diff --git a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/connectorland/helpers.test.tsx b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/connectorland/helpers.test.tsx
index 0318618a49c2a..320ad15e59a6b 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/connectorland/helpers.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/connectorland/helpers.test.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import {
   getGenAiConfig,
   getActionTypeTitle,
   getConnectorTypeTitle,
-  GenAiConfig,
   OpenAiProviderType,
+  AiConfigCatchAll,
 } from './helpers';
 import { PRECONFIGURED_CONNECTOR } from './translations';
 import {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   type ActionTypeRegistryContract,
 } from '@kbn/alerts-ui-shared';
 
-const mockConnector = (config: GenAiConfig, isPreconfigured = false) => ({
+const mockConnector = (config: AiConfigCatchAll, isPreconfigured = false) => ({
   isPreconfigured,
   config,
   actionTypeId: 'test-action',
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ describe('getGenAiConfig', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('extracts defaultModel from inference config', () => {
+    const connector = mockConnector({
+      providerConfig: {
+        model_id: 'rainbow-sprinkles',
+      },
+    }) as ActionConnector;
+    expect(getGenAiConfig(connector)).toEqual({
+      defaultModel: 'rainbow-sprinkles',
+    });
+  });
+
   test('extracts api-version from Azure API URL', () => {
     const connector = mockConnector({
       apiProvider: OpenAiProviderType.AzureAi,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/connectorland/helpers.tsx b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/connectorland/helpers.tsx
index 65917d4941a66..89bf2b3bb36c4 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/connectorland/helpers.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/packages/shared/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/connectorland/helpers.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ export interface GenAiConfig {
   defaultModel?: string;
 }
 
+export interface AiConfigCatchAll {
+  apiProvider?: OpenAiProviderType;
+  apiUrl?: string;
+  defaultModel?: string;
+  // inference fields
+  providerConfig?: {
+    model_id?: string;
+  };
+  model_id?: string;
+  url?: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the GenAiConfig for a given ActionConnector. Note that if the connector is preconfigured,
  * the config MAY be undefined if exposeConfig: true is absent
@@ -35,15 +47,25 @@ export interface GenAiConfig {
  * @param connector
  */
 export const getGenAiConfig = (connector: ActionConnector | undefined): GenAiConfig => {
-  const config = (connector as ActionConnectorProps<GenAiConfig, unknown>)?.config;
-  const { apiProvider, apiUrl, defaultModel } = config ?? {};
-  return {
+  const config = (connector as ActionConnectorProps<AiConfigCatchAll, unknown>)?.config;
+  const {
     apiProvider,
     apiUrl,
+    defaultModel,
+    providerConfig,
+    model_id: modelId,
+    url,
+  } = config ?? {};
+
+  return {
+    apiProvider,
+    apiUrl: apiUrl ?? url,
     defaultModel:
-      apiProvider === OpenAiProviderType.AzureAi
+      (apiProvider === OpenAiProviderType.AzureAi
         ? getAzureApiVersionParameter(apiUrl ?? '')
-        : defaultModel,
+        : defaultModel) ??
+      providerConfig?.model_id ??
+      modelId,
   };
 };