diff --git a/packages/openui-cli/package.json b/packages/openui-cli/package.json
index 5895c9c59..feca0de11 100644
--- a/packages/openui-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/openui-cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openuidev/cli",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "description": "CLI for OpenUI — scaffold generative UI chat apps and generate LLM system prompts from component libraries",
   "bin": {
     "openui": "dist/index.js"
diff --git a/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/README.md b/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/README.md
index 1fdfc7249..01acedbdc 100644
--- a/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/README.md
+++ b/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,34 @@ Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) with your browser to see the
 You can start editing the page by modifying `src/app/api/route.ts` and improving your agent
 by adding system prompts or tools.
 
+## Switching Models
+
+To switch the chat model used for the app, add an `OPENUI_MODEL` env var in your .env file. Thesys Server accepts a value in the `provider/model` format compliant with [models.dev](models.dev). Some of the models supported include:
+
+| Provider | Model     | Model String |
+|----------|-----------|--------------|
+| Google | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-free |
+| Google | Gemini 3.1 Pro | google/gemini-3.1-pro-free |
+| Google | Gemini 3.5 Flash | google/gemini-3.5-flash-free |
+| OpenAI | GPT 5.2 | openai/gpt-5.2 |
+| OpenAI | GPT 5.5 | openai/gpt-5.5 | 
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-5.4|
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-5.4-mini|
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-5.1|
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-5|
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-5-mini|
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-5-nano|
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-4.1|
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-4.1-mini|
+| OpenAI | GPT 5 |  openai/gpt-4o|
+| Anthropic | Claude Sonnet  |  anthropic/claude-sonnet-5|
+| Anthropic | Claude Opus  |  anthropic/claude-opus-4.7|
+| Anthropic | Claude Sonnet  |  anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6|
+| Anthropic | Claude Sonnet  |  anthropic/claude-sonnet-4|
+| Anthropic | Claude Haiku  |  anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5|
+
+
+
 ## SDK packages
 
 - `@openuidev/thesys-server` — the server SDK (`artifactTool`,
diff --git a/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/src/app/api/chat/route.ts b/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/src/app/api/chat/route.ts
index 26b5de895..0dd3a5989 100644
--- a/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/src/app/api/chat/route.ts
+++ b/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/src/app/api/chat/route.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function POST(req: Request) {
   try {
     stream = (await client.responses.create(
       {
-        model: envOr("OPENUI_MODEL", "google/gemini-3.1-pro"),
+        model: envOr("OPENUI_MODEL", "google/gemini-3.1-pro-free"),
         conversation: threadId, // store:true persists to the conversation
         input,
         stream: true,
diff --git a/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/src/app/layout.tsx b/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/src/app/layout.tsx
index 7e44b0451..d0d67c899 100644
--- a/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/openui-cli/src/templates/openui-cloud/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { ThemeProvider } from "@/hooks/use-system-theme";
 import "./globals.css";
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
-  title: "OpenUI Chat",
-  description: "Generative UI Chat with OpenAI SDK",
+  title: "OpenUI Cloud",
+  description: "Managed OpenUI Cloud Chat with web, image & artifact tools",
 };
 
 export default function RootLayout({