Default Model Settings
Cherry Studio needs to "pick a model to use" in many scenarios (for example, helping you name a conversation, optimize prompts, translate, generate images), and it’s impossible to ask you "which model to use" every time.Default model settings That is, to tell Cherry Studio:Which model to use when I don't specify it.
Note: these are models used by the "behind-the-scenes helpers",they can be different from the model used to chat with you. The main chat model is set separately in each assistant.

What do the 4 default models handle respectively?
Default assistant model
Who uses it: when an assistant hasn’t specified its own model, this model is used automatically
How to choose: choose a conversation model you use often, that is stable and reasonably priced
Quick model
Who uses it:Conversation naming,Search keyword extraction and other lightweight internal tasks that don’t require top-tier intelligence
How to choose: use cheap and fast model is fine; it’s recommended to choose a lightweight model, not a reasoning model
Translation model
Who uses it: message translation in chat boxes, translation page;Text selection assistant translation operations in
How to choose: ordinary conversation models are fine; if you do a lot of Chinese-English translation, DeepSeek or Claude series works better
Painting model
Who uses it: the model used by default for image generation (drawing)
How to choose: choose an image generation model you have already configured (e.g. the qwen-image series)
Recommendation in one sentence
If you don’t want to go into details, just fill it in as below:
Default assistant model
Your most frequently used conversation model
Quick model
A cheap, fast lightweight model
Translation model
Any conversation model that can follow instructions works (you can also choose a dedicated translation model, such as the qwen-mt series)
Painting model
The image generation model you have already configured
If you’re unsure, just leave everything at the default. After using it for a while, if you find something isn’t enough, come back and adjust it.
Get help and submit feedback
If you encounter any questions, bugs, or have suggestions for feature improvements during configuration or use, please refer to Feedback and Suggestions for the official channels provided.
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