diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/reference/cli/commands.md b/docs/src/content/docs/reference/cli/commands.md
index 6093a2fa5..1099cc98f 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/reference/cli/commands.md
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/reference/cli/commands.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Usage: genaiscript run [options] <script> [files...]
 Runs a GenAIScript against files.
 
 Options:
+  -p, --provider <string>                    Preferred LLM provider aliases (choices: "openai", "azure", "azure_serverless", "azure_serverless_models", "anthropic", "anthropic_bedrock", "google", "huggingface", "mistral", "alibaba", "github", "transformers", "ollama", "lmstudio", "jan", "llamafile", "litellm")
   -m, --model <string>                       'large' model alias (default)
   -sm, --small-model <string>                'small' alias model
   -vm, --vision-model <string>               'vision' alias model
@@ -86,9 +87,18 @@ Arguments:
                                       are tested
 
 Options:
-  -m, --model <string>                model for the run
-  -sm, --small-model <string>         small model for the run
+  -p, --provider <string>             Preferred LLM provider aliases (choices:
+                                      "openai", "azure", "azure_serverless",
+                                      "azure_serverless_models", "anthropic",
+                                      "anthropic_bedrock", "google",
+                                      "huggingface", "mistral", "alibaba",
+                                      "github", "transformers", "ollama",
+                                      "lmstudio", "jan", "llamafile",
+                                      "litellm")
+  -m, --model <string>                'large' model alias (default)
+  -sm, --small-model <string>         'small' alias model
   -vm, --vision-model <string>        'vision' alias model
+  -ma, --model-alias <nameid...>      model alias as name=modelid
   --models <models...>                models to test where mode is the key
                                       value pair list of m (model), s (small
                                       model), t (temperature), p (top-p)
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
index 29fed0de6..a862eb6e4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { NodeHost } from "./nodehost" // Handles node environment setup
-import { Option, program } from "commander" // Command-line argument parsing library
+import { Command, Option, program } from "commander" // Command-line argument parsing library
 import { error, isQuiet, setConsoleColors, setQuiet } from "./log" // Logging utilities
 import { startServer } from "./server" // Function to start server
 import { NODE_MIN_VERSION, PROMPTFOO_VERSION } from "./version" // Version constants
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 } from "./parse" // Parsing functions
 import { compileScript, createScript, fixScripts, listScripts } from "./scripts" // Script utilities
 import { codeQuery } from "./codequery" // Code parsing and query execution
-import { envInfo, modelsInfo as modelAliasesInfo, scriptModelInfo, systemInfo } from "./info" // Information utilities
+import { envInfo, modelAliasesInfo, scriptModelInfo, systemInfo } from "./info" // Information utilities
 import { scriptTestList, scriptTestsView, scriptsTest } from "./test" // Test functions
 import { cacheClear } from "./cache" // Cache management
 import "node:console" // Importing console for side effects
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import {
     OPENAI_MAX_RETRY_DELAY,
     OPENAI_RETRY_DEFAULT_DEFAULT,
     OPENAI_MAX_RETRY_COUNT,
-    GENAI_MD_EXT,
+    MODEL_PROVIDERS,
 } from "../../core/src/constants" // Core constants
 import {
     errorMessage,
@@ -94,14 +94,11 @@ export async function cli() {
     program.on("option:quiet", () => setQuiet(true))
 
     // Define 'run' command for executing scripts
-    program
+    const run = program
         .command("run")
         .description("Runs a GenAIScript against files.")
         .arguments("<script> [files...]")
-        .option("-m, --model <string>", "'large' model alias (default)")
-        .option("-sm, --small-model <string>", "'small' alias model")
-        .option("-vm, --vision-model <string>", "'vision' alias model")
-        .option("-ma, --model-alias <nameid...>", "model alias as name=modelid")
+    addModelOptions(run) // Add model options to the command
         .option("-lp, --logprobs", "enable reporting token probabilities")
         .option(
             "-tlp, --top-logprobs <number>",
@@ -203,15 +200,13 @@ export async function cli() {
     // Define 'test' command group for running tests
     const test = program.command("test")
 
-    test.command("run", { isDefault: true })
+    const testRun = test.command("run", { isDefault: true })
         .description("Runs the tests for scripts")
         .argument(
             "[script...]",
             "Script ids. If not provided, all scripts are tested"
         )
-        .option("-m, --model <string>", "model for the run")
-        .option("-sm, --small-model <string>", "small model for the run")
-        .option("-vm, --vision-model <string>", "'vision' alias model")
+    addModelOptions(testRun) // Add model options to the command
         .option(
             "--models <models...>",
             "models to test where mode is the key value pair list of m (model), s (small model), t (temperature), p (top-p)"
@@ -456,4 +451,25 @@ export async function cli() {
         .action(modelAliasesInfo)
 
     program.parse() // Parse command-line arguments
+
+    function addModelOptions(command: Command) {
+        return command
+            .addOption(
+                new Option(
+                    "-p, --provider <string>",
+                    "Preferred LLM provider aliases"
+                ).choices(
+                    MODEL_PROVIDERS.filter(
+                        ({ id, aliases }) => id !== "client"
+                    ).map(({ id }) => id)
+                )
+            )
+            .option("-m, --model <string>", "'large' model alias (default)")
+            .option("-sm, --small-model <string>", "'small' alias model")
+            .option("-vm, --vision-model <string>", "'vision' alias model")
+            .option(
+                "-ma, --model-alias <nameid...>",
+                "model alias as name=modelid"
+            )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/convert.ts b/packages/cli/src/convert.ts
index 907ff5ba5..6442c5649 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/convert.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/convert.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { PLimitPromiseQueue } from "../../core/src/concurrency"
 import { createPatch } from "diff"
 import { unfence } from "../../core/src/fence"
 import { JSONLLMTryParse, JSONTryParse } from "../../core/src/json5"
-import { applyModelOptions } from "./modealias"
+import { applyModelOptions } from "./modelalias"
 import { ensureDotGenaiscriptPath, setupTraceWriting } from "./trace"
 import { tracePromptResult } from "../../core/src/chat"
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/info.ts b/packages/cli/src/info.ts
index dd8d39f27..705407659 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/info.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/info.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,6 @@ export async function scriptModelInfo(
     console.log(YAMLStringify(info))
 }
 
-export async function modelsInfo() {
+export async function modelAliasesInfo() {
     console.log(YAML.stringify(runtimeHost.modelAliases))
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modealias.ts b/packages/cli/src/modealias.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a4dba42f2..000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modealias.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { parseKeyValuePair } from "../../core/src/fence"
-import { runtimeHost } from "../../core/src/host"
-import { PromptScriptRunOptions } from "./main"
-
-export function applyModelOptions(options: Partial<PromptScriptRunOptions>) {
-    if (options.model) runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "large", options.model)
-    if (options.smallModel)
-        runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "small", options.smallModel)
-    if (options.visionModel)
-        runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "vision", options.visionModel)
-    for (const kv of options.modelAlias || []) {
-        const aliases = parseKeyValuePair(kv)
-        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(aliases))
-            runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", key, value)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modelalias.ts b/packages/cli/src/modelalias.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddff1d3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modelalias.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { MODEL_PROVIDERS } from "../../core/src/constants"
+import { parseKeyValuePair } from "../../core/src/fence"
+import { runtimeHost } from "../../core/src/host"
+import { logVerbose } from "../../core/src/util"
+import { PromptScriptRunOptions } from "./main"
+
+export function applyModelOptions(
+    options: Partial<
+        Pick<
+            PromptScriptRunOptions,
+            "model" | "smallModel" | "visionModel" | "modelAlias" | "provider"
+        >
+    >
+) {
+    if (options.provider) {
+        const provider = MODEL_PROVIDERS.find((p) => p.id === options.provider)
+        if (!provider)
+            throw new Error(`Model provider not found: ${options.provider}`)
+        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(provider.aliases || {}))
+            runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", key, provider.id + ":" + value)
+    }
+    if (options.model) runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "large", options.model)
+    if (options.smallModel)
+        runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "small", options.smallModel)
+    if (options.visionModel)
+        runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "vision", options.visionModel)
+    for (const kv of options.modelAlias || []) {
+        const aliases = parseKeyValuePair(kv)
+        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(aliases))
+            runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", key, value)
+    }
+
+    const modelAlias = runtimeHost.modelAliases
+    if (Object.values(modelAlias).some((m) => m.source !== "default"))
+        Object.entries(runtimeHost.modelAliases).forEach(([key, value]) =>
+            logVerbose(` ${key}: ${value.model} (${value.source})`)
+        )
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/run.ts b/packages/cli/src/run.ts
index 71a40aeff..1ce33ee9d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/run.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ import {
     stdout,
 } from "../../core/src/logging"
 import { ensureDotGenaiscriptPath, setupTraceWriting } from "./trace"
-import { applyModelOptions } from "./modealias"
+import { applyModelOptions } from "./modelalias"
 import { createCancellationController } from "./cancel"
 import { parsePromptScriptMeta } from "../../core/src/template"
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/test.ts b/packages/cli/src/test.ts
index 395692421..c5276dcfe 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import { delay } from "es-toolkit"
 import { resolveModelConnectionInfo } from "../../core/src/models"
 import { filterScripts } from "../../core/src/ast"
 import { link } from "../../core/src/markdown"
+import { applyModelOptions } from "./modelalias"
 
 /**
  * Parses model specifications from a string and returns a ModelOptions object.
@@ -109,14 +110,7 @@ export async function runPromptScriptTests(
         testDelay?: string
     }
 ): Promise<PromptScriptTestRunResponse> {
-    if (options.model) runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "large", options.model)
-    if (options.smallModel)
-        runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "small", options.smallModel)
-    if (options.visionModel)
-    runtimeHost.setModelAlias("cli", "vision", options.visionModel)
-    Object.entries(runtimeHost.modelAliases).forEach(([key, value]) =>
-        logVerbose(` ${key}: ${value.model}`)
-    )
+    applyModelOptions(options)
 
     const scripts = await listTests({ ids, ...(options || {}) })
     if (!scripts.length)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/constants.ts
index 79bcbea21..feef81cf3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/constants.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ export const MODEL_PROVIDERS = Object.freeze<
         topP?: boolean
         prediction?: boolean
         bearerToken?: boolean
+        aliases?: Record<string, string>
     }[]
 >(CONFIGURATION_DATA.providers)
 export const MODEL_PRICINGS = Object.freeze<
diff --git a/packages/core/src/llms.json b/packages/core/src/llms.json
index 9537a2645..c40330019 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/llms.json
+++ b/packages/core/src/llms.json
@@ -80,7 +80,14 @@
         {
             "id": "huggingface",
             "detail": "Hugging Face models",
-            "prediction": false
+            "prediction": false,
+            "aliases": {
+                "large": "Qwen/Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct",
+                "small": "Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct",
+                "vision": "Qwen/Qwen2-VL-7B-Instruct",
+                "reasoning": "Qwen/QwQ-32B-Preview",
+                "reasoning_small": "Qwen/QwQ-32B-Preview"
+            }
         },
         {
             "id": "mistral",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/server/messages.ts b/packages/core/src/server/messages.ts
index 5dc42f342..0c1cc33cc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/server/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/server/messages.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export interface PromptScriptRunOptions {
     visionModel: string
     embeddingsModel: string
     modelAlias: string[]
+    provider: string
     csvSeparator: string
     cache: boolean | string
     cacheName: string