diff --git a/src/lib/auto-session.ts b/src/lib/auto-session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fb41bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/auto-session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import consola from "consola"
+
+import type { BridgeConfig } from "~/lib/config"
+import { runtimeState } from "~/lib/state"
+
+interface AutoSessionResponse {
+  session_token: string
+  available_models?: Array<string>
+  expires_at?: number | string
+}
+
+const AUTO_MODE_BODY = { auto_mode: { model_hints: ["auto"] } }
+const FALLBACK_REFRESH_SECONDS = 30 * 60
+
+const parseExpiresAt = (value: number | string | undefined): number | undefined => {
+  if (typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value)) {
+    return value
+  }
+  if (typeof value === "string") {
+    const numeric = Number(value)
+    if (Number.isFinite(numeric)) {
+      return numeric
+    }
+    const parsed = Date.parse(value)
+    if (Number.isFinite(parsed)) {
+      return Math.floor(parsed / 1000)
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+export const fetchAutoSession = async (
+  config: BridgeConfig,
+): Promise<AutoSessionResponse> => {
+  if (!config.copilotToken) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "COPILOT_TOKEN is not configured; cannot start auto mode",
+    )
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch(`${config.copilotBaseUrl}/models/session`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      authorization: `Bearer ${config.copilotToken}`,
+      "content-type": "application/json",
+      "x-github-api-version": "2025-10-01",
+      "copilot-integration-id": "vscode-chat",
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify(AUTO_MODE_BODY),
+  })
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    const text = await response.text().catch(() => "")
+    throw new Error(
+      `Failed to acquire auto-mode session token: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}\n${text}`,
+    )
+  }
+
+  return (await response.json()) as AutoSessionResponse
+}
+
+const applyAutoSession = async (config: BridgeConfig) => {
+  const data = await fetchAutoSession(config)
+  runtimeState.autoSessionToken = data.session_token
+  runtimeState.autoExpiresAt = parseExpiresAt(data.expires_at)
+  runtimeState.autoAvailableModels = data.available_models
+  return data
+}
+
+const scheduleAutoSessionRefresh = (config: BridgeConfig) => {
+  const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
+  const expiresAt =
+    runtimeState.autoExpiresAt ?? now + FALLBACK_REFRESH_SECONDS
+  const refreshIn = Math.max(expiresAt - now - 60, 60)
+
+  const timer = setTimeout(async () => {
+    try {
+      await applyAutoSession(config)
+      consola.debug("Refreshed Copilot auto-mode session token")
+    } catch (error) {
+      consola.error("Failed to refresh auto-mode session token:", error)
+    } finally {
+      scheduleAutoSessionRefresh(config)
+    }
+  }, refreshIn * 1000)
+
+  if (typeof timer.unref === "function") {
+    timer.unref()
+  }
+}
+
+export const enableAutoMode = async (
+  config: BridgeConfig,
+): Promise<AutoSessionResponse> => {
+  const data = await applyAutoSession(config)
+  runtimeState.autoMode = true
+  scheduleAutoSessionRefresh(config)
+  return data
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/state.ts b/src/lib/state.ts
index 8c4ca19..6f8fb8b 100644
--- a/src/lib/state.ts
+++ b/src/lib/state.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export interface RuntimeState {
   rateLimitSeconds?: number
   rateLimitWait?: boolean
   lastRequestTimestamp?: number
+  autoMode?: boolean
+  autoSessionToken?: string
+  autoExpiresAt?: number
+  autoAvailableModels?: Array<string>
 }
 
 export const runtimeState: RuntimeState = {}
diff --git a/src/providers/copilot/client.ts b/src/providers/copilot/client.ts
index 317c712..35b85c9 100644
--- a/src/providers/copilot/client.ts
+++ b/src/providers/copilot/client.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import { appendFile } from "node:fs/promises"
 
 import type { BridgeConfig } from "~/lib/config"
 import { BridgeNotImplementedError } from "~/lib/error"
+import { runtimeState } from "~/lib/state"
 
 const COPILOT_VERSION = "0.26.7"
 const EDITOR_PLUGIN_VERSION = `copilot-chat/${COPILOT_VERSION}`
 const USER_AGENT = `GitHubCopilotChat/${COPILOT_VERSION}`
 const API_VERSION = "2025-04-01"
+const AUTO_MODE_API_VERSION = "2025-10-01"
 const MAX_FETCH_ATTEMPTS = 2
 
 export interface CopilotProviderContext {
@@ -45,7 +47,10 @@ const buildHeaders = (
   headers.set("editor-plugin-version", EDITOR_PLUGIN_VERSION)
   headers.set("user-agent", USER_AGENT)
   headers.set("openai-intent", "conversation-panel")
-  headers.set("x-github-api-version", API_VERSION)
+  headers.set(
+    "x-github-api-version",
+    runtimeState.autoSessionToken ? AUTO_MODE_API_VERSION : API_VERSION,
+  )
   headers.set("x-request-id", randomUUID())
   headers.set("x-vscode-user-agent-library-version", "electron-fetch")
 
@@ -57,6 +62,10 @@ const buildHeaders = (
     headers.set("x-initiator", options.initiator)
   }
 
+  if (runtimeState.autoSessionToken) {
+    headers.set("copilot-session-token", runtimeState.autoSessionToken)
+  }
+
   if (!headers.has("content-type") && init.body !== undefined) {
     headers.set("content-type", "application/json")
   }
diff --git a/src/start.ts b/src/start.ts
index c58e4de..05b0b8d 100644
--- a/src/start.ts
+++ b/src/start.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { defineCommand } from "citty"
 import consola from "consola"
 
 import { setupBridgeAuth } from "~/lib/auth"
+import { enableAutoMode } from "~/lib/auto-session"
 import {
   applyClaudeConfig,
   parsePortFromBaseUrl,
@@ -116,6 +117,12 @@ export const start = defineCommand({
       description:
         "When --rate-limit is set, wait instead of returning HTTP 429.",
     },
+    auto: {
+      type: "boolean",
+      default: false,
+      description:
+        "Acquire a Copilot auto-mode session token and attach it to every upstream request (bypasses the router intent step; only auto-mode models are reachable).",
+    },
   },
   async run({ args }) {
     // Port resolution priority (high → low):
@@ -167,6 +174,22 @@ export const start = defineCommand({
       showToken: args["show-token"],
     })
 
+    if (args.auto) {
+      try {
+        const session = await enableAutoMode(config)
+        consola.success(
+          `Auto mode enabled${
+            session.available_models?.length ?
+              ` (available models: ${session.available_models.join(", ")})`
+            : ""
+          }`,
+        )
+      } catch (error) {
+        consola.error("Failed to enable auto mode:", error)
+        process.exit(1)
+      }
+    }
+
     const server = startServer(config)
 
     consola.success(
@@ -293,7 +316,16 @@ export const start = defineCommand({
             .map((id) => getPublicModelId(id)),
         )
       : fallbackModelIds
-    const finalPickable = pickable.length > 0 ? pickable : fallbackModelIds
+    const autoAllowed =
+      args.auto && runtimeState.autoAvailableModels?.length ?
+        new Set(runtimeState.autoAvailableModels.map(getPublicModelId))
+      : undefined
+    const autoFilteredPickable =
+      autoAllowed ? pickable.filter((id) => autoAllowed.has(id)) : pickable
+    const finalPickable =
+      autoFilteredPickable.length > 0 ? autoFilteredPickable
+      : pickable.length > 0 ? pickable
+      : fallbackModelIds
     if (models.length > 0) {
       consola.info(
         `Available models:\n${models