diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/package.json b/packages/@n8n/agents/package.json
index d8dc37ed500..3498ea34bfc 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/package.json
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/package.json
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node": ">=1.0.0",
     "ai": "catalog:",
     "ajv": "^8.18.0",
+    "google-auth-library": "catalog:",
     "langsmith": "catalog:",
     "undici": "catalog:undici-v7",
     "yaml": "catalog:",
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/__tests__/google-vertex.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/__tests__/google-vertex.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d14f9fb52b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/__tests__/google-vertex.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+import { generateText, streamText } from 'ai';
+import nock from 'nock';
+import { generateKeyPairSync } from 'node:crypto';
+
+import { createModel } from '../model/model-factory';
+
+const credentials = {
+	project: 'selected-project',
+	location: 'global',
+	clientEmail: 'agent@selected-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com',
+	privateKey: generateKeyPairSync('rsa', { modulusLength: 2048 }).privateKey.export({
+		type: 'pkcs8',
+		format: 'pem',
+	}),
+};
+
+const chatResponse = {
+	id: 'completion-1',
+	object: 'chat.completion',
+	created: 1,
+	choices: [{ index: 0, message: { role: 'assistant', content: 'Hello' }, finish_reason: 'stop' }],
+	usage: { prompt_tokens: 10, completion_tokens: 2, total_tokens: 12 },
+};
+
+describe('Vertex model routing', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		nock.disableNetConnect();
+		nock('https://oauth2.googleapis.com').post('/token').reply(200, {
+			access_token: 'vertex-access-token',
+			token_type: 'Bearer',
+			expires_in: 3600,
+		});
+	});
+
+	afterEach(() => {
+		nock.cleanAll();
+		nock.enableNetConnect();
+	});
+
+	const routingCases = [
+		{
+			model: 'gemini-3-flash-preview',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex',
+			location: 'global',
+			host: 'aiplatform.googleapis.com',
+			apiVersion: 'v1beta1',
+			path: 'publishers/google/models/gemini-3-flash-preview:generateContent',
+			response: {
+				candidates: [
+					{ content: { role: 'model', parts: [{ text: 'Hello' }] }, finishReason: 'STOP' },
+				],
+				usageMetadata: { promptTokenCount: 10, candidatesTokenCount: 2, totalTokenCount: 12 },
+			},
+			request: { contents: [{ role: 'user', parts: [{ text: 'Hello' }] }] },
+		},
+		{
+			model: 'claude-opus-5@default',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic',
+			location: 'global',
+			host: 'aiplatform.googleapis.com',
+			path: 'publishers/anthropic/models/claude-opus-5@default:rawPredict',
+			response: {
+				id: 'message-1',
+				type: 'message',
+				role: 'assistant',
+				model: 'claude-opus-5@default',
+				content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Hello' }],
+				stop_reason: 'end_turn',
+				stop_sequence: null,
+				usage: { input_tokens: 10, output_tokens: 2 },
+			},
+			request: { anthropic_version: 'vertex-2023-10-16' },
+		},
+		{
+			model: 'mistral-medium-3',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/mistral',
+			location: 'europe-west4',
+			host: 'europe-west4-aiplatform.googleapis.com',
+			path: 'publishers/mistralai/models/mistral-medium-3:rawPredict',
+			response: { ...chatResponse, model: 'mistral-medium-3' },
+			request: {
+				model: 'mistral-medium-3',
+				messages: [{ role: 'user', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Hello' }] }],
+			},
+		},
+		...[
+			'deepseek-ai/deepseek-v3.2-maas',
+			'google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-maas',
+			'meta/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-maas',
+			'minimax/minimax-m2-maas',
+			'moonshotai/kimi-k2-thinking-maas',
+			'openai/gpt-oss-120b-maas',
+			'qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507-maas',
+			'zai-org/glm-5-maas',
+		].map((model) => ({
+			model,
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/openai-compatible',
+			location: 'europe-west4',
+			host: 'europe-west4-aiplatform.googleapis.com',
+			apiVersion: 'v1',
+			path: 'endpoints/openapi/chat/completions',
+			response: chatResponse,
+			request: { model },
+		})),
+		{
+			model: 'xai/grok-4.20-reasoning',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/openai-compatible',
+			location: 'global',
+			host: 'aiplatform.googleapis.com',
+			path: 'endpoints/openapi/chat/completions',
+			response: chatResponse,
+			request: { model: 'xai/grok-4.20-reasoning' },
+		},
+	];
+
+	it.each(routingCases.flatMap((testCase) => [testCase, { ...testCase, sdk: undefined }]))(
+		'sends $model through its Vertex API with SDK $sdk and service-account auth',
+		async (testCase) => {
+			const fetch = vi
+				.fn<typeof globalThis.fetch>()
+				.mockResolvedValue(Response.json(testCase.response));
+			const model = createModel(
+				{
+					...credentials,
+					id: `google-vertex/${testCase.model}`,
+					sdk: testCase.sdk,
+					location: testCase.location,
+				},
+				fetch,
+			);
+
+			const result = await generateText({ model, prompt: 'Hello', maxRetries: 0 });
+
+			expect(result.text).toBe('Hello');
+			const [url, init] = fetch.mock.calls[0];
+			expect(url).toBe(
+				`https://${testCase.host}/${testCase.apiVersion ?? 'v1'}/projects/selected-project/locations/${testCase.location}/${testCase.path}`,
+			);
+			expect(new Headers(init?.headers).get('Authorization')).toBe('Bearer vertex-access-token');
+			expect(JSON.parse(init?.body as string)).toMatchObject(testCase.request);
+			expect(nock.isDone()).toBe(true);
+		},
+	);
+
+	it.each(['@ai-sdk/mistral', undefined])(
+		'streams Mistral responses through streamRawPredict with SDK %s',
+		async (sdk) => {
+			const chunks = [
+				{
+					...chatResponse,
+					choices: [
+						{ index: 0, delta: { role: 'assistant', content: 'Hello' }, finish_reason: null },
+					],
+				},
+				{ ...chatResponse, choices: [{ index: 0, delta: {}, finish_reason: 'stop' }] },
+			];
+			const response = chunks.map((chunk) => `data: ${JSON.stringify(chunk)}\n\n`).join('');
+			const fetch = vi.fn<typeof globalThis.fetch>().mockResolvedValue(
+				new Response(`${response}data: [DONE]\n\n`, {
+					headers: { 'content-type': 'text/event-stream' },
+				}),
+			);
+			const model = createModel({ ...credentials, id: 'google-vertex/codestral-2', sdk }, fetch);
+
+			const result = streamText({ model, prompt: 'Hello', maxRetries: 0 });
+
+			await expect(result.text).resolves.toBe('Hello');
+			const [url, init] = fetch.mock.calls[0];
+			expect(url).toBe(
+				'https://aiplatform.googleapis.com/v1/projects/selected-project/locations/global/publishers/mistralai/models/codestral-2:streamRawPredict',
+			);
+			expect(new Headers(init?.headers).get('Authorization')).toBe('Bearer vertex-access-token');
+			expect(JSON.parse(init?.body as string)).toMatchObject({
+				model: 'codestral-2',
+				stream: true,
+			});
+		},
+	);
+
+	it.each([
+		{ id: 'google-vertex/unknown-model' },
+		{ id: 'google-vertex/unknown/llama-4-maas' },
+		{ id: 'google-vertex/meta/unknown-model-maas' },
+		{ id: 'google-vertex/claude-opus-5@default', sdk: '@ai-sdk/unknown' },
+	])('rejects unresolved Vertex routing for $id', (config) => {
+		expect(() => createModel({ ...credentials, ...config })).toThrow(/Vertex.*SDK/);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/__tests__/model-factory.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/__tests__/model-factory.test.ts
index 2d7960ae0c6..92c4d3e5f94 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/__tests__/model-factory.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/__tests__/model-factory.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+import { createGoogleVertex } from '@ai-sdk/google-vertex';
 import type { LanguageModel } from 'ai';
 
-import { createEmbeddingModel, createModel } from '../model/model-factory';
+import {
+	createEmbeddingModel,
+	createModel,
+	supportsSplitSystemMessages,
+} from '../model/model-factory';
 import { forgetEndpointApiStyles } from '../model/openai-api-style';
 
 type ProviderOpts = {
@@ -85,6 +90,15 @@ vi.mock('@ai-sdk/google', () => ({
 	}),
 }));
 
+vi.mock('@ai-sdk/google-vertex', () => ({
+	createGoogleVertex: vi.fn((opts: Record<string, unknown>) => (model: string) => ({
+		...opts,
+		provider: 'google-vertex',
+		modelId: model,
+		specificationVersion: 'v4',
+	})),
+}));
+
 vi.mock('@ai-sdk/xai', () => ({
 	createXai: (opts?: ProviderOpts) => ({
 		chat: (model: string) => ({
@@ -1054,6 +1068,74 @@ describe('createModel', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('google-vertex', () => {
+		const credentials = {
+			id: 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview',
+			project: 'selected-project',
+			location: 'europe-west4',
+			clientEmail: 'agent@selected-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com',
+			privateKey: '-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\\nABC\\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\\n',
+		};
+
+		it('uses the selected service account, project, region, and guarded transport', () => {
+			vi.stubEnv('GOOGLE_VERTEX_API_KEY', 'ambient-key');
+			vi.stubEnv('GOOGLE_VERTEX_PROJECT', 'ambient-project');
+			vi.stubEnv('GOOGLE_VERTEX_LOCATION', 'ambient-region');
+			const guardedFetch = vi.fn<typeof globalThis.fetch>();
+			try {
+				const model = createModel(credentials, guardedFetch);
+				expect(model).toMatchObject({
+					modelId: 'gemini-3-flash-preview',
+					apiKey: '',
+					project: 'selected-project',
+					location: 'europe-west4',
+					fetch: guardedFetch,
+					googleAuthOptions: {
+						credentials: {
+							client_email: credentials.clientEmail,
+							private_key: '-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nABC\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n',
+						},
+					},
+				});
+			} finally {
+				vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+			}
+		});
+
+		it.each(['project', 'location', 'clientEmail', 'privateKey'])(
+			'requires an explicit %s before model execution',
+			(field) => {
+				expect(() => createModel({ ...credentials, [field]: '' })).toThrow(
+					'Invalid credentials for provider "google-vertex"',
+				);
+			},
+		);
+
+		it.each([
+			'global',
+			'eu',
+			'us',
+			'us-central1',
+			'europe-west12',
+			'northamerica-northeast1',
+			'me-central2',
+		])('accepts location %s', (location) => {
+			expect(createModel({ ...credentials, location })).toMatchObject({ location });
+		});
+
+		it.each(['us-central', 'US-central1', 'us-central1-a', 'us.central1', 'us/central1'])(
+			'rejects invalid location %s before provider creation',
+			(location) => {
+				vi.mocked(createGoogleVertex).mockClear();
+
+				expect(() => createModel({ ...credentials, location })).toThrow(
+					/Invalid credentials for provider "google-vertex"[\s\S]*location/,
+				);
+				expect(createGoogleVertex).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+			},
+		);
+	});
+
 	describe('google-vertex-anthropic', () => {
 		it('should create model with project, location, and service-account JSON', () => {
 			const model = createModel({
@@ -1125,6 +1207,20 @@ describe('createModel', () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe('supportsSplitSystemMessages', () => {
+	it.each([
+		['anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5', true],
+		['google-vertex-anthropic/claude-opus-4-8', true],
+		['google-vertex/claude-sonnet-4-5', true],
+		['google-vertex/claude-opus-5@default', true],
+		['google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview', false],
+		['google-vertex/mistral-large-2411', false],
+		['google-vertex/xai/grok-4', false],
+	] as const)('checks split system messages for %s', (model, expected) => {
+		expect(supportsSplitSystemMessages(model)).toBe(expected);
+	});
+});
+
 describe('createEmbeddingModel', () => {
 	it('should accept a legacy api key string', () => {
 		const model = createEmbeddingModel(
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/loop/__tests__/runtime-context.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/loop/__tests__/runtime-context.test.ts
index 301c89bd10e..790b4e2e0e5 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/loop/__tests__/runtime-context.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/loop/__tests__/runtime-context.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { ModelConfig } from '../../../types/sdk/agent';
 import { getModelIdString } from '../../../utils/model';
+import { RuntimeContextBuilder } from '../runtime-context';
 
 describe('getModelIdString', () => {
 	it('returns a plain string model id unchanged', () => {
@@ -34,3 +35,64 @@ describe('getModelIdString', () => {
 		expect(getModelIdString(model)).toBe('unknown');
 	});
 });
+
+describe('Vertex thinking options', () => {
+	it.each([
+		{
+			modelId: 'google-vertex/claude-sonnet-4-5',
+			thinking: { budgetTokens: 4096 },
+			expected: { anthropic: { thinking: { type: 'enabled', budgetTokens: 4096 } } },
+		},
+		{
+			modelId: 'google-vertex/claude-opus-5@default',
+			thinking: { budgetTokens: 4096 },
+			expected: {
+				anthropic: {
+					thinking: { type: 'adaptive', display: 'summarized' },
+					effort: 'medium',
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			modelId: 'google-vertex/gemini-2.5-flash',
+			thinking: { thinkingBudget: 2048 },
+			expected: { google: { thinkingConfig: { thinkingBudget: 2048 } } },
+		},
+		{
+			modelId: 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview',
+			thinking: { thinkingLevel: 'high' as const },
+			expected: { google: { thinkingConfig: { thinkingLevel: 'high' } } },
+		},
+		{
+			modelId: 'google-vertex/endpoints/123456789',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex',
+			thinking: { thinkingBudget: 2048 },
+			expected: { google: { thinkingConfig: { thinkingBudget: 2048 } } },
+		},
+		{
+			modelId: 'google-vertex/mistral-medium-3',
+			thinking: { thinkingBudget: 2048 },
+			expected: undefined,
+		},
+	])('maps thinking options for $modelId', ({ modelId, sdk, thinking, expected }) => {
+		const builder = new RuntimeContextBuilder(
+			{
+				name: 'test',
+				model: {
+					id: modelId,
+					sdk,
+					project: 'test-project',
+					location: 'global',
+					clientEmail: 'test@example.com',
+					privateKey: 'test-key',
+				},
+				instructions: '',
+				thinking,
+			},
+			undefined,
+		);
+
+		expect(builder.buildStaticLoopContext().providerOptions).toEqual(expected);
+		expect(builder.modelId).toBe(modelId);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/loop/runtime-context.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/loop/runtime-context.ts
index 62e3102026f..0f37eaef52d 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/loop/runtime-context.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/loop/runtime-context.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ProviderOptions } from '@ai-sdk/provider-utils';
-import { getProviderPrefix } from '@n8n/ai-utilities/agent-config';
+import { splitModelId } from '@n8n/ai-utilities/agent-config';
 import type { LanguageModel, Output } from 'ai';
 
 import type { AgentRuntimeConfig } from '../../types/runtime/agent-runtime';
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 	FLAG_MEMORY_TOOL_NAME,
 	resolveEpisodicMemoryCapture,
 } from '../memory/episodic-memory-capture';
+import { getGoogleVertexQuirksProvider } from '../model/google-vertex';
 import { loadAi } from '../model/lazy-ai';
 import type { AgentMessageList } from '../model/message-list';
 import { createModel, supportsSplitSystemMessages } from '../model/model-factory';
@@ -374,7 +375,15 @@ export class RuntimeContextBuilder {
 	private buildThinkingProviderOptions(): Record<string, Record<string, unknown>> | undefined {
 		if (!this.config.thinking) return undefined;
 
-		const quirks = getProviderQuirks(getProviderPrefix(this.modelId));
+		const { provider, model } = splitModelId(this.modelId);
+		const modelConfig = this.config.model;
+		const sdk =
+			typeof modelConfig === 'object' && 'sdk' in modelConfig && typeof modelConfig.sdk === 'string'
+				? modelConfig.sdk
+				: undefined;
+		const quirksProvider =
+			provider === 'google-vertex' ? getGoogleVertexQuirksProvider(model, sdk) : provider;
+		const quirks = getProviderQuirks(quirksProvider);
 		return quirks.thinkingToProviderOptions?.(this.config.thinking, this.modelId);
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/__tests__/prompt-cache.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/__tests__/prompt-cache.test.ts
index 04f35753546..75a7b4d58e2 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/__tests__/prompt-cache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/__tests__/prompt-cache.test.ts
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ describe('buildSkillInstructionCacheOptions', () => {
 });
 
 describe('buildInstructionPromptCacheOptions — Anthropic', () => {
-	it('defaults to a 1h cache breakpoint when enabled with no ttl override', () => {
-		expect(
-			buildInstructionPromptCacheOptions({ enabled: true }, 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5'),
-		).toEqual({
+	it.each([
+		'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5',
+		'google-vertex-anthropic/claude-opus-4-8',
+		'google-vertex/claude-opus-5@default',
+	])('defaults to a 1h cache breakpoint for %s', (modelId) => {
+		expect(buildInstructionPromptCacheOptions({ enabled: true }, modelId)).toEqual({
 			anthropic: { cacheControl: { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: '1h' } },
 		});
 	});
@@ -106,9 +108,12 @@ describe('buildInstructionPromptCacheOptions — Anthropic', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	it('returns undefined for a non-Anthropic model', () => {
-		expect(buildInstructionPromptCacheOptions({ enabled: true }, 'openai/gpt-5.1')).toBeUndefined();
-	});
+	it.each(['openai/gpt-5.1', 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview'])(
+		'returns undefined for %s without Anthropic caching',
+		(modelId) => {
+			expect(buildInstructionPromptCacheOptions({ enabled: true }, modelId)).toBeUndefined();
+		},
+	);
 
 	it('returns undefined when config is disabled', () => {
 		expect(
@@ -212,11 +217,12 @@ describe('createOpenAIPromptCacheKey (via buildCallPromptCacheOptions)', () => {
 });
 
 describe('getEffectiveAnthropicCacheTtl', () => {
-	it('returns the configured TTL (default 1h) for an Anthropic model with caching enabled', () => {
-		expect(getEffectiveAnthropicCacheTtl({ enabled: true }, 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5')).toBe(
-			'1h',
-		);
-	});
+	it.each(['anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5', 'google-vertex/claude-opus-5@default'])(
+		'returns the default 1h TTL for %s with caching enabled',
+		(modelId) => {
+			expect(getEffectiveAnthropicCacheTtl({ enabled: true }, modelId)).toBe('1h');
+		},
+	);
 
 	it('returns an explicit 5m override for an Anthropic model', () => {
 		expect(
@@ -269,23 +275,26 @@ describe('mergeProviderOptions', () => {
 });
 
 describe('applyRuntimeCacheBreakpoints', () => {
-	it('marks the last conversation message with an Anthropic cache breakpoint', () => {
-		const messages = [makeUserMessage('hi'), makeUserMessage('there')];
+	it.each(['anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5', 'google-vertex/claude-opus-5@default'])(
+		'marks the last conversation message with an Anthropic cache breakpoint for %s',
+		(modelId) => {
+			const messages = [makeUserMessage('hi'), makeUserMessage('there')];
 
-		const { messages: result } = applyRuntimeCacheBreakpoints({
-			system: anthropicSystem,
-			messages,
-			aiTools: {},
-			promptCaching: { enabled: true },
-			modelId: 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5',
-			staticToolCacheName: undefined,
-		});
+			const { messages: result } = applyRuntimeCacheBreakpoints({
+				system: anthropicSystem,
+				messages,
+				aiTools: {},
+				promptCaching: { enabled: true },
+				modelId,
+				staticToolCacheName: undefined,
+			});
 
-		expect(result[0].providerOptions).toBeUndefined();
-		expect(result[1].providerOptions).toEqual({
-			anthropic: { cacheControl: { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: '1h' } },
-		});
-	});
+			expect(result[0].providerOptions).toBeUndefined();
+			expect(result[1].providerOptions).toEqual({
+				anthropic: { cacheControl: { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: '1h' } },
+			});
+		},
+	);
 
 	it('marks the static tool with a cache breakpoint when staticToolCacheName is provided', () => {
 		const aiTools = { tool_a: makeTool(), tool_b: makeTool() };
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/__tests__/raw-usage.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/__tests__/raw-usage.test.ts
index fd54ec6e5aa..5ecb1236ae5 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/__tests__/raw-usage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/__tests__/raw-usage.test.ts
@@ -62,15 +62,20 @@ describe('AnthropicRawUsageReader', () => {
 });
 
 describe('createRawUsageReader', () => {
-	it('returns an Anthropic reader for an anthropic model id', () => {
-		expect(createRawUsageReader('anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6')).toBeInstanceOf(
-			AnthropicRawUsageReader,
-		);
+	it.each([
+		'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6',
+		'google-vertex-anthropic/claude-opus-4-8',
+		'google-vertex/claude-opus-5@default',
+	])('returns an Anthropic reader for %s', (modelId) => {
+		expect(createRawUsageReader(modelId)).toBeInstanceOf(AnthropicRawUsageReader);
 	});
 
-	it('returns undefined for a provider without a raw-usage reader', () => {
-		expect(createRawUsageReader('openai/gpt-4o-mini')).toBeUndefined();
-	});
+	it.each(['openai/gpt-4o-mini', 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview'])(
+		'returns undefined for %s without a raw-usage reader',
+		(modelId) => {
+			expect(createRawUsageReader(modelId)).toBeUndefined();
+		},
+	);
 
 	it('returns undefined for a malformed model id', () => {
 		expect(createRawUsageReader('no-provider')).toBeUndefined();
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/google-vertex.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/google-vertex.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6334b8e0e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/google-vertex.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-imports */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports */
+import type { GoogleVertexProviderSettings } from '@ai-sdk/google-vertex';
+import { splitModelId } from '@n8n/ai-utilities/agent-config';
+import { formatPemBlock } from '@n8n/utils/format-pem-block';
+import { isRecord } from '@n8n/utils/is-record';
+import type { LanguageModel } from 'ai';
+
+import type { FetchFn } from './model-factory';
+import type { ProviderCredentials } from './provider-credentials';
+
+type VertexSettings = GoogleVertexProviderSettings & { project: string; location: string };
+
+const VERTEX_MAAS_MODEL_PREFIXES = [
+	'deepseek-ai/deepseek-',
+	'google/gemma-',
+	'meta/llama-',
+	'minimax/minimax-',
+	'moonshotai/kimi-',
+	'openai/gpt-oss-',
+	'qwen/qwen',
+	'zai-org/glm-',
+];
+
+/** Keep saved models usable when catalog metadata is unavailable. */
+export function resolveGoogleVertexSdk(model: string, sdk?: string): string | undefined {
+	if (sdk !== undefined) return sdk;
+	if (model.startsWith('gemini-')) return '@ai-sdk/google-vertex';
+	if (model.startsWith('claude-')) return '@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic';
+	if (model.startsWith('mistral-') || model.startsWith('codestral-')) return '@ai-sdk/mistral';
+	if (
+		model.startsWith('xai/grok-') ||
+		(model.endsWith('-maas') &&
+			VERTEX_MAAS_MODEL_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => model.startsWith(prefix)))
+	) {
+		return '@ai-sdk/openai-compatible';
+	}
+	return undefined;
+}
+
+/** Vertex models need the thinking options of their underlying API. */
+export function getGoogleVertexQuirksProvider(model: string, sdk?: string): string {
+	switch (resolveGoogleVertexSdk(model, sdk)) {
+		case '@ai-sdk/google-vertex':
+			return 'google';
+		case '@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic':
+			return 'google-vertex-anthropic';
+		default:
+			return 'google-vertex';
+	}
+}
+
+/** Identify Claude models that use the shared Vertex provider ID. */
+export function isGoogleVertexAnthropicModel(modelId: string): boolean {
+	const { provider, model } = splitModelId(modelId);
+	return (
+		provider === 'google-vertex' &&
+		resolveGoogleVertexSdk(model) === '@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic'
+	);
+}
+
+/** Select the Vertex API for the model. */
+export function createGoogleVertexModel(
+	creds: ProviderCredentials<'google-vertex'>,
+	model: string,
+	fetch?: FetchFn,
+): LanguageModel {
+	const settings: VertexSettings = {
+		project: creds.project,
+		location: creds.location,
+		googleAuthOptions: {
+			credentials: {
+				client_email: creds.clientEmail,
+				private_key: formatPemBlock(creds.privateKey),
+			},
+		},
+		fetch,
+	};
+	const sdk = resolveGoogleVertexSdk(model, creds.sdk);
+	switch (sdk) {
+		case '@ai-sdk/google-vertex': {
+			const { createGoogleVertex } =
+				require('@ai-sdk/google-vertex') as typeof import('@ai-sdk/google-vertex');
+			// An empty key prevents GOOGLE_VERTEX_API_KEY from selecting Express mode.
+			return createGoogleVertex({ ...settings, apiKey: '' })(model);
+		}
+		case '@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic': {
+			const { createVertexAnthropic } =
+				require('@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic') as typeof import('@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic');
+			return createVertexAnthropic(settings)(model);
+		}
+		case '@ai-sdk/mistral':
+			return createVertexMistralModel(settings, model);
+		case '@ai-sdk/openai-compatible': {
+			if (model.startsWith('xai/')) {
+				// The xAI adapter handles Grok's reasoning-token accounting.
+				const { createGoogleVertexXai } =
+					require('@ai-sdk/google-vertex/xai') as typeof import('@ai-sdk/google-vertex/xai');
+				return createGoogleVertexXai(settings)(model);
+			}
+			const { createVertexMaas } =
+				require('@ai-sdk/google-vertex/maas') as typeof import('@ai-sdk/google-vertex/maas');
+			return createVertexMaas(settings)(model);
+		}
+		default:
+			throw new Error(`No supported Vertex SDK is configured for model "${model}".`);
+	}
+}
+
+function getVertexBaseUrl(project: string, location: string): string {
+	let host = `${location}-aiplatform.googleapis.com`;
+	if (location === 'global') {
+		host = 'aiplatform.googleapis.com';
+	} else if (location === 'eu' || location === 'us') {
+		host = `aiplatform.${location}.rep.googleapis.com`;
+	}
+	return `https://${host}/v1/projects/${project}/locations/${location}`;
+}
+
+/** Mistral uses its native payload with Vertex authentication and prediction methods. */
+function createVertexMistralModel(settings: VertexSettings, model: string): LanguageModel {
+	const { createMistral } = require('@ai-sdk/mistral') as typeof import('@ai-sdk/mistral');
+	const { GoogleAuth } = require('google-auth-library') as typeof import('google-auth-library');
+	const { parseJSON } =
+		require('@ai-sdk/provider-utils') as typeof import('@ai-sdk/provider-utils');
+	const auth = new GoogleAuth({
+		...settings.googleAuthOptions,
+		scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
+	});
+	const baseURL = `${getVertexBaseUrl(settings.project, settings.location)}/publishers/mistralai/models`;
+	const fetch: FetchFn = async (_url, init) => {
+		if (typeof init?.body !== 'string') {
+			throw new Error('Vertex Mistral requires a JSON request body.');
+		}
+		const body = await parseJSON({ text: init.body });
+		if (!isRecord(body)) {
+			throw new Error('Vertex Mistral requires a JSON object.');
+		}
+		const token = await auth.getAccessToken();
+		if (!token) throw new Error('Could not get a Google Vertex access token.');
+		const headers = new Headers(init.headers);
+		headers.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${token}`);
+		const method = body.stream === true ? 'streamRawPredict' : 'rawPredict';
+		return await (settings.fetch ?? globalThis.fetch)(`${baseURL}/${model}:${method}`, {
+			...init,
+			headers,
+		});
+	};
+	return createMistral({ apiKey: '', baseURL, fetch })(model);
+}
+
+/** Parse service-account JSON for the standalone Vertex Anthropic provider. */
+export function parseGoogleVertexAuthOptions(
+	googleCredentials: string | undefined,
+): { credentials: Record<string, unknown> } | undefined {
+	if (!googleCredentials?.trim()) return undefined;
+	let parsed: unknown;
+	try {
+		parsed = JSON.parse(googleCredentials);
+	} catch {
+		throw new Error(
+			'Invalid credentials for provider "google-vertex-anthropic": googleCredentials must be valid JSON',
+		);
+	}
+	if (!isRecord(parsed)) {
+		throw new Error(
+			'Invalid credentials for provider "google-vertex-anthropic": googleCredentials must be a JSON object',
+		);
+	}
+	const credentials = { ...parsed };
+	// Environment files can contain literal newline escapes.
+	if (typeof credentials.private_key === 'string') {
+		credentials.private_key = credentials.private_key.replace(/\\n/g, '\n');
+	}
+	return { credentials };
+}
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/model-factory.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/model-factory.ts
index 0f460104cb4..ad2fa65fea2 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/model-factory.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/model-factory.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import { ensureUrlPathSuffix, isOpenAiCustomEndpoint } from '@n8n/ai-utilities/m
 import type { EmbeddingModel, LanguageModel } from 'ai';
 import type * as Undici from 'undici';
 
+import {
+	createGoogleVertexModel,
+	isGoogleVertexAnthropicModel,
+	parseGoogleVertexAuthOptions,
+} from './google-vertex';
 import {
 	endpointRouteKey,
 	guardOpenAiRoutes,
@@ -85,36 +90,6 @@ type OpenAiCompatibleCreds = {
 	headers?: Record<string, string>;
 };
 
-/**
- * Parse a Vertex service-account JSON string into `googleAuthOptions`.
- * Accepts either a full SA JSON blob or the subset `{ client_email, private_key }`.
- * Returns undefined when unset so ADC can take over.
- */
-function parseGoogleVertexAuthOptions(
-	googleCredentials: string | undefined,
-): { credentials: Record<string, unknown> } | undefined {
-	if (!googleCredentials?.trim()) return undefined;
-	let parsed: unknown;
-	try {
-		parsed = JSON.parse(googleCredentials);
-	} catch {
-		throw new Error(
-			'Invalid credentials for provider "google-vertex-anthropic": googleCredentials must be valid JSON',
-		);
-	}
-	if (typeof parsed !== 'object' || parsed === null || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
-		throw new Error(
-			'Invalid credentials for provider "google-vertex-anthropic": googleCredentials must be a JSON object',
-		);
-	}
-	const credentials = { ...(parsed as Record<string, unknown>) };
-	// SA keys often arrive with literal `\n` escapes when pasted into env files.
-	if (typeof credentials.private_key === 'string') {
-		credentials.private_key = credentials.private_key.replace(/\\n/g, '\n');
-	}
-	return { credentials };
-}
-
 /**
  * Azure OpenAI scope for Entra Bearer auth. Mirrors the LangChain Azure node's
  * `AZURE_OPENAI_SCOPE` and the `resource` claim the reference impl sends in the
@@ -221,7 +196,9 @@ export function isOfficialOpenAiBaseUrl(baseURL: string | undefined): boolean {
 
 /** Whether a model accepts the stable and volatile prompt sections as separate system messages. */
 export function supportsSplitSystemMessages(model: ModelConfig): boolean {
-	switch (getModelIdString(model).split('/')[0]) {
+	const modelId = getModelIdString(model);
+	if (isGoogleVertexAnthropicModel(modelId)) return true;
+	switch (modelId.split('/')[0]) {
 		case 'anthropic':
 		case 'google-vertex-anthropic':
 		case 'openrouter':
@@ -346,6 +323,9 @@ const LANGUAGE_PROVIDERS: ProviderRegistry = {
 			return createGoogle({ ...creds, baseURL: normalizedBaseURL, fetch })(model);
 		},
 	},
+	'google-vertex': {
+		build: createGoogleVertexModel,
+	},
 	xai: {
 		build: (creds, model, fetch) => {
 			const { createXai } = require('@ai-sdk/xai') as typeof import('@ai-sdk/xai');
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/prompt-cache.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/prompt-cache.ts
index a61524ec697..008a2d3ac17 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/prompt-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/prompt-cache.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { isRecord } from '@n8n/utils/is-record';
 import type { ModelMessage, SystemModelMessage, ToolSet } from 'ai';
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
 
+import { isGoogleVertexAnthropicModel } from './google-vertex';
 import type { PromptCachingConfig } from '../../types/sdk/agent';
 import type { JSONObject } from '../../types/utils/json';
 
@@ -58,7 +59,11 @@ function isEnabledForProvider(
 /** Providers that speak the Anthropic Messages API (including Vertex Claude). */
 export function isAnthropicMessagesProvider(modelId: string): boolean {
 	const provider = getProviderPrefix(modelId);
-	return provider === 'anthropic' || provider === 'google-vertex-anthropic';
+	return (
+		provider === 'anthropic' ||
+		provider === 'google-vertex-anthropic' ||
+		isGoogleVertexAnthropicModel(modelId)
+	);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/provider-credentials.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/provider-credentials.ts
index d2f118e3e16..7de7586c8fa 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/provider-credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/provider-credentials.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ export const PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_SCHEMAS = {
 		headers: z.record(z.string(), z.string()).optional(),
 	}),
 	google: apiKeyCreds,
+	'google-vertex': z.object({
+		sdk: z.string().optional(),
+		project: z.string().trim().min(1, 'Google Cloud project ID is required'),
+		location: z
+			.string()
+			.trim()
+			.min(1, 'Google Cloud region is required')
+			.regex(
+				/^(?:global|eu|us|[a-z]+-[a-z]+\d+)$/,
+				'Use a Google Cloud region such as us-central1, global, eu, or us',
+			),
+		clientEmail: z.string().trim().min(1, 'Service account email is required'),
+		privateKey: z.string().trim().min(1, 'Service account private key is required'),
+	}),
 	xai: apiKeyCreds,
 	groq: apiKeyCreds,
 	deepseek: apiKeyCreds,
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/raw-error.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/raw-error.ts
index 4a60e4eb114..03a620bfcd2 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/raw-error.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/raw-error.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export class GoogleRawErrorReader implements RawErrorReader {
  */
 const RAW_ERROR_READERS: Partial<Record<ProviderId, () => RawErrorReader>> = {
 	google: () => new GoogleRawErrorReader(),
+	'google-vertex': () => new GoogleRawErrorReader(),
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/raw-usage.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/raw-usage.ts
index 80af11fc853..e13d8848647 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/raw-usage.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/runtime/model/raw-usage.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getProviderPrefix } from '@n8n/ai-utilities/agent-config';
 import { isRecord } from '@n8n/utils/is-record';
 
+import { isGoogleVertexAnthropicModel } from './google-vertex';
 import { type ProviderId } from './provider-credentials';
 import type { TokenUsage } from '../../types';
 
@@ -79,10 +80,10 @@ const RAW_USAGE_READERS: Partial<Record<ProviderId, () => RawUsageReader>> = {
 
 /**
  * Create a fresh raw-usage reader for the run's model, or undefined when the
- * provider has no reader. The provider is the prefix of the `provider/model` id
- * (same convention as `createModel`).
+ * provider has no reader. Vertex Claude uses the Anthropic event format.
  */
 export function createRawUsageReader(modelId: string): RawUsageReader | undefined {
+	if (isGoogleVertexAnthropicModel(modelId)) return new AnthropicRawUsageReader();
 	const provider = getProviderPrefix(modelId) as ProviderId;
 	return RAW_USAGE_READERS[provider]?.();
 }
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/sdk/__tests__/catalog.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/sdk/__tests__/catalog.test.ts
index b65390367e7..1dc8e65465d 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/sdk/__tests__/catalog.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/sdk/__tests__/catalog.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe('fetchProviderCatalog', () => {
 					openai: {
 						id: 'openai',
 						name: 'OpenAI',
+						npm: '@ai-sdk/openai',
 						models: {
 							'gpt-5': {
 								id: 'gpt-5',
@@ -31,6 +32,18 @@ describe('fetchProviderCatalog', () => {
 							},
 						},
 					},
+					'google-vertex': {
+						id: 'google-vertex',
+						name: 'Vertex',
+						npm: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex',
+						models: {
+							'claude-opus-5@default': {
+								id: 'claude-opus-5@default',
+								name: 'Claude Opus 5',
+								provider: { npm: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic' },
+							},
+						},
+					},
 					'amazon-bedrock': {
 						id: 'amazon-bedrock',
 						name: 'Amazon Bedrock',
@@ -68,6 +81,10 @@ describe('fetchProviderCatalog', () => {
 		const catalog = await fetchProviderCatalog({ signal: abortController.signal });
 
 		expect(catalog.openai.models['gpt-5'].toolCall).toBe(true);
+		expect(catalog.openai.models['gpt-5'].sdk).toBe('@ai-sdk/openai');
+		expect(catalog['google-vertex'].models['claude-opus-5@default'].sdk).toBe(
+			'@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic',
+		);
 		expect(catalog.openai.models['gpt-5'].toolCallKnown).toBe(true);
 		expect(catalog.openai.models['gpt-5'].modalities).toEqual({
 			input: ['text', 'image'],
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/sdk/catalog.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/sdk/catalog.ts
index 14aa91adadb..b2410db3657 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/src/sdk/catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/src/sdk/catalog.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ export interface ModelInfo {
 	id: string;
 	/** Human-readable name (e.g. 'Claude Sonnet 4.5'). */
 	name: string;
+	/** AI SDK package selected by the model or its parent provider. */
+	sdk?: string;
 	/** Release date in ISO date format when available from models.dev. */
 	releaseDate?: string;
 	/** Lifecycle status reported by the catalog, such as alpha or beta. */
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ export type ProviderCatalog = Record<string, ProviderInfo>;
 const modelsDevModelSchema = z.object({
 	id: z.string().min(1),
 	name: z.string().min(1),
+	provider: z.object({ npm: z.string().optional() }).optional(),
 	release_date: z.string().optional(),
 	reasoning: z.boolean().optional(),
 	temperature: z.boolean().optional(),
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ const modelsDevModelSchema = z.object({
 const modelsDevProviderSchema = z.object({
 	id: z.string().min(1),
 	name: z.string().min(1),
+	npm: z.string().optional(),
 	models: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).optional(),
 });
 
@@ -207,9 +211,11 @@ export async function fetchProviderCatalog(options?: {
 				deprecatedModelIds.add(model.id);
 				continue;
 			}
+			const sdk = model.provider?.npm ?? provider.npm;
 			const info: ModelInfo = {
 				id: model.id,
 				name: model.name,
+				...(sdk !== undefined && { sdk }),
 				...(model.release_date !== undefined && { releaseDate: model.release_date }),
 				...(model.status !== undefined && { status: model.status }),
 				...(model.reasoning !== undefined && { reasoning: model.reasoning }),
@@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ export async function getCachedCatalog(): Promise<ProviderCatalog | undefined> {
 			// Clear so subsequent calls retry
 			catalogFetchPromise = undefined;
 			console.warn(
-				'[agents] Failed to fetch model catalog from models.dev — cost data will be unavailable:',
+				'[agents] Failed to fetch model catalog from models.dev — model metadata will be unavailable:',
 				error instanceof Error ? error.message : error,
 			);
 			return undefined;
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/agents/vite.config.ts b/packages/@n8n/agents/vite.config.ts
index 214d24a885f..27a6abe2922 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/agents/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/agents/vite.config.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { configDefaults } from 'vitest/config';
 const REWRITE_REQUIRE_TARGETS = [
 	'/src/runtime/model/lazy-ai.ts',
 	'/src/runtime/model/model-factory.ts',
+	'/src/runtime/model/google-vertex.ts',
 ];
 
 function rewriteSourceRequire(): Plugin {
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/__tests__/agent-json-config.schema.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/__tests__/agent-json-config.schema.test.ts
index c6eee32461d..c7251b52cdf 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/__tests__/agent-json-config.schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/__tests__/agent-json-config.schema.test.ts
@@ -48,14 +48,17 @@ describe('AgentJsonConfigSchema — capability activation', () => {
 });
 
 describe('AgentJsonConfigSchema — model', () => {
-	it('accepts AWS Bedrock model names containing a version colon', () => {
-		const result = AgentJsonConfigSchema.safeParse({
-			...minimalConfig,
-			model: 'aws-bedrock/anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-v1:0',
-		});
+	it.each(['aws-bedrock/anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-v1:0', 'google-vertex/claude-fable-5@default'])(
+		'accepts the versioned model ID %s',
+		(model) => {
+			const result = AgentJsonConfigSchema.safeParse({
+				...minimalConfig,
+				model,
+			});
 
-		expect(result.success).toBe(true);
-	});
+			expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+		},
+	);
 });
 
 describe('AgentJsonConfigSchema — reasoning', () => {
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/agent-json-config.schema.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/agent-json-config.schema.ts
index 9149059f32e..02841edfca2 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/agent-json-config.schema.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/agent-json-config.schema.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ export const MANAGED_CREDENTIAL_TOKEN = 'managed' as const;
 export const AgentModelSchema = z.string().min(1).regex(
 	/**
 	 * [a-z0-9-]+: Provider name (e.g. "anthropic")
-	 * (?:[a-z0-9._:-]+\/)*: Zero or more sub-providers (e.g. "openrouter/amazon/nova-micro-v1")
-	 * [a-z0-9._:-]+: Model name (e.g. "claude-sonnet-4-5")
+	 * (?:[a-z0-9._:@-]+\/)*: Zero or more sub-providers (e.g. "openrouter/amazon/nova-micro-v1")
+	 * [a-z0-9._:@-]+: Model name (e.g. "claude-fable-5@default")
 	 */
 	AGENT_MODEL_STRING_REGEX,
 	'Model must be "provider/model-name" format (e.g. "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5" or "openrouter/amazon/nova-micro-v1")',
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/model-providers.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/model-providers.ts
index cc900cdeb36..490fda8fb18 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/model-providers.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/agents/model-providers.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export const AGENT_MODEL_PROVIDERS = [
 	'openai',
 	'anthropic',
 	'google',
+	'google-vertex',
 	'azure-openai',
 	'aws-bedrock',
 	'xai',
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export const AGENT_MODEL_PROVIDERS = [
 ] as const;
 
 /** Canonical `provider/model-name` validation shared by API schemas and editor parsing. */
-export const AGENT_MODEL_STRING_REGEX = /^[a-z0-9-]+\/(?:[a-z0-9._:-]+\/)*[a-z0-9._:-]+$/i;
+export const AGENT_MODEL_STRING_REGEX = /^[a-z0-9-]+\/(?:[a-z0-9._:@-]+\/)*[a-z0-9._:@-]+$/i;
 
 export type AgentModelProvider = (typeof AGENT_MODEL_PROVIDERS)[number];
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export const AGENT_MODEL_PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_TYPES = {
 	openai: ['openAiApi'],
 	anthropic: ['anthropicApi'],
 	google: ['googlePalmApi'],
+	'google-vertex': ['googleVertexAiApi'],
 	'azure-openai': ['azureOpenAiApi', 'azureEntraCognitiveServicesOAuth2Api'],
 	'aws-bedrock': ['aws'],
 	xai: ['xAiApi'],
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/agent-validation.service.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/agent-validation.service.test.ts
index 4b092df83b0..3ddf90329c2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/agent-validation.service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/agent-validation.service.test.ts
@@ -307,6 +307,85 @@ describe('AgentValidationService — structured issues', () => {
 		expect(bedrockResult).toEqual({ status: 'valid', issues: [] });
 	});
 
+	it.each(['runtime', 'publish'] as const)(
+		'validates each Vertex model slot before %s',
+		async (scope) => {
+			const { service, agentRepository } = makeService();
+			const model = {
+				model: 'google-vertex/gemini-2.5-pro',
+				credential: 'vertex',
+			};
+			const config: AgentJsonConfig = {
+				...runnableConfig,
+				...model,
+				memory: {
+					enabled: true,
+					storage: 'n8n',
+					observationalMemory: { observerModel: model, reflectorModel: model },
+					episodicMemory: {
+						enabled: true,
+						credential: 'embedding-credential',
+						reflectorModel: model,
+					},
+				},
+				subAgents: { modelsByDifficulty: { low: model, medium: model, high: model } },
+			};
+			const paths = [
+				'',
+				'memory.observationalMemory.observerModel.',
+				'memory.observationalMemory.reflectorModel.',
+				'memory.episodicMemory.reflectorModel.',
+				'subAgents.modelsByDifficulty.low.',
+				'subAgents.modelsByDifficulty.medium.',
+				'subAgents.modelsByDifficulty.high.',
+			];
+			agentRepository.findByIdAndProjectId.mockResolvedValue(makeAgent(config));
+			const invalid = await service.validateAgentConfiguration(
+				agentId,
+				projectId,
+				makeCredentialProvider([{ id: 'vertex', type: 'googleApi' }]),
+				scope,
+			);
+			for (const path of paths) {
+				expect(invalid.issues).toContainEqual(
+					expect.objectContaining({ code: 'incompatible_credential', path: `${path}credential` }),
+				);
+			}
+
+			await expect(
+				service.validateAgentConfiguration(
+					agentId,
+					projectId,
+					makeCredentialProvider([{ id: 'vertex', type: 'googleVertexAiApi' }]),
+					scope,
+				),
+			).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'valid', issues: [] });
+		},
+	);
+
+	it('does not require a Vertex credential for disabled memory workers', async () => {
+		const { service, agentRepository } = makeService();
+		agentRepository.findByIdAndProjectId.mockResolvedValue(
+			makeAgent({
+				...runnableConfig,
+				memory: {
+					enabled: false,
+					storage: 'n8n',
+					observationalMemory: {
+						observerModel: { model: 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview', credential: '' },
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+		);
+		await expect(
+			service.validateAgentConfiguration(
+				agentId,
+				projectId,
+				makeCredentialProvider([{ id: 'openai-main', type: 'openAiApi' }]),
+			),
+		).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'valid', issues: [] });
+	});
+
 	it('flags a classic Azure OpenAI credential without a deployment name', async () => {
 		const { service, agentRepository } = makeService();
 		const azureConfig: AgentJsonConfig = {
@@ -401,56 +480,80 @@ describe('AgentValidationService — structured issues', () => {
 		]);
 	});
 
-	it('accepts the n8n Connect managed tag on the main model when the gateway serves the provider, else flags it', async () => {
-		const { service, agentRepository, aiGatewayService } = makeService();
-		agentRepository.findByIdAndProjectId.mockResolvedValue(
-			makeAgent({ ...runnableConfig, credential: AI_GATEWAY_MANAGED_TAG }),
-		);
+	it.each([
+		['openai/gpt-4o', 'openAiApi'],
+		['google-vertex/gemini-2.5-pro', 'googleVertexAiApi'],
+	])(
+		'validates the managed main credential against cached gateway support for %s',
+		async (model, credentialType) => {
+			const { service, agentRepository, aiGatewayService } = makeService();
+			agentRepository.findByIdAndProjectId.mockResolvedValue(
+				makeAgent({ ...runnableConfig, model, credential: AI_GATEWAY_MANAGED_TAG }),
+			);
 
-		// Gateway serves the model's provider → the managed credential is valid.
-		aiGatewayService.getCredentialTypeForProviderCached.mockReturnValue('openAiApi');
-		const served = await service.validateAgentConfiguration(
-			agentId,
-			projectId,
-			makeCredentialProvider([]),
-		);
-		expect(served.issues).not.toEqual(
-			expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ path: 'credential' })]),
-		);
+			aiGatewayService.getCredentialTypeForProviderCached.mockReturnValue(credentialType);
+			const served = await service.validateAgentConfiguration(
+				agentId,
+				projectId,
+				makeCredentialProvider([]),
+			);
+			expect(served).toEqual({ status: 'valid', issues: [] });
 
-		// Cached config present but does not serve the provider → incompatible_credential.
-		aiGatewayService.getCredentialTypeForProviderCached.mockReturnValue(null);
-		const unserved = await service.validateAgentConfiguration(
-			agentId,
-			projectId,
-			makeCredentialProvider([]),
-		);
-		expect(unserved.issues).toEqual(
-			expect.arrayContaining([
-				expect.objectContaining({ code: 'incompatible_credential', path: 'credential' }),
-			]),
-		);
-	});
+			aiGatewayService.getCredentialTypeForProviderCached.mockReturnValue(null);
+			const unserved = await service.validateAgentConfiguration(
+				agentId,
+				projectId,
+				makeCredentialProvider([]),
+			);
+			expect(unserved).toEqual({
+				status: 'invalid',
+				issues: [
+					{
+						code: 'incompatible_credential',
+						path: 'credential',
+						capability: { kind: 'agent' },
+					},
+				],
+			});
+		},
+	);
 
-	it('does not flag the managed tag when gateway support cannot be determined (no cached config)', async () => {
-		const { service, agentRepository, aiGatewayService } = makeService();
-		agentRepository.findByIdAndProjectId.mockResolvedValue(
-			makeAgent({ ...runnableConfig, credential: AI_GATEWAY_MANAGED_TAG }),
-		);
-		// No cached config (e.g. cold start or a throttled/failed fetch) → support is
-		// unknown. The static validator must fail open rather than block a working agent.
-		aiGatewayService.getCredentialTypeForProviderCached.mockReturnValue(undefined);
+	it.each(['openai/gpt-4o', 'google-vertex/gemini-2.5-pro'])(
+		'validates Vertex child credentials when gateway support is unknown for %s',
+		async (model) => {
+			const { service, agentRepository, aiGatewayService } = makeService();
+			agentRepository.findByIdAndProjectId.mockResolvedValue(
+				makeAgent({
+					...runnableConfig,
+					model,
+					credential: AI_GATEWAY_MANAGED_TAG,
+					subAgents: {
+						modelsByDifficulty: {
+							low: { model: 'google-vertex/gemini-2.5-pro', credential: 'missing-vertex' },
+						},
+					},
+				}),
+			);
+			aiGatewayService.getCredentialTypeForProviderCached.mockReturnValue(undefined);
 
-		const result = await service.validateAgentConfiguration(
-			agentId,
-			projectId,
-			makeCredentialProvider([]),
-		);
+			const result = await service.validateAgentConfiguration(
+				agentId,
+				projectId,
+				makeCredentialProvider([]),
+			);
 
-		expect(result.issues).not.toEqual(
-			expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ path: 'credential' })]),
-		);
-	});
+			expect(result).toEqual({
+				status: 'invalid',
+				issues: [
+					{
+						code: 'invalid_credential',
+						path: 'subAgents.modelsByDifficulty.low.credential',
+						capability: { kind: 'agent' },
+					},
+				],
+			});
+		},
+	);
 
 	it('flags a node tool missing a required credential slot but accepts one with the slot configured and accessible', async () => {
 		const { service, agentRepository, nodeTypes } = makeService();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/agents-service-reconstruct-gating.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/agents-service-reconstruct-gating.test.ts
index edda11e9f6b..36f50dea0cf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/agents-service-reconstruct-gating.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/agents-service-reconstruct-gating.test.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ import type { AgentSecureRuntime } from '../runtime/agent-secure-runtime';
 import { SubAgentRunner } from '../sub-agents/sub-agent-runner';
 import { storedRunSource } from './test-utils/stored-agent-config';
 
+const { getCachedCatalog } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ getCachedCatalog: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('@n8n/agents/catalog', () => ({ getCachedCatalog }));
+
 // Mock buildFromJson so reconstruction doesn't try to actually build an agent.
 const builtAgent = mock<agents.Agent>();
 builtAgent.hasCheckpointStorage.mockReturnValue(true); // skip checkpoint injection branch
@@ -682,8 +685,26 @@ describe('AgentRuntimeReconstructionService.reconstructFromAgentEntity — sub-a
 	});
 
 	it('resolves subAgents.modelsByDifficulty into delegate tool metadata', async () => {
+		getCachedCatalog.mockResolvedValue({
+			'google-vertex': {
+				models: {
+					'gemini-3-flash-preview': { sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex' },
+				},
+			},
+		});
 		const credentialProvider = mock<CredentialProvider>();
+		credentialProvider.list.mockResolvedValue([
+			{ id: 'vertex-cred', name: 'Vertex', type: 'googleVertexAiApi' },
+		]);
 		credentialProvider.resolve.mockImplementation(async (credentialId: string) => {
+			if (credentialId === 'vertex-cred') {
+				return {
+					email: 'agent@example.test',
+					privateKey: 'private-key',
+					region: 'europe-west1',
+					project: 'child-project',
+				};
+			}
 			if (credentialId === 'low-cred') {
 				return { apiKey: 'low-key', url: 'https://low.example/v1' };
 			}
@@ -697,6 +718,10 @@ describe('AgentRuntimeReconstructionService.reconstructFromAgentEntity — sub-a
 			subAgents: {
 				modelsByDifficulty: {
 					low: { model: 'openai/gpt-4o-mini', credential: 'low-cred' },
+					medium: {
+						model: 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview',
+						credential: 'vertex-cred',
+					},
 					high: { model: 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5', credential: 'high-cred' },
 				},
 			},
@@ -714,6 +739,14 @@ describe('AgentRuntimeReconstructionService.reconstructFromAgentEntity — sub-a
 				apiKey: 'low-key',
 				baseURL: 'https://low.example/v1',
 			},
+			medium: {
+				id: 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview',
+				sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex',
+				project: 'child-project',
+				location: 'europe-west1',
+				clientEmail: 'agent@example.test',
+				privateKey: 'private-key',
+			},
 			high: {
 				id: 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5',
 				apiKey: 'high-key',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/from-json-config.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/from-json-config.test.ts
index b5949772ee3..a7524e0097b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/from-json-config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/from-json-config.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import { buildFromJson, buildProviderToolsForModel } from '../json-config/from-j
 import type { ToolExecutor } from '../json-config/from-json-config';
 import { buildVectorStore } from '../json-config/vector-store-factory';
 
+const { getCachedCatalog } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ getCachedCatalog: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('@n8n/agents/catalog', () => ({ getCachedCatalog }));
+
 vi.mock('../json-config/vector-store-factory', () => ({
 	buildVectorStore: vi.fn(),
 }));
@@ -1206,22 +1209,43 @@ describe('buildFromJson()', () => {
 		expect(getMemoryConfig(agent)?.titleGeneration?.sync).toBe(true);
 	});
 
-	it('configures observational memory worker models with their own credentials', async () => {
+	it('configures agent and memory worker models with their own credentials and projects', async () => {
+		getCachedCatalog.mockResolvedValue({
+			'google-vertex': {
+				models: {
+					'gemini-3.1-pro-preview': { sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex' },
+					'gemini-3-flash-preview': { sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex' },
+				},
+			},
+		});
+		const modelSpy = vi.spyOn(AgentsRuntime.Agent.prototype, 'model');
 		const observeSpy = vi.spyOn(AgentsRuntime, 'createObservationLogObserveFn');
 		const reflectSpy = vi.spyOn(AgentsRuntime, 'createObservationLogReflectFn');
 		const credentialProvider = {
 			resolve: vi.fn(async (credentialId: string) => ({
 				apiKey: `${credentialId}-api-key`,
 				url: `https://${credentialId}.example/v1`,
+				email: `${credentialId}@example.iam.gserviceaccount.com`,
+				privateKey: `${credentialId}-private-key`,
+				region: 'europe-west4',
+				projectId: `${credentialId}-project`,
 			})),
-			list: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+			list: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([
+				{ id: 'main-key', name: 'Main', type: 'googleVertexAiApi' },
+				{ id: 'observer-key', name: 'Observer', type: 'googleVertexAiApi' },
+			]),
 		};
 		const config = makeConfig({
+			model: 'google-vertex/gemini-3.1-pro-preview',
+			credential: 'main-key',
 			memory: {
 				enabled: true,
 				storage: 'n8n',
 				observationalMemory: {
-					observerModel: { model: 'openai/gpt-4o-mini', credential: 'observer-key' },
+					observerModel: {
+						model: 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview',
+						credential: 'observer-key',
+					},
 					reflectorModel: {
 						model: 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5',
 						credential: 'reflector-key',
@@ -1240,10 +1264,21 @@ describe('buildFromJson()', () => {
 			},
 		);
 
+		expect(modelSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+			id: 'google-vertex/gemini-3.1-pro-preview',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex',
+			project: 'main-key-project',
+			clientEmail: 'main-key@example.iam.gserviceaccount.com',
+			privateKey: 'main-key-private-key',
+			location: 'europe-west4',
+		});
 		expect(observeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-			id: 'openai/gpt-4o-mini',
-			apiKey: 'observer-key-api-key',
-			baseURL: 'https://observer-key.example/v1',
+			id: 'google-vertex/gemini-3-flash-preview',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex',
+			project: 'observer-key-project',
+			clientEmail: 'observer-key@example.iam.gserviceaccount.com',
+			privateKey: 'observer-key-private-key',
+			location: 'europe-west4',
 		});
 		expect(reflectSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
 			id: 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/model-catalog.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/model-catalog.test.ts
index 68e873e44b0..13220bc35b8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/model-catalog.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/__tests__/model-catalog.test.ts
@@ -5,23 +5,33 @@ import { filterOfferedAgentModelProviders } from '../model-catalog';
 describe('filterOfferedAgentModelProviders', () => {
 	it('keeps only providers offered by the agents UI', () => {
 		const catalog = {
-			openai: { id: 'openai' },
-			groq: { id: 'groq' },
-			unsupported: { id: 'unsupported' },
-			'another-provider': { id: 'another-provider' },
+			openai: { id: 'openai', name: 'OpenAI', models: {} },
+			groq: { id: 'groq', name: 'Groq', models: {} },
+			'google-vertex': {
+				id: 'google-vertex',
+				name: 'Google Vertex AI',
+				models: {
+					'gemini-2.5-pro': { id: 'gemini-2.5-pro', name: 'Gemini 2.5 Pro', toolCall: false },
+				},
+			},
+			unsupported: { id: 'unsupported', name: 'Unsupported', models: {} },
+			'another-provider': { id: 'another-provider', name: 'Another', models: {} },
 		};
 
 		const filtered = filterOfferedAgentModelProviders(catalog);
 
 		expect(filtered).toEqual({
-			openai: { id: 'openai' },
-			groq: { id: 'groq' },
+			openai: catalog.openai,
+			groq: catalog.groq,
+			'google-vertex': catalog['google-vertex'],
 		});
 	});
 
 	it('preserves the shared provider order', () => {
 		const catalog = Object.fromEntries(
-			[...AGENT_MODEL_PROVIDERS].reverse().map((provider) => [provider, { id: provider }]),
+			[...AGENT_MODEL_PROVIDERS]
+				.reverse()
+				.map((provider) => [provider, { id: provider, name: provider, models: {} }]),
 		);
 
 		expect(Object.keys(filterOfferedAgentModelProviders(catalog))).toEqual(AGENT_MODEL_PROVIDERS);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/agent-validation.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/agent-validation.service.ts
index 5ab8f3abe37..5134d2c087d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/agent-validation.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/agent-validation.service.ts
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ export class AgentValidationService {
 		this.collectCoreIssues(config, issues);
 		this.collectVectorStoreIssues(config, issues);
 		await this.collectMainCredentialIssues(config, findCredential, ctx.credentialProvider, issues);
+		await this.collectVertexModelIssues(config, findCredential, issues);
 		this.collectSubAgentRefIssues(ctx, agentsById, issues);
 		this.collectSkillIssues(config, ctx.skills, issues);
 		if (scope === 'publish') {
@@ -422,6 +423,48 @@ export class AgentValidationService {
 		await this.collectAzureDeploymentIssues(config, credentialId, credentialProvider, issues);
 	}
 
+	private async collectVertexModelIssues(
+		config: AgentJsonConfig,
+		findCredential: FindCredential,
+		issues: AgentConfigValidationIssue[],
+	): Promise<void> {
+		type ModelSlot = Pick<AgentJsonConfig, 'model' | 'credential'>;
+		const slots: Array<[string, ModelSlot | undefined]> = [
+			...Object.entries(config.subAgents?.modelsByDifficulty ?? {}).map(
+				([difficulty, model]): [string, ModelSlot] => [
+					`subAgents.modelsByDifficulty.${difficulty}.`,
+					model,
+				],
+			),
+		];
+		if (config.memory?.enabled) {
+			const observational = config.memory.observationalMemory;
+			if (observational?.enabled !== false) {
+				slots.push(
+					['memory.observationalMemory.observerModel.', observational?.observerModel],
+					['memory.observationalMemory.reflectorModel.', observational?.reflectorModel],
+				);
+			}
+			const episodic = config.memory.episodicMemory;
+			if (episodic?.enabled) {
+				slots.push(['memory.episodicMemory.reflectorModel.', episodic.reflectorModel]);
+			}
+		}
+		for (const [path, model] of slots) {
+			if (!model || getProviderPrefix(model.model) !== 'google-vertex') continue;
+			if (!model.credential?.trim()) {
+				issues.push(agentIssue('missing_credential', `${path}credential`));
+				continue;
+			}
+			const credential = await this.findCredentialSafe(findCredential, model.credential.trim());
+			if (!credential) {
+				issues.push(agentIssue('invalid_credential', `${path}credential`));
+			} else if (!this.credentialSupportsModel(credential.type, model.model)) {
+				issues.push(agentIssue('incompatible_credential', `${path}credential`));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	private collectSubAgentRefIssues(
 		ctx: ConfigurationValidationContext,
 		agentsById: Map<string, Pick<Agent, 'id'>>,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/__tests__/model-config.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/__tests__/model-config.test.ts
index 7db6240c4c4..219b9caa92a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/__tests__/model-config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/__tests__/model-config.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,98 @@ import {
 	type AiGatewayModelCredentialResolver,
 } from '../model-config';
 
+const { getCachedCatalog } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ getCachedCatalog: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('@n8n/agents/catalog', () => ({ getCachedCatalog }));
+
 describe('resolveCredentialAwareModelConfig', () => {
+	it.each([
+		{
+			model: 'google-vertex/gemini-2.5-pro',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex',
+			project: undefined,
+			projectId: 'custom-project',
+			expectedProject: 'custom-project',
+		},
+		{
+			model: 'google-vertex/claude-opus-5@default',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/google-vertex/anthropic',
+			project: '__custom__',
+			projectId: 'custom-project',
+			expectedProject: 'custom-project',
+		},
+		{
+			model: 'google-vertex/mistral-medium-3',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/mistral',
+			project: 'listed-project',
+			projectId: 'old-custom-project',
+			expectedProject: 'listed-project',
+		},
+		{
+			model: 'google-vertex/xai/grok-4.20-reasoning',
+			sdk: '@ai-sdk/openai-compatible',
+			project: 'listed-project',
+			projectId: undefined,
+			expectedProject: 'listed-project',
+		},
+		{
+			model: 'google-vertex/gemini-flash-latest',
+			sdk: undefined,
+			project: 'listed-project',
+			projectId: undefined,
+			expectedProject: 'listed-project',
+		},
+	])(
+		'uses the catalog SDK and Vertex credential for $model',
+		async ({ model, sdk, project, projectId, expectedProject }) => {
+			getCachedCatalog.mockResolvedValue(
+				sdk
+					? {
+							'google-vertex': {
+								models: { [model.slice('google-vertex/'.length)]: { sdk } },
+							},
+						}
+					: undefined,
+			);
+			const credentialProvider = mock<CredentialProvider>();
+			credentialProvider.list.mockResolvedValue([
+				{ id: 'vertex', name: 'Vertex', type: 'googleVertexAiApi' },
+			]);
+			credentialProvider.resolve.mockResolvedValue({
+				email: 'agent@example.iam.gserviceaccount.com',
+				privateKey: 'private-key',
+				region: 'europe-west4',
+				project,
+				projectId,
+			});
+			await expect(
+				resolveCredentialAwareModelConfig(model, 'vertex', credentialProvider),
+			).resolves.toEqual({
+				id: model,
+				project: expectedProject,
+				location: 'europe-west4',
+				clientEmail: 'agent@example.iam.gserviceaccount.com',
+				privateKey: 'private-key',
+				...(sdk !== undefined && { sdk }),
+			});
+		},
+	);
+
+	it.each(['googleApi', 'googlePalmApi'])(
+		'rejects an incompatible Vertex credential: %s',
+		async (type) => {
+			const credentialProvider = mock<CredentialProvider>();
+			credentialProvider.list.mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'gcp', name: 'GCP', type }]);
+			await expect(
+				resolveCredentialAwareModelConfig(
+					'google-vertex/gemini-2.5-pro',
+					'gcp',
+					credentialProvider,
+				),
+			).rejects.toThrow('Google Vertex AI credential');
+			expect(credentialProvider.resolve).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		},
+	);
+
 	// AGENT-1182: the credential URL serves a different API from the native gateway SDK.
 	it.each(['https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1', 'https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/'])(
 		'uses the native Vercel SDK endpoint for the standard credential URL %s',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/credential-field-mapping.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/credential-field-mapping.ts
index ed390e70bb8..94b3863cd5a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/credential-field-mapping.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/credential-field-mapping.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ const PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_MAPPERS: Record<string, CredMapper> = {
 	anthropic: (c) => ({ apiKey: c.apiKey, baseURL: c.url }),
 	// GooglePalmApi.credentials.ts    → apiKey, host (base URL)
 	google: (c) => ({ apiKey: c.apiKey, baseURL: c.host }),
+	'google-vertex': (c) => ({
+		project: (c.project ?? '__custom__') === '__custom__' ? c.projectId : c.project,
+		clientEmail: c.email,
+		privateKey: c.privateKey,
+		location: c.region,
+	}),
 	// XAiApi.credentials.ts           → apiKey, url (hidden, base URL)
 	xai: (c) => ({ apiKey: c.apiKey, baseURL: c.url }),
 	// GroqApi.credentials.ts          → apiKey only
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/model-config.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/model-config.ts
index 8397877aa7f..1d887a783b9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/model-config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/agents/json-config/model-config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { CredentialProvider, ModelConfig, ResolvedCredential } from '@n8n/agents';
-import { getProviderPrefix } from '@n8n/ai-utilities/agent-config';
+import { splitModelId } from '@n8n/ai-utilities/agent-config';
 import { AI_GATEWAY_MANAGED_TAG } from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { UserError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
@@ -27,7 +27,15 @@ export async function resolveCredentialAwareModelConfig(
 	 */
 	deploymentName?: string,
 ): Promise<ModelConfig> {
-	const provider = getProviderPrefix(model);
+	const { provider, model: modelName } = splitModelId(model);
+	if (provider === 'google-vertex') {
+		const selected = (await credentialProvider.list()).find((entry) => entry.id === credential);
+		if (selected?.type !== 'googleVertexAiApi') {
+			throw new UserError(
+				'This model requires a Google Vertex AI credential. Select a compatible credential.',
+			);
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (credential === AI_GATEWAY_MANAGED_TAG) {
 		if (!credentialProvider.resolveAiGatewayModelCredential) {
@@ -49,6 +57,12 @@ export async function resolveCredentialAwareModelConfig(
 
 	const raw = await credentialProvider.resolve(credential);
 	const mapped = mapCredentialForProvider(provider, raw);
+	if (provider === 'google-vertex') {
+		const { getCachedCatalog } = await import('@n8n/agents/catalog');
+		const catalog = await getCachedCatalog();
+		const sdk = catalog?.[provider]?.models[modelName]?.sdk;
+		return { id: model, ...mapped, ...(sdk !== undefined && { sdk }) };
+	}
 	return {
 		id: model,
 		...mapped,
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/__tests__/AgentModelSelector.spec.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/__tests__/AgentModelSelector.spec.ts
index 714e7e668e3..d014529a225 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/__tests__/AgentModelSelector.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/__tests__/AgentModelSelector.spec.ts
@@ -234,6 +234,18 @@ vi.mock('../composables/useModelCatalog', () => ({
 }));
 
 const modelsByProvider: AgentModelsByProvider = {
+	'google-vertex': {
+		models: [
+			{
+				provider: 'google-vertex',
+				model: 'gemini-3-flash-preview',
+				name: 'Gemini 3 Flash Preview',
+				description: null,
+				createdAt: null,
+				metadata: { functionCalling: true, available: true },
+			},
+		],
+	},
 	anthropic: {
 		models: [
 			{
@@ -817,6 +829,32 @@ describe('AgentModelSelector', () => {
 		expect(modelsHeader?.label).toBe('Models');
 	});
 
+	it('offers only Vertex AI credentials and selects a model without a separate project', async () => {
+		credentialsByType.value = {
+			googleApi: [{ id: 'service-account', name: 'Service account', type: 'googleApi' }],
+			googlePalmApi: [{ id: 'gemini', name: 'Gemini', type: 'googlePalmApi' }],
+			googleVertexAiApi: [{ id: 'vertex', name: 'Vertex', type: 'googleVertexAiApi' }],
+		};
+		const wrapper = await mountSelector({ 'google-vertex': 'vertex' }, { selectedModel: null });
+		const children = getProviderItem(wrapper, 'google-vertex')?.children ?? [];
+
+		expect(
+			children.filter((item) => item.id.includes('::select::')).map((item) => item.id),
+		).toEqual(['google-vertex::select::vertex']);
+		expect(children.filter((item) => item.header).map((item) => item.label)).toEqual([
+			'Connect to Google Vertex AI',
+			'Models',
+		]);
+		expect(children.some((item) => item.id === 'google-vertex::configure::googleVertexAiApi')).toBe(
+			true,
+		);
+
+		getDropdown(wrapper).vm.$emit('select', 'google-vertex::model::gemini-3-flash-preview');
+		expect(wrapper.emitted('change')).toEqual([
+			[{ provider: 'google-vertex', model: 'gemini-3-flash-preview' }],
+		]);
+	});
+
 	it('checks the active credential row', async () => {
 		const wrapper = await mountSelector({ anthropic: 'anthropic-cred' });
 		const credentialItem = getMenuItemByLabel(
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/__tests__/model-string.test.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/__tests__/model-string.test.ts
index 15d5e08e2b1..2152eaa8334 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/__tests__/model-string.test.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/__tests__/model-string.test.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ describe('model-string utils', () => {
 				name: 'models/gemini-1.5-pro',
 			});
 		});
-		it('keeps colons in the model name', () => {
-			expect(parseModelString('aws-bedrock/anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-v1:0')).toEqual({
-				provider: 'aws-bedrock',
-				name: 'anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-v1:0',
-			});
+		it.each([
+			[
+				'aws-bedrock/anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-v1:0',
+				'aws-bedrock',
+				'anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-v1:0',
+			],
+			['google-vertex/claude-fable-5@default', 'google-vertex', 'claude-fable-5@default'],
+		])('preserves the version in %s', (model, provider, name) => {
+			expect(parseModelString(model)).toEqual({ provider, name });
 		});
 		it('returns null when no slash', () => {
 			expect(parseModelString('gpt-4o')).toBeNull();
@@ -29,12 +33,15 @@ describe('model-string utils', () => {
 		it('returns null when slash is leading', () => {
 			expect(parseModelString('/name')).toBeNull();
 		});
-		it.each(['openai/', 'openai//gpt-4o', 'openai/gpt-4o/', 'openai/gpt 4o'])(
-			'returns null for invalid model string %s',
-			(model) => {
-				expect(parseModelString(model)).toBeNull();
-			},
-		);
+		it.each([
+			'openai/',
+			'openai//gpt-4o',
+			'openai/gpt-4o/',
+			'openai/gpt 4o',
+			'google@vertex/claude-fable-5',
+		])('returns null for invalid model string %s', (model) => {
+			expect(parseModelString(model)).toBeNull();
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('parseProvider', () => {
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/model-providers.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/model-providers.ts
index 31e541803b0..6c8a2976142 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/model-providers.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/agents/model-providers.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export const AGENT_MODEL_PROVIDER_DEFINITIONS = {
 	openai: { displayName: 'OpenAI' },
 	anthropic: { displayName: 'Anthropic' },
 	google: { displayName: 'Google' },
+	'google-vertex': { displayName: 'Google Vertex AI' },
 	'azure-openai': { displayName: 'Microsoft Foundry' },
 	'aws-bedrock': { displayName: 'AWS Bedrock', isAggregator: true },
 	xai: { displayName: 'xAI' },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 331d5ce6831..05f2cb90b96 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ catalogs:
     fflate:
       specifier: 0.8.3
       version: 0.8.3
+    google-auth-library:
+      specifier: 10.9.1
+      version: 10.9.1
     http-proxy-agent:
       specifier: 7.0.2
       version: 7.0.2
@@ -1258,6 +1261,9 @@ importers:
       ajv:
         specifier: 8.20.0
         version: 8.20.0
+      google-auth-library:
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 10.9.1(supports-color@8.1.1)
       langsmith:
         specifier: 0.6.0
         version: 0.6.0(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1)(@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-proto@0.221.0(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1))(@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base@2.7.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.1))(openai@6.46.0(@aws-sdk/credential-provider-node@3.972.80)(@smithy/signature-v4@5.7.2)(ws@8.21.1(bufferutil@4.0.9)(utf-8-validate@5.0.10))(zod@3.25.76))(ws@8.21.1(bufferutil@4.0.9)(utf-8-validate@5.0.10))
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index ec19b76ac62..87e5f6b6311 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ catalog:
   zod-to-json-schema: 3.23.3
   knip: ^6.35.1
   openapi-types: 12.1.3
+  google-auth-library: 10.9.1
 
 catalogMode: strict