diff --git a/tests/test_agent.py b/tests/test_agent.py
index 9c44681..388fa30 100644
--- a/tests/test_agent.py
+++ b/tests/test_agent.py
@@ -237,6 +237,27 @@ def test_agent_config_service_tier_invalid(self, config_class):
         with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
             config_class(service_tier="ultra")
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["agent", "program"])
+    def test_agent_execution_config_mode(self, mode):
+        """mode is accepted on AgentExecutionConfig and round-trips through model_dump()."""
+        config = AgentExecutionConfig(prompt="hi", mode=mode)
+        assert config.mode == mode
+        dumped = config.model_dump(exclude_none=True)
+        assert dumped["mode"] == mode
+
+    def test_agent_execution_config_mode_default_is_none(self):
+        """mode defaults to None and is excluded from model_dump(exclude_none=True)."""
+        config = AgentExecutionConfig(prompt="hi")
+        assert config.mode is None
+        assert "mode" not in config.model_dump(exclude_none=True)
+
+    def test_agent_execution_config_mode_invalid(self):
+        """Invalid mode values are rejected by pydantic."""
+        from pydantic import ValidationError
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+            AgentExecutionConfig(prompt="hi", mode="auto")
+
 
 class TestAgentCompletions:
     """Test the Agent OpenAI completions integration."""
diff --git a/vlmrun/client/types.py b/vlmrun/client/types.py
index d6adec7..8b6931c 100644
--- a/vlmrun/client/types.py
+++ b/vlmrun/client/types.py
@@ -306,6 +306,15 @@ class AgentExecutionConfig(AgentExecutionOrCreationConfig):
     prompt: Optional[str] = Field(
         default=None, description="The prompt to guide the execution of the agent."
     )
+    mode: Literal["agent", "program"] | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description=(
+            "Orion-2 only (ignored for other models). `program` (default): run "
+            "cached skill pipeline.py as fixed code when available. `agent`: "
+            "run the full LLM agent loop. When omitted, the server default "
+            "applies."
+        ),
+    )
 
 
 class AgentInfo(BaseModel):
diff --git a/vlmrun/version.py b/vlmrun/version.py
index 49e0fc1..a5f830a 100644
--- a/vlmrun/version.py
+++ b/vlmrun/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.7.1"