diff --git a/providers/gemini.js b/providers/gemini.js
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+/**
+ * gemini.js — Google Gemini API provider
+ *
+ * Gemini returns zero rate-limit headers. Quota state is embedded in 429 JSON body.
+ * On 200: liveness confirmed, quota depth unavailable.
+ * On 429 (RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED): parse error.details for QuotaFailure + RetryInfo.
+ *
+ * Probe endpoint: POST /v1beta/models/gemini-2.0-flash:generateContent?key=<KEY>
+ * Body: {"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"Hi"}]}],"generationConfig":{"maxOutputTokens":1}}
+ *
+ * Provider type in index.js: 'gemini-api'
+ *
+ * Quota from 429 body:
+ *   error.details[].@type === 'type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.QuotaFailure'
+ *     → .violations[].quotaId  (e.g. 'GenerateRequestsPerDayPerProjectPerModel-FreeTier')
+ *     → .violations[].quotaMetric
+ *   error.details[].@type === 'type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.RetryInfo'
+ *     → .retryDelay  (e.g. '43s' — parse to integer seconds)
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Parse a Gemini API response body and HTTP status into a normalized result.
+ * Synchronous — suitable for unit tests with mock data.
+ *
+ * @param {Object|null} body — parsed JSON response body
+ * @param {number} httpStatus — HTTP status code
+ * @returns {Object} normalized provider result
+ */
+export function parseGeminiBody(body, httpStatus) {
+  if (httpStatus === 401 || httpStatus === 403) {
+    return { type: 'gemini-api', status: 'invalid_key', severity: 'unknown' };
+  }
+
+  if (httpStatus === 429) {
+    const details = body?.error?.details || [];
+
+    // Extract quota violations from QuotaFailure detail
+    const quotaFailure = details.find(
+      (d) => d['@type'] === 'type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.QuotaFailure'
+    );
+    const quotaViolations = (quotaFailure?.violations || [])
+      .map((v) => v.quotaId || v.quotaMetric || '')
+      .filter(Boolean);
+
+    // Extract retry delay from RetryInfo detail (e.g. '43s' → 43)
+    const retryInfo = details.find(
+      (d) => d['@type'] === 'type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.RetryInfo'
+    );
+    let retryDelaySeconds = null;
+    if (retryInfo?.retryDelay) {
+      const match = String(retryInfo.retryDelay).match(/^(\d+)/);
+      retryDelaySeconds = match ? parseInt(match[1], 10) : null;
+    }
+
+    return {
+      type: 'gemini-api',
+      status: 'exhausted',
+      quota_violations: quotaViolations,
+      retry_delay_seconds: retryDelaySeconds,
+      severity: 'critical',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (httpStatus === 200) {
+    return {
+      type: 'gemini-api',
+      status: 'ok',
+      quota_violations: [],
+      retry_delay_seconds: null,
+      severity: 'ok',
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Other errors (404, 5xx, etc.)
+  return {
+    type: 'gemini-api',
+    status: 'error',
+    message: body?.error?.message || `HTTP ${httpStatus}`,
+    severity: 'unknown',
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Probe a Gemini provider endpoint.
+ * Tries gemini-2.0-flash first; falls back to gemini-2.5-flash on 404.
+ *
+ * @param {string} providerName
+ * @param {string} baseUrl — base URL (e.g. https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com)
+ * @param {string|null} apiKey — Google API key
+ * @returns {Promise<Object>} normalized provider result
+ */
+export async function probeGeminiProvider(providerName, baseUrl, apiKey) {
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return { type: 'gemini-api', status: 'no_key', severity: 'unknown' };
+  }
+
+  const base = (baseUrl || 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com').replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+  async function tryModel(model) {
+    const url = `${base}/v1beta/models/${model}:generateContent?key=${apiKey}`;
+    const response = await fetch(url, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        contents: [{ parts: [{ text: 'Hi' }] }],
+        generationConfig: { maxOutputTokens: 1 },
+      }),
+    });
+    let body = null;
+    try { body = await response.json(); } catch (_) {}
+    return { status: response.status, body };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    let { status, body } = await tryModel('gemini-2.0-flash');
+
+    // 404 = model not found, try fallback
+    if (status === 404) {
+      ({ status, body } = await tryModel('gemini-2.5-flash'));
+    }
+
+    return parseGeminiBody(body, status);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return {
+      type: 'gemini-api',
+      status: 'error',
+      message: err.message,
+      severity: 'unknown',
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/providers/xai.js b/providers/xai.js
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+/**
+ * xai.js — x.ai (Grok) provider
+ *
+ * OpenAI-compatible API. Rate-limit headers on authenticated responses:
+ *   x-ratelimit-limit-requests        integer
+ *   x-ratelimit-remaining-requests    integer
+ *   x-ratelimit-reset-requests        ISO8601 or relative string
+ *   x-ratelimit-limit-tokens          integer
+ *   x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens      integer
+ *   x-ratelimit-reset-tokens          ISO8601 or relative string
+ *
+ * Probe: POST /v1/chat/completions
+ *   Authorization: Bearer <key>
+ *   model: 'grok-3-mini'
+ *   max_tokens: 1
+ *
+ * Provider type: 'xai-api'
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Compute severity for an x.ai result object.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} result — partially-built result (status + limit/remaining fields)
+ * @returns {'critical'|'warning'|'ok'|'unknown'}
+ */
+function xaiSeverity(result) {
+  if (result.status === 'rate_limited') return 'critical';
+  if (result.status === 'ok') {
+    const reqPct = (result.requests_limit > 0)
+      ? result.requests_remaining / result.requests_limit
+      : null;
+    const tokPct = (result.tokens_limit > 0)
+      ? result.tokens_remaining / result.tokens_limit
+      : null;
+    if ((reqPct !== null && reqPct < 0.1) || (tokPct !== null && tokPct < 0.1)) return 'warning';
+    return 'ok';
+  }
+  return 'unknown';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse x.ai rate-limit headers from a response.
+ * Synchronous — suitable for unit tests with mock headers.
+ *
+ * @param {Object|null} headers — fetch Response.headers (or compatible mock with .get(name))
+ * @param {number} httpStatus — HTTP status code
+ * @param {string|null} apiKey — API key (null/undefined → no_key result)
+ * @returns {Object} normalized provider result
+ */
+export function parseXaiHeaders(headers, httpStatus, apiKey) {
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return { type: 'xai-api', status: 'no_key', severity: 'unknown' };
+  }
+
+  if (httpStatus === 401) {
+    return { type: 'xai-api', status: 'invalid_key', severity: 'unknown' };
+  }
+
+  if (httpStatus === 429) {
+    const remaining = headers
+      ? parseInt(headers.get('x-ratelimit-remaining-requests'), 10)
+      : NaN;
+    return {
+      type: 'xai-api',
+      status: 'rate_limited',
+      requests_remaining: isNaN(remaining) ? 0 : remaining,
+      severity: 'critical',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (httpStatus === 200) {
+    const h = (name) => (headers ? headers.get(name) : null);
+
+    const reqLimit     = parseInt(h('x-ratelimit-limit-requests'), 10);
+    const reqRemaining = parseInt(h('x-ratelimit-remaining-requests'), 10);
+    const tokLimit     = parseInt(h('x-ratelimit-limit-tokens'), 10);
+    const tokRemaining = parseInt(h('x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens'), 10);
+
+    const result = {
+      type: 'xai-api',
+      status: 'ok',
+      requests_limit:     isNaN(reqLimit)     ? null : reqLimit,
+      requests_remaining: isNaN(reqRemaining) ? null : reqRemaining,
+      tokens_limit:       isNaN(tokLimit)     ? null : tokLimit,
+      tokens_remaining:   isNaN(tokRemaining) ? null : tokRemaining,
+    };
+
+    result.severity = xaiSeverity(result);
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // Other status codes (403, 5xx, etc.)
+  return {
+    type: 'xai-api',
+    status: 'error',
+    message: `HTTP ${httpStatus}`,
+    severity: 'unknown',
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Probe an x.ai API endpoint.
+ *
+ * @param {string} providerName
+ * @param {string} baseUrl — base URL (e.g. https://api.x.ai)
+ * @param {string|null} apiKey — x.ai API key
+ * @returns {Promise<Object>} normalized provider result
+ */
+export async function probeXaiProvider(providerName, baseUrl, apiKey) {
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return { type: 'xai-api', status: 'no_key', severity: 'unknown' };
+  }
+
+  const base = (baseUrl || 'https://api.x.ai').replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(`${base}/v1/chat/completions`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Authorization': `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
+        'content-type': 'application/json',
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        model: 'grok-3-mini',
+        max_tokens: 1,
+        messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hi' }],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    return parseXaiHeaders(response.headers, response.status, apiKey);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return {
+      type: 'xai-api',
+      status: 'error',
+      message: err.message,
+      severity: 'unknown',
+    };
+  }
+}