diff --git a/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIProviderRegistry.ts b/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIProviderRegistry.ts
index d60b66b..bd0a92a 100644
--- a/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIProviderRegistry.ts
+++ b/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIProviderRegistry.ts
@@ -2,35 +2,117 @@
 
 import { AIProvider } from './AIProvider'
 import { AICapability } from './types'
+import { GeminiProvider } from '../providers/GeminiProvider'
+
+type ProviderHealth = {
+  failures: number
+  lastFailureAt?: number
+}
+
+const MAX_FAILURES = 3
 
 class AIProviderRegistry {
   private providers = new Map<string, AIProvider>()
+  private health = new Map<string, ProviderHealth>()
 
   register(provider: AIProvider) {
-  if (this.providers.has(provider.name)) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `A provider with the name "${provider.name}" is already registered.`
+    if (this.providers.has(provider.name)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `A provider with the name "${provider.name}" is already registered.`
+      )
+    }
+
+    this.providers.set(provider.name, provider)
+    this.health.set(provider.name, { failures: 0 })
+  }
+
+  get(name: string): AIProvider | undefined {
+    return this.providers.get(name)
+  }
+
+  list(): AIProvider[] {
+    return Array.from(this.providers.values())
+  }
+
+  findByCapabilities(capabilities: AICapability[]): AIProvider[] {
+    return Array.from(this.providers.values()).filter(provider =>
+      capabilities.every(cap => provider.supports(cap))
     )
   }
-  this.providers.set(provider.name, provider)
-}
 
+  // --------------------
+  // Health tracking
+  // --------------------
 
+  private isHealthy(providerName: string): boolean {
+    const info = this.health.get(providerName)
+    if (!info) return true
+    return info.failures < MAX_FAILURES
+  }
 
-  get(name: string): AIProvider | undefined {
-    return this.providers.get(name)
+  markFailure(providerName: string) {
+    const info = this.health.get(providerName)
+    if (!info) return
+
+    info.failures += 1
+    info.lastFailureAt = Date.now()
   }
 
- findByCapabilities(capabilities: AICapability[]): AIProvider[] {
-  return Array.from(this.providers.values()).filter(provider =>
-    capabilities.every(cap => provider.supports(cap))
-  )
-}
+  markSuccess(providerName: string) {
+    const info = this.health.get(providerName)
+    if (!info) return
 
+    info.failures = 0
+  }
 
-  list(): AIProvider[] {
-    return Array.from(this.providers.values())
+  // --------------------
+  // Safe execution with proper fallback
+  // --------------------
+
+  async generateTextWithFallback(
+    capabilities: AICapability[],
+    input: { prompt: string; context?: string }
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    const candidates = this.findByCapabilities(capabilities)
+    const healthyProviders = candidates.filter(p => this.isHealthy(p.name))
+    const degradedProviders = candidates.filter(p => !this.isHealthy(p.name))
+    let lastError: unknown
+
+    // 1️⃣ Try all healthy providers first
+    for (const provider of healthyProviders) {
+      try {
+        const result = await provider.generateText(input)
+        this.markSuccess(provider.name)
+        return result
+      } catch (err) {
+        lastError = err
+        this.markFailure(provider.name)
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 2️⃣ Fall back to degraded providers if all healthy ones failed
+    for (const provider of degradedProviders) {
+      try {
+        const result = await provider.generateText(input)
+        this.markSuccess(provider.name)
+        return result
+      } catch (err) {
+        lastError = err
+        this.markFailure(provider.name)
+      }
+    }
+
+    // 3️⃣ Throw the last error encountered (preserves stack trace and error details)
+    if (lastError) {
+      throw lastError
+    }
+
+    // 4️⃣ If no providers matched capabilities at all
+    throw new Error('No AI provider available for the specified capabilities')
   }
 }
 
 export const aiProviderRegistry = new AIProviderRegistry()
+
+// Register providers
+aiProviderRegistry.register(new GeminiProvider())
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diff --git a/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/providers/GeminiProvider.ts b/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/providers/GeminiProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..855f15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/providers/GeminiProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// src/api/ai/providers/GeminiProvider.ts
+
+import { AIProvider } from '../core/AIProvider'
+import { AICapability } from '../core/types'
+
+export class GeminiProvider implements AIProvider {
+  readonly name = 'gemini'
+
+  readonly capabilities = new Set<AICapability>([
+    'cloud',
+    'multimodal',
+  ])
+
+  supports(capability: AICapability): boolean {
+    return this.capabilities.has(capability)
+  }
+
+  async generateText(input: {
+    prompt: string
+    context?: string
+  }): Promise<string> {
+    // TEMP mock response (safe, non-breaking)
+    return `[Gemini] ${input.prompt}`
+  }
+}