diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ba51b992..d188752a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1574,9 +1574,8 @@
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+            "version": "git+https://github.com/Exabyte-io/esse.git#dfb2133abe9b1254ced7d60d0660a5452fb6b2ff",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 40d10153..30d1f85d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         "@babel/preset-react": "7.16.7",
         "@babel/register": "^7.16.0",
         "@babel/runtime-corejs3": "7.16.8",
-        "@exabyte-io/esse.js": "^2023.9.29-0",
+        "@exabyte-io/esse.js": "https://github.com/Exabyte-io/esse.git#dfb2133abe9b1254ced7d60d0660a5452fb6b2ff",
         "@types/chai": "^4.3.5",
         "@types/crypto-js": "^4.1.1",
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diff --git a/src/context/index.ts b/src/context/index.ts
index 1c59abec..50c83bfe 100644
--- a/src/context/index.ts
+++ b/src/context/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
     MaterialsContextMixin,
     MaterialsSetContextMixin,
     MethodDataContextMixin,
+    ModelContextMixin,
     WorkflowContextMixin,
 } from "./mixins";
 import { JobContextPickKeysForMixin, WorkflowContextPickKeysForMixin } from "./pickers";
@@ -31,4 +32,5 @@ export {
     MethodDataContextMixin,
     JobContextMixin,
     WorkflowContextMixin,
+    ModelContextMixin,
 };
diff --git a/src/context/mixins.ts b/src/context/mixins.ts
index c01d297c..7d611803 100644
--- a/src/context/mixins.ts
+++ b/src/context/mixins.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import CryptoJS from "crypto-js";
 import { InMemoryEntity } from "../entity";
 import { DefaultableMixin } from "../entity/mixins/props";
 import { compareEntitiesInOrderedSetForSorting } from "../entity/set/ordered/utils";
-import { ApplicationSchemaBase, JobSchema, MaterialSchema, WorkflowSchema } from "../types";
+import {
+    ApplicationSchemaBase,
+    BaseModel,
+    JobSchema,
+    MaterialSchema,
+    WorkflowSchema,
+} from "../types";
 
 type Constructor<T = any> = new (...args: any[]) => T;
 
@@ -228,3 +234,26 @@ export function JobContextMixin<T extends Constructor>(superclass: T) {
         }
     };
 }
+
+export function ModelContextMixin<T extends Constructor>(superclass: T) {
+    return class ModelContextMixin extends superclass {
+        _model: BaseModel;
+
+        constructor(...args: any) {
+            super(...args);
+            // @ts-ignore
+            if (!this.constructor.Model) {
+                throw Error("ModelContextMixin: Model is undefined");
+            }
+            const config = args[0];
+            this._model =
+                (config.context && config.context.model) ||
+                // @ts-ignore
+                (this.constructor.Model as Defaultable).createDefault();
+        }
+
+        get model() {
+            return this._model;
+        }
+    };
+}