diff --git a/docs/providers.md b/docs/providers.md
index ff86d23a7..176b3f72d 100644
--- a/docs/providers.md
+++ b/docs/providers.md
@@ -123,6 +123,40 @@ appended to nanobot's generated functions. This keeps unrelated local tools such
 available in the same request. Responses-only server tools require an API surface that the
 OpenRouter provider does not currently enable.
 
+### OrcaRouter Gateway
+
+[OrcaRouter](https://www.orcarouter.ai) is an OpenAI-compatible model routing gateway. Configure
+the built-in `orcarouter` provider and use a model ID from OrcaRouter's catalog:
+
+```json
+{
+  "providers": {
+    "orcarouter": {
+      "apiKey": "${ORCAROUTER_API_KEY}"
+    }
+  },
+  "modelPresets": {
+    "primary": {
+      "provider": "orcarouter",
+      "model": "orcarouter/auto",
+      "maxTokens": 8192,
+      "contextWindowTokens": 65536
+    }
+  },
+  "agents": {
+    "defaults": {
+      "modelPreset": "primary"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Use the model ID exactly as OrcaRouter lists it. `orcarouter/auto` routes to a
+suitable upstream automatically; explicit IDs such as
+`anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6` or `openai/gpt-5` are also accepted. OrcaRouter API keys start with
+`sk-orca-`. The WebUI can load the account's model catalog after the API key is saved under
+**Settings → Models**.
+
 ### Eden AI Gateway
 
 Eden AI exposes an OpenAI-compatible chat-completions endpoint at
diff --git a/nanobot/channels/websocket/tests/test_websocket_channel.py b/nanobot/channels/websocket/tests/test_websocket_channel.py
index ef6627b2a..6e07dba45 100644
--- a/nanobot/channels/websocket/tests/test_websocket_channel.py
+++ b/nanobot/channels/websocket/tests/test_websocket_channel.py
@@ -3132,6 +3132,10 @@ async def test_settings_api_returns_safe_subset_and_updates_whitelist(
         assert providers["azure_openai"]["api_key_required"] is False  # AAD auth supported; no static key required
         assert providers["openrouter"]["configured"] is False
         assert providers["openrouter"]["api_key_required"] is True
+        assert providers["orcarouter"]["label"] == "OrcaRouter"
+        assert providers["orcarouter"]["configured"] is False
+        assert providers["orcarouter"]["api_key_required"] is True
+        assert providers["orcarouter"]["default_api_base"] == "https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1"
         assert providers["skywork"]["label"] == "Skywork"
         assert providers["skywork"]["default_api_base"] == "https://api.apifree.ai/agent/v1"
         assert providers["ant_ling"]["label"] == "Ant Ling"
diff --git a/nanobot/config/schema.py b/nanobot/config/schema.py
index 92c97783c..1beb36f51 100644
--- a/nanobot/config/schema.py
+++ b/nanobot/config/schema.py
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ class ProvidersConfig(Base):
     anthropic: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
     openai: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
     openrouter: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
+    orcarouter: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)  # OrcaRouter API gateway
     assemblyai: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)  # AssemblyAI voice transcription
     huggingface: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)
     skywork: ProviderConfig = Field(default_factory=ProviderConfig)  # Skywork / APIFree API gateway
diff --git a/nanobot/providers/registry.py b/nanobot/providers/registry.py
index a9608928e..291fa2c2c 100644
--- a/nanobot/providers/registry.py
+++ b/nanobot/providers/registry.py
@@ -199,6 +199,18 @@ PROVIDERS: tuple[ProviderSpec, ...] = (
         supports_prompt_caching=True,
         gateway_reasoning_style="reasoning_effort",
     ),
+    # OrcaRouter: global gateway, keys start with "sk-orca-"
+    ProviderSpec(
+        name="orcarouter",
+        keywords=("orcarouter",),
+        env_key="ORCAROUTER_API_KEY",
+        display_name="OrcaRouter",
+        backend="openai_compat",
+        is_gateway=True,
+        detect_by_key_prefix="sk-orca-",
+        detect_by_base_keyword="orcarouter",
+        default_api_base="https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1",
+    ),
     # Eden AI: OpenAI-compatible gateway. Models use the "provider/model"
     # naming scheme (e.g. "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"); the full id is sent upstream.
     ProviderSpec(
diff --git a/tests/providers/test_orcarouter_provider.py b/tests/providers/test_orcarouter_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebf9052ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/providers/test_orcarouter_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+"""Tests for the OrcaRouter provider registration."""
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from nanobot.config.schema import Config, ProvidersConfig
+from nanobot.providers.openai_compat_provider import OpenAICompatProvider
+from nanobot.providers.registry import PROVIDERS, find_by_name
+
+
+def test_orcarouter_config_field_exists() -> None:
+    config = ProvidersConfig()
+
+    assert hasattr(config, "orcarouter")
+
+
+def test_orcarouter_provider_in_registry() -> None:
+    specs = {spec.name: spec for spec in PROVIDERS}
+
+    assert "orcarouter" in specs
+    orcarouter = specs["orcarouter"]
+    assert orcarouter.backend == "openai_compat"
+    assert orcarouter.env_key == "ORCAROUTER_API_KEY"
+    assert orcarouter.display_name == "OrcaRouter"
+    assert orcarouter.is_gateway is True
+    assert orcarouter.detect_by_key_prefix == "sk-orca-"
+    assert orcarouter.detect_by_base_keyword == "orcarouter"
+    assert orcarouter.default_api_base == "https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1"
+    assert orcarouter.strip_model_prefix is False
+
+
+def test_find_by_name_orcarouter() -> None:
+    spec = find_by_name("orcarouter")
+
+    assert spec is not None
+    assert spec.name == "orcarouter"
+
+
+def test_orcarouter_forced_provider_uses_default_api_base() -> None:
+    config = Config.model_validate({
+        "providers": {
+            "orcarouter": {
+                "apiKey": "sk-orca-test-key",
+            },
+        },
+        "agents": {
+            "defaults": {
+                "model": "deepseek/deepseek-chat",
+                "provider": "orcarouter",
+            },
+        },
+    })
+
+    assert config.get_provider_name("deepseek/deepseek-chat") == "orcarouter"
+    assert config.get_api_key("deepseek/deepseek-chat") == "sk-orca-test-key"
+    assert config.get_api_base("deepseek/deepseek-chat") == "https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1"
+
+
+def test_orcarouter_gateway_routes_unprefixed_models_when_configured() -> None:
+    config = Config.model_validate({
+        "providers": {
+            "orcarouter": {
+                "apiKey": "sk-orca-test-key",
+            },
+        },
+        "agents": {
+            "defaults": {
+                "model": "orcarouter/auto",
+            },
+        },
+    })
+
+    assert config.get_provider_name("orcarouter/auto") == "orcarouter"
+    assert config.get_api_key("orcarouter/auto") == "sk-orca-test-key"
+    assert config.get_api_base("orcarouter/auto") == "https://api.orcarouter.ai/v1"
+
+
+def test_orcarouter_preserves_model_api_id() -> None:
+    spec = find_by_name("orcarouter")
+    with patch("nanobot.providers.openai_compat_provider.AsyncOpenAI"):
+        provider = OpenAICompatProvider(
+            api_key="sk-orca-test-key",
+            default_model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
+            spec=spec,
+        )
+
+    kwargs = provider._build_kwargs(
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
+        tools=None,
+        model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
+        max_tokens=1024,
+        temperature=0.7,
+        reasoning_effort=None,
+        tool_choice=None,
+    )
+
+    assert kwargs["model"] == "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6"
+    assert kwargs["max_tokens"] == 1024
+    assert "max_completion_tokens" not in kwargs
diff --git a/webui/src/components/settings/shared/ModelControls.tsx b/webui/src/components/settings/shared/ModelControls.tsx
index 54798c002..2704a0ba4 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/settings/shared/ModelControls.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/settings/shared/ModelControls.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const DEFERRED_MODEL_LIST_PROVIDERS = new Set([
   "novita",
   "ollama",
   "openrouter",
+  "orcarouter",
   "ovms",
   "siliconflow",
   "vllm",
@@ -577,6 +578,7 @@ export function optionRowsWithCurrent(
 export const PROVIDER_ICONS: Record<string, LucideIcon> = {
   custom: Hexagon,
   openrouter: Sparkles,
+  orcarouter: Sparkles,
   skywork: Sparkles,
   aihubmix: Triangle,
   anthropic: Brain,
diff --git a/webui/src/lib/provider-brand.ts b/webui/src/lib/provider-brand.ts
index 0019bcae0..15477cace 100644
--- a/webui/src/lib/provider-brand.ts
+++ b/webui/src/lib/provider-brand.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ const PROVIDER_BRANDS: Record<string, ProviderBrand> = {
   ollama: brand("ollama.com", "#111827", "O"),
   openai: brand("openai.com", "#111827", "AI"),
   openrouter: brand("openrouter.ai", "#111827", "OR"),
+  orcarouter: brand("orcarouter.ai", "#111827", "OR"),
   ovms: brand("openvino.ai", "#0071C5", "OV"),
   qianfan: brand("cloud.baidu.com", "#2932E1", "QF"),
   searxng: brand("searxng.org", "#3050FF", "SX"),