diff --git a/api/config.py b/api/config.py
index 1ea94f7..d0490dd 100644
--- a/api/config.py
+++ b/api/config.py
@@ -389,14 +389,21 @@ def resolve_model_provider(model_id: str) -> tuple:
     """Resolve model name, provider, and base_url for AIAgent.
 
     Model IDs from the dropdown can be in several formats:
-      - 'claude-sonnet-4.6'          (bare name, uses config default provider)
-      - 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6' (OpenRouter format, provider/model)
-      - '@minimax:MiniMax-M2.7'       (explicit provider hint from dropdown)
+      - 'claude-sonnet-4.6'            (bare name, uses config default provider)
+      - 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6'  (OpenRouter-style provider/model)
+      - '@minimax:MiniMax-M2.7'        (explicit provider hint from dropdown)
 
     The @provider:model format is used for models from non-default provider
     groups in the dropdown, so we can route them through the correct provider
     via resolve_runtime_provider(requested=provider) instead of the default.
 
+    Custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints are special: their model IDs often look
+    like provider/model (for example ``google/gemma-4-26b-a4b``), which would be
+    mistaken for an OpenRouter model if we only looked at the slash. To avoid
+    that, first check whether the selected model matches an entry in
+    config.yaml -> custom_providers and route it through that named custom
+    provider.
+
     Returns (model, provider, base_url) where provider and base_url may be None.
     """
     config_provider = None
@@ -410,6 +417,20 @@ def resolve_model_provider(model_id: str) -> tuple:
     if not model_id:
         return model_id, config_provider, config_base_url
 
+    # Custom providers declared in config.yaml should win over slash-based
+    # OpenRouter heuristics. Their model IDs commonly contain '/' too.
+    custom_providers = cfg.get('custom_providers', [])
+    if isinstance(custom_providers, list):
+        for entry in custom_providers:
+            if not isinstance(entry, dict):
+                continue
+            entry_model = (entry.get('model') or '').strip()
+            entry_name = (entry.get('name') or '').strip()
+            entry_base_url = (entry.get('base_url') or '').strip()
+            if entry_model and entry_name and model_id == entry_model:
+                provider_hint = 'custom:' + entry_name.lower().replace(' ', '-')
+                return model_id, provider_hint, entry_base_url or None
+
     # @provider:model format — explicit provider hint from the dropdown.
     # Route through that provider directly (resolve_runtime_provider will
     # resolve credentials in streaming.py).
diff --git a/tests/test_model_resolver.py b/tests/test_model_resolver.py
index ecad825..16bcf2a 100644
--- a/tests/test_model_resolver.py
+++ b/tests/test_model_resolver.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ tuples for different provider configurations.
 import api.config as config
 
 
-def _resolve_with_config(model_id, provider=None, base_url=None, default=None):
-    """Helper: temporarily set config.cfg model section, call resolve, restore."""
+def _resolve_with_config(model_id, provider=None, base_url=None, default=None, custom_providers=None):
+    """Helper: temporarily set config.cfg model/custom provider sections, call resolve, restore."""
     old_cfg = dict(config.cfg)
     model_cfg = {}
     if provider:
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ def _resolve_with_config(model_id, provider=None, base_url=None, default=None):
     if default:
         model_cfg['default'] = default
     config.cfg['model'] = model_cfg if model_cfg else {}
+    if custom_providers is not None:
+        config.cfg['custom_providers'] = custom_providers
     try:
         return config.resolve_model_provider(model_id)
     finally:
@@ -139,6 +141,23 @@ def test_slash_prefix_non_default_still_routes_openrouter():
     assert provider == 'openrouter'
 
 
+def test_custom_provider_model_with_slash_routes_to_named_custom_provider():
+    """Slash-containing custom endpoint model IDs must not be mistaken for OpenRouter models."""
+    model, provider, base_url = _resolve_with_config(
+        'google/gemma-4-26b-a4b',
+        provider='openrouter',
+        base_url='https://openrouter.ai/api/v1',
+        custom_providers=[{
+            'name': 'Local LM Studio',
+            'base_url': 'http://lmstudio.local:1234/v1',
+            'model': 'google/gemma-4-26b-a4b',
+        }],
+    )
+    assert model == 'google/gemma-4-26b-a4b'
+    assert provider == 'custom:local-lm-studio'
+    assert base_url == 'http://lmstudio.local:1234/v1'
+
+
 # ── get_available_models() @provider: hint behaviour ──────────────────────
 
 def _available_models_with_provider(provider):