diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 153cbc959..6bb70ea99 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ IMAP_PASSWORD=your-password-here
 |----------|---------|-------------|
 | `custom` | Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint | — |
 | `openrouter` | LLM (recommended, access to all models) | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai) |
+| `huggingface` | LLM (Hugging Face Inference Providers) | [huggingface.co/settings/tokens](https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens) |
 | `volcengine` | LLM (VolcEngine, pay-per-use) | [Coding Plan](https://www.volcengine.com/activity/codingplan?utm_campaign=nanobot&utm_content=nanobot&utm_medium=devrel&utm_source=OWO&utm_term=nanobot) · [volcengine.com](https://www.volcengine.com) |
 | `byteplus` | LLM (VolcEngine international, pay-per-use) | [Coding Plan](https://www.byteplus.com/en/activity/codingplan?utm_campaign=nanobot&utm_content=nanobot&utm_medium=devrel&utm_source=OWO&utm_term=nanobot) · [byteplus.com](https://www.byteplus.com) |
 | `anthropic` | LLM (Claude direct) | [console.anthropic.com](https://console.anthropic.com) |
diff --git a/nanobot/config/schema.py b/nanobot/config/schema.py
index f507b3d80..484023c62 100644
--- a/nanobot/config/schema.py
+++ b/nanobot/config/schema.py
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ class ProvidersConfig(Base):
     anthropic: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
     openai: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
     openrouter: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
+    huggingface: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
     deepseek: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
     groq: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
     zhipu: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
diff --git a/nanobot/providers/registry.py b/nanobot/providers/registry.py
index 6cb57cb04..807742077 100644
--- a/nanobot/providers/registry.py
+++ b/nanobot/providers/registry.py
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ PROVIDERS: tuple[ProviderSpec, ...] = (
         default_api_base="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
         supports_prompt_caching=True,
     ),
+    # Hugging Face Inference Providers: OpenAI-compatible router for chat models.
+    ProviderSpec(
+        name="huggingface",
+        keywords=("huggingface", "hugging-face"),
+        env_key="HF_TOKEN",
+        display_name="Hugging Face",
+        backend="openai_compat",
+        is_gateway=True,
+        detect_by_key_prefix="hf_",
+        detect_by_base_keyword="huggingface",
+        default_api_base="https://router.huggingface.co/v1",
+    ),
     # AiHubMix: global gateway, OpenAI-compatible interface.
     # strip_model_prefix=True: doesn't understand "anthropic/claude-3",
     # strips to bare "claude-3".