diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aca154b..830814d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+node_modules/
+
 # armada:start
 /armada/
 /.opencode/
 /opencode.json
 # armada:end
-node_modules/
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 91d16be..aab8323 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -149,3 +149,5 @@ parallel as background subagents.
 
 
 
+
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48bcc2d..6e7a1da 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rafamacalaba/armada",
-  "version": "1.2.7",
+  "version": "1.2.8",
   "description": "Loop engineering for software development. Turn any repo into a self-organizing AI team — 8 specialists, evidence-gated phases, parallel feature voyages.",
   "type": "module",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 950e051..ec93e39 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import { releaseStep1, releaseStep2, validateVersion, productionInjection } from
 // Track active heartbeat intervals so they can be cleaned up on exit.
 const activeHeartbeats = new Map()
 
-export const VERSION = "1.2.7"
+export const VERSION = "1.2.8"
 
 const HELP = `armada v${VERSION}
 Evidence-gated AI-engineer teams for opencode, natively (no plugin).
@@ -457,6 +457,14 @@ async function init(args) {
     manifest.project.supervision = manifest.project.supervision ?? { plugin: false, fleet: true }
     manifest.project.supervision.shipnames = false
   }
+  const providerIdx = args.findIndex((a) => a === "--openrouter-provider" || a === "--openrouter-providers")
+  if (providerIdx !== -1 && args[providerIdx + 1] && !args[providerIdx + 1].startsWith("--")) {
+    const rawVal = args[providerIdx + 1]
+    const providersList = rawVal.split(",").map((p) => p.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+    if (providersList.length) {
+      manifest.project.openrouterProviders = providersList
+    }
+  }
   const reqIdx = args.indexOf("--requirements")
   if (reqIdx !== -1 && args[reqIdx + 1] && !args[reqIdx + 1].startsWith("--")) {
     try {
diff --git a/src/generator.js b/src/generator.js
index 0e30a9f..899d431 100644
--- a/src/generator.js
+++ b/src/generator.js
@@ -236,8 +236,12 @@ export function renderOpenCodeJson(manifest, team) {
       if (!id.startsWith("openrouter/")) continue
       const slug = id.slice("openrouter/".length)
       if (!slug) continue
+      const provOpt = { allow_fallbacks: true }
+      if (manifest.project?.openrouterProviders?.length) {
+        provOpt.order = manifest.project.openrouterProviders
+      }
       openrouterModels[slug] = {
-        options: { provider: { allow_fallbacks: true } },
+        options: { provider: provOpt },
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1129,7 +1133,7 @@ project:
   yolo: ${manifest.project.yolo ?? false}
   # Path to the contract file (default: armada/REQUIREMENTS.md)
   requirementsFile: ${q(manifest.project.requirementsFile ?? "armada/REQUIREMENTS.md")}
-${manifest.project.feature ? `  # (optional) Active feature name; sets armada/state/features/<name>.json\n  feature: ${q(manifest.project.feature)}\n` : ""}${manifest.project.skills !== undefined ? `  # (optional) Skills to load into the orchestrator prompt\n  skills: [${(manifest.project.skills || []).map((s) => q(s)).join(", ")}]\n` : ""}  supervision:
+${manifest.project.feature ? `  # (optional) Active feature name; sets armada/state/features/<name>.json\n  feature: ${q(manifest.project.feature)}\n` : ""}${manifest.project.skills !== undefined ? `  # (optional) Skills to load into the orchestrator prompt\n  skills: [${(manifest.project.skills || []).map((s) => q(s)).join(", ")}]\n` : ""}${manifest.project.openrouterProviders !== undefined ? `  # (optional) Preferred OpenRouter provider routing order (e.g. Novita, DeepInfra)\n  openrouter_providers: [${(manifest.project.openrouterProviders || []).map((p) => q(p)).join(", ")}]\n` : ""}  supervision:
     # Emit .opencode/plugins/armada-supervision.js
     plugin: ${manifest.project.supervision?.plugin ?? false}
     # Emit per-lane fleet dashboard (default: true)
diff --git a/src/init-summary.js b/src/init-summary.js
index 7081d4f..ce47626 100644
--- a/src/init-summary.js
+++ b/src/init-summary.js
@@ -44,5 +44,11 @@ export function renderInitSummary(manifest) {
     )
   }
 
+  if (project.openrouterProviders?.length) {
+    lines.push(
+      `OpenRouter Provider Order: ${project.openrouterProviders.join(", ")}`,
+    )
+  }
+
   return lines.join("\n")
 }
diff --git a/src/manifest.js b/src/manifest.js
index 7118785..d2fb603 100644
--- a/src/manifest.js
+++ b/src/manifest.js
@@ -101,6 +101,20 @@ function validateSkills(skills) {
   return skills
 }
 
+function validateOpenRouterProviders(providers) {
+  if (providers === undefined || providers === null) return undefined
+  const list = typeof providers === "string" ? [providers] : providers
+  if (!Array.isArray(list)) {
+    throw new Error("armada.yaml: schema violation: project.openrouter_providers must be a string or list of strings")
+  }
+  for (const p of list) {
+    if (typeof p !== "string" || p.trim() === "") {
+      throw new Error("armada.yaml: schema violation: project.openrouter_providers entries must be non-empty strings")
+    }
+  }
+  return list.map((p) => p.trim())
+}
+
 export function parseManifestYaml(text, target) {
   let raw
   try {
@@ -169,6 +183,7 @@ export function parseManifestYaml(text, target) {
   if (!team.length) throw new Error("armada.yaml: team is empty")
   validateRequirementsFile(p.requirementsFile ?? "armada/REQUIREMENTS.md")
   const skills = validateSkills(p.skills)
+  const openrouterProviders = validateOpenRouterProviders(p.openrouter_providers)
   return {
     project: {
       name: p.name ?? "project",
@@ -181,12 +196,14 @@ export function parseManifestYaml(text, target) {
       requirementsFile: p.requirementsFile ?? "armada/REQUIREMENTS.md",
       feature: p.feature ?? null,
       skills,
+      openrouterProviders,
       supervision: {
         plugin: p.supervision?.plugin ?? false,
         fleet: p.supervision?.fleet ?? true,
         watchdog: p.supervision?.watchdog ?? false,
         shipnames: p.supervision?.shipnames ?? true,
       },
+
       stack: {
         frontend: stack.frontend ?? null,
         backend: stack.backend ?? null,
diff --git a/src/openrouter-api.js b/src/openrouter-api.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3e2862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openrouter-api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// OpenRouter API helper for querying provider endpoints, pricing, and discounts.
+
+export async function fetchModelEndpoints(modelSlug) {
+  try {
+    const slugWithoutPrefix = modelSlug.replace(/^openrouter\//, "").replace(/^opencode-go\//, "")
+    const modelsRes = await fetch("https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models")
+    if (!modelsRes.ok) return null
+    const modelsData = await modelsRes.json()
+    const model = modelsData.data?.find(
+      (m) => m.id === slugWithoutPrefix || m.canonical_slug === slugWithoutPrefix
+    )
+    if (!model) return null
+
+    const detailsUrl = model.links?.details
+      ? `https://openrouter.ai${model.links.details}`
+      : `https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models/${encodeURIComponent(model.canonical_slug || model.id)}/endpoints`
+
+    const endpointsRes = await fetch(detailsUrl)
+    if (!endpointsRes.ok) return null
+    const endpointsData = await endpointsRes.json()
+    const endpoints = endpointsData.data?.endpoints ?? []
+    if (!endpoints.length) return null
+
+    const parsed = endpoints.map((e) => {
+      const promptCost = parseFloat(e.pricing?.prompt ?? "0") * 1_000_000
+      const completionCost = parseFloat(e.pricing?.completion ?? "0") * 1_000_000
+      return {
+        providerName: e.provider_name,
+        promptCostPerM: promptCost,
+        completionCostPerM: completionCost,
+        totalCostPerM: promptCost + completionCost,
+        discount: e.pricing?.discount ?? 0,
+        uptime: e.uptime_last_30m ?? 100,
+      }
+    })
+
+    // Deduplicate by providerName, keeping lowest cost
+    const map = new Map()
+    for (const p of parsed) {
+      if (!map.has(p.providerName) || p.totalCostPerM < map.get(p.providerName).totalCostPerM) {
+        map.set(p.providerName, p)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const sorted = Array.from(map.values()).sort((a, b) => a.totalCostPerM - b.totalCostPerM)
+    return sorted
+  } catch (_err) {
+    return null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/openrouter-provider.test.js b/tests/openrouter-provider.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb42ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/openrouter-provider.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { test } from "node:test"
+import assert from "node:assert"
+import { parseManifestYaml } from "../src/manifest.js"
+import { renderOpenCodeJson, renderManifestYaml, mergeOpenCodeJson } from "../src/generator.js"
+import { fetchModelEndpoints } from "../src/openrouter-api.js"
+
+test("parseManifestYaml parses openrouter_providers string and array", () => {
+  const yamlArr = `
+project:
+  name: test
+  budget: balanced
+  openrouter_providers:
+    - Novita
+    - DeepInfra
+team:
+  - role: qa
+    model: opencode-go/minimax-m3
+    enabled: true
+`
+  const parsedArr = parseManifestYaml(yamlArr)
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(parsedArr.project.openrouterProviders, ["Novita", "DeepInfra"])
+
+  const yamlStr = `
+project:
+  name: test
+  budget: balanced
+  openrouter_providers: Novita
+team:
+  - role: qa
+    model: opencode-go/minimax-m3
+    enabled: true
+`
+  const parsedStr = parseManifestYaml(yamlStr)
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(parsedStr.project.openrouterProviders, ["Novita"])
+})
+
+test("renderOpenCodeJson includes order in options.provider when openrouterProviders is set", () => {
+  const manifest = {
+    project: {
+      name: "test",
+      budget: "balanced",
+      openrouterProviders: ["Novita"],
+    },
+  }
+  const team = [
+    { role: "orchestrator", model: "openrouter/z-ai/glm-5.2", fallback: null, enabled: true },
+  ]
+  const opencodeJson = renderOpenCodeJson(manifest, team)
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(opencodeJson.provider.openrouter.models["z-ai/glm-5.2"].options.provider, {
+    allow_fallbacks: true,
+    order: ["Novita"],
+  })
+})
+
+test("renderManifestYaml outputs openrouter_providers block", () => {
+  const manifest = {
+    project: {
+      name: "test",
+      budget: "balanced",
+      openrouterProviders: ["Novita"],
+    },
+  }
+  const team = [
+    { role: "qa", model: "opencode-go/minimax-m3", fallback: null, enabled: true },
+  ]
+  const yaml = renderManifestYaml(manifest, team)
+  assert.match(yaml, /openrouter_providers: \["Novita"\]/)
+})
+
+test("fetchModelEndpoints retrieves provider endpoint discounts from OpenRouter API", async () => {
+  const endpoints = await fetchModelEndpoints("z-ai/glm-5.2")
+  assert.ok(Array.isArray(endpoints), "endpoints is an array")
+  assert.ok(endpoints.length > 0, "endpoints has entries")
+  const novita = endpoints.find((e) => e.providerName === "Novita")
+  assert.ok(novita, "Novita provider entry found")
+  assert.ok(novita.promptCostPerM > 0, "Novita prompt cost per M parsed")
+})