diff --git a/php/Console/Commands/AgenticDispatchQueueCommand.php b/php/Console/Commands/AgenticDispatchQueueCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ef50e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/Console/Commands/AgenticDispatchQueueCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+<?php
+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Core\Mod\Agentic\Console\Commands;
+
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Jobs\DispatchMantisTicketJob;
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Services\MantisClient;
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Services\ProfileSelector;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Throwable;
+
+class AgenticDispatchQueueCommand extends Command
+{
+    private const IN_FLIGHT_MARKER_PREFIX = 'Picked up by agentic dispatch queue';
+
+    private const IN_FLIGHT_WINDOW_MINUTES = 5;
+
+    protected $signature = 'agentic:dispatch-queue
+        {--limit=3 : Maximum Mantis tickets to queue}';
+
+    protected $description = 'Queue open Mantis tickets for agentic dispatch';
+
+    public function handle(MantisClient $mantisClient, ProfileSelector $profileSelector): int
+    {
+        $limit = (int) $this->option('limit');
+
+        if ($limit < 1) {
+            $this->error('--limit must be greater than zero.');
+
+            return self::FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        $tickets = $mantisClient->listOpen();
+
+        if ($tickets === []) {
+            $this->info('No open Mantis tickets awaiting dispatch.');
+            Log::info('agentic:dispatch-queue found no open tickets', [
+                'limit' => $limit,
+            ]);
+
+            return self::SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        Log::info('agentic:dispatch-queue starting', [
+            'limit' => $limit,
+            'open_tickets' => count($tickets),
+        ]);
+
+        $queued = 0;
+        $skippedAssigned = 0;
+        $skippedSuppressed = 0;
+        $skippedUnavailable = 0;
+        $failed = 0;
+
+        foreach ($tickets as $ticket) {
+            if ($queued >= $limit) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            $ticketId = $this->ticketId($ticket);
+
+            if ($ticketId === null) {
+                $failed++;
+
+                Log::warning('agentic:dispatch-queue skipped ticket with invalid identifier', [
+                    'ticket' => $ticket,
+                ]);
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (! $this->isUnassigned($ticket)) {
+                $skippedAssigned++;
+
+                Log::info('agentic:dispatch-queue skipped assigned ticket', [
+                    'ticket_id' => $ticketId,
+                ]);
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($this->hasRecentDispatchMarker($ticket)) {
+                $skippedSuppressed++;
+
+                Log::info('agentic:dispatch-queue skipped in-flight ticket', [
+                    'ticket_id' => $ticketId,
+                ]);
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $profile = $profileSelector->pickFor($ticket);
+
+            if ($profile === null) {
+                $skippedUnavailable++;
+
+                Log::info('agentic:dispatch-queue found no eligible profile for ticket', [
+                    'ticket_id' => $ticketId,
+                ]);
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                $mantisClient->note($ticketId, $this->inFlightNote($profile->name));
+                DispatchMantisTicketJob::dispatch($ticketId);
+
+                $queued++;
+
+                $this->line("Queued Mantis ticket #{$ticketId} with profile {$profile->name}.");
+                Log::info('agentic:dispatch-queue queued ticket', [
+                    'ticket_id' => $ticketId,
+                    'profile_id' => $profile->id,
+                    'profile_name' => $profile->name,
+                ]);
+            } catch (Throwable $throwable) {
+                $failed++;
+
+                $this->warn("Failed to queue Mantis ticket #{$ticketId}: {$throwable->getMessage()}");
+                Log::warning('agentic:dispatch-queue failed to queue ticket', [
+                    'ticket_id' => $ticketId,
+                    'profile_id' => $profile->id,
+                    'profile_name' => $profile->name,
+                    'error' => $throwable->getMessage(),
+                ]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->info(
+            "Queued {$queued} Mantis ticket(s); "
+            ."skipped {$skippedAssigned} assigned, {$skippedSuppressed} in-flight, "
+            ."{$skippedUnavailable} without matching profile; {$failed} failed.",
+        );
+
+        Log::info('agentic:dispatch-queue completed', [
+            'queued' => $queued,
+            'skipped_assigned' => $skippedAssigned,
+            'skipped_suppressed' => $skippedSuppressed,
+            'skipped_unavailable' => $skippedUnavailable,
+            'failed' => $failed,
+        ]);
+
+        return $failed === 0 ? self::SUCCESS : self::FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $ticket
+     */
+    private function ticketId(array $ticket): ?int
+    {
+        $ticketId = data_get($ticket, 'id');
+
+        if (is_int($ticketId)) {
+            return $ticketId;
+        }
+
+        if (is_string($ticketId) && ctype_digit($ticketId)) {
+            return (int) $ticketId;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $ticket
+     */
+    private function isUnassigned(array $ticket): bool
+    {
+        foreach ([
+            data_get($ticket, 'handler.id'),
+            data_get($ticket, 'handler.name'),
+            data_get($ticket, 'handler.username'),
+            data_get($ticket, 'assigned_to.id'),
+            data_get($ticket, 'assigned_to.name'),
+            data_get($ticket, 'assigned_to.username'),
+        ] as $candidate) {
+            if (is_scalar($candidate) && trim((string) $candidate) !== '') {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return blank(data_get($ticket, 'handler')) && blank(data_get($ticket, 'assigned_to'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $ticket
+     */
+    private function hasRecentDispatchMarker(array $ticket): bool
+    {
+        $notes = data_get($ticket, 'notes');
+
+        if (! is_array($notes)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $threshold = now()->subMinutes(self::IN_FLIGHT_WINDOW_MINUTES);
+
+        foreach ($notes as $note) {
+            $noteText = $this->noteText($note);
+            $createdAt = $this->noteTimestamp($note);
+
+            if ($noteText === null || $createdAt === null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (str_contains($noteText, self::IN_FLIGHT_MARKER_PREFIX) && $createdAt->greaterThanOrEqualTo($threshold)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private function inFlightNote(string $profileName): string
+    {
+        return self::IN_FLIGHT_MARKER_PREFIX
+            ." (profile: {$profileName}). Suppressing concurrent dispatch for 5min.";
+    }
+
+    private function noteText(mixed $note): ?string
+    {
+        $text = data_get($note, 'text');
+
+        if (! is_string($text)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $text = trim($text);
+
+        return $text === '' ? null : $text;
+    }
+
+    private function noteTimestamp(mixed $note): ?Carbon
+    {
+        foreach (['created_at', 'date_submitted', 'updated_at', 'last_modified'] as $key) {
+            $timestamp = $this->parseTimestamp(data_get($note, $key));
+
+            if ($timestamp instanceof Carbon) {
+                return $timestamp;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private function parseTimestamp(mixed $value): ?Carbon
+    {
+        if (is_int($value) || (is_string($value) && ctype_digit($value))) {
+            return Carbon::createFromTimestamp((int) $value);
+        }
+
+        if (is_string($value) && trim($value) !== '') {
+            try {
+                return Carbon::parse($value);
+            } catch (Throwable) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach (['date', 'value', 'timestamp'] as $key) {
+            $nestedValue = data_get($value, $key);
+
+            if ($nestedValue === null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $timestamp = $this->parseTimestamp($nestedValue);
+
+            if ($timestamp instanceof Carbon) {
+                return $timestamp;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/php/Console/Commands/AgenticSyncProfilesCommand.php b/php/Console/Commands/AgenticSyncProfilesCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf4c4e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/Console/Commands/AgenticSyncProfilesCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+<?php
+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Core\Mod\Agentic\Console\Commands;
+
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Models\AgentProfile;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use RuntimeException;
+use Throwable;
+
+class AgenticSyncProfilesCommand extends Command
+{
+    protected $signature = 'agentic:sync-profiles';
+
+    protected $description = 'Synchronise agent profile capability tags from gateway model catalogues';
+
+    public function handle(): int
+    {
+        $profiles = AgentProfile::query()
+            ->orderBy('id')
+            ->get();
+
+        if ($profiles->isEmpty()) {
+            $this->info('No agent profiles found to synchronise.');
+            Log::info('agentic:sync-profiles found no profiles');
+
+            return self::SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        Log::info('agentic:sync-profiles starting', [
+            'profiles' => $profiles->count(),
+        ]);
+
+        $synchronised = 0;
+        $failed = 0;
+
+        foreach ($profiles as $profile) {
+            try {
+                $modelIdentifiers = $this->fetchModelIdentifiers($profile);
+                $capabilityTags = $this->inferCapabilityTags($modelIdentifiers);
+
+                $profile->forceFill([
+                    'capability_tags' => $capabilityTags,
+                ])->save();
+
+                $synchronised++;
+
+                $this->line(
+                    sprintf(
+                        'Synchronised %s: %s',
+                        $profile->name,
+                        $capabilityTags === [] ? '[none]' : '['.implode(', ', $capabilityTags).']',
+                    ),
+                );
+
+                Log::info('agentic:sync-profiles synchronised profile', [
+                    'profile_id' => $profile->id,
+                    'profile_name' => $profile->name,
+                    'model_count' => count($modelIdentifiers),
+                    'capability_tags' => $capabilityTags,
+                ]);
+            } catch (Throwable $throwable) {
+                $failed++;
+
+                $message = "Failed to synchronise {$profile->name}: {$throwable->getMessage()}";
+
+                $this->warn($message);
+                Log::warning('agentic:sync-profiles failed to synchronise profile', [
+                    'profile_id' => $profile->id,
+                    'profile_name' => $profile->name,
+                    'error' => $throwable->getMessage(),
+                ]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->info("Synchronised {$synchronised} profile(s); {$failed} failed.");
+
+        Log::info('agentic:sync-profiles completed', [
+            'synchronised' => $synchronised,
+            'failed' => $failed,
+        ]);
+
+        return $failed === 0 ? self::SUCCESS : self::FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return list<string>
+     */
+    private function fetchModelIdentifiers(AgentProfile $profile): array
+    {
+        $response = Http::withToken((string) $profile->api_key_cipher)
+            ->acceptJson()
+            ->timeout(15)
+            ->get($this->modelsUrl($profile));
+
+        if (! $response->successful()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Gateway models request failed: {$response->status()}");
+        }
+
+        $payload = $response->json();
+        $records = is_array($payload)
+            ? ($payload['data'] ?? $payload['models'] ?? $payload)
+            : [];
+
+        if (! is_array($records)) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        $identifiers = [];
+
+        foreach ($records as $record) {
+            $identifier = $this->extractModelIdentifier($record);
+
+            if ($identifier === null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $identifiers[] = $identifier;
+        }
+
+        sort($identifiers, SORT_NATURAL | SORT_FLAG_CASE);
+
+        return array_values(array_unique($identifiers));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return list<string>
+     */
+    private function inferCapabilityTags(array $modelIdentifiers): array
+    {
+        $capabilityTags = [];
+
+        foreach ($modelIdentifiers as $modelIdentifier) {
+            foreach ($this->inferTagsForModel($modelIdentifier) as $tag) {
+                $capabilityTags[$tag] = $tag;
+            }
+        }
+
+        ksort($capabilityTags);
+
+        return array_values($capabilityTags);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return list<string>
+     */
+    private function inferTagsForModel(string $modelIdentifier): array
+    {
+        $tags = [];
+        $isSmallReasoner = (
+            (str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'gpt') || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'o3') || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'o4'))
+            && (str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'mini') || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'nano'))
+        );
+
+        if (str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'embedding')) {
+            $tags[] = 'embedding';
+        }
+
+        if (str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'claude-opus') || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'opus')) {
+            array_push($tags, 'analysis', 'core', 'handoff');
+        } elseif (! $isSmallReasoner && (
+            str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'claude')
+            || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'sonnet')
+            || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'haiku')
+            || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'gpt')
+            || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'o3')
+            || str_contains($modelIdentifier, 'o4')
+        )) {
+            $tags[] = 'analysis';
+        }
+
+        if ($isSmallReasoner) {
+            array_push($tags, 'cheap', 'dispatch');
+        }
+
+        return array_values(array_unique($tags));
+    }
+
+    private function modelsUrl(AgentProfile $profile): string
+    {
+        return rtrim($profile->gateway_url, '/').'/v1/models';
+    }
+
+    private function extractModelIdentifier(mixed $record): ?string
+    {
+        if (is_string($record)) {
+            return $this->normaliseModelIdentifier($record);
+        }
+
+        foreach (['id', 'name', 'model'] as $key) {
+            $value = data_get($record, $key);
+
+            if (! is_string($value)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            return $this->normaliseModelIdentifier($value);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private function normaliseModelIdentifier(string $modelIdentifier): ?string
+    {
+        $normalised = strtolower(trim($modelIdentifier));
+
+        return $normalised === '' ? null : $normalised;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/php/Services/MantisClient.php b/php/Services/MantisClient.php
index 86cb7b7..5ae3305 100644
--- a/php/Services/MantisClient.php
+++ b/php/Services/MantisClient.php
@@ -17,6 +17,24 @@ class MantisClient
         private ?string $token = null,
     ) {}
 
+    /**
+     * @return list<array<string, mixed>>
+     */
+    public function listOpen(): array
+    {
+        $response = $this->request()->get('/api/rest/issues', [
+            'status' => 'new',
+        ]);
+
+        if (! $response->successful()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Mantis listOpen failed: {$response->status()}");
+        }
+
+        $issues = $response->json('issues');
+
+        return is_array($issues) ? array_values(array_filter($issues, 'is_array')) : [];
+    }
+
     public function note(int $ticketId, string $text): void
     {
         $response = $this->request()->post("/api/rest/issues/{$ticketId}/notes", [
diff --git a/php/tests/Feature/Console/AgenticDispatchQueueCommandTest.php b/php/tests/Feature/Console/AgenticDispatchQueueCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d05ed4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/tests/Feature/Console/AgenticDispatchQueueCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+<?php
+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Console\Commands\AgenticDispatchQueueCommand;
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Jobs\DispatchMantisTicketJob;
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Models\AgentProfile;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel;
+use Illuminate\Http\Client\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+
+beforeEach(function (): void {
+    if (! is_string(config('app.key')) || config('app.key') === '') {
+        config(['app.key' => 'base64:'.base64_encode(random_bytes(32))]);
+    }
+
+    config([
+        'agentic.mantis.base_url' => 'https://tasks.example.test',
+        'agentic.mantis.token' => 'mantis-token-123',
+    ]);
+
+    Carbon::setTestNow('2026-04-26 12:00:00');
+
+    $this->app->make(Kernel::class)->registerCommand(
+        $this->app->make(AgenticDispatchQueueCommand::class),
+    );
+});
+
+afterEach(function (): void {
+    Carbon::setTestNow();
+});
+
+function dispatchQueueProfile(array $attributes = []): AgentProfile
+{
+    return AgentProfile::create(array_merge([
+        'name' => $attributes['name'] ?? 'dispatch-profile',
+        'gateway_url' => $attributes['gateway_url'] ?? 'https://gateway.example.test',
+        'api_key_cipher' => $attributes['api_key_cipher'] ?? 'plain-secret',
+        'cost_class' => 'C',
+        'capability_tags' => ['dispatch'],
+        'quota_headroom_pct' => 100,
+        'enabled' => true,
+        'last_dispatched_at' => null,
+    ], $attributes));
+}
+
+test('AgenticDispatchQueueCommand_handle_Good_queues_up_to_the_default_limit_and_marks_tickets_in_flight', function (): void {
+    Queue::fake();
+
+    dispatchQueueProfile([
+        'name' => 'core-profile',
+        'cost_class' => 'A',
+        'capability_tags' => ['core'],
+    ]);
+
+    dispatchQueueProfile([
+        'name' => 'review-profile',
+        'cost_class' => 'B',
+        'capability_tags' => ['review'],
+        'quota_headroom_pct' => 50,
+    ]);
+
+    dispatchQueueProfile([
+        'name' => 'general-profile',
+        'cost_class' => 'C',
+        'capability_tags' => ['dispatch'],
+    ]);
+
+    Http::fake([
+        'https://tasks.example.test/api/rest/issues?status=new' => Http::response([
+            'issues' => [
+                [
+                    'id' => 900,
+                    'handler' => [
+                        'id' => 7,
+                        'name' => 'assigned-user',
+                    ],
+                    'summary' => 'Already assigned ticket',
+                    'tags' => ['core'],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'id' => 901,
+                    'notes' => [
+                        [
+                            'text' => 'Picked up by agentic dispatch queue (profile: stale-profile). Suppressing concurrent dispatch for 5min.',
+                            'created_at' => now()->subMinutes(2)->toIso8601String(),
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                    'summary' => 'Recently claimed ticket',
+                    'tags' => ['review'],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'id' => 902,
+                    'severity' => 'critical',
+                    'summary' => 'Core escalation',
+                    'tags' => ['core'],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'id' => 903,
+                    'severity' => 'major',
+                    'summary' => 'Review queue item',
+                    'tags' => ['review'],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'id' => 904,
+                    'severity' => 'minor',
+                    'summary' => 'General maintenance',
+                    'tags' => [],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ], 200),
+        'https://tasks.example.test/api/rest/issues/*/notes' => Http::response([], 201),
+    ]);
+
+    $this->artisan('agentic:dispatch-queue')
+        ->expectsOutputToContain('Queued 3 Mantis ticket(s); skipped 1 assigned, 1 in-flight, 0 without matching profile; 0 failed.')
+        ->assertSuccessful();
+
+    Queue::assertPushedOn('ai', DispatchMantisTicketJob::class);
+    Queue::assertPushed(DispatchMantisTicketJob::class, 3);
+    Queue::assertPushed(DispatchMantisTicketJob::class, fn (DispatchMantisTicketJob $job): bool => $job->ticketId === 902);
+    Queue::assertPushed(DispatchMantisTicketJob::class, fn (DispatchMantisTicketJob $job): bool => $job->ticketId === 903);
+    Queue::assertPushed(DispatchMantisTicketJob::class, fn (DispatchMantisTicketJob $job): bool => $job->ticketId === 904);
+    Queue::assertNotPushed(DispatchMantisTicketJob::class, fn (DispatchMantisTicketJob $job): bool => in_array($job->ticketId, [900, 901], true));
+
+    Http::assertSent(fn (Request $request): bool => $request->method() === 'GET'
+        && $request->url() === 'https://tasks.example.test/api/rest/issues?status=new'
+        && $request->hasHeader('Authorization', 'mantis-token-123'));
+
+    Http::assertSent(fn (Request $request): bool => $request->method() === 'POST'
+        && $request->url() === 'https://tasks.example.test/api/rest/issues/902/notes'
+        && $request['text'] === 'Picked up by agentic dispatch queue (profile: core-profile). Suppressing concurrent dispatch for 5min.');
+
+    Http::assertSent(fn (Request $request): bool => $request->method() === 'POST'
+        && $request->url() === 'https://tasks.example.test/api/rest/issues/903/notes'
+        && $request['text'] === 'Picked up by agentic dispatch queue (profile: review-profile). Suppressing concurrent dispatch for 5min.');
+
+    Http::assertSent(fn (Request $request): bool => $request->method() === 'POST'
+        && $request->url() === 'https://tasks.example.test/api/rest/issues/904/notes'
+        && $request['text'] === 'Picked up by agentic dispatch queue (profile: general-profile). Suppressing concurrent dispatch for 5min.');
+
+    Http::assertSentCount(4);
+});
+
+test('AgenticDispatchQueueCommand_handle_Bad_rejects_non_positive_limits', function (): void {
+    Queue::fake();
+    Http::fake();
+
+    $this->artisan('agentic:dispatch-queue', ['--limit' => 0])
+        ->expectsOutput('--limit must be greater than zero.')
+        ->assertExitCode(Command::FAILURE);
+
+    Queue::assertNothingPushed();
+    Http::assertNothingSent();
+});
+
+test('AgenticDispatchQueueCommand_handle_Ugly_honours_a_custom_limit_after_skips', function (): void {
+    Queue::fake();
+
+    dispatchQueueProfile([
+        'name' => 'core-profile',
+        'cost_class' => 'A',
+        'capability_tags' => ['core'],
+    ]);
+
+    dispatchQueueProfile([
+        'name' => 'general-profile',
+        'cost_class' => 'C',
+        'capability_tags' => ['dispatch'],
+    ]);
+
+    Http::fake([
+        'https://tasks.example.test/api/rest/issues?status=new' => Http::response([
+            'issues' => [
+                [
+                    'id' => 910,
+                    'handler' => [
+                        'id' => 3,
+                        'name' => 'assigned-user',
+                    ],
+                    'summary' => 'Assigned first',
+                    'tags' => ['core'],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'id' => 911,
+                    'severity' => 'critical',
+                    'summary' => 'First queueable ticket',
+                    'tags' => ['core'],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'id' => 912,
+                    'severity' => 'minor',
+                    'summary' => 'Would queue next if limit allowed',
+                    'tags' => [],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ], 200),
+        'https://tasks.example.test/api/rest/issues/*/notes' => Http::response([], 201),
+    ]);
+
+    $this->artisan('agentic:dispatch-queue', ['--limit' => 1])
+        ->expectsOutputToContain('Queued 1 Mantis ticket(s); skipped 1 assigned, 0 in-flight, 0 without matching profile; 0 failed.')
+        ->assertSuccessful();
+
+    Queue::assertPushed(DispatchMantisTicketJob::class, 1);
+    Queue::assertPushed(DispatchMantisTicketJob::class, fn (DispatchMantisTicketJob $job): bool => $job->ticketId === 911);
+    Queue::assertNotPushed(DispatchMantisTicketJob::class, fn (DispatchMantisTicketJob $job): bool => $job->ticketId === 912);
+
+    Http::assertSentCount(2);
+});
diff --git a/php/tests/Feature/Console/AgenticSyncProfilesCommandTest.php b/php/tests/Feature/Console/AgenticSyncProfilesCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6622a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/tests/Feature/Console/AgenticSyncProfilesCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+<?php
+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Console\Commands\AgenticSyncProfilesCommand;
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Models\AgentProfile;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel;
+use Illuminate\Http\Client\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+
+beforeEach(function (): void {
+    if (! is_string(config('app.key')) || config('app.key') === '') {
+        config(['app.key' => 'base64:'.base64_encode(random_bytes(32))]);
+    }
+
+    $this->app->make(Kernel::class)->registerCommand(
+        $this->app->make(AgenticSyncProfilesCommand::class),
+    );
+});
+
+function syncProfilesProfile(array $attributes = []): AgentProfile
+{
+    return AgentProfile::create(array_merge([
+        'name' => $attributes['name'] ?? 'dispatch-profile',
+        'gateway_url' => $attributes['gateway_url'] ?? 'https://gateway.example.test',
+        'api_key_cipher' => $attributes['api_key_cipher'] ?? 'plain-secret',
+        'cost_class' => 'C',
+        'capability_tags' => ['dispatch'],
+        'quota_headroom_pct' => 100,
+        'enabled' => true,
+        'last_dispatched_at' => null,
+    ], $attributes));
+}
+
+test('AgenticSyncProfilesCommand_handle_Good_synchronises_gateway_models_without_touching_dispatch_usage', function (): void {
+    $lastDispatchedAt = Carbon::parse('2026-04-26 09:15:00');
+
+    $opusProfile = syncProfilesProfile([
+        'name' => 'claude-opus-profile',
+        'gateway_url' => 'https://gateway-opus.example.test',
+        'api_key_cipher' => 'opus-token',
+        'capability_tags' => ['stale'],
+        'last_dispatched_at' => $lastDispatchedAt,
+    ]);
+
+    $miniProfile = syncProfilesProfile([
+        'name' => 'gpt-mini-profile',
+        'gateway_url' => 'https://gateway-mini.example.test',
+        'api_key_cipher' => 'mini-token',
+        'capability_tags' => ['old-tag'],
+        'enabled' => false,
+    ]);
+
+    Http::fake([
+        'https://gateway-opus.example.test/v1/models' => Http::response([
+            'data' => [
+                ['id' => 'claude-opus-4-1'],
+                ['id' => 'embedding-3-large'],
+            ],
+        ], 200),
+        'https://gateway-mini.example.test/v1/models' => Http::response([
+            'data' => [
+                ['id' => 'gpt-5.4-mini'],
+            ],
+        ], 200),
+    ]);
+
+    $this->artisan('agentic:sync-profiles')
+        ->expectsOutputToContain('Synchronised 2 profile(s); 0 failed.')
+        ->assertSuccessful();
+
+    Http::assertSent(fn (Request $request): bool => $request->method() === 'GET'
+        && $request->url() === 'https://gateway-opus.example.test/v1/models'
+        && $request->hasHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer opus-token'));
+
+    Http::assertSent(fn (Request $request): bool => $request->method() === 'GET'
+        && $request->url() === 'https://gateway-mini.example.test/v1/models'
+        && $request->hasHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer mini-token'));
+
+    expect($opusProfile->fresh()->capability_tags)->toBe([
+        'analysis',
+        'core',
+        'embedding',
+        'handoff',
+    ])->and($opusProfile->fresh()->last_dispatched_at?->equalTo($lastDispatchedAt))->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($miniProfile->fresh()->capability_tags)->toBe([
+            'cheap',
+            'dispatch',
+        ]);
+});
+
+test('AgenticSyncProfilesCommand_handle_Bad_continues_past_gateway_failures_and_returns_failure', function (): void {
+    $healthyProfile = syncProfilesProfile([
+        'name' => 'healthy-profile',
+        'gateway_url' => 'https://gateway-healthy.example.test',
+        'api_key_cipher' => 'healthy-token',
+    ]);
+
+    $brokenProfile = syncProfilesProfile([
+        'name' => 'broken-profile',
+        'gateway_url' => 'https://gateway-broken.example.test',
+        'api_key_cipher' => 'broken-token',
+        'capability_tags' => ['keep-me'],
+    ]);
+
+    Http::fake([
+        'https://gateway-healthy.example.test/v1/models' => Http::response([
+            'data' => [
+                ['id' => 'gpt-5.4-mini'],
+            ],
+        ], 200),
+        'https://gateway-broken.example.test/v1/models' => Http::response([], 500),
+    ]);
+
+    $this->artisan('agentic:sync-profiles')
+        ->expectsOutputToContain('Failed to synchronise broken-profile: Gateway models request failed: 500')
+        ->expectsOutputToContain('Synchronised 1 profile(s); 1 failed.')
+        ->assertExitCode(Command::FAILURE);
+
+    expect($healthyProfile->fresh()->capability_tags)->toBe([
+        'cheap',
+        'dispatch',
+    ])->and($brokenProfile->fresh()->capability_tags)->toBe([
+        'keep-me',
+    ]);
+});