diff --git a/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml b/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
index 89d952b9f..737fdd711 100644
--- a/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
         ai.bstein.dev/execution: Hermes Kanban with durable direct Codex and Claude Code CLI workers
         ai.bstein.dev/model-policy: Jetson-assisted AUTO routing, low through xhigh, cross-provider fallback
         ai.bstein.dev/placement: rpi5 preferred; Jetson deferred until state storage is available
-        ai.bstein.dev/config-rev: "20260812-codex-budget-normalization"
+        ai.bstein.dev/config-rev: "20260812-provider-status"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: hermes-agent
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-anthropic-token: kv/data/atlas/hermes/agent-tokens
@@ -827,6 +827,14 @@ spec:
         - name: auto-router-plugin
           configMap:
             name: hermes-auto-router-plugin
+            items:
+              - {key: __init__.py, path: __init__.py}
+              - {key: provider_status.py, path: provider_status.py}
+              - {key: plugin.yaml, path: plugin.yaml}
+              - {key: dashboard-manifest.json, path: dashboard/manifest.json}
+              - {key: dashboard-api.py, path: dashboard/plugin_api.py}
+              - {key: dashboard-index.js, path: dashboard/dist/index.js}
+              - {key: dashboard-style.css, path: dashboard/dist/style.css}
         - name: image-policy
           configMap:
             name: hermes-image-policy
diff --git a/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml b/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
index 0f40933f4..528e9a84b 100644
--- a/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ configMapGenerator:
     namespace: hermes
     files:
       - __init__.py=plugins/auto-router/__init__.py
+      - provider_status.py=plugins/auto-router/provider_status.py
       - plugin.yaml=plugins/auto-router/plugin.yaml
+      - dashboard-manifest.json=plugins/auto-router/dashboard/manifest.json
+      - dashboard-api.py=plugins/auto-router/dashboard/plugin_api.py
+      - dashboard-index.js=plugins/auto-router/dashboard/dist/index.js
+      - dashboard-style.css=plugins/auto-router/dashboard/dist/style.css
     options:
       disableNameSuffixHash: true
   - name: hermes-chat-image-plugin
diff --git a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py
index 465f7e77b..ef49f5fc0 100644
--- a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py
+++ b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
+try:
+    from .provider_status import provider_status_text
+except ImportError:  # Direct module loading in the small unit-test harness.
+    from provider_status import provider_status_text
+
 
 POLICY_PATH = Path("/opt/data/workspace/coordinator/route-policy.json")
 SWITCHYARD_PROVIDER = "atlas-switchyard"
@@ -378,3 +383,8 @@ def register(ctx: Any) -> None:
         description="Show or constrain Switchyard AUTO routing",
         args_hint="auto [posture]|status|manual provider effort [model]",
     )
+    ctx.register_command(
+        "providers",
+        lambda _raw_args: provider_status_text(),
+        description="Show Codex, Claude, local, and Switchyard status",
+    )
diff --git a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/dist/index.js b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/dist/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..794b5f2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/dist/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+(function () {
+  "use strict";
+
+  const SDK = window.__HERMES_PLUGIN_SDK__;
+  if (!SDK) return;
+  const { React } = SDK;
+  const h = React.createElement;
+  const { Card, CardContent, Badge, Button } = SDK.components;
+  const { useCallback, useEffect, useState } = SDK.hooks;
+  const API = "/api/plugins/auto-router";
+
+  function number(value) {
+    return new Intl.NumberFormat().format(Number(value || 0));
+  }
+
+  function when(value) {
+    if (!value) return "not reported";
+    const parsed = new Date(value);
+    return Number.isNaN(parsed.valueOf()) ? String(value) : parsed.toLocaleString();
+  }
+
+  function Stat(props) {
+    return h("div", { className: "provider-status-stat" },
+      h("span", { className: "provider-status-stat-label" }, props.label),
+      h("strong", null, props.value)
+    );
+  }
+
+  function ProviderCard(props) {
+    const item = props.item || {};
+    const account = item.account || null;
+    return h(Card, { className: "provider-status-card" },
+      h(CardContent, { className: "provider-status-card-content" },
+        h("div", { className: "provider-status-card-heading" },
+          h("div", null,
+            h("h2", null, props.title),
+            account ? h("p", null, "Plan: ", h("strong", null, account.plan || "unknown")) : null
+          ),
+          h(Badge, { className: "provider-status-badge provider-status-badge--" + (item.state || "unobserved") }, item.state || "unobserved")
+        ),
+        account ? h("div", { className: "provider-status-auth" },
+          h("span", { className: account.authenticated ? "is-good" : "is-bad" }, account.authenticated ? "Authentication ready" : "Authentication unavailable"),
+          account.rate_limit_tier && account.rate_limit_tier !== "unknown" ? h("span", null, "Tier: " + account.rate_limit_tier) : null,
+          h("span", null, "Access token: " + when(account.token_expires_at)),
+          account.usage_url ? h("a", {
+            className: "provider-status-usage-link",
+            href: account.usage_url,
+            target: "_blank",
+            rel: "noopener noreferrer"
+          }, "Open official usage ↗") : null
+        ) : null,
+        h("div", { className: "provider-status-stats" },
+          h(Stat, { label: "Completed", value: number(item.calls) }),
+          h(Stat, { label: "Errors", value: number(item.errors) }),
+          h(Stat, { label: "Tokens", value: number(item.total_tokens) }),
+          h(Stat, { label: "Avg latency", value: item.avg_latency_ms ? number(item.avg_latency_ms) + " ms" : "—" })
+        ),
+        item.models && item.models.length ? h("div", { className: "provider-status-models" },
+          item.models.map(function (model) {
+            return h("div", { className: "provider-status-model", key: model.id },
+              h("code", null, model.id),
+              h("span", null, number(model.calls) + " completed · " + number(model.errors) + " errors · " + number(model.total_tokens) + " tokens")
+            );
+          })
+        ) : h("p", { className: "provider-status-empty" }, "No calls observed in this router window.")
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  function ProviderStatus() {
+    const dataState = useState(null);
+    const data = dataState[0];
+    const setData = dataState[1];
+    const errorState = useState("");
+    const error = errorState[0];
+    const setError = errorState[1];
+    const loadingState = useState(true);
+    const loading = loadingState[0];
+    const setLoading = loadingState[1];
+
+    const load = useCallback(function () {
+      setLoading(true);
+      return SDK.fetchJSON(API + "/status")
+        .then(function (value) { setData(value); setError(""); })
+        .catch(function (err) { setError(err && err.message ? err.message : String(err)); })
+        .finally(function () { setLoading(false); });
+    }, []);
+
+    useEffect(function () {
+      load();
+      const timer = window.setInterval(load, 30000);
+      return function () { window.clearInterval(timer); };
+    }, [load]);
+
+    if (!data && loading) return h("div", { className: "provider-status-loading" }, "Loading provider status…");
+
+    const router = data ? data.router : {};
+    const providers = data ? data.providers : {};
+    return h("main", { className: "provider-status-page" },
+      h("header", { className: "provider-status-header" },
+        h("div", null,
+          h("h1", null, "Provider Status"),
+          h("p", null, "The provider, model, fallback, and token activity Switchyard actually observed.")
+        ),
+        h(Button, { onClick: load, disabled: loading }, loading ? "Refreshing…" : "Refresh")
+      ),
+      error ? h("div", { className: "provider-status-error" }, error) : null,
+      data ? h(Card, { className: "provider-status-router" },
+        h(CardContent, null,
+          h("div", { className: "provider-status-card-heading" },
+            h("div", null, h("h2", null, "Switchyard"), h("p", null, data.window)),
+            h(Badge, { className: "provider-status-badge provider-status-badge--" + router.state }, router.state)
+          ),
+          h("div", { className: "provider-status-stats" },
+            h(Stat, { label: "Requests", value: number(router.total_requests) }),
+            h(Stat, { label: "Errors", value: number(router.total_errors) }),
+            h(Stat, { label: "Tokens", value: number(router.total_tokens) }),
+            h(Stat, { label: "Fallbacks", value: number(Object.values(router.fallbacks || {}).reduce(function (a, b) { return a + Number(b || 0); }, 0)) }),
+            h(Stat, { label: "Classifier calls", value: number(router.classifier_calls) }),
+            h(Stat, { label: "Classifier errors", value: number(router.classifier_errors) })
+          )
+        )
+      ) : null,
+      data ? h("section", { className: "provider-status-grid" },
+        h(ProviderCard, { title: "OpenAI Codex", item: providers.codex }),
+        h(ProviderCard, { title: "Anthropic Claude", item: providers.claude }),
+        h(ProviderCard, { title: "Local models", item: providers.local })
+      ) : null,
+      data ? h("aside", { className: "provider-status-note" },
+        h("strong", null, "About provider quota"),
+        h("p", null, data.quota_note),
+        h("p", null, "The native /usage command remains scoped to direct calls made by the current Hermes process. Use /providers for this pool-wide view.")
+      ) : null
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (window.__HERMES_PLUGINS__ && typeof window.__HERMES_PLUGINS__.register === "function") {
+    window.__HERMES_PLUGINS__.register("auto-router", ProviderStatus);
+  }
+}());
diff --git a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/dist/style.css b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/dist/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52ee025f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/dist/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+.provider-status-page {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  padding: 1.25rem;
+  max-width: 1400px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+}
+
+.provider-status-header,
+.provider-status-card-heading {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+
+.provider-status-header h1,
+.provider-status-card-heading h2 {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.provider-status-header p,
+.provider-status-card-heading p,
+.provider-status-auth,
+.provider-status-empty {
+  color: var(--muted-foreground);
+}
+
+.provider-status-grid {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(320px, 1fr));
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+
+.provider-status-card-content {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+
+.provider-status-stats {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(110px, 1fr));
+  gap: .65rem;
+  margin-top: 1rem;
+}
+
+.provider-status-stat {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: .2rem;
+  padding: .7rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: .5rem;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--muted) 35%, transparent);
+}
+
+.provider-status-stat-label {
+  color: var(--muted-foreground);
+  font-size: .75rem;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: .06em;
+}
+
+.provider-status-auth {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: .5rem 1rem;
+  font-size: .85rem;
+}
+
+.provider-status-usage-link {
+  color: var(--primary, #f7c843);
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.provider-status-usage-link:hover {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+.provider-status-auth .is-good { color: #22c55e; }
+.provider-status-auth .is-bad { color: #ef4444; }
+
+.provider-status-models {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: .5rem;
+}
+
+.provider-status-model {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: .2rem;
+  padding-top: .5rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+  font-size: .8rem;
+}
+
+.provider-status-model span { color: var(--muted-foreground); }
+
+.provider-status-badge--available { background: #166534; color: white; }
+.provider-status-badge--degraded { background: #a16207; color: white; }
+.provider-status-badge--unavailable { background: #991b1b; color: white; }
+.provider-status-badge--unobserved { background: #374151; color: white; }
+
+.provider-status-note,
+.provider-status-error,
+.provider-status-loading {
+  padding: 1rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: .65rem;
+}
+
+.provider-status-note p { margin: .4rem 0 0; color: var(--muted-foreground); }
+.provider-status-error { border-color: #991b1b; color: #fca5a5; }
+
+@media (max-width: 640px) {
+  .provider-status-page { padding: .75rem; }
+  .provider-status-header { align-items: stretch; flex-direction: column; }
+}
diff --git a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/manifest.json b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08cfca924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "auto-router",
+  "label": "Provider Status",
+  "description": "Codex, Claude, local model, routing fallback, and token activity observed by Switchyard.",
+  "icon": "Activity",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "tab": {
+    "path": "/provider-status",
+    "position": "after:models"
+  },
+  "entry": "dist/index.js",
+  "css": "dist/style.css",
+  "api": "plugin_api.py"
+}
diff --git a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/plugin_api.py b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/plugin_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec93f8cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/dashboard/plugin_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""Owner-authenticated dashboard API for Switchyard provider telemetry."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+
+# Dashboard API files are loaded as standalone modules by Hermes. Put the
+# owning plugin directory on the import path so this API and the TUI command
+# share one normalization implementation.
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]))
+from provider_status import provider_status_payload
+
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+@router.get("/status")
+def status() -> dict[str, object]:
+    """Return only non-secret account health and observed router counters."""
+    return provider_status_payload()
diff --git a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/provider_status.py b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/provider_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71fc5ad9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/provider_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+"""Read-only provider-pool status derived from Switchyard and local auth metadata."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import json
+import os
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
+from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
+
+
+SWITCHYARD_ROOT = os.environ.get(
+    "HERMES_SWITCHYARD_STATUS_URL",
+    "http://hermes-switchyard.hermes.svc.cluster.local:9005",
+).rstrip("/")
+CODEX_USAGE_URL = "https://chatgpt.com/codex/settings/usage"
+CLAUDE_USAGE_URL = "https://claude.ai/settings/usage"
+CODEX_AUTH_PATH = Path(
+    os.environ.get("CODEX_HOME", "/opt/data/home/.codex")
+) / "auth.json"
+CLAUDE_AUTH_PATH = Path(
+    os.environ.get("CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR", "/opt/data/home/.claude")
+) / ".credentials.json"
+
+
+def _read_json(path: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Return one local JSON object without leaking parsing details."""
+    try:
+        value = json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    except (OSError, TypeError, ValueError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return {}
+    return value if isinstance(value, dict) else {}
+
+
+def _get_json(url: str, timeout: float = 3.0) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Fetch a bounded JSON status response from the in-cluster router."""
+    request = Request(url, headers={"Accept": "application/json"})
+    try:
+        with urlopen(request, timeout=timeout) as response:
+            value = json.load(response)
+    except (HTTPError, URLError, OSError, TimeoutError, ValueError):
+        return {}
+    return value if isinstance(value, dict) else {}
+
+
+def _jwt_claims(token: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Decode trusted local token metadata for display; do not verify or return it."""
+    if not isinstance(token, str):
+        return {}
+    try:
+        encoded = token.split(".")[1]
+        encoded += "=" * (-len(encoded) % 4)
+        value = json.loads(base64.urlsafe_b64decode(encoded))
+    except (
+        IndexError,
+        TypeError,
+        ValueError,
+        json.JSONDecodeError,
+        base64.binascii.Error,
+    ):
+        return {}
+    return value if isinstance(value, dict) else {}
+
+
+def _timestamp(value: Any) -> tuple[str | None, bool | None]:
+    """Normalize an epoch or ISO-8601 timestamp and report whether it is live."""
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        rendered_value = value.strip()
+        if rendered_value and not rendered_value.replace(".", "", 1).isdigit():
+            try:
+                parsed = datetime.fromisoformat(rendered_value.replace("Z", "+00:00"))
+                if parsed.tzinfo is None:
+                    parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+            except ValueError:
+                return None, None
+            rendered = parsed.astimezone(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+            return rendered, parsed.timestamp() > time.time()
+    try:
+        raw = float(value)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None, None
+    if raw > 100_000_000_000:
+        raw /= 1000
+    try:
+        rendered = datetime.fromtimestamp(raw, tz=timezone.utc).isoformat()
+    except (OverflowError, OSError, ValueError):
+        return None, None
+    return rendered, raw > time.time()
+
+
+def _codex_account() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Return non-secret Codex plan and credential health metadata."""
+    auth = _read_json(CODEX_AUTH_PATH)
+    tokens = auth.get("tokens") if isinstance(auth.get("tokens"), dict) else {}
+    access = _jwt_claims(tokens.get("access_token"))
+    identity = _jwt_claims(tokens.get("id_token"))
+    claims = identity.get("https://api.openai.com/auth")
+    claims = claims if isinstance(claims, dict) else {}
+    expires_at, token_live = _timestamp(access.get("exp"))
+    subscription_until, subscription_live = _timestamp(
+        claims.get("chatgpt_subscription_active_until")
+    )
+    authenticated = bool(tokens.get("access_token")) and token_live is not False
+    return {
+        "authenticated": authenticated,
+        "auth_mode": auth.get("auth_mode") or "unknown",
+        "plan": claims.get("chatgpt_plan_type") or "unknown",
+        "token_expires_at": expires_at,
+        "subscription_active": subscription_live,
+        "subscription_until": subscription_until,
+        "last_refresh": auth.get("last_refresh"),
+        "quota_reported": False,
+        "usage_url": CODEX_USAGE_URL,
+    }
+
+
+def _claude_account() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Return non-secret Claude plan and credential health metadata."""
+    auth = _read_json(CLAUDE_AUTH_PATH)
+    oauth = auth.get("claudeAiOauth")
+    oauth = oauth if isinstance(oauth, dict) else {}
+    expires_at, token_live = _timestamp(oauth.get("expiresAt"))
+    refresh_expires_at, refresh_live = _timestamp(oauth.get("refreshTokenExpiresAt"))
+    authenticated = bool(oauth.get("accessToken")) and token_live is not False
+    return {
+        "authenticated": authenticated,
+        "plan": oauth.get("subscriptionType") or "unknown",
+        "rate_limit_tier": oauth.get("rateLimitTier") or "unknown",
+        "token_expires_at": expires_at,
+        "refresh_expires_at": refresh_expires_at,
+        "refresh_live": refresh_live,
+        "quota_reported": False,
+        "usage_url": CLAUDE_USAGE_URL,
+    }
+
+
+def _provider_for_model(model_id: str) -> str:
+    """Map Switchyard target identifiers to their operator-facing provider."""
+    value = model_id.lower()
+    if "/codex/" in value or value.startswith("openai"):
+        return "codex"
+    if "/claude/" in value or value.startswith("anthropic"):
+        return "claude"
+    if "/local/" in value or "qwen" in value or "ollama" in value:
+        return "local"
+    return "other"
+
+
+def _number(value: Any) -> int:
+    """Coerce non-negative counters from Switchyard's JSON safely."""
+    try:
+        return max(0, int(value or 0))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return 0
+
+
+def _provider_summary(name: str, models: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Aggregate successful calls, errors, tokens, and latency for one lane."""
+    selected: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    totals = {
+        "calls": 0,
+        "errors": 0,
+        "prompt_tokens": 0,
+        "completion_tokens": 0,
+        "reasoning_tokens": 0,
+        "total_tokens": 0,
+    }
+    latency_weight = 0.0
+    latency_calls = 0
+    for model_id, raw in sorted(models.items()):
+        if _provider_for_model(str(model_id)) != name or not isinstance(raw, dict):
+            continue
+        item = {"id": str(model_id)}
+        for key in totals:
+            item[key] = _number(raw.get(key))
+            totals[key] += item[key]
+        try:
+            item["avg_latency_ms"] = round(float(raw.get("avg_latency_ms") or 0), 1)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            item["avg_latency_ms"] = 0.0
+        latency_weight += item["avg_latency_ms"] * item["calls"]
+        latency_calls += item["calls"]
+        selected.append(item)
+
+    calls = totals["calls"]
+    errors = totals["errors"]
+    if calls and errors:
+        state = "degraded"
+    elif calls:
+        state = "available"
+    elif errors:
+        state = "unavailable"
+    else:
+        state = "unobserved"
+    return {
+        "state": state,
+        **totals,
+        "avg_latency_ms": round(latency_weight / latency_calls, 1)
+        if latency_calls
+        else 0.0,
+        "models": selected,
+    }
+
+
+def provider_status_payload() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build the owner-safe status document shared by dashboard and TUI."""
+    health = _get_json(f"{SWITCHYARD_ROOT}/health")
+    stats = _get_json(f"{SWITCHYARD_ROOT}/v1/stats")
+    router_ok = health.get("status") == "ok" and bool(stats)
+    models = stats.get("models") if isinstance(stats.get("models"), dict) else {}
+    providers = {
+        name: _provider_summary(name, models)
+        for name in ("codex", "claude", "local")
+    }
+    providers["codex"]["account"] = _codex_account()
+    providers["claude"]["account"] = _claude_account()
+    classifier = stats.get("classifier")
+    classifier = classifier if isinstance(classifier, dict) else {}
+    fallbacks = stats.get("routing_fallbacks")
+    fallbacks = fallbacks if isinstance(fallbacks, dict) else {}
+    return {
+        "generated_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+        "window": "Since the last Switchyard restart",
+        "quota_note": (
+            "Codex and Claude subscription balances are not exposed to this "
+            "router. Open the provider usage page for authoritative remaining "
+            "capacity; the counters here show actual work observed by Switchyard."
+        ),
+        "router": {
+            "state": "available" if router_ok else "unavailable",
+            "total_requests": _number(stats.get("total_requests")),
+            "total_errors": _number(stats.get("total_errors")),
+            "total_tokens": _number(
+                (stats.get("total_tokens") or {}).get("total")
+                if isinstance(stats.get("total_tokens"), dict)
+                else 0
+            ),
+            "fallbacks": {str(key): _number(value) for key, value in fallbacks.items()},
+            "classifier_calls": _number(classifier.get("total_requests")),
+            "classifier_errors": _number(classifier.get("total_errors")),
+        },
+        "providers": providers,
+    }
+
+
+def provider_status_text() -> str:
+    """Render the same status as a compact native Hermes command response."""
+    payload = provider_status_payload()
+    router = payload["router"]
+    labels = {"codex": "Codex", "claude": "Claude", "local": "Local"}
+    lines = [
+        f"Provider pool: Switchyard {router['state']}",
+        str(payload["window"]),
+    ]
+    for key in ("codex", "claude", "local"):
+        item = payload["providers"][key]
+        account = item.get("account") or {}
+        plan = f" · plan {account.get('plan', 'unknown')}" if account else ""
+        auth = ""
+        if account:
+            auth = " · auth ready" if account.get("authenticated") else " · auth unavailable"
+        lines.append(
+            f"{labels[key]}: {item['state']} · {item['calls']} completed · "
+            f"{item['errors']} errors · {item['total_tokens']} tokens{plan}{auth}"
+        )
+    lines.extend(
+        [
+            f"Fallbacks: {sum(router['fallbacks'].values())} · "
+            f"classifier: {router['classifier_calls']} calls / "
+            f"{router['classifier_errors']} errors",
+            str(payload["quota_note"]),
+            f"Codex usage: {CODEX_USAGE_URL}",
+            f"Claude usage: {CLAUDE_USAGE_URL}",
+            "Dashboard: Provider Status",
+        ]
+    )
+    return "\n".join(lines)
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_hermes_auto_router.py b/testing/tests/test_hermes_auto_router.py
index 3f8546cd0..549257cfd 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_hermes_auto_router.py
+++ b/testing/tests/test_hermes_auto_router.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 
 SOURCE = Path(__file__).parents[2] / "services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py"
+PLUGIN_ROOT = SOURCE.parent
+sys.path.insert(0, str(PLUGIN_ROOT.parent))
 SPEC = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("hermes_auto_router", SOURCE)
 assert SPEC and SPEC.loader
 router = importlib.util.module_from_spec(SPEC)
@@ -145,11 +147,89 @@ def test_registers_every_model_call_boundary_and_route_command():
         "pre_subagent_route",
     }
     assert "route" in commands
+    assert "providers" in commands
 
 
 def test_adapter_contains_no_content_classifier_or_direct_ollama_call():
     source = SOURCE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
     assert "jetson_decision" not in source
-    assert "urllib.request" not in source
     assert "ollama.ai.svc" not in source
+
+
+def test_provider_status_separates_observed_activity_from_plan_quota(monkeypatch):
+    status = sys.modules["hermes_auto_router"].provider_status_text.__globals__
+    module = sys.modules[status["provider_status_payload"].__module__]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(module, "_get_json", lambda url, timeout=3.0: (
+        {"status": "ok"} if url.endswith("/health") else {
+            "total_requests": 3,
+            "total_errors": 1,
+            "total_tokens": {"total": 900},
+            "models": {
+                "route/codex/sol/xhigh": {
+                    "calls": 1,
+                    "errors": 0,
+                    "total_tokens": 600,
+                    "avg_latency_ms": 1200,
+                },
+                "route/claude/sonnet/high": {
+                    "calls": 0,
+                    "errors": 1,
+                    "total_tokens": 0,
+                },
+                "route/local/qwen2.5-14b/medium": {
+                    "calls": 1,
+                    "errors": 0,
+                    "total_tokens": 300,
+                },
+            },
+            "routing_fallbacks": {"unavailable": 1},
+            "classifier": {"total_requests": 3, "total_errors": 0},
+        }
+    ))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(module, "_codex_account", lambda: {
+        "authenticated": True, "plan": "plus", "quota_reported": False,
+    })
+    monkeypatch.setattr(module, "_claude_account", lambda: {
+        "authenticated": True, "plan": "max", "quota_reported": False,
+    })
+
+    payload = module.provider_status_payload()
+
+    assert payload["router"]["state"] == "available"
+    assert payload["providers"]["codex"]["calls"] == 1
+    assert payload["providers"]["claude"]["state"] == "unavailable"
+    assert payload["providers"]["local"]["total_tokens"] == 300
+    assert payload["providers"]["codex"]["account"]["quota_reported"] is False
+    assert "not exposed" in payload["quota_note"]
+
+
+def test_provider_status_accepts_iso_and_epoch_credential_expiry():
+    status = sys.modules["hermes_auto_router"].provider_status_text.__globals__
+    module = sys.modules[status["provider_status_payload"].__module__]
+
+    iso_value, iso_live = module._timestamp("2999-01-01T00:00:00Z")
+    epoch_value, epoch_live = module._timestamp(32_472_192_000)
+
+    assert iso_value == "2999-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
+    assert iso_live is True
+    assert epoch_value and epoch_value.startswith("2999-01-01T")
+    assert epoch_live is True
+
+
+def test_agent_mounts_provider_status_dashboard_into_auto_router_plugin():
+    import yaml
+
+    root = Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    deployment = yaml.safe_load(
+        (root / "services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    )
+    volume = next(
+        item for item in deployment["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["volumes"]
+        if item["name"] == "auto-router-plugin"
+    )
+    paths = {item["path"] for item in volume["configMap"]["items"]}
+    assert "provider_status.py" in paths
+    assert "dashboard/manifest.json" in paths
+    assert "dashboard/plugin_api.py" in paths
+    assert "dashboard/dist/index.js" in paths