From 5351822ff87825863ccd8ca177f8e2b14539bfac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Tannous <rolandtannous@gravityq.ai>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 21:03:51 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] Studio: default RAG mode to multimodal everywhere

---
 studio/backend/core/rag/scope.py                          | 2 +-
 studio/backend/routes/rag.py                              | 8 ++++----
 studio/frontend/src/features/chat/chat-settings-sheet.tsx | 2 +-
 .../src/features/rag/components/kb-create-dialog.tsx      | 4 ++--
 .../src/features/rag/components/rag-defaults-section.tsx  | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/studio/backend/core/rag/scope.py b/studio/backend/core/rag/scope.py
index 054915ce24..0049d3be1c 100644
--- a/studio/backend/core/rag/scope.py
+++ b/studio/backend/core/rag/scope.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def resolve_scope_embedder(scope: str) -> str | None:
         explicit = per_thread.get("embedding_model") or defaults.get("embedding_model")
         if explicit:
             return explicit
-        mode = per_thread.get("mode") or defaults.get("mode") or "text"
+        mode = per_thread.get("mode") or defaults.get("mode") or "multimodal"
         chunking_strategy = (
             per_thread.get("chunking_strategy")
             or defaults.get("chunking_strategy")
diff --git a/studio/backend/routes/rag.py b/studio/backend/routes/rag.py
index a45fb0d128..022e5ddb16 100644
--- a/studio/backend/routes/rag.py
+++ b/studio/backend/routes/rag.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class CreateKBRequest(BaseModel):
     description: str | None = None
     embedding_model: str | None = None
     chunking_strategy: ChunkingStrategy = "standard"
-    mode: KBMode = "text"
+    mode: KBMode = "multimodal"
 
 
 class KBResponse(BaseModel):
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ def list_knowledge_bases(
 
 class RagDefaults(BaseModel):
     chunking_strategy: ChunkingStrategy = "standard"
-    mode: KBMode = "text"
+    mode: KBMode = "multimodal"
     embedding_model: str | None = None
 
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def _load_rag_defaults() -> RagDefaults:
         raw = {}
     return RagDefaults(
         chunking_strategy = raw.get("chunking_strategy") or "standard",
-        mode = raw.get("mode") or "text",
+        mode = raw.get("mode") or "multimodal",
         embedding_model = raw.get("embedding_model"),
     )
 
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ def set_rag_defaults(
 
 class ThreadRagSettings(BaseModel):
     chunking_strategy: ChunkingStrategy = "standard"
-    mode: KBMode = "text"
+    mode: KBMode = "multimodal"
     embedding_model: str | None = None
 
 
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/chat-settings-sheet.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/chat-settings-sheet.tsx
index 175c878740..51eb079312 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/chat-settings-sheet.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/chat-settings-sheet.tsx
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ export function ChatSettingsPanel({
     ragDefaults?.chunking_strategy ??
     "standard";
   const effectiveThreadMode: KBMode =
-    threadSettings?.mode ?? ragDefaults?.mode ?? "text";
+    threadSettings?.mode ?? ragDefaults?.mode ?? "multimodal";
 
   const aui = useAui();
   // Brand-new chat has no backend thread yet — initialize the local
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/kb-create-dialog.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/kb-create-dialog.tsx
index c314e59753..c82e665a7f 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/kb-create-dialog.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/kb-create-dialog.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function KBCreateDialog({
 
   const initialStrategy: ChunkingStrategy =
     defaults?.chunking_strategy ?? "standard";
-  const initialMode: KBMode = defaults?.mode ?? "text";
+  const initialMode: KBMode = defaults?.mode ?? "multimodal";
   const initialEmbedder = defaults?.embedding_model ?? "";
 
   const [name, setName] = useState("");
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function KBCreateDialog({
     setDescription("");
     setEmbeddingModel(defaults?.embedding_model ?? "");
     setChunkingStrategy(defaults?.chunking_strategy ?? "standard");
-    setMode(defaults?.mode ?? "text");
+    setMode(defaults?.mode ?? "multimodal");
     setError(null);
     setSubmitting(false);
   };
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/rag-defaults-section.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/rag-defaults-section.tsx
index e9536840f6..a8f5dafd0a 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/rag-defaults-section.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/rag-defaults-section.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function RagDefaultsSection() {
 
   const [chunkingStrategy, setChunkingStrategy] =
     useState<ChunkingStrategy>("standard");
-  const [mode, setMode] = useState<KBMode>("text");
+  const [mode, setMode] = useState<KBMode>("multimodal");
   const [embeddingModel, setEmbeddingModel] = useState("");
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);