20" pointer-events-none
+    text="neutral-500/50 dark:neutral-600/20" pointer-events-none
     fixed top="[calc(100dvh-15rem)]" bottom-0 right--5 z--1
     :initial="{ scale: 0.9, opacity: 0, y: 20 }"
     :enter="{ scale: 1, opacity: 1, y: 0 }"
diff --git a/packages/stage-ui/src/stores/providers.ts b/packages/stage-ui/src/stores/providers.ts
index 3f3e1c0ee..bf627d7e3 100644
--- a/packages/stage-ui/src/stores/providers.ts
+++ b/packages/stage-ui/src/stores/providers.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import { models as elevenLabsModels } from './providers/elevenlabs/list-models'
 
 export interface ProviderMetadata {
   id: string
+  category: 'chat' | 'embed' | 'speech' | 'transcription'
+  tasks: string[]
   nameKey: string // i18n key for provider name
   name: string // Default name (fallback)
   descriptionKey: string // i18n key for description
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
   const providerMetadata: Record<string, ProviderMetadata> = {
     'openrouter-ai': {
       id: 'openrouter-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.openrouter.title',
       name: 'OpenRouter',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.openrouter.description',
@@ -159,6 +163,43 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'ollama': {
       id: 'ollama',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
+      nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.ollama.title',
+      name: 'Ollama',
+      descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.ollama.description',
+      description: 'ollama.com',
+      icon: 'i-lobe-icons:ollama',
+      defaultOptions: {
+        baseUrl: 'http://localhost:11434/v1/',
+      },
+      createProvider: config => createOllama((config.baseUrl as string).trim()),
+      capabilities: {
+        listModels: async (config) => {
+          return (await listModels({
+            ...createOllama((config.baseUrl as string).trim()).model(),
+          })).map((model) => {
+            return {
+              id: model.id,
+              name: model.id,
+              provider: 'ollama',
+              description: '',
+              contextLength: 0,
+              deprecated: false,
+            } satisfies ModelInfo
+          })
+        },
+      },
+      validators: {
+        validateProviderConfig: (config) => {
+          return !!config.baseUrl
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    'ollama-embedding': {
+      id: 'ollama-embedding',
+      category: 'embed',
+      tasks: ['text-feature-extraction'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.ollama.title',
       name: 'Ollama',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.ollama.description',
@@ -192,6 +233,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'vllm': {
       id: 'vllm',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.vllm.title',
       name: 'vLLM',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.vllm.description',
@@ -254,6 +297,43 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'openai': {
       id: 'openai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
+      nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.openai.title',
+      name: 'OpenAI',
+      descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.openai.description',
+      description: 'openai.com',
+      icon: 'i-lobe-icons:openai',
+      defaultOptions: {
+        baseUrl: 'https://api.openai.com/v1/',
+      },
+      createProvider: config => createOpenAI((config.apiKey as string).trim(), (config.baseUrl as string).trim()),
+      capabilities: {
+        listModels: async (config) => {
+          return (await listModels({
+            ...createOpenAI((config.apiKey as string).trim(), (config.baseUrl as string).trim()).model(),
+          })).map((model) => {
+            return {
+              id: model.id,
+              name: model.id,
+              provider: 'openai',
+              description: '',
+              contextLength: 0,
+              deprecated: false,
+            } satisfies ModelInfo
+          })
+        },
+      },
+      validators: {
+        validateProviderConfig: (config) => {
+          return !!config.apiKey && !!config.baseUrl
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    'openai-audio-speech': {
+      id: 'openai-audio-speech',
+      category: 'speech',
+      tasks: ['text-to-speech'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.openai.title',
       name: 'OpenAI',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.openai.description',
@@ -287,6 +367,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'anthropic': {
       id: 'anthropic',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.anthropic.title',
       name: 'Anthropic',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.anthropic.description',
@@ -358,6 +440,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'google-generative-ai': {
       id: 'google-generative-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.google-generative-ai.title',
       name: 'Google Gemini',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.google-generative-ai.description',
@@ -391,6 +475,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'xai': {
       id: 'xai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.xai.title',
       name: 'xAI',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.xai.description',
@@ -420,6 +506,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
       },
     },
     'deepseek': {
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       id: 'deepseek',
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.deepseek.title',
       name: 'DeepSeek',
@@ -451,6 +539,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'elevenlabs': {
       id: 'elevenlabs',
+      category: 'speech',
+      tasks: ['text-to-speech'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.elevenlabs.title',
       name: 'ElevenLabs',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.elevenlabs.description',
@@ -520,6 +610,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'microsoft-speech': {
       id: 'microsoft-speech',
+      category: 'speech',
+      tasks: ['text-to-speech'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.microsoft-speech.title',
       name: 'Microsoft / Azure Speech',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.microsoft-speech.description',
@@ -569,6 +661,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'alibaba-cloud-model-studio': {
       id: 'alibaba-cloud-model-studio',
+      category: 'speech',
+      tasks: ['text-to-speech'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.alibaba-cloud-model-studio.title',
       name: 'Alibaba Cloud Model Studio',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.alibaba-cloud-model-studio.description',
@@ -626,6 +720,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'volcengine': {
       id: 'volcengine',
+      category: 'speech',
+      tasks: ['text-to-speech'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.volcengine.title',
       name: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.volcengine.title',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.volcengine.description',
@@ -675,6 +771,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'together-ai': {
       id: 'together-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.together.title',
       name: 'Together.ai',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.together.description',
@@ -705,6 +803,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'novita-ai': {
       id: 'novita-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.novita.title',
       name: 'Novita',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.novita.description',
@@ -735,6 +835,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'fireworks-ai': {
       id: 'fireworks-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.fireworks.title',
       name: 'Fireworks.ai',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.fireworks.description',
@@ -765,6 +867,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'featherless-ai': {
       id: 'featherless-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.featherless.title',
       name: 'Featherless.ai',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.featherless.description',
@@ -798,6 +902,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'cloudflare-workers-ai': {
       id: 'cloudflare-workers-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.cloudflare-workers-ai.title',
       name: 'Cloudflare Workers AI',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.cloudflare-workers-ai.description',
@@ -817,6 +923,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'perplexity-ai': {
       id: 'perplexity-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.perplexity.title',
       name: 'Perplexity',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.perplexity.description',
@@ -875,6 +983,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'mistral-ai': {
       id: 'mistral-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.mistral.title',
       name: 'Mistral',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.mistral.description',
@@ -905,6 +1015,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     },
     'moonshot-ai': {
       id: 'moonshot-ai',
+      category: 'chat',
+      tasks: ['text-generation'],
       nameKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.moonshot.title',
       name: 'Moonshot AI',
       descriptionKey: 'settings.pages.providers.provider.moonshot.description',
@@ -1095,25 +1207,16 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     return availableProviders.value.map(id => getProviderMetadata(id))
   })
 
-  const availableTextGenerationsProvidersMetadata = computed(() => {
-    return availableProvidersMetadata.value.filter((metadata) => {
-      const provider = getProviderInstance(metadata.id)
-      return 'chat' in provider && typeof provider.chat === 'function'
-    })
+  const allChatProvidersMetadata = computed(() => {
+    return allProvidersMetadata.value.filter(metadata => metadata.category === 'chat')
   })
 
-  const availableAudioTranscriptionProvidersMetadata = computed(() => {
-    return availableProvidersMetadata.value.filter((metadata) => {
-      const provider = getProviderInstance(metadata.id)
-      return 'transcription' in provider && typeof provider.transcription === 'function'
-    })
+  const allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata = computed(() => {
+    return allProvidersMetadata.value.filter(metadata => metadata.category === 'speech')
   })
 
-  const availableAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata = computed(() => {
-    return availableProvidersMetadata.value.filter((metadata) => {
-      const provider = getProviderInstance(metadata.id)
-      return 'speech' in provider && typeof provider.speech === 'function'
-    })
+  const allAudioTranscriptionProvidersMetadata = computed(() => {
+    return allProvidersMetadata.value.filter(metadata => metadata.category === 'transcription')
   })
 
   function getProviderConfig(providerId: string) {
@@ -1139,8 +1242,8 @@ export const useProvidersStore = defineStore('providers', () => {
     loadModelsForConfiguredProviders,
     getProviderInstance,
     availableProvidersMetadata,
-    availableTextGenerationsProvidersMetadata,
-    availableAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata,
-    availableAudioTranscriptionProvidersMetadata,
+    allChatProvidersMetadata,
+    allAudioSpeechProvidersMetadata,
+    allAudioTranscriptionProvidersMetadata,
   }
 })