diff --git a/rust/crates/api/src/providers/mod.rs b/rust/crates/api/src/providers/mod.rs
index af1776fefb..2df23980cf 100644
--- a/rust/crates/api/src/providers/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/crates/api/src/providers/mod.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,10 @@ pub fn metadata_for_model(model: &str) -> Option<ProviderMetadata> {
     // route to the correct provider regardless of which auth env vars are set.
     // Without this, detect_provider_kind falls through to the auth-sniffer
     // order and misroutes to Anthropic if ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is present.
-    if canonical.starts_with("openai/") || canonical.starts_with("gpt-") {
+    if canonical.starts_with("openai/")
+        || canonical.starts_with("local/")
+        || canonical.starts_with("gpt-")
+    {
         return Some(ProviderMetadata {
             provider: ProviderKind::OpenAi,
             auth_env: "OPENAI_API_KEY",
diff --git a/rust/crates/api/src/providers/openai_compat.rs b/rust/crates/api/src/providers/openai_compat.rs
index 1d53f120b4..21f6dc244a 100644
--- a/rust/crates/api/src/providers/openai_compat.rs
+++ b/rust/crates/api/src/providers/openai_compat.rs
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ fn wire_model_for_base_url<'a>(
         return Cow::Borrowed(&model[pos + 1..]);
     }
 
-    if matches!(lowered_prefix.as_str(), "xai" | "grok" | "qwen" | "kimi") {
+    if matches!(lowered_prefix.as_str(), "local" | "xai" | "grok" | "qwen" | "kimi") {
         return Cow::Borrowed(&model[pos + 1..]);
     }