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+"use client"
+
+import { useState, useEffect } from "react"
+import { ChevronDown, Cpu } from "lucide-react"
+import { OllamaIcon } from "@/components/ui/ollama-icon"
+
+interface LLMModel {
+  id: string
+  name: string
+  model: string
+  provider: string
+  description?: string
+}
+
+// Default models
+const DEFAULT_MODELS: LLMModel[] = [
+  {
+    id: "ollama-llama3.1:8b",
+    name: "Llama 3.1 8B",
+    model: "llama3.1:8b",
+    provider: "ollama",
+    description: "Local Ollama model"
+  },
+  {
+    id: "nvidia-nemotron",
+    name: "Nemotron 70B",
+    model: "nvdev/nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-70b-instruct",
+    provider: "nvidia",
+    description: "NVIDIA API (requires key)"
+  },
+]
+
+export function LLMSelectorCompact() {
+  const [models, setModels] = useState<LLMModel[]>(DEFAULT_MODELS)
+  const [selectedModel, setSelectedModel] = useState<LLMModel>(DEFAULT_MODELS[0])
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false)
+
+  // Load Ollama models from settings
+  useEffect(() => {
+    try {
+      const selectedOllamaModels = localStorage.getItem("selected_ollama_models")
+      if (selectedOllamaModels) {
+        const modelNames: string[] = JSON.parse(selectedOllamaModels)
+        const ollamaModels: LLMModel[] = modelNames.map(name => ({
+          id: `ollama-${name}`,
+          name: name,
+          model: name,
+          provider: "ollama",
+          description: "Local Ollama model"
+        }))
+        
+        // Combine with default models, avoiding duplicates
+        const defaultOllamaIds = DEFAULT_MODELS
+          .filter(m => m.provider === "ollama")
+          .map(m => m.model)
+        const uniqueOllamaModels = ollamaModels.filter(
+          m => !defaultOllamaIds.includes(m.model)
+        )
+        
+        const allModels = [...DEFAULT_MODELS, ...uniqueOllamaModels]
+        setModels(allModels)
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("Error loading Ollama models:", error)
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  // Load selected model from localStorage
+  useEffect(() => {
+    try {
+      const saved = localStorage.getItem("selectedModelForRAG")
+      if (saved) {
+        const savedModel: LLMModel = JSON.parse(saved)
+        setSelectedModel(savedModel)
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("Error loading selected model:", error)
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  // Save selected model to localStorage and dispatch event
+  const handleSelectModel = (model: LLMModel) => {
+    setSelectedModel(model)
+    setIsOpen(false)
+    localStorage.setItem("selectedModelForRAG", JSON.stringify(model))
+    
+    // Dispatch event for other components
+    window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('ragModelSelected', {
+      detail: { model }
+    }))
+  }
+
+  const getModelIcon = (provider: string) => {
+    if (provider === "ollama") {
+      return <OllamaIcon className="h-3 w-3 text-orange-500" />
+    }
+    return <Cpu className="h-3 w-3 text-green-500" />
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="relative">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)}
+        className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-1.5 text-sm border border-border/40 rounded-lg bg-background/50 hover:bg-muted/30 transition-colors"
+      >
+        {getModelIcon(selectedModel.provider)}
+        <span className="font-medium">{selectedModel.name}</span>
+        <ChevronDown className={`h-3 w-3 text-muted-foreground transition-transform ${isOpen ? 'rotate-180' : ''}`} />
+      </button>
+
+      {isOpen && (
+        <>
+          {/* Backdrop */}
+          <div
+            className="fixed inset-0 z-40"
+            onClick={() => setIsOpen(false)}
+          />
+          
+          {/* Dropdown */}
+          <div className="absolute top-full left-0 mt-2 w-64 border border-border/40 rounded-lg bg-popover shadow-lg z-50 overflow-hidden">
+            <div className="p-2 border-b border-border/40 bg-muted/30">
+              <h4 className="text-xs font-semibold text-foreground">Select LLM for Answer Generation</h4>
+            </div>
+            <div className="max-h-64 overflow-y-auto">
+              {models.map((model) => (
+                <button
+                  key={model.id}
+                  type="button"
+                  onClick={() => handleSelectModel(model)}
+                  className={`w-full flex items-start gap-2 p-3 hover:bg-muted/50 transition-colors text-left ${
+                    selectedModel.id === model.id ? 'bg-nvidia-green/10' : ''
+                  }`}
+                >
+                  <div className="mt-0.5">
+                    {getModelIcon(model.provider)}
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="flex-1 min-w-0">
+                    <div className="text-sm font-medium text-foreground truncate">
+                      {model.name}
+                    </div>
+                    {model.description && (
+                      <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                        {model.description}
+                      </div>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                  {selectedModel.id === model.id && (
+                    <div className="w-2 h-2 rounded-full bg-nvidia-green flex-shrink-0 mt-1.5" />
+                  )}
+                </button>
+              ))}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+