diff --git a/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-discovery.test.ts b/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-discovery.test.ts
index 76e36186e..6852f160f 100644
--- a/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-discovery.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-discovery.test.ts
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ describe("singularity-memory discovery", () => {
 // ─── Ollama Cloud Adapter ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe("ollama-cloud discovery", () => {
-	it("uses the live Ollama /api/tags endpoint", async () => {
+	it("uses the live Ollama /v1/models endpoint", async () => {
 		const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
 		const calls: Array<{ url: string; headers?: RequestInit["headers"] }> = [];
 		globalThis.fetch = (async (
@@ -265,10 +265,7 @@ describe("ollama-cloud discovery", () => {
 			calls.push({ url: String(input), headers: init?.headers });
 			return new Response(
 				JSON.stringify({
-					models: [
-						{ name: "kimi-k2.5", size: 1 },
-						{ model: "kimi-k2.6", size: 1 },
-					],
+					data: [{ id: "kimi-k2.5" }, { id: "kimi-k2.6" }],
 				}),
 				{ status: 200 },
 			);
@@ -278,7 +275,7 @@ describe("ollama-cloud discovery", () => {
 			const adapter = getDiscoveryAdapter("ollama-cloud");
 			const models = await adapter.fetchModels("test-key");
 
-			assert.equal(calls[0]?.url, "https://ollama.com/api/tags");
+			assert.equal(calls[0]?.url, "https://ollama.com/v1/models");
 			assert.deepEqual(calls[0]?.headers, {
 				Authorization: "Bearer test-key",
 			});
@@ -286,6 +283,41 @@ describe("ollama-cloud discovery", () => {
 				models.map((m) => m.id),
 				["kimi-k2.5", "kimi-k2.6"],
 			);
+			assert.ok(models.every((m) => m.api === "openai-completions"));
+			assert.ok(models.every((m) => m.baseUrl === "https://ollama.com/v1"));
+		} finally {
+			globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("falls back to /api/tags when /v1/models is unavailable", async () => {
+		const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+		const calls: string[] = [];
+		globalThis.fetch = (async (input: string | URL | Request) => {
+			calls.push(String(input));
+			if (calls.length === 1) {
+				return new Response("not found", { status: 404 });
+			}
+			return new Response(
+				JSON.stringify({
+					models: [{ name: "glm-5.1" }, { model: "qwen3-coder:480b" }],
+				}),
+				{ status: 200 },
+			);
+		}) as typeof fetch;
+
+		try {
+			const adapter = getDiscoveryAdapter("ollama-cloud");
+			const models = await adapter.fetchModels("test-key");
+
+			assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+				"https://ollama.com/v1/models",
+				"https://ollama.com/api/tags",
+			]);
+			assert.deepEqual(
+				models.map((m) => m.id),
+				["glm-5.1", "qwen3-coder:480b"],
+			);
 		} finally {
 			globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
 		}
diff --git a/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-discovery.ts b/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-discovery.ts
index 9e991af73..c47bb0612 100644
--- a/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-discovery.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-discovery.ts
@@ -117,28 +117,54 @@ class OllamaCloudDiscoveryAdapter implements ProviderDiscoveryAdapter {
 		baseUrl?: string,
 	): Promise<DiscoveredModel[]> {
 		const root = (baseUrl ?? "https://ollama.com").replace(/\/+$/, "");
-		const url = root.endsWith("/api/tags") ? root : `${root}/api/tags`;
+		const primaryUrl =
+			root.endsWith("/v1/models") || root.endsWith("/api/tags")
+				? root
+				: `${root}/v1/models`;
 		const headers = apiKey ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}` } : undefined;
-		const response = await fetchWithTimeout(url, { headers });
+		const response = await fetchWithTimeout(primaryUrl, { headers });
 
-		if (!response.ok) {
-			throw new Error(
-				`Ollama Cloud tags API returned ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`,
-			);
+		if (response.ok) {
+			return this.mapOpenAIModelsResponse(await response.json());
 		}
 
-		const data = (await response.json()) as {
-			models: Array<{ name?: string; model?: string; size?: number }>;
-		};
+		if (primaryUrl.endsWith("/v1/models")) {
+			const fallbackUrl = `${root}/api/tags`;
+			const fallback = await fetchWithTimeout(fallbackUrl, { headers });
+			if (fallback.ok) return this.mapTagsResponse(await fallback.json());
+		}
 
-		return (data.models ?? [])
+		throw new Error(
+			`Ollama Cloud models API returned ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`,
+		);
+	}
+
+	private mapOpenAIModelsResponse(data: unknown): DiscoveredModel[] {
+		const models = (data as { data?: Array<{ id?: string }> }).data ?? [];
+		return models
+			.map((m) => m.id)
+			.filter((id): id is string => typeof id === "string" && id.length > 0)
+			.map((id) => this.toOpenAICompletionsModel(id));
+	}
+
+	private mapTagsResponse(data: unknown): DiscoveredModel[] {
+		const models =
+			(data as { models?: Array<{ name?: string; model?: string }> }).models ??
+			[];
+		return models
 			.map((m) => m.name ?? m.model)
 			.filter((id): id is string => typeof id === "string" && id.length > 0)
-			.map((id) => ({
-				id,
-				name: id,
-				input: ["text" as const],
-			}));
+			.map((id) => this.toOpenAICompletionsModel(id));
+	}
+
+	private toOpenAICompletionsModel(id: string): DiscoveredModel {
+		return {
+			id,
+			name: id,
+			api: "openai-completions",
+			baseUrl: "https://ollama.com/v1",
+			input: ["text" as const],
+		};
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-registry-discovery.test.ts b/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-registry-discovery.test.ts
index 16260b879..90e59c73c 100644
--- a/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-registry-discovery.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-registry-discovery.test.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe("ModelRegistry — public discovery providers", () => {
 		globalThis.fetch = (async () =>
 			new Response(
 				JSON.stringify({
-					models: [{ name: "kimi-k2.5" }, { model: "kimi-k2.6" }],
+					data: [{ id: "kimi-k2.5" }, { id: "kimi-k2.6" }],
 				}),
 				{ status: 200 },
 			)) as typeof fetch;
@@ -157,6 +157,37 @@ describe("ModelRegistry — public discovery providers", () => {
 		}
 	});
 
+	it("makes discovered ollama-cloud models available when auth is configured", async () => {
+		const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+		globalThis.fetch = (async () =>
+			new Response(
+				JSON.stringify({
+					data: [{ id: "kimi-k2.6" }],
+				}),
+				{ status: 200 },
+			)) as typeof fetch;
+
+		try {
+			const registry = new ModelRegistry(
+				AuthStorage.inMemory({
+					"ollama-cloud": { type: "api_key", key: "ollama-test" },
+				}),
+				undefined,
+				new ModelDiscoveryCache(join(testDir, "ollama-cloud-auth-cache.json")),
+			);
+			await registry.discoverModels(["ollama-cloud"]);
+
+			assert.ok(
+				registry
+					.getAvailable()
+					.some((m) => m.provider === "ollama-cloud" && m.id === "kimi-k2.6"),
+				"discovered Ollama Cloud models are available after discovery",
+			);
+		} finally {
+			globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+		}
+	});
+
 	it("discovers direct provider models when auth is configured", async () => {
 		const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
 		globalThis.fetch = (async () =>
diff --git a/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-registry.ts b/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-registry.ts
index 98d8be914..295bfcc56 100644
--- a/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-registry.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-coding-agent/src/core/model-registry.ts
@@ -839,7 +839,9 @@ export class ModelRegistry {
 	 */
 	getAvailable(providerModelAllow?: ProviderModelAllowList): Model<Api>[] {
 		return this.filterProviderModelAllow(
-			this.models.filter((m) => this.isProviderRequestReady(m.provider)),
+			this.getAllWithDiscovered().filter((m) =>
+				this.isProviderRequestReady(m.provider),
+			),
 			providerModelAllow,
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 395fed8d6..a269952c1 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ function exitIfManagedResourcesAreNewer(currentAgentDir: string): void {
 	process.exit(1);
 }
 
+async function warmDiscoveryBackedProviders(
+	modelRegistry: ModelRegistry,
+): Promise<void> {
+	const providers = ["ollama-cloud"].filter((provider) =>
+		modelRegistry.isProviderRequestReady(provider),
+	);
+	if (providers.length === 0) return;
+
+	await modelRegistry.discoverModels(providers);
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Shared helpers used by both the print and interactive code paths
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -603,6 +614,8 @@ const modelsJsonPath = resolveModelsJsonPath();
 
 const modelRegistry = new ModelRegistry(authStorage, modelsJsonPath);
 markStartup("ModelRegistry");
+await warmDiscoveryBackedProviders(modelRegistry);
+markStartup("ModelRegistry.discovery");
 const settingsManager = SettingsManager.create(process.cwd(), agentDir);
 applySecurityOverrides(settingsManager);
 markStartup("SettingsManager.create");