diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/adversarial-review.yml b/.gitea/workflows/adversarial-review.yml
index dbd530f..b1ac715 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/adversarial-review.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/adversarial-review.yml
@@ -46,11 +46,16 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       OLLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY:    ${{ secrets.OLLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY }}
       CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
-      # Forwarded so a "qwen/<model>" entry can join the swarm by editing the
-      # GADFLY_DEFAULT_MODELS var alone — no workflow edit, no re-release.
-      # Empty until the repo secret exists: that's a 401 on that one model,
-      # not a broken review.
+      # Forwarded so a "qwen/<model>" or "kimi/<model>" entry can join the
+      # swarm by editing the GADFLY_DEFAULT_MODELS var alone — no workflow
+      # edit, no re-release. Both are forwarded together on purpose: the
+      # reusable workflow declares both, and forwarding only one is a config
+      # that looks complete and 401s on the model you didn't wire. Empty until
+      # the repo secret exists, which is a 401 on that one model, not a broken
+      # review. NB kimi/<model> is Moonshot's own API — a different route than
+      # the kimi-k2.6:cloud swarm entry, which rides OLLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY.
       QWEN_API_KEY:            ${{ secrets.QWEN_API_KEY }}
+      KIMI_API_KEY:            ${{ secrets.KIMI_API_KEY }}
       GADFLY_FINDINGS_URL:     ${{ secrets.GADFLY_FINDINGS_URL }}
       GADFLY_FINDINGS_TOKEN:   ${{ secrets.GADFLY_FINDINGS_TOKEN }}
     with:
diff --git a/cmd/gadfly/model.go b/cmd/gadfly/model.go
index c25dd88..e3ff47c 100644
--- a/cmd/gadfly/model.go
+++ b/cmd/gadfly/model.go
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ import (
 // model list is just ids like "qwen3-coder:480b-cloud" — working unchanged.
 const defaultProvider = "ollama-cloud"
 
+// endpointProviderNames is the operator-facing list of providers that accept an
+// explicit endpoint. resolveModel and endpointProvider accept the SAME set, so
+// they share one message rather than each carrying a hand-maintained copy that
+// drifts in order and spelling — which is exactly what happened when kimi/qwen
+// were added to both switches.
+const endpointProviderNames = "openai/openai-compatible/kimi/qwen/ollama/ollama-cloud/llama-swap(s)/foreman/anthropic/google"
+
 // resolveModel builds the review model from the environment. Gadfly is powered
 // by majordomo, so it can target any provider majordomo supports — Ollama
 // (local or cloud), OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or any OpenAI/Ollama-compatible
@@ -115,7 +122,7 @@ func resolveModel() (llm.Model, error) {
 		}
 		return google.New(opts...).Model(model)
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("GADFLY_BASE_URL is set but GADFLY_PROVIDER %q has no endpoint-override support (use openai/openai-compatible/kimi/qwen/ollama/llama-swap/foreman/anthropic/google, or unset GADFLY_BASE_URL to resolve via majordomo)", provider)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("GADFLY_BASE_URL is set but GADFLY_PROVIDER %q has no endpoint-override support (use %s, or unset GADFLY_BASE_URL to resolve via majordomo)", provider, endpointProviderNames)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -288,6 +295,6 @@ func endpointProvider(name, raw string) (llm.Provider, error) {
 		}
 		return google.New(opts...), nil
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown provider %q (use ollama/llama-swap(s)/foreman/openai/openai-compatible/kimi/qwen/anthropic/google)", provider)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown provider %q (use %s)", provider, endpointProviderNames)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/scripts/run.sh b/scripts/run.sh
index 6230a23..c09caca 100644
--- a/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/run.sh
@@ -166,9 +166,19 @@ case "$PROVIDER" in
     # majordomo already fails closed with a 401: without this, a missing key
     # surfaces as five identical per-lens agent failures that name no variable,
     # and the operator has to read a stack trace to learn which secret they
-    # forgot to forward. Providers absent from this table need no key (local
-    # ollama, llama-swap) or carry it in their endpoint/DSN (foreman), and are
-    # left alone. GADFLY_API_KEY overrides any of them.
+    # forgot to forward. GADFLY_API_KEY overrides any entry.
+    #
+    # A provider is absent from this table for one of TWO different reasons —
+    # do not assume the first one and add an arm:
+    #   1. It needs no key, or carries it in its endpoint/DSN: local ollama,
+    #      llama-swap, foreman.
+    #   2. It needs a key but has more than one acceptable variable, so a
+    #      single-variable check would skip a correctly-configured run.
+    #      **google** is this case: it accepts GOOGLE_API_KEY *or*
+    #      GEMINI_API_KEY. Adding `google) KEY_ENV="GOOGLE_API_KEY"` here would
+    #      silently skip every reviewer configured with GEMINI_API_KEY. If you
+    #      want google pre-flighted, the check has to accept either variable,
+    #      not the table's one-name shape.
     KEY_ENV=""; KEY_HINT=""
     case "$GADFLY_PROVIDER_EFF" in
       ollama-cloud) KEY_ENV="OLLAMA_API_KEY";    KEY_HINT="OLLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY" ;;