diff --git a/hermes_cli/models.py b/hermes_cli/models.py
index 8dd6000cec..046df3519d 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/models.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/models.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ _openrouter_catalog_cache: list[tuple[str, str]] | None = None
 # OSS / open-weight models prioritized first, then closed-source by family.
 # Slugs match Vercel's actual /v1/models catalog (e.g. alibaba/ for Qwen,
 # zai/ and xai/ without hyphens).
-AI_GATEWAY_MODELS: list[tuple[str, str]] = [
+VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS: list[tuple[str, str]] = [
     ("moonshotai/kimi-k2.6",                 "recommended"),
     ("alibaba/qwen3.6-plus",                 ""),
     ("zai/glm-5.1",                          ""),
@@ -300,20 +300,6 @@ _PROVIDER_MODELS: dict[str, list[str]] = {
         "minimax-m2.7",
         "minimax-m2.5",
     ],
-    "ai-gateway": [
-        "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6",
-        "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
-        "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5",
-        "anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5",
-        "openai/gpt-5",
-        "openai/gpt-4.1",
-        "openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
-        "google/gemini-3-pro-preview",
-        "google/gemini-3-flash",
-        "google/gemini-2.5-pro",
-        "google/gemini-2.5-flash",
-        "deepseek/deepseek-v3.2",
-    ],
     "kilocode": [
         "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6",
         "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
@@ -366,6 +352,12 @@ _PROVIDER_MODELS: dict[str, list[str]] = {
     ],
 }
 
+# Vercel AI Gateway: derive the bare-model-id catalog from the curated
+# ``VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS`` snapshot so both the picker (tuples with descriptions)
+# and the static fallback catalog (bare ids) stay in sync from a single
+# source of truth.
+_PROVIDER_MODELS["ai-gateway"] = [mid for mid, _ in VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS]
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Nous Portal free-model filtering
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -777,7 +769,7 @@ def fetch_ai_gateway_models(
 
     from hermes_constants import AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL
 
-    fallback = list(AI_GATEWAY_MODELS)
+    fallback = list(VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS)
     preferred_ids = [mid for mid, _ in fallback]
 
     try:
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_ai_gateway_models.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_ai_gateway_models.py
index 236060870d..ba608fd08e 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_ai_gateway_models.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_ai_gateway_models.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
 from hermes_cli import models as models_module
 from hermes_cli.models import (
-    AI_GATEWAY_MODELS,
+    VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS,
     _ai_gateway_model_is_free,
     fetch_ai_gateway_models,
     fetch_ai_gateway_pricing,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_ai_gateway_free_detector():
 
 def test_fetch_ai_gateway_models_filters_against_live_catalog():
     _reset_caches()
-    preferred = [mid for mid, _ in AI_GATEWAY_MODELS]
+    preferred = [mid for mid, _ in VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS]
     live_ids = preferred[:3]  # only first three exist live
     payload = {
         "data": [
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ def test_fetch_ai_gateway_models_filters_against_live_catalog():
 
 def test_fetch_ai_gateway_models_tags_free_models():
     _reset_caches()
-    first_id = AI_GATEWAY_MODELS[0][0]
-    second_id = AI_GATEWAY_MODELS[1][0]
+    first_id = VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS[0][0]
+    second_id = VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS[1][0]
     payload = {
         "data": [
             {"id": first_id, "pricing": {"input": "0.001", "output": "0.002"}},
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_fetch_ai_gateway_models_tags_free_models():
 
 def test_free_moonshot_model_auto_promoted_to_top_even_if_not_curated():
     _reset_caches()
-    first_curated = AI_GATEWAY_MODELS[0][0]
+    first_curated = VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS[0][0]
     unlisted_free_moonshot = "moonshotai/kimi-coder-free-preview"
     payload = {
         "data": [
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def test_free_moonshot_model_auto_promoted_to_top_even_if_not_curated():
 
 def test_paid_moonshot_does_not_get_auto_promoted():
     _reset_caches()
-    first_curated = AI_GATEWAY_MODELS[0][0]
+    first_curated = VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS[0][0]
     payload = {
         "data": [
             {"id": first_curated, "pricing": {"input": "0.001", "output": "0.002"}},
@@ -158,4 +158,4 @@ def test_fetch_ai_gateway_models_falls_back_on_error():
     _reset_caches()
     with patch("urllib.request.urlopen", side_effect=OSError("network")):
         result = fetch_ai_gateway_models(force_refresh=True)
-    assert result == list(AI_GATEWAY_MODELS)
+    assert result == list(VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_MODELS)