diff --git a/config/serverless.oblt.yml b/config/serverless.oblt.yml
index a2e7d8d4eeb97..35d63ac5a49ef 100644
--- a/config/serverless.oblt.yml
+++ b/config/serverless.oblt.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ xpack.apm.featureFlags.migrationToFleetAvailable: false
 xpack.apm.featureFlags.sourcemapApiAvailable: false
 xpack.apm.featureFlags.storageExplorerAvailable: false
 
+## Set the AI Assistant type
+aiAssistantManagementSelection.preferredAIAssistantType: "observability"
+
 # Specify in telemetry the project type
 telemetry.labels.serverless: observability
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/common/ai_assistant_type.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/common/ai_assistant_type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..55c44b2ca76fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/common/ai_assistant_type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export enum AIAssistantType {
+  Observability = 'observability',
+  Default = 'default',
+  Never = 'never',
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/common/ui_setting_keys.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/common/ui_setting_keys.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..99a1a5859c06c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/common/ui_setting_keys.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export const PREFERRED_AI_ASSISTANT_TYPE_SETTING_KEY = 'aiAssistant:preferredAIAssistantType';
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/kibana.jsonc b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/kibana.jsonc
index 7db0b04b877d6..369cb0c626f04 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/kibana.jsonc
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
   "owner": "@elastic/obs-knowledge-team",
   "plugin": {
     "id": "aiAssistantManagementSelection",
-    "server": false,
+    "server": true,
     "browser": true,
     "requiredPlugins": ["management"],
     "optionalPlugins": ["home", "serverless"],
-    "requiredBundles": ["kibanaReact"]
-  }
+    "requiredBundles": ["kibanaReact"],
+    "configPath": [
+      "aiAssistantManagementSelection"
+    ],
+  },
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/index.ts
index 54d13961ca017..46a20ceb7ffc8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/index.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,22 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { AiAssistantManagementPlugin } from './plugin';
+import type { PluginInitializer } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import { AIAssistantManagementPlugin } from './plugin';
 
-export type {
-  AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginSetup,
-  AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginStart,
+import type {
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicSetup,
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart,
 } from './plugin';
 
-export function plugin() {
-  return new AiAssistantManagementPlugin();
-}
+export { AIAssistantType } from '../common/ai_assistant_type';
+
+export type {
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicSetup,
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart,
+};
+
+export const plugin: PluginInitializer<
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicSetup,
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart
+> = () => new AIAssistantManagementPlugin();
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/management_section/mount_section.tsx b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/management_section/mount_section.tsx
index 9a957d862bd71..a1bb4e19f2265 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/management_section/mount_section.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/management_section/mount_section.tsx
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { RouteRenderer, RouterProvider } from '@kbn/typed-react-router-config';
 import { I18nProvider } from '@kbn/i18n-react';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { CoreSetup } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import type { CoreSetup } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { wrapWithTheme } from '@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/public';
-import { ManagementAppMountParams } from '@kbn/management-plugin/public';
-import { StartDependencies, AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginStart } from '../plugin';
+import type { ManagementAppMountParams } from '@kbn/management-plugin/public';
+import type { StartDependencies, AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart } from '../plugin';
 import { aIAssistantManagementSelectionRouter } from '../routes/config';
 import { RedirectToHomeIfUnauthorized } from '../routes/components/redirect_to_home_if_unauthorized';
 import { AppContextProvider } from '../app_context';
 
 interface MountParams {
-  core: CoreSetup<StartDependencies, AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginStart>;
+  core: CoreSetup<StartDependencies, AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart>;
   mountParams: ManagementAppMountParams;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/plugin.ts
index 4658c9ec8795d..612f03b94423b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/plugin.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,20 @@
  */
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { CoreSetup, Plugin } from '@kbn/core/public';
-import { ManagementSetup } from '@kbn/management-plugin/public';
-import { HomePublicPluginSetup } from '@kbn/home-plugin/public';
-import { ServerlessPluginSetup } from '@kbn/serverless/public';
+import { type CoreSetup, Plugin, type CoreStart } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import type { ManagementSetup } from '@kbn/management-plugin/public';
+import type { HomePublicPluginSetup } from '@kbn/home-plugin/public';
+import type { ServerlessPluginSetup } from '@kbn/serverless/public';
+import { BehaviorSubject, Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { AIAssistantType } from '../common/ai_assistant_type';
+import { PREFERRED_AI_ASSISTANT_TYPE_SETTING_KEY } from '../common/ui_setting_keys';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
-export interface AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginSetup {}
+export interface AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicSetup {}
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
-export interface AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginStart {}
+export interface AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart {
+  aiAssistantType$: Observable<AIAssistantType>;
+}
 
 export interface SetupDependencies {
   management: ManagementSetup;
@@ -27,20 +31,24 @@ export interface SetupDependencies {
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
 export interface StartDependencies {}
 
-export class AiAssistantManagementPlugin
+export class AIAssistantManagementPlugin
   implements
     Plugin<
-      AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginSetup,
-      AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginStart,
+      AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicSetup,
+      AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart,
       SetupDependencies,
       StartDependencies
     >
 {
+  constructor() {}
+
   public setup(
-    core: CoreSetup<StartDependencies, AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginStart>,
+    core: CoreSetup<StartDependencies, AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart>,
     { home, management, serverless }: SetupDependencies
-  ): AiAssistantManagementSelectionPluginSetup {
-    if (serverless) return {};
+  ): AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicSetup {
+    if (serverless) {
+      return {};
+    }
 
     if (home) {
       home.featureCatalogue.register({
@@ -77,7 +85,15 @@ export class AiAssistantManagementPlugin
     return {};
   }
 
-  public start() {
-    return {};
+  public start(coreStart: CoreStart) {
+    const preferredAIAssistantType: AIAssistantType = coreStart.uiSettings.get(
+      PREFERRED_AI_ASSISTANT_TYPE_SETTING_KEY
+    );
+
+    const aiAssistantType$ = new BehaviorSubject(preferredAIAssistantType);
+
+    return {
+      aiAssistantType$: aiAssistantType$.asObservable(),
+    };
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..94f7b5dde0bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/public/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { AIAssistantType } from '../common/ai_assistant_type';
+
+export interface ConfigSchema {
+  preferredAIAssistantType: AIAssistantType;
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/config.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d27815aa3ca96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { schema, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+import { PluginConfigDescriptor } from '@kbn/core-plugins-server';
+import { AIAssistantType } from '../common/ai_assistant_type';
+
+const configSchema = schema.object({
+  enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+  preferredAIAssistantType: schema.oneOf(
+    [
+      schema.literal(AIAssistantType.Default),
+      schema.literal(AIAssistantType.Never),
+      schema.literal(AIAssistantType.Observability),
+    ],
+    { defaultValue: AIAssistantType.Default }
+  ),
+});
+
+export type AIAssistantManagementSelectionConfig = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;
+
+export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<AIAssistantManagementSelectionConfig> = {
+  schema: configSchema,
+  exposeToBrowser: {
+    preferredAIAssistantType: true,
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3dbcc15473731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { PluginInitializerContext } from '@kbn/core/server';
+
+export { config } from './config';
+
+export const plugin = async (initContext: PluginInitializerContext) => {
+  const { AIAssistantManagementSelectionPlugin } = await import('./plugin');
+  return new AIAssistantManagementSelectionPlugin(initContext);
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c81b40f1ff9b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+
+import {
+  PluginInitializerContext,
+  CoreSetup,
+  CoreStart,
+  Plugin,
+  DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES,
+} from '@kbn/core/server';
+import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+import type { AIAssistantManagementSelectionConfig } from './config';
+import type {
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginServerSetup,
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginServerStart,
+} from './types';
+import { AIAssistantType } from '../common/ai_assistant_type';
+import { PREFERRED_AI_ASSISTANT_TYPE_SETTING_KEY } from '../common/ui_setting_keys';
+
+export class AIAssistantManagementSelectionPlugin
+  implements
+    Plugin<
+      AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginServerSetup,
+      AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginServerStart
+    >
+{
+  private readonly config: AIAssistantManagementSelectionConfig;
+
+  constructor(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
+    this.config = initializerContext.config.get();
+  }
+
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup) {
+    core.uiSettings.register({
+      [PREFERRED_AI_ASSISTANT_TYPE_SETTING_KEY]: {
+        name: i18n.translate('aiAssistantManagementSelection.preferredAIAssistantTypeSettingName', {
+          defaultMessage: 'Observability AI Assistant scope',
+        }),
+        category: [DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.observability.id],
+        value: this.config.preferredAIAssistantType,
+        description: i18n.translate(
+          'aiAssistantManagementSelection.preferredAIAssistantTypeSettingDescription',
+          {
+            defaultMessage:
+              '<em>[technical preview]</em> Whether to show the Observability AI Assistant menu item in Observability, everywhere, or nowhere.',
+          }
+        ),
+        schema: schema.oneOf(
+          [
+            schema.literal(AIAssistantType.Default),
+            schema.literal(AIAssistantType.Observability),
+            schema.literal(AIAssistantType.Never),
+          ],
+          { defaultValue: this.config.preferredAIAssistantType }
+        ),
+        options: [AIAssistantType.Default, AIAssistantType.Observability, AIAssistantType.Never],
+        type: 'select',
+        optionLabels: {
+          [AIAssistantType.Default]: i18n.translate(
+            'aiAssistantManagementSelection.preferredAIAssistantTypeSettingValueDefault',
+            { defaultMessage: 'Observability only (default)' }
+          ),
+          [AIAssistantType.Observability]: i18n.translate(
+            'aiAssistantManagementSelection.preferredAIAssistantTypeSettingValueObservability',
+            { defaultMessage: 'Everywhere' }
+          ),
+          [AIAssistantType.Never]: i18n.translate(
+            'aiAssistantManagementSelection.preferredAIAssistantTypeSettingValueNever',
+            { defaultMessage: 'Nowhere' }
+          ),
+        },
+        requiresPageReload: true,
+      },
+    });
+
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  public start(core: CoreStart) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  public stop() {}
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/types.ts b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c956023781d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/server/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
+export interface AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginServerDependenciesStart {}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
+export interface AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginServerDependenciesSetup {}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
+export interface AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginServerStart {}
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
+export interface AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginServerSetup {}
diff --git a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/tsconfig.json
index 2c287b2ee77de..e6658bdfc6efb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/ai_assistant_management/selection/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     "@kbn/i18n-react",
     "@kbn/core-chrome-browser",
     "@kbn/typed-react-router-config",
-    "@kbn/serverless"
+    "@kbn/serverless",
+    "@kbn/config-schema",
+    "@kbn/core-plugins-server"
   ],
   "exclude": ["target/**/*"]
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/management/schema.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/management/schema.ts
index 97f6a21ce0931..ad4ef03237e4d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/management/schema.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/management/schema.ts
@@ -655,4 +655,8 @@ export const stackManagementSchema: MakeSchemaFrom<UsageStats> = {
     type: 'boolean',
     _meta: { description: 'Non-default value of setting.' },
   },
+  'aiAssistant:preferredAIAssistantType': {
+    type: 'keyword',
+    _meta: { description: 'Non-default value of setting.' },
+  },
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/management/types.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/management/types.ts
index c4463f4bad96f..80384cc22e03c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/management/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/management/types.ts
@@ -172,4 +172,5 @@ export interface UsageStats {
   'data_views:fields_excluded_data_tiers': string;
   'observability:apmEnableTransactionProfiling': boolean;
   'devTools:enablePersistentConsole': boolean;
+  'aiAssistant:preferredAIAssistantType': string;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json b/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json
index 99de63e50abe9..c727356a8f5ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json
@@ -10427,6 +10427,12 @@
           "_meta": {
             "description": "Non-default value of setting."
           }
+        },
+        "aiAssistant:preferredAIAssistantType": {
+          "type": "keyword",
+          "_meta": {
+            "description": "Non-default value of setting."
+          }
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/core_plugins/rendering.ts b/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/core_plugins/rendering.ts
index ca06f8a6a731d..d6277fbaf394c 100644
--- a/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/core_plugins/rendering.ts
+++ b/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/core_plugins/rendering.ts
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: PluginFunctionalProviderContext) {
         'xpack.observability_onboarding.ui.enabled (boolean)',
         'xpack.observabilityLogsExplorer.navigation.showAppLink (any)', // conditional, is actually a boolean
         'share.new_version.enabled (boolean)',
+        'aiAssistantManagementSelection.preferredAIAssistantType (alternatives)',
         /**
          * Rule form V2 feature flags
          */
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/kibana.jsonc
index 1a172d51a514b..713132ab2f7a7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/kibana.jsonc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "browser": true,
     "configPath": ["xpack", "observabilityAIAssistantApp"],
     "requiredPlugins": [
+      "aiAssistantManagementSelection",
       "observabilityAIAssistant",
       "observabilityShared",
       "actions",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/components/nav_control/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/components/nav_control/index.tsx
index b9f44142e946b..cf8a5cd9dffe7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/components/nav_control/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/components/nav_control/index.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { AssistantAvatar, useAbortableAsync } from '@kbn/observability-ai-assistant-plugin/public';
-import { EuiButton } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { EuiButton, EuiLoadingSpinner } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { css } from '@emotion/react';
 import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import useObservable from 'react-use/lib/useObservable';
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function NavControl({}: {}) {
         fullWidth={false}
         minWidth={0}
       >
-        <AssistantAvatar size="xs" />
+        {chatService.loading ? <EuiLoadingSpinner size="s" /> : <AssistantAvatar size="xs" />}
       </EuiButton>
       {chatService.value ? (
         <ObservabilityAIAssistantChatServiceContext.Provider value={chatService.value}>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/hooks/is_nav_control_visible.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/hooks/is_nav_control_visible.tsx
index 1ceed342f37ae..c8386991eebbf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/hooks/is_nav_control_visible.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/hooks/is_nav_control_visible.tsx
@@ -7,31 +7,54 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
-import { DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import { DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES, type PublicAppInfo } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import { AIAssistantType } from '@kbn/ai-assistant-management-plugin/public';
 import { useKibana } from './use_kibana';
 
+function getVisibility(
+  appId: string | undefined,
+  applications: ReadonlyMap<string, PublicAppInfo>,
+  preferredAssistantType: AIAssistantType
+) {
+  if (preferredAssistantType === AIAssistantType.Never) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const categoryId =
+    (appId && applications.get(appId)?.category?.id) || DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.kibana.id;
+
+  if (preferredAssistantType === AIAssistantType.Observability) {
+    return categoryId !== DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.security.id;
+  }
+
+  return categoryId === DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.observability.id;
+}
+
 export function useIsNavControlVisible() {
   const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(false);
 
   const {
     services: {
       application: { currentAppId$, applications$ },
+      plugins: {
+        start: { aiAssistantManagementSelection },
+      },
     },
   } = useKibana();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const appSubscription = combineLatest([currentAppId$, applications$]).subscribe({
-      next: ([appId, applications]) => {
-        const isObservabilityApp =
-          appId &&
-          applications.get(appId)?.category?.id === DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.observability.id;
-
-        setIsVisible(!!isObservabilityApp);
+    const appSubscription = combineLatest([
+      currentAppId$,
+      applications$,
+      aiAssistantManagementSelection.aiAssistantType$,
+    ]).subscribe({
+      next: ([appId, applications, preferredAssistantType]) => {
+        setIsVisible(getVisibility(appId, applications, preferredAssistantType));
       },
     });
 
     return appSubscription.unsubscribe;
-  }, [currentAppId$, applications$]);
+  }, [currentAppId$, applications$, aiAssistantManagementSelection.aiAssistantType$]);
 
   return {
     isVisible,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/types.ts
index 2876ddaf3332d..d6235da273839 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/public/types.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import type {
   TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginStart,
 } from '@kbn/triggers-actions-ui-plugin/public';
 import type { DataPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public';
+import type {
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart,
+  AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicSetup,
+} from '@kbn/ai-assistant-management-plugin/public';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
 export interface ObservabilityAIAssistantAppPublicStart {}
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ export interface ObservabilityAIAssistantAppPluginStartDependencies {
   ml: MlPluginStart;
   triggersActionsUi: TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginStart;
   data: DataPublicPluginStart;
+  aiAssistantManagementSelection: AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicStart;
 }
 
 export interface ObservabilityAIAssistantAppPluginSetupDependencies {
@@ -59,4 +64,5 @@ export interface ObservabilityAIAssistantAppPluginSetupDependencies {
   observabilityShared: ObservabilitySharedPluginSetup;
   ml: MlPluginSetup;
   triggersActionsUi: TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginSetup;
+  aiAssistantManagementSelection: AIAssistantManagementSelectionPluginPublicSetup;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/tsconfig.json
index 75e260a4c05de..83ea29b55734e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_ai_assistant_app/tsconfig.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "@kbn/shared-ux-link-redirect-app",
     "@kbn/shared-ux-utility",
     "@kbn/data-plugin",
+    "@kbn/ai-assistant-management-plugin",
     "@kbn/deeplinks-observability"
   ],
   "exclude": ["target/**/*"]