diff --git a/html/locale_en.json b/html/locale_en.json
index 8f2ac1e48..b269c3a9e 100644
--- a/html/locale_en.json
+++ b/html/locale_en.json
@@ -763,7 +763,8 @@
     {"id":"","label":"Kanvas Settings","localized":"","hint":"","ui":"control"},
     {"id":"","label":"Keep Thinking Trace","localized":"","hint":"Include the model's reasoning process in the final output.<br>Useful for understanding how the model arrived at its answer.<br>Only works with models that support thinking mode.","ui":"script_prompt_enhance"},
     {"id":"","label":"Keep Prefill","localized":"","hint":"Include the prefill text at the beginning of the final output.<br>If disabled, the prefill text used to guide the model is removed from the result.","ui":"script_prompt_enhance"},
-    {"id":"","label":"Keep aspect ratio","localized":"","hint":"","ui":"control"}
+    {"id":"","label":"Keep aspect ratio","localized":"","hint":"","ui":"control"},
+    {"id":"","label":"Keep @ on artist insert","localized":"","hint":"Type <code>@</code> in the prompt to filter autocomplete to artist tags only.<br>This setting controls only what gets inserted on accept; the <code>@</code> filter works for every model.<br><br><b>Enable</b> for models that require the <code>@</code> prefix in the prompt itself, e.g. <i>Anima</i>. Inserts as <code>@artist name</code> with underscores converted to spaces.<br><b>Disable</b> for booru-trained models that take plain artist tags, e.g. <i>SDXL</i>, <i>Pony</i>, <i>Illustrious</i>, <i>NoobAI</i>. The typed <code>@</code> is consumed and the artist name is inserted as a normal tag.","ui":"script_autocomplete"}
   ],
   "l": [
     {"id":"prompt_enhance_load","label":"Load model","localized":"","hint":"","ui":"script_prompt_enhance"},
diff --git a/javascript/autocomplete.js b/javascript/autocomplete.js
index 52c930ada..b1e59f99b 100644
--- a/javascript/autocomplete.js
+++ b/javascript/autocomplete.js
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ const engine = {
  *
  * Returns { word, start, end, mode } where:
  *   mode === 'tag':      ordinary tag completion
+ *   mode === 'artist':   leading `@` trigger; results filtered to artist category and inserted with `@` preserved
  *   mode === 'lora':     inside an unclosed `<lora:...` span; `start` points at the `<`
  *   mode === 'wildcard': inside an unclosed `__...` span; `start` points at the first `_`
  *
@@ -308,11 +309,18 @@ function getCurrentWord(textarea) {
   if (segment.startsWith('__') && !segment.slice(2).includes('__')) {
     return { word: segment.slice(2), start: wordStart, end: selectionStart, mode: 'wildcard' };
   }
+  // Artist trigger: leading `@` filters tag results to the artist category.
+  if (segment.startsWith('@')) {
+    return { word: segment.slice(1), start: wordStart, end: selectionStart, mode: 'artist' };
+  }
   // Ordinary tag
   if (!segment) return null;
   return { word: segment, start: wordStart, end: selectionStart, mode: 'tag' };
 }
 
+// Booru schemas (danbooru/e621/sankaku) all assign category id 1 to artist tags.
+const ARTIST_CATEGORY_ID = 1;
+
 /** Escape bare parens so tag names like `fate_(series)` aren't parsed as attention syntax. */
 function escapeParensForPrompt(name) {
   return name.replace(/([()])/g, '\\$1');
@@ -348,7 +356,7 @@ function insertExtraNetwork(textarea, item, kind) {
 /** Insert a tag at the current word position, replacing the typed prefix. */
 function insertTag(textarea, tagName) {
   const info = getCurrentWord(textarea);
-  if (!info || info.mode !== 'tag') return;
+  if (!info || (info.mode !== 'tag' && info.mode !== 'artist')) return;
   const { value } = textarea;
   const before = value.slice(0, info.start);
   const after = value.slice(info.end);
@@ -359,7 +367,14 @@ function insertTag(textarea, tagName) {
   const prefix = needsSepBefore ? `${sep} ` : '';
   let suffix = `${sep} `;
   if (after.length > 0 && after.trimStart().startsWith(',')) suffix = ' ';
-  const insertion = `${prefix}${escapeParensForPrompt(tagName)}${suffix}`;
+  // Artist mode: optionally keep the `@` prefix (Anima syntax); always convert underscores to spaces
+  // since Anima requires space-separated artist names. The `@` is consumed for non-Anima models.
+  let body = tagName;
+  if (info.mode === 'artist') {
+    body = body.replace(/_/g, ' ');
+    if (window.opts?.autocomplete_at_prefix_artist) body = `@${body}`;
+  }
+  const insertion = `${prefix}${escapeParensForPrompt(body)}${suffix}`;
   textarea.value = before.trimEnd() + (before.trimEnd().length > 0 ? ' ' : '') + insertion + after.trimStart();
   // Position cursor after the inserted tag + separator
   const cursorPos = before.trimEnd().length + (before.trimEnd().length > 0 ? 1 : 0) + insertion.length;
@@ -563,8 +578,10 @@ function onInput(textarea) {
     dropdown.hide();
     return;
   }
-  // Extra-network triggers have a zero threshold so `<lora:` alone surfaces results.
-  const threshold = info.mode === 'tag' ? minChars : 0;
+  // Threshold by mode. Trigger characters carry their own signal so we can lower (or zero) the bar.
+  let threshold = minChars;
+  if (info.mode === 'lora' || info.mode === 'wildcard') threshold = 0;
+  else if (info.mode === 'artist') threshold = 1;
   if (info.word.length < threshold) {
     dropdown.hide();
     return;
@@ -576,6 +593,9 @@ function onInput(textarea) {
       results = window.autocompleteXn ? window.autocompleteXn.searchLoras(info.word) : [];
     } else if (info.mode === 'wildcard') {
       results = window.autocompleteXn ? window.autocompleteXn.searchWildcards(info.word) : [];
+    } else if (info.mode === 'artist') {
+      // `@` trigger: tag-search filtered to the artist category. The category-1 color carries the visual cue.
+      results = engine.searchAll(info.word).filter((t) => t.category === ARTIST_CATEGORY_ID);
     } else {
       const tagResults = engine.searchAll(info.word);
       const embedResults = window.autocompleteXn ? window.autocompleteXn.searchEmbeddings(info.word) : [];
diff --git a/scripts/autocomplete.py b/scripts/autocomplete.py
index fea760a08..531e26990 100644
--- a/scripts/autocomplete.py
+++ b/scripts/autocomplete.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def get_config_json():
         "autocomplete_min_chars": shared.opts.data.get('autocomplete_min_chars', 3),
         "autocomplete_replace_underscores": shared.opts.data.get('autocomplete_replace_underscores', True),
         "autocomplete_append_comma": shared.opts.data.get('autocomplete_append_comma', True),
+        "autocomplete_at_prefix_artist": shared.opts.data.get('autocomplete_at_prefix_artist', False),
     })
 
 
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ def on_append_comma_change(value):
     return get_config_json()
 
 
+def on_at_prefix_artist_change(value):
+    shared.opts.data['autocomplete_at_prefix_artist'] = bool(value)
+    shared.opts.save(silent=True)
+    return get_config_json()
+
+
 def format_status(local, remote_entries, fetch_ok):
     """Build status HTML showing available dictionaries."""
     lines = []
@@ -165,6 +172,11 @@ class AutocompleteScript(scripts_manager.Script):
                     value=shared.opts.data.get('autocomplete_append_comma', True),
                     elem_id=self.elem_id("append_comma"),
                 )
+                at_prefix_artist = gr.Checkbox(
+                    label="Keep @ on artist insert",
+                    value=shared.opts.data.get('autocomplete_at_prefix_artist', False),
+                    elem_id=self.elem_id("at_prefix_artist"),
+                )
                 min_chars = gr.Slider(
                     label="Min characters",
                     minimum=2, maximum=6, step=1,
@@ -184,10 +196,11 @@ class AutocompleteScript(scripts_manager.Script):
         min_chars.change(fn=on_min_chars_change, inputs=[min_chars], outputs=[config_json])
         replace_underscores.change(fn=on_replace_underscores_change, inputs=[replace_underscores], outputs=[config_json])
         append_comma.change(fn=on_append_comma_change, inputs=[append_comma], outputs=[config_json])
+        at_prefix_artist.change(fn=on_at_prefix_artist_change, inputs=[at_prefix_artist], outputs=[config_json])
         refresh_btn.click(fn=on_refresh, inputs=[], outputs=[enabled_dd, status])
         update_btn.click(fn=on_update, inputs=[enabled_dd], outputs=[status])
 
-        for comp in [enabled_dd, min_chars, replace_underscores, append_comma, config_json, status]:
+        for comp in [enabled_dd, min_chars, replace_underscores, append_comma, at_prefix_artist, config_json, status]:
             comp.do_not_save_to_config = True
 
-        return [active_cb, enabled_dd, min_chars, replace_underscores, append_comma, config_json]
+        return [active_cb, enabled_dd, min_chars, replace_underscores, append_comma, at_prefix_artist, config_json]