diff --git a/agents-core/vision_agents/cli/agent/config.py b/agents-core/vision_agents/cli/agent/config.py
index e36def15..ab212bc5 100644
--- a/agents-core/vision_agents/cli/agent/config.py
+++ b/agents-core/vision_agents/cli/agent/config.py
@@ -1,86 +1,18 @@
-"""Locate and parse the project's ``pyproject.toml`` agent config."""
+"""Resolve the agent entrypoint from settings or the ``--entrypoint`` flag."""
 
-import tomllib
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from vision_agents.cli.agent.models import ResolvedEntrypoint
 from vision_agents.cli.errors import CliError
+from vision_agents.config import (
+    TOOL_TABLE,
+    AgentSettings,
+    Settings,
+    load_settings,
+    parse_entrypoint,
+)
 
-CONFIG_FILENAME = "pyproject.toml"
-CONFIG_KEY = "tool.vision-agents.agent.entrypoint"
-
-
-def parse_entrypoint(spec: object) -> tuple[str, str]:
-    """Parse a gunicorn-style ``module:attribute`` spec.
-
-    Raises:
-        ValueError: if ``spec`` is not a non-empty ``module:attribute`` string.
-    """
-    if not isinstance(spec, str) or ":" not in spec:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"entrypoint {spec!r} must be in 'module:attribute' form "
-            "(e.g. 'agent:runner')"
-        )
-    if spec.count(":") != 1:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"entrypoint {spec!r} is malformed; expected exactly one ':' "
-            "separator in 'module:attribute'"
-        )
-    module, _, attribute = spec.partition(":")
-    if not module or not attribute:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"entrypoint {spec!r} is malformed; expected 'module:attribute'"
-        )
-    if module.endswith(".py"):
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"entrypoint {spec!r} looks like a file path; entrypoint is a "
-            f"Python import name, not a filename — try {module[:-3]!r}:{attribute!r} "
-            f"(i.e. '{module[:-3]}:{attribute}')"
-        )
-    return module, attribute
-
-
-def find_config(start: Path) -> Path:
-    """Walk up from ``start`` looking for ``pyproject.toml``.
-
-    Raises:
-        CliError: if no ``pyproject.toml`` is found.
-    """
-    for directory in (start, *start.parents):
-        candidate = directory / CONFIG_FILENAME
-        if candidate.is_file():
-            return candidate
-    raise CliError(
-        "Could not find pyproject.toml; you may not be in a Vision Agents project."
-    )
-
-
-def load_agent_config(config_path: Path) -> tuple[str, str]:
-    """Parse ``[tool.vision-agents.agent]`` from ``pyproject.toml``.
-
-    Returns ``(module, attribute)``. Strict on required fields and types;
-    unknown keys are ignored for forward compatibility.
-    """
-    try:
-        with config_path.open("rb") as handle:
-            data = tomllib.load(handle)
-    except OSError as err:
-        raise CliError(f"failed to read {config_path}: {err}") from err
-    except tomllib.TOMLDecodeError as err:
-        raise CliError(f"failed to parse {config_path}: {err}") from err
-
-    tool = data.get("tool")
-    va = tool.get("vision-agents") if isinstance(tool, dict) else None
-    section = va.get("agent") if isinstance(va, dict) else None
-    if not isinstance(section, dict):
-        raise CliError(
-            f"{config_path} is missing required [tool.vision-agents.agent] section"
-        )
-
-    try:
-        return parse_entrypoint(section.get("entrypoint"))
-    except ValueError as err:
-        raise CliError(f"{config_path}: {err}") from err
+CONFIG_KEY = f"{TOOL_TABLE}.agent.entrypoint"
 
 
 def resolve_entrypoint(cwd: Path, override: str | None) -> ResolvedEntrypoint:
@@ -100,11 +32,31 @@ def resolve_entrypoint(cwd: Path, override: str | None) -> ResolvedEntrypoint:
             config_path=None,
         )
 
-    config_path = find_config(cwd)
-    module, attribute = load_agent_config(config_path)
+    settings = _load_or_raise(cwd)
+    agent = _require_agent(settings)
     return ResolvedEntrypoint(
-        project_root=config_path.parent.resolve(),
-        module=module,
-        attribute=attribute,
-        config_path=config_path,
+        project_root=settings.project_root,
+        module=agent.module,
+        attribute=agent.attribute,
+        config_path=settings.pyproject_path,
     )
+
+
+def _load_or_raise(cwd: Path) -> Settings:
+    try:
+        return load_settings(cwd)
+    except FileNotFoundError as err:
+        raise CliError(
+            "Could not find pyproject.toml; you may not be in a Vision Agents project."
+        ) from err
+    except ValueError as err:
+        raise CliError(str(err)) from err
+
+
+def _require_agent(settings: Settings) -> AgentSettings:
+    if settings.agent is None:
+        raise CliError(
+            f"{settings.pyproject_path} is missing required "
+            f"[{TOOL_TABLE}.agent] section"
+        )
+    return settings.agent
diff --git a/agents-core/vision_agents/config.py b/agents-core/vision_agents/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44fe07e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents-core/vision_agents/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+"""Project-level configuration for Vision Agents.
+
+Reads ``[tool.vision-agents.*]`` from the nearest ``pyproject.toml``.
+"""
+
+import tomllib
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import cast
+
+PYPROJECT_FILENAME = "pyproject.toml"
+TOOL_TABLE = "tool.vision-agents"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class AgentSettings:
+    """``[tool.vision-agents.agent]`` — how to invoke the project's ``Runner``."""
+
+    module: str  # "agent" in "agent:runner"
+    attribute: str  # "runner" in "agent:runner"
+
+    @property
+    def entrypoint(self) -> str:
+        """Round-trip ``module:attribute`` representation."""
+        return f"{self.module}:{self.attribute}"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Settings:
+    """The resolved Vision Agents project configuration.
+
+    Attributes:
+        project_root: Directory containing the discovered ``pyproject.toml``.
+        pyproject_path: Path to the discovered ``pyproject.toml`` itself.
+        agent: Parsed ``[tool.vision-agents.agent]`` table or ``None``.
+        raw: Full ``[tool.vision-agents]`` dict — escape hatch for plugin
+            or user code reading custom subsections we don't model yet.
+    """
+
+    project_root: Path
+    pyproject_path: Path
+    agent: AgentSettings | None = None
+    raw: dict[str, object] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+
+def find_pyproject(start: Path) -> Path:
+    """Walk up from ``start`` looking for ``pyproject.toml``.
+
+    Raises:
+        FileNotFoundError: if no ``pyproject.toml`` is found anywhere on the
+            way up. Callers should reformat to a domain-appropriate error.
+    """
+    for directory in (start, *start.parents):
+        candidate = directory / PYPROJECT_FILENAME
+        if candidate.is_file():
+            return candidate
+    raise FileNotFoundError(f"no {PYPROJECT_FILENAME} found starting from {start}")
+
+
+def parse_entrypoint(spec: object) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Parse a gunicorn-style ``module:attribute`` spec.
+
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: if ``spec`` is not a non-empty ``module:attribute`` string.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(spec, str) or ":" not in spec:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"entrypoint {spec!r} must be in 'module:attribute' form "
+            "(e.g. 'agent:runner')"
+        )
+    if spec.count(":") != 1:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"entrypoint {spec!r} is malformed; expected exactly one ':' "
+            "separator in 'module:attribute'"
+        )
+    module, _, attribute = spec.partition(":")
+    if not module or not attribute:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"entrypoint {spec!r} is malformed; expected 'module:attribute'"
+        )
+    if module.endswith(".py"):
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"entrypoint {spec!r} looks like a file path; entrypoint is a "
+            f"Python import name, not a filename — try {module[:-3]!r}:{attribute!r} "
+            f"(i.e. '{module[:-3]}:{attribute}')"
+        )
+    return module, attribute
+
+
+def load_settings(cwd: Path | None = None) -> Settings:
+    """Load Vision Agents settings from the nearest ``pyproject.toml``.
+
+    Walks up from ``cwd`` (default: :func:`Path.cwd`) to find the project's
+    ``pyproject.toml``, then parses ``[tool.vision-agents.*]`` sections into
+    a :class:`Settings` instance.
+
+    Args:
+        cwd: Directory to start the upward search from. Defaults to the
+            current working directory.
+
+    Raises:
+        FileNotFoundError: when no ``pyproject.toml`` is found.
+        ValueError: when ``[tool.vision-agents.*]`` is malformed (wrong
+            type for a known field, malformed entrypoint, etc.).
+    """
+    start = cwd if cwd is not None else Path.cwd()
+    pyproject_path = find_pyproject(start)
+
+    with pyproject_path.open("rb") as handle:
+        data = tomllib.load(handle)
+
+    tool = data.get("tool")
+    raw = tool.get("vision-agents") if isinstance(tool, dict) else None
+    if not isinstance(raw, dict):
+        raw = {}
+
+    return Settings(
+        project_root=pyproject_path.parent.resolve(),
+        pyproject_path=pyproject_path,
+        agent=_parse_agent(raw.get("agent")),
+        raw=cast(dict[str, object], raw),
+    )
+
+
+def _parse_agent(section: object) -> AgentSettings | None:
+    if section is None:
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(section, dict):
+        raise ValueError(f"[{TOOL_TABLE}.agent] must be a table")
+    module, attribute = parse_entrypoint(section.get("entrypoint"))
+    return AgentSettings(module=module, attribute=attribute)