diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx
index 40474749c..463add4b4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx
@@ -244,10 +244,11 @@ export function ModelSettings({ onMainModelChanged }: ModelSettingsProps) {
         <div className="mb-2.5 flex items-center justify-between">
           <SectionHeading icon={Cpu} title="Auxiliary models" />
           <Button
+            className="font-semibold underline"
             disabled={!mainModel || applying}
             onClick={() => void resetAuxiliaryModels()}
             size="sm"
-            variant="outline"
+            variant="text"
           >
             Reset all to main
           </Button>
@@ -270,15 +271,16 @@ export function ModelSettings({ onMainModelChanged }: ModelSettingsProps) {
                         disabled={!mainModel || applying}
                         onClick={() => void setAuxiliaryToMain(meta.key)}
                         size="sm"
-                        variant="ghost"
+                        variant="text"
                       >
                         Set to main
                       </Button>
                       <Button
+                        className="font-semibold underline"
                         disabled={!providers.length || applying}
                         onClick={() => beginAuxiliaryEdit(meta.key)}
                         size="sm"
-                        variant="outline"
+                        variant="text"
                       >
                         Change
                       </Button>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/button.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/button.tsx
index a44b6d95e..0fd1166cd 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/button.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/button.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ const buttonVariants = cva(
           'border bg-background shadow-xs hover:bg-accent hover:text-accent-foreground dark:border-input dark:bg-input/30 dark:hover:bg-input/50',
         secondary: 'bg-secondary text-secondary-foreground hover:bg-secondary/80',
         ghost: 'hover:bg-accent hover:text-accent-foreground dark:hover:bg-accent/50',
-        link: 'text-primary underline-offset-4 decoration-current/20 hover:underline'
+        link: 'text-primary underline-offset-4 decoration-current/20 hover:underline',
+        // Boxless inline-text action (no bg/border). Reads as label text; add
+        // `font-semibold` and/or `underline` at the call site to emphasize the
+        // actionable word (e.g. a "Change" affordance next to muted copy).
+        text: 'text-muted-foreground underline-offset-4 hover:text-foreground hover:underline'
       },
       size: {
         default: 'px-3 py-1 has-[>svg]:px-2.5',