diff --git a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/anthropic.py b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/anthropic.py
index c98c6d43..9f4b72d7 100644
--- a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/anthropic.py
+++ b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/anthropic.py
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ class AnthropicProvider(Provider):
 
         return message, usage
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def recommended_models() -> tuple[str, str]:
+        """Return the recommended model and processor for this provider"""
+        return "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022", "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022"
+
     @retry_procedure
     def _post(self, payload: dict) -> httpx.Response:
         response = self.client.post(ANTHROPIC_HOST, json=payload)
diff --git a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/base.py b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/base.py
index 3d48135d..3ff17591 100644
--- a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/base.py
+++ b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/base.py
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class Provider(ABC):
         """Generate the next message using the specified model"""
         pass
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def recommended_models() -> tuple[str, str]:
+        """Return the recommended model and processor for this provider"""
+        return "gpt-4o", "gpt-4o-mini"
+
 
 class MissingProviderEnvVariableError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, env_variable: str, provider: str, instructions_url: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
diff --git a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/databricks.py b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/databricks.py
index b8f92dca..517ccee6 100644
--- a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/databricks.py
+++ b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/databricks.py
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ class DatabricksProvider(Provider):
         usage = self.get_usage(response)
         return message, usage
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def recommended_models() -> tuple[str, str]:
+        """Return the recommended model and processor for this provider"""
+        return "databricks-meta-llama-3-1-70b-instruct", "databricks-meta-llama-3-1-70b-instruct"
+
     @retry_procedure
     def _post(self, model: str, payload: dict) -> httpx.Response:
         response = self.client.post(
diff --git a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/google.py b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/google.py
index 76ccd7a9..bfb1faf0 100644
--- a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/google.py
+++ b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/google.py
@@ -165,3 +165,8 @@ class GoogleProvider(Provider):
     def _post(self, payload: dict, model: str) -> httpx.Response:
         response = self.client.post("models/" + model + ":generateContent", json=payload)
         return raise_for_status(response).json()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def recommended_models() -> tuple[str, str]:
+        """Return the recommended model and processor for this provider"""
+        return "gemini-1.5-flash", "gemini-1.5-flash"
diff --git a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/ollama.py b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/ollama.py
index 1f8e8fe5..23079315 100644
--- a/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/ollama.py
+++ b/packages/exchange/src/exchange/providers/ollama.py
@@ -43,3 +43,8 @@ ollama:
         # When served by Ollama, the OpenAI API is available at the path "v1/".
         client = httpx.Client(base_url=ollama_url + "v1/", timeout=timeout)
         return cls(client)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def recommended_models() -> tuple[str, str]:
+        """Return the recommended model and processor for this provider"""
+        return OLLAMA_MODEL, OLLAMA_MODEL
diff --git a/src/goose/cli/config.py b/src/goose/cli/config.py
index f0cd55e5..8b9e4fe9 100644
--- a/src/goose/cli/config.py
+++ b/src/goose/cli/config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from rich import print
 from rich.panel import Panel
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
-from exchange.providers.ollama import OLLAMA_MODEL
 
 from goose.profile import Profile
 from goose.utils import load_plugins
@@ -90,19 +89,5 @@ def default_model_configuration() -> tuple[str, str, str]:
             pass
     else:
         provider = RECOMMENDED_DEFAULT_PROVIDER
-    recommended = {
-        "ollama": (OLLAMA_MODEL, OLLAMA_MODEL),
-        "openai": ("gpt-4o", "gpt-4o-mini"),
-        "anthropic": (
-            "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
-            "claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022",
-        ),
-        "databricks": (
-            # TODO when function calling is first rec should be: "databricks-meta-llama-3-1-405b-instruct"
-            "databricks-meta-llama-3-1-70b-instruct",
-            "databricks-meta-llama-3-1-70b-instruct",
-        ),
-        "google": ("gemini-1.5-flash", "gemini-1.5-flash"),
-    }
-    processor, accelerator = recommended.get(provider, ("gpt-4o", "gpt-4o-mini"))
+    processor, accelerator = providers.get(provider).recommended_models()
     return provider, processor, accelerator