diff --git a/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIModelRegistry.ts b/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIModelRegistry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b902a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIModelRegistry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// src/api/ai/core/AIModelRegistry.ts
+
+import { AICapability } from './types'
+
+export type AIModel = {
+  id: string
+  provider: string
+  capabilities: AICapability[]
+}
+
+class AIModelRegistry {
+  private models: AIModel[] = []
+
+  // --------------------
+  // Model management
+  // --------------------
+
+  register(model: AIModel) {
+    if (this.models.some(m => m.id === model.id && m.provider === model.provider)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Model "${model.id}" from provider "${model.provider}" is already registered.`
+      )
+    }
+    this.models.push(model)
+  }
+
+  listProviders(): string[] {
+    return [...new Set(this.models.map(m => m.provider))]
+  }
+
+  listModelsByProvider(provider: string): AIModel[] {
+    return this.models.filter(m => m.provider === provider)
+  }
+
+  getModel(provider: string, modelId: string): AIModel | undefined {
+    return this.models.find(
+      m => m.provider === provider && m.id === modelId
+    )
+  }
+
+  listAll(): AIModel[] {
+    return [...this.models]
+  }
+}
+
+export const aiModelRegistry = new AIModelRegistry()
+
+// Register default models
+aiModelRegistry.register({
+  id: 'gemini-pro',
+  provider: 'gemini',
+  capabilities: ['cloud'],
+})
+
+aiModelRegistry.register({
+  id: 'gemini-pro-vision',
+  provider: 'gemini',
+  capabilities: ['cloud', 'multimodal'],
+})
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diff --git a/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIProviderRegistry.ts b/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIProviderRegistry.ts
index d60b66b..4c23d37 100644
--- a/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIProviderRegistry.ts
+++ b/LocalMind-Backend/src/api/ai/core/AIProviderRegistry.ts
@@ -3,34 +3,114 @@
 import { AIProvider } from './AIProvider'
 import { AICapability } from './types'
 
+type ProviderHealth = {
+  failures: number
+  lastFailureAt?: number
+}
+
+const MAX_FAILURES = 3
+const COOLDOWN_PERIOD_MS = 300000 // 5 minutes
+
 class AIProviderRegistry {
   private providers = new Map<string, AIProvider>()
+  private health = new Map<string, ProviderHealth>()
+
+  // --------------------
+  // Provider management
+  // --------------------
 
   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 with cooldown recovery
+  // --------------------
 
+  private isHealthy(providerName: string): boolean {
+    const info = this.health.get(providerName)
+    if (!info) return true
 
-  get(name: string): AIProvider | undefined {
-    return this.providers.get(name)
+    if (info.failures < MAX_FAILURES) {
+      return true
+    }
+
+    // Allow retry after cooldown period
+    if (info.lastFailureAt && Date.now() - info.lastFailureAt > COOLDOWN_PERIOD_MS) {
+      this.markSuccess(providerName) // Reset health to allow retry
+      return true
+    }
+
+    return false
   }
 
- findByCapabilities(capabilities: AICapability[]): AIProvider[] {
-  return Array.from(this.providers.values()).filter(provider =>
-    capabilities.every(cap => provider.supports(cap))
-  )
-}
+  private markFailure(providerName: string) {
+    const info = this.health.get(providerName)
+    if (!info) return
 
+    info.failures += 1
+    info.lastFailureAt = Date.now()
+  }
 
-  list(): AIProvider[] {
-    return Array.from(this.providers.values())
+  private markSuccess(providerName: string) {
+    const info = this.health.get(providerName)
+    if (!info) return
+
+    info.failures = 0
+  }
+
+  // --------------------
+  // Provider + Model routing
+  // --------------------
+
+  async generateTextWithModel(
+    providerName: string,
+    modelId: string,
+    input: { prompt: string }
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    const provider = this.get(providerName)
+
+    if (!provider) {
+      throw new Error(`Provider "${providerName}" not found`)
+    }
+
+    if (!this.isHealthy(provider.name)) {
+      throw new Error(`Provider "${providerName}" is currently degraded`)
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const result = await provider.generateText({
+        ...input,
+        context: modelId,
+      })
+      this.markSuccess(provider.name)
+      return result
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.markFailure(provider.name)
+      throw err
+    }
   }
 }
 
-export const aiProviderRegistry = new AIProviderRegistry()
+export const aiProviderRegistry = new AIProviderRegistry()
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