diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index 5394de918..a929c54d4 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 - Fixed the subagent example repeatedly prompting before running project-local agents in trusted repositories ([#8261](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/8261)).
 - Added `session_compact_failed` extension events so compaction failures and aborts expose their reason, retry state, source, and error message to handlers ([#8175](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/8175)).
 - Fixed npm package update checks treating older registry versions as available updates, preventing `pi update` from downgrading already-newer installed packages ([#8226](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/8226)).
-- Fixed built-in llama.cpp models disappearing from `/model` when `/llama` refreshed a configured server under `PI_OFFLINE`, and included idle-slept `sleeping` router models in the selectable catalog ([#8167](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/8167)).
+- Fixed built-in llama.cpp models disappearing from `/model` when `/llama` refreshed a configured server under `PI_OFFLINE`, and included idle-slept `sleeping` router models plus autoloadable unloaded presets in the selectable catalog ([#8167](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/8167)).
 - Fixed `pi.registerFlag()` accepting default values that do not match the declared flag type ([#8064](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/8064)).
 - Fixed Z.AI Coding Plan defaults referencing the removed GLM-5.1 model ([#8096](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/8096)).
 - Fixed repeated ambiguous truncated-response recovery being mislabeled as context overflow ([#8130](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/8130)).
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/extensions/llama/client.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/extensions/llama/client.ts
index 45cd8f3a6..c071f518c 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/extensions/llama/client.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/extensions/llama/client.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export interface LlamaModelsResponse {
 	object?: string;
 }
 
+export interface LlamaServerProps {
+	models_autoload?: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface LlamaModelEvent {
 	model: string;
 	event: string;
@@ -189,6 +193,13 @@ export class LlamaClient {
 		return data;
 	}
 
+	async props(options: { signal?: AbortSignal } = {}): Promise<LlamaServerProps> {
+		const payload = await this.request("/props", { signal: options.signal });
+		if (typeof payload !== "object" || payload === null) return {};
+		const { models_autoload: modelsAutoload } = payload as Record<string, unknown>;
+		return typeof modelsAutoload === "boolean" ? { models_autoload: modelsAutoload } : {};
+	}
+
 	async load(model: string, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
 		await this.request("/models/load", { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify({ model }), signal });
 	}
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/extensions/llama/provider.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/extensions/llama/provider.ts
index 83fa72ddc..6a685938d 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/extensions/llama/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/extensions/llama/provider.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,25 @@ async function resolveServerUrl(
 	return configured ? normalizeLlamaServerUrl(configured) : undefined;
 }
 
-function modelIsSelectable(model: LlamaModelInfo): boolean {
+function modelIsSelectable(model: LlamaModelInfo, routerAutoload: boolean): boolean {
+	if (model.status.value === "loaded") return true;
 	// llama.cpp reports idle-slept models as "sleeping"; requests wake them automatically.
-	return model.status.value === "loaded" || model.status.value === "sleeping";
+	if (model.status.value === "sleeping") return true;
+	// Unloaded presets are routable only when llama.cpp router autoload can load them on first use.
+	return routerAutoload && model.status.value === "unloaded" && !model.status.failed && model.source === "preset";
+}
+
+async function routerAutoloadEnabled(
+	client: LlamaClient,
+	catalog: readonly LlamaModelInfo[],
+	signal: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+	if (!catalog.some((model) => model.status.value === "unloaded" && model.source === "preset")) return false;
+	try {
+		return (await client.props({ signal })).models_autoload === true;
+	} catch {
+		return false;
+	}
 }
 
 function toPiModel(model: LlamaModelInfo, serverUrl: string): Model<"openai-completions"> {
@@ -57,14 +73,20 @@ function toPiModel(model: LlamaModelInfo, serverUrl: string): Model<"openai-comp
 
 export interface LlamaProviderController {
 	provider: Provider<"openai-completions">;
-	setCatalog(models: readonly LlamaModelInfo[], serverUrl: string): void;
+	setCatalog(models: readonly LlamaModelInfo[], serverUrl: string, options?: { routerAutoload?: boolean }): void;
 }
 
 export function createLlamaProvider(): LlamaProviderController {
 	let models: readonly Model<"openai-completions">[] = [];
 
-	const setCatalog = (catalog: readonly LlamaModelInfo[], serverUrl: string): void => {
-		models = catalog.filter((model) => modelIsSelectable(model)).map((model) => toPiModel(model, serverUrl));
+	const setCatalog = (
+		catalog: readonly LlamaModelInfo[],
+		serverUrl: string,
+		options: { routerAutoload?: boolean } = {},
+	): void => {
+		models = catalog
+			.filter((model) => modelIsSelectable(model, options.routerAutoload === true))
+			.map((model) => toPiModel(model, serverUrl));
 	};
 
 	const provider: Provider<"openai-completions"> = {
@@ -135,10 +157,13 @@ export function createLlamaProvider(): LlamaProviderController {
 			if (!context.allowNetwork || context.signal.aborted || context.credential?.type !== "api_key") return;
 			const serverUrl = credentialServerUrl(context.credential);
 			if (!serverUrl) return;
-			const catalog = await new LlamaClient(serverUrl, context.credential.key).list({ signal: context.signal });
+			const client = new LlamaClient(serverUrl, context.credential.key);
+			const catalog = await client.list({ signal: context.signal });
+			if (context.signal.aborted) return;
+			const routerAutoload = await routerAutoloadEnabled(client, catalog, context.signal);
 			if (context.signal.aborted) return;
 			const refreshed = catalog
-				.filter((model) => modelIsSelectable(model))
+				.filter((model) => modelIsSelectable(model, routerAutoload))
 				.map((model) => toPiModel(model, serverUrl));
 			await context.publish({
 				persist: { models: refreshed, checkedAt: Date.now() },
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/llama-extension.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/llama-extension.test.ts
index 7d46c76c9..7c506aafc 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/llama-extension.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/llama-extension.test.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,78 @@ describe("llama.cpp extension", () => {
 		]);
 	});
 
+	it("exposes unloaded presets only when router autoload is enabled", async () => {
+		let propsRequests = 0;
+		const { url } = await listen((request, response) => {
+			expect(request.headers.authorization).toBe("Bearer local");
+			if (request.url === "/models") {
+				json(response, {
+					data: [
+						{ id: "preset", status: { value: "unloaded" }, source: "preset", meta: { n_ctx: 65536 } },
+						{ id: "failed-preset", status: { value: "unloaded", failed: true }, source: "preset" },
+						{ id: "cache", status: { value: "unloaded" }, source: "cache" },
+						{ id: "models-dir", status: { value: "unloaded" }, source: "models_dir" },
+					],
+				});
+				return;
+			}
+			if (request.url === "/props") {
+				propsRequests++;
+				json(response, { role: "router", models_autoload: true });
+				return;
+			}
+			response.writeHead(404).end();
+		});
+
+		let cachedEntry: ModelsStoreEntry | undefined;
+		const controller = createLlamaProvider();
+		await controller.provider.refreshModels?.({
+			credential: { type: "api_key", key: "local", env: { LLAMA_BASE_URL: url } },
+			stored: undefined,
+			publish: async (publication) => {
+				if (publication.persist !== undefined && publication.persist !== null) {
+					cachedEntry = structuredClone(publication.persist);
+				}
+				publication.update?.();
+				return true;
+			},
+			allowNetwork: true,
+			signal: new AbortController().signal,
+		});
+
+		expect(propsRequests).toBe(1);
+		expect(controller.provider.getModels().map((model) => model.id)).toEqual(["preset"]);
+		expect(cachedEntry?.models.map((model) => model.id)).toEqual(["preset"]);
+	});
+
+	it("hides unloaded presets when router autoload is disabled", async () => {
+		const { url } = await listen((request, response) => {
+			if (request.url === "/models") {
+				json(response, { data: [{ id: "preset", status: { value: "unloaded" }, source: "preset" }] });
+				return;
+			}
+			if (request.url === "/props") {
+				json(response, { role: "router", models_autoload: false });
+				return;
+			}
+			response.writeHead(404).end();
+		});
+
+		const controller = createLlamaProvider();
+		await controller.provider.refreshModels?.({
+			credential: { type: "api_key", key: "local", env: { LLAMA_BASE_URL: url } },
+			stored: undefined,
+			publish: async (publication) => {
+				publication.update?.();
+				return true;
+			},
+			allowNetwork: true,
+			signal: new AbortController().signal,
+		});
+
+		expect(controller.provider.getModels()).toEqual([]);
+	});
+
 	it("stays dormant until configured and stores URL plus optional key", async () => {
 		const { provider } = createLlamaProvider();
 		const auth = provider.auth.apiKey!;