diff --git a/src/__tests__/local-agent-provider.test.ts b/src/__tests__/local-agent-provider.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46b5de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/local-agent-provider.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { config, AVAILABLE_MODELS } from '../config/index.js';
+
+// Regression guard for #118: getLLMConfig had no `case 'local-agent'`, so it fell
+// through to `default` and threw `Unknown provider: local-agent`, aborting every
+// keyless (connected-agent) mission. These assertions fail if that case is removed.
+describe("local-agent provider wiring (#118)", () => {
+  it('resolves a keyless config for local-agent with the agent id carried in model', () => {
+    const cfg = config.getLLMConfig('local-agent', 'claude');
+    expect(cfg.provider).toBe('local-agent');
+    expect(cfg.model).toBe('claude');
+    // Keyless: the connected CLI agent uses its own login — no API key or base URL.
+    expect(cfg.apiKey).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(cfg.baseUrl).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('preserves any supported agent id passed as the model', () => {
+    for (const agent of ['codex', 'claude', 'hermes']) {
+      const cfg = config.getLLMConfig('local-agent', agent);
+      expect(cfg.provider).toBe('local-agent');
+      expect(cfg.model).toBe(agent);
+      expect(cfg.apiKey).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(cfg.baseUrl).toBeUndefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the default agent id when no model is given', () => {
+    const cfg = config.getLLMConfig('local-agent');
+    expect(cfg.provider).toBe('local-agent');
+    expect(cfg.model).toBe('claude');
+    expect(cfg.apiKey).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(cfg.baseUrl).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('does not throw "Unknown provider" for local-agent', () => {
+    expect(() => config.getLLMConfig('local-agent')).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('surfaces the connected-agent ids as available local-agent models', () => {
+    expect(AVAILABLE_MODELS['local-agent']?.map(m => m.id)).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining(['codex', 'claude', 'hermes']),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index c5d7d75..3ae06b1 100755
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -867,6 +867,12 @@ class ConfigManager {
       case 'codex':
         actualModel = model || this.config.get('codex').defaultModel;
         break;
+      case 'local-agent':
+        // Keyless backbone: the mission is routed through a connected local CLI agent
+        // (Claude Code / Codex / Hermes), each using its own login — no API key or base
+        // URL. The chosen agent id (codex|claude|hermes) travels in the `model` field.
+        actualModel = model || 'claude';
+        break;
       case 'mock':
         actualModel = 'mock-model';
         break;