diff --git a/nemoclaw-blueprint/policies/presets/local-inference.yaml b/nemoclaw-blueprint/policies/presets/local-inference.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c692cdce252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nemoclaw-blueprint/policies/presets/local-inference.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+preset:
+  name: local-inference
+  description: "Local inference access (Ollama, vLLM) via host gateway"
+
+network_policies:
+  local_inference:
+    name: local_inference
+    endpoints:
+      - host: host.openshell.internal
+        port: 11434
+        protocol: rest
+        enforcement: enforce
+        rules:
+          - allow: { method: GET, path: "/**" }
+          - allow: { method: POST, path: "/**" }
+      - host: host.openshell.internal
+        port: 8000
+        protocol: rest
+        enforcement: enforce
+        rules:
+          - allow: { method: GET, path: "/**" }
+          - allow: { method: POST, path: "/**" }
+    binaries:
+      - { path: /usr/local/bin/openclaw }
+      - { path: /usr/local/bin/claude }
diff --git a/src/lib/onboard.ts b/src/lib/onboard.ts
index 4ae3f674699..052dfdc8715 100644
--- a/src/lib/onboard.ts
+++ b/src/lib/onboard.ts
@@ -4502,8 +4502,14 @@ async function setupMessagingChannels() {
   return selected;
 }
 
-function getSuggestedPolicyPresets({ enabledChannels = null, webSearchConfig = null } = {}) {
+function getSuggestedPolicyPresets({ enabledChannels = null, webSearchConfig = null, provider = null } = {}) {
   const suggestions = ["pypi", "npm"];
+
+  // Auto-suggest local-inference preset when a local provider is selected
+  const localProviders = ["ollama-local", "vllm-local", "nim-local"];
+  if (provider && localProviders.includes(provider)) {
+    suggestions.push("local-inference");
+  }
   const usesExplicitMessagingSelection = Array.isArray(enabledChannels);
 
   const maybeSuggestMessagingPreset = (channel, envKey) => {
@@ -5118,6 +5124,7 @@ async function setupPoliciesWithSelection(sandboxName, options = {}) {
   const onSelection = typeof options.onSelection === "function" ? options.onSelection : null;
   const webSearchConfig = options.webSearchConfig || null;
   const enabledChannels = Array.isArray(options.enabledChannels) ? options.enabledChannels : null;
+  const provider = options.provider || null;
 
   step(8, 8, "Policy presets");
 
@@ -5147,6 +5154,11 @@ async function setupPoliciesWithSelection(sandboxName, options = {}) {
   const suggestions = tiers.resolveTierPresets(tierName).map((p) => p.name);
   // Allow credential-based overrides on top of the tier (additive only).
   if (webSearchConfig && !suggestions.includes("brave")) suggestions.push("brave");
+  // Auto-suggest local-inference preset when a local provider is selected
+  const localProviders = ["ollama-local", "vllm-local", "nim-local"];
+  if (provider && localProviders.includes(provider) && !suggestions.includes("local-inference")) {
+    suggestions.push("local-inference");
+  }
 
   if (isNonInteractive()) {
     const policyMode = (process.env.NEMOCLAW_POLICY_MODE || "suggested").trim().toLowerCase();
@@ -5966,6 +5978,7 @@ async function onboard(opts = {}) {
               : null,
           enabledChannels: selectedMessagingChannels,
           webSearchConfig,
+          provider,
           onSelection: (policyPresets) => {
             onboardSession.updateSession((current) => {
               current.policyPresets = policyPresets;
diff --git a/test/policies.test.ts b/test/policies.test.ts
index 137f94cbfe5..426f32f85f1 100644
--- a/test/policies.test.ts
+++ b/test/policies.test.ts
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ selectFromList(items, options)
 
 describe("policies", () => {
   describe("listPresets", () => {
-    it("returns all 11 presets", () => {
+    it("returns all 12 presets", () => {
       const presets = policies.listPresets();
-      expect(presets.length).toBe(11);
+      expect(presets.length).toBe(12);
     });
 
     it("each preset has name and description", () => {
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ describe("policies", () => {
         "github",
         "huggingface",
         "jira",
+        "local-inference",
         "npm",
         "outlook",
         "pypi",