diff --git a/.github/workflows/opencode-hourly-loop.yml b/.github/workflows/opencode-hourly-loop.yml
index 811101268..f56046d35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opencode-hourly-loop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opencode-hourly-loop.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
           cat > ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json <<JSON
           {
             "\$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
-            "model": "contextual_orchestrator_gateway/orchestrator/auto",
+            "model": "contextual_orchestrator_gateway/orchestrator/free",
             "provider": {
               "contextual_orchestrator_gateway": {
                 "npm": "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible",
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
                   "apiKey": "${CONTEXTUAL_ORCHESTRATOR_TOKEN}"
                 },
                 "models": {
-                  "orchestrator/auto": { "name": "measured automatic orchestration" }
+                  "orchestrator/free": { "name": "fail-closed zero-cost orchestration" }
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
-          ./node_modules/.bin/opencode run --model contextual_orchestrator_gateway/orchestrator/auto \
+          ./node_modules/.bin/opencode run --model contextual_orchestrator_gateway/orchestrator/free \
             "$(cat .github/opencode/hourly-loop-prompt.md)"
 
       - name: Dump gateway log on failure
diff --git a/tests/test_hourly_opencode_loop_contract.py b/tests/test_hourly_opencode_loop_contract.py
index 7ee2cf01c..6cce62dde 100644
--- a/tests/test_hourly_opencode_loop_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_hourly_opencode_loop_contract.py
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-def test_hourly_loop_uses_the_local_auto_orchestrator_without_copilot_token() -> None:
+def test_hourly_loop_uses_the_local_free_orchestrator_without_copilot_token() -> None:
     """Keep scheduled agent traffic on the seeded gateway and required key set."""
     workflow = Path(".github/workflows/opencode-hourly-loop.yml").read_text()
     prompt = Path(".github/opencode/hourly-loop-prompt.md").read_text()
 
     assert 'cron: "23 * * * *"' in workflow
     assert "--auto-discover-model-agents" in workflow
-    assert workflow.count("contextual_orchestrator_gateway/orchestrator/auto") == 2
+    assert workflow.count("contextual_orchestrator_gateway/orchestrator/free") == 2
+    assert "contextual_orchestrator_gateway/orchestrator/auto" not in workflow
     for credential_name in (
         "BYTEZ_API_KEY",
         "NVIDIA_NIM_API_KEY",