diff --git a/crates/op-host-desktop/src/image_panel_host.rs b/crates/op-host-desktop/src/image_panel_host.rs
index 88d74278f..b2381fdd7 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-desktop/src/image_panel_host.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-desktop/src/image_panel_host.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,9 @@ fn selected_image_dimensions(host: &WidgetHostNative) -> (Option<f64>, Option<f6
     }
 }
 
-fn active_image_gen_profile(state: &op_editor_core::EditorState) -> Option<&ImageGenProfile> {
+pub(crate) fn active_image_gen_profile(
+    state: &op_editor_core::EditorState,
+) -> Option<&ImageGenProfile> {
     let settings = &state.editor_ui.agent_settings;
     settings
         .image_gen_profiles
diff --git a/crates/op-host-desktop/src/image_search_session.rs b/crates/op-host-desktop/src/image_search_session.rs
index 4d65442af..25f30772f 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-desktop/src/image_search_session.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-desktop/src/image_search_session.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use jian_ops_schema::node::{PenNode, TextContent};
 use jian_ops_schema::sizing::{SizingBehavior, SizingKeyword};
 use jian_ops_schema::style::{ImageFillBody, ImageFillMode, PenFill};
+use op_editor_core::agent_settings::ImageGenProfile;
 use op_editor_core::{walkers, EditorState, NodeId, PenNodeExt as _};
 use reqwest::header::CONTENT_TYPE;
 
@@ -105,11 +106,18 @@ const IMAGE_SEARCH_STOP_WORDS: &[&str] = &[
     "based",
 ];
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) struct ImageSearchTarget {
     pub node_id: NodeId,
+    /// Stock-search keyword (`image_search_query` ?? name ?? …).
     pub query: String,
     pub aspect_ratio: Option<ImageAspectRatio>,
+    /// AI-generation prompt bound to the node (`image_prompt`), if any. Used when
+    /// an image-gen model is configured; falls back to `query`.
+    pub prompt: Option<String>,
+    /// Resolved numeric dimensions (for the gen provider's aspect mapping).
+    pub width: Option<f64>,
+    pub height: Option<f64>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -185,11 +193,20 @@ impl ImageSearchSession {
         if targets.is_empty() {
             return false;
         }
+        // Strategy: a configured image-GEN model wins (generate from the bound
+        // `image_prompt`); otherwise fall back to stock SEARCH (Openverse). The
+        // prompt/query stay on the node either way, so the UI can re-gen/re-search
+        // and a later config change re-resolves on the next enqueue.
+        let gen_profile = crate::image_panel_host::active_image_gen_profile(state).cloned();
         let credentials = OpenverseCredentials::from_state(state);
         for target in targets {
             let id = target.node_id.as_str().to_string();
             self.in_flight.insert(id);
-            self.jobs.push(spawn_job(target, credentials.clone()));
+            let job = match &gen_profile {
+                Some(profile) => spawn_gen_job(target, profile.clone()),
+                None => spawn_job(target, credentials.clone()),
+            };
+            self.jobs.push(job);
         }
         true
     }
@@ -245,6 +262,31 @@ fn spawn_job(
     ImageSearchJob { node_id, rx }
 }
 
+/// Enrich via the configured image-GEN model instead of stock search. Prefers the
+/// node's bound `image_prompt`; falls back to the search keyword so a node that
+/// only carries `image_search_query` still generates. Same `ImageSearchJob`
+/// channel as search, so `poll_into` applies the resulting src identically.
+fn spawn_gen_job(target: ImageSearchTarget, profile: ImageGenProfile) -> ImageSearchJob {
+    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+    let node_id = target.node_id.clone();
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let prompt = target
+            .prompt
+            .as_deref()
+            .filter(|p| !p.trim().is_empty())
+            .unwrap_or(target.query.as_str());
+        let url = crate::image_generate_host::run_generate_blocking(
+            prompt,
+            &profile,
+            target.width,
+            target.height,
+        )
+        .ok();
+        let _ = tx.send(url);
+    });
+    ImageSearchJob { node_id, rx }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn collect_targets(
     state: &EditorState,
     known_node_ids: &HashSet<String>,
@@ -305,10 +347,19 @@ fn image_search_target_for(
         return None;
     }
 
+    // `image_prompt` is the author's AI-gen prompt (Image nodes only); placeholder
+    // frames / rectangles carry only a name-derived query.
+    let prompt = match node {
+        PenNode::Image(image) => image.image_prompt.clone(),
+        _ => None,
+    };
     Some(ImageSearchTarget {
         node_id: NodeId::new(id),
         query,
         aspect_ratio: infer_aspect_ratio(node),
+        prompt,
+        width: node.width_px(),
+        height: node.height_px(),
     })
 }