diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 641102b..32ac407 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "paperclip-adapter-opencode-k8s",
-  "version": "0.1.35",
+  "version": "0.1.36",
   "description": "Paperclip adapter plugin that runs OpenCode agents as Kubernetes Jobs",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
index 1f6aa1d..626969f 100644
--- a/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { ServerAdapterModule } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils";
 import { getAdapterSessionManagement } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils";
 import { type, agentConfigurationDoc } from "../index.js";
-import { listK8sModels } from "./models.js";
+import { listK8sModels, STATIC_MODELS } from "./models.js";
 import { execute } from "./execute.js";
 import { testEnvironment } from "./test.js";
 import { sessionCodec } from "./session.js";
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export function createServerAdapter(): ServerAdapterModule {
     execute,
     testEnvironment,
     sessionCodec,
+    models: STATIC_MODELS,
     listModels: listK8sModels,
     listSkills: listOpenCodeSkills,
     syncSkills: syncOpenCodeSkills,
diff --git a/src/server/models.ts b/src/server/models.ts
index cf92024..42cb524 100644
--- a/src/server/models.ts
+++ b/src/server/models.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import type { AdapterModel } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils";
 import { asString, ensurePathInEnv, runChildProcess } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils/server-utils";
 
+export const STATIC_MODELS: AdapterModel[] = [
+  { id: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-7", label: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-7" },
+  { id: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6", label: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6" },
+  { id: "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5", label: "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5" },
+  { id: "openai/gpt-4o", label: "openai/gpt-4o" },
+  { id: "google/gemini-2.5-pro", label: "google/gemini-2.5-pro" },
+  { id: "google/gemini-2.5-flash", label: "google/gemini-2.5-flash" },
+];
+
 const MODELS_CACHE_TTL_MS = 60_000;
 const MODELS_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000;
 
diff --git a/src/server/server-adapter.test.ts b/src/server/server-adapter.test.ts
index 3831605..ae01bd1 100644
--- a/src/server/server-adapter.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/server-adapter.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ describe("createServerAdapter", () => {
     expect(adapter.type).toBe("opencode_k8s");
   });
 
+  it("exposes a non-empty static models list so the UI renders before listModels resolves", () => {
+    const adapter = createServerAdapter();
+    expect(Array.isArray(adapter.models)).toBe(true);
+    expect(adapter.models!.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    for (const m of adapter.models!) {
+      expect(m.id).toMatch(/^[^/]+\/.+/);
+      expect(m.label).toBe(m.id);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("exposes listModels for dynamic model discovery", () => {
     const adapter = createServerAdapter();
     expect(typeof adapter.listModels).toBe("function");