diff --git a/src/core/extract-takes-from-pages.ts b/src/core/extract-takes-from-pages.ts
index 784f152ac..a6c26c939 100644
--- a/src/core/extract-takes-from-pages.ts
+++ b/src/core/extract-takes-from-pages.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import type { BrainEngine } from './engine.ts';
 import type { TakeBatchInput, TakeKind } from './engine.ts';
-import { chat, isAvailable } from './ai/gateway.ts';
+import { chat, getChatModel, isAvailable } from './ai/gateway.ts';
 
 export const ALLOWED_PAGE_TYPES = [
   'concept', 'atom', 'lore', 'briefing', 'writing', 'originals',
@@ -190,7 +190,11 @@ export async function extractTakesFromPages(
     let response: { text: string };
     try {
       response = await chat({
-        model: opts.model ?? 'anthropic:claude-haiku-4-5',
+        // #2997 — default to the configured chat model (file-plane gateway
+        // config, same idiom as enrich.ts) instead of hardcoded cloud Haiku.
+        // On OAuth/local-only installs the hardcoded model made every takes
+        // extraction die with llm_unavailable despite a working chat_model.
+        model: opts.model || getChatModel(),
         system: CLASSIFIER_SYSTEM,
         messages: [
           {
diff --git a/test/extract-takes-model-resolution.test.ts b/test/extract-takes-model-resolution.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0715fa29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extract-takes-model-resolution.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Takes-extraction model resolution regression (#2997).
+ *
+ * extractTakesFromPages hardcoded `anthropic:claude-haiku-4-5` as the
+ * classifier model. On OAuth/local-only installs (no ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
+ * chat routed through a gateway model) every extraction died with
+ * llm_unavailable even though a working chat_model was configured.
+ *
+ * Pins the fix's resolution order AND its config plane:
+ *   opts.model → getChatModel() (file-plane gateway config, the enrich.ts
+ *   idiom) — NOT the DB config plane (engine.getConfig('chat_model')).
+ */
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeAll, afterAll, beforeEach } from 'bun:test';
+import { PGLiteEngine } from '../src/core/pglite-engine.ts';
+import {
+  configureGateway,
+  resetGateway,
+  __setChatTransportForTests,
+} from '../src/core/ai/gateway.ts';
+import { extractTakesFromPages } from '../src/core/extract-takes-from-pages.ts';
+
+let engine: PGLiteEngine;
+const seenModels: string[] = [];
+let pageN = 0;
+
+/** Each test seeds a fresh uncovered page so the extraction loop fires. */
+async function seedPage(): Promise<void> {
+  const body = 'An opinion-bearing body long enough to clear the 200-char eligibility floor. '.repeat(5);
+  await engine.putPage(`concepts/model-resolution-${pageN++}`, {
+    type: 'concept', title: `M${pageN}`, compiled_truth: body, frontmatter: {},
+  });
+}
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  engine = new PGLiteEngine();
+  await engine.connect({});
+  await engine.initSchema();
+
+  __setChatTransportForTests(async (opts) => {
+    seenModels.push(opts.model ?? '(unset)');
+    return {
+      text: '[{"claim":"a stubbed claim","kind":"take","weight":0.7}]',
+      blocks: [{ type: 'text' as const, text: '[{"claim":"a stubbed claim","kind":"take","weight":0.7}]' }],
+      stopReason: 'end' as const,
+      usage: { input_tokens: 1, output_tokens: 1, cache_read_tokens: 0, cache_creation_tokens: 0 },
+      model: opts.model ?? '(unset)',
+      providerId: 'test',
+    };
+  });
+});
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  __setChatTransportForTests(null);
+  resetGateway();
+  await engine.disconnect();
+});
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  seenModels.length = 0;
+});
+
+describe('extractTakesFromPages — model resolution (#2997)', () => {
+  test('defaults to the configured chat_model from the file-plane gateway config', async () => {
+    configureGateway({
+      chat_model: 'openai:gpt-config-plane-test',
+      env: { OPENAI_API_KEY: 'sk-test-model-resolution' },
+    });
+    // A conflicting DB-plane value must be IGNORED — model config is the
+    // config-file plane (getChatModel), not the brain DB config table.
+    await engine.setConfig('chat_model', 'wrong:db-plane-model');
+    await seedPage();
+
+    const r = await extractTakesFromPages(engine, { bootstrapEnabled: true, maxPages: 50 });
+    expect(r.pages_scanned).toBe(1);
+    expect(seenModels).toEqual(['openai:gpt-config-plane-test']);
+  });
+
+  test('explicit opts.model wins over the configured chat_model', async () => {
+    configureGateway({
+      chat_model: 'openai:gpt-config-plane-test',
+      env: { OPENAI_API_KEY: 'sk-test-model-resolution' },
+    });
+    await seedPage();
+
+    const r = await extractTakesFromPages(engine, {
+      bootstrapEnabled: true,
+      maxPages: 50,
+      model: 'anthropic:claude-haiku-4-5',
+    });
+    expect(r.pages_scanned).toBe(1);
+    expect(seenModels).toEqual(['anthropic:claude-haiku-4-5']);
+  });
+});