diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index ea17545..9ed0b7b 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function getProvider(id: ProviderId): Provider {
 
 /* ──────────────────────────  Settings (persisted)  ─────────────────────────── */
 
-export type TransportMode = "direct" | "proxy"
+export type TransportMode = "direct" | "proxy" | "gateway"
 
 export interface LLMProvidersSettings {
   providerId: ProviderId
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ function readFromStorage(): LLMProvidersSettings {
       baseURL: typeof p.baseURL === "string" && p.baseURL ? p.baseURL : undefined,
       secretName:
         typeof p.secretName === "string" && p.secretName ? p.secretName : undefined,
-      mode: p.mode === "proxy" ? "proxy" : "direct",
+      mode:
+        p.mode === "proxy" ? "proxy" : p.mode === "gateway" ? "gateway" : "direct",
       responseBudget:
         Number.isFinite(p.responseBudget) && (p.responseBudget as number) > 0
           ? (p.responseBudget as number)
@@ -229,6 +230,10 @@ export interface BuildAdapterOptions {
   arcadiaAuthToken?: string
   /** Sent as X-Tenant-ID on proxy calls. */
   arcadiaTenantId?: string
+  /** Required when mode is "gateway". Base URL of arcadia-llm-gateway, e.g. "https://llm-gateway.arcadia-dev.sky-ai.com". */
+  gatewayURL?: string
+  /** Required when mode is "gateway". Per-app gateway key (agw_...) minted via POST /api/v1/me/keys. */
+  gatewayKey?: string
 }
 
 /**
@@ -236,9 +241,26 @@ export interface BuildAdapterOptions {
  * API key from arcadia.
  */
 export async function buildAdapter(opts: BuildAdapterOptions): Promise<LLMAdapter> {
-  const { settings, resolveSecret, arcadiaBaseURL, arcadiaAuthToken, arcadiaTenantId } = opts
+  const {
+    settings,
+    resolveSecret,
+    arcadiaBaseURL,
+    arcadiaAuthToken,
+    arcadiaTenantId,
+    gatewayURL,
+    gatewayKey,
+  } = opts
   const provider = getProvider(settings.providerId)
 
+  if (settings.mode === "gateway") {
+    if (!gatewayURL || !gatewayKey) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "buildAdapter: gatewayURL and gatewayKey are required in gateway mode.",
+      )
+    }
+    return makeGatewayAdapter({ gatewayURL, gatewayKey, label: provider.label })
+  }
+
   if (settings.mode === "proxy") {
     if (!arcadiaBaseURL) {
       throw new Error("buildAdapter: arcadiaBaseURL is required in proxy mode.")
@@ -332,6 +354,37 @@ export function makeArcadiaProxyAdapter(opts: ArcadiaProxyAdapterOptions): LLMAd
   }
 }
 
+/* ──────────────────────────  Gateway adapter  ─────────────────────────── */
+
+export interface GatewayAdapterOptions {
+  /** Base URL of arcadia-llm-gateway (no trailing /v1). */
+  gatewayURL: string
+  /** Per-app gateway key (agw_...). Sent as Authorization: Bearer. */
+  gatewayKey: string
+  label?: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adapter that routes through arcadia-llm-gateway's OpenAI-compatible proxy at
+ * `<gatewayURL>/v1/chat/completions`, authenticated by the gateway key. The
+ * gateway resolves the upstream provider (BYO via the user's personal-cloud
+ * credential, or managed), REDACTS the request body (arcadia-redaction),
+ * forwards, and meters — so no provider key or unredacted prompt leaves the app.
+ *
+ * Covers OpenAI-compatible providers (deepseek, openai, qwen, lmstudio, …),
+ * which use the gateway's Bearer-authed /v1/chat/completions route. Anthropic
+ * native (/v1/messages) also expects Bearer auth at the gateway; a dedicated
+ * messages adapter is a follow-up.
+ */
+export function makeGatewayAdapter(opts: GatewayAdapterOptions): LLMAdapter {
+  const baseURL = opts.gatewayURL.replace(/\/+$/, "") + "/v1"
+  return new OpenAICompatibleAdapter({
+    baseURL,
+    apiKey: opts.gatewayKey, // becomes Authorization: Bearer agw_...
+    label: opts.label ?? "Arcadia gateway",
+  })
+}
+
 /* ──────────────────────────  Settings card UI  ─────────────────────────── */
 
 const labelStyle: React.CSSProperties = {