diff --git a/mobile/src/cloud/CloudAgentPicker.test.tsx b/mobile/src/cloud/CloudAgentPicker.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b482871bd4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/cloud/CloudAgentPicker.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { createElement } from 'react'
+import { act, create, type ReactTestInstance, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
+  Pressable: 'Pressable',
+  StyleSheet: { create: (styles: unknown) => styles },
+  Text: 'Text',
+  View: 'View'
+}))
+vi.mock('../components/MobileAgentIcon', () => ({
+  MobileAgentIcon: 'MobileAgentIcon'
+}))
+vi.mock('../i18n/use-mobile-translation', () => ({
+  useMobileTranslation: () => (_key: string, fallback: string) => fallback
+}))
+vi.mock('../theme/use-mobile-color-scheme', () => ({
+  useMobileColorScheme: () => 'dark'
+}))
+
+import {
+  ORCA_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT,
+  ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS,
+  type OrcaCloudImageAgent
+} from '../../../src/shared/hosted-sandbox/orca-cloud-image-agents'
+import { CloudAgentPicker } from './CloudAgentPicker'
+
+function render(props: {
+  value: OrcaCloudImageAgent
+  onChange: (agent: OrcaCloudImageAgent) => void
+  disabled?: boolean
+}): ReactTestRenderer {
+  const rendered: { tree: ReactTestRenderer | null } = { tree: null }
+  act(() => {
+    rendered.tree = create(createElement(CloudAgentPicker, props))
+  })
+  if (rendered.tree === null) {
+    throw new Error('the picker did not render')
+  }
+  return rendered.tree
+}
+
+function radios(tree: ReactTestRenderer): ReactTestInstance[] {
+  return tree.root.findAll(
+    (node: ReactTestInstance) =>
+      String(node.type) === 'Pressable' && node.props.accessibilityRole === 'radio'
+  )
+}
+
+function iconOf(node: ReactTestInstance): string {
+  return node.find((child: ReactTestInstance) => String(child.type) === 'MobileAgentIcon').props
+    .agentId
+}
+
+describe('CloudAgentPicker', () => {
+  it('offers exactly the agents the Orca Cloud image ships, in image order', () => {
+    const tree = render({
+      value: ORCA_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT,
+      onChange: () => {}
+    })
+    expect(radios(tree).map(iconOf)).toEqual([...ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS])
+  })
+
+  it('is one radio group with the current agent checked', () => {
+    const tree = render({ value: 'gemini', onChange: () => {} })
+    const group = tree.root.find(
+      (node: ReactTestInstance) => node.props.accessibilityRole === 'radiogroup'
+    )
+    expect(group.props.accessibilityLabel).toBe('Agent')
+    const checked = radios(tree).filter((node) => node.props.accessibilityState.checked)
+    expect(checked.map(iconOf)).toEqual(['gemini'])
+  })
+
+  it('reports the pressed agent and holds every chip while disabled', () => {
+    const picks: string[] = []
+    const tree = render({
+      value: 'claude',
+      onChange: (agent) => picks.push(agent)
+    })
+    const cursor = radios(tree).find((node) => iconOf(node) === 'cursor')!
+    act(() => cursor.props.onPress())
+    expect(picks).toEqual(['cursor'])
+
+    const disabled = render({
+      value: 'claude',
+      onChange: () => {},
+      disabled: true
+    })
+    expect(radios(disabled).every((node) => node.props.disabled === true)).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/cloud/CloudAgentPicker.tsx b/mobile/src/cloud/CloudAgentPicker.tsx
index e4171470df6..23193a4ff17 100644
--- a/mobile/src/cloud/CloudAgentPicker.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/cloud/CloudAgentPicker.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 import { Pressable, Text, View } from 'react-native'
 import { formatAgentTypeLabel } from '../../../src/shared/agent-status/presentation/agent-type-label'
-import { ClaudeIcon, OpenAIIcon } from '../components/AgentIcons'
+import {
+  ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS,
+  type OrcaCloudImageAgent
+} from '../../../src/shared/hosted-sandbox/orca-cloud-image-agents'
+import { MobileAgentIcon } from '../components/MobileAgentIcon'
 import { useMobileTranslation } from '../i18n/use-mobile-translation'
 import { colors, radii, spacing } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 import { themedStyleSheet } from '../theme/themed-styles'
 import { useMobileColorScheme } from '../theme/use-mobile-color-scheme'
 
-/** The agent CLIs every Orca Cloud image ships. */
-const CLOUD_AGENTS = [
-  { id: 'claude', Icon: ClaudeIcon },
-  { id: 'codex', Icon: OpenAIIcon }
-] as const
-
-export const CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT = 'claude'
-
 /** Product names, from the app's one agent-name table. */
 export function cloudAgentLabel(agent: string): string {
   return formatAgentTypeLabel(agent)
 }
 
 export function CloudAgentPicker(props: {
-  value: string
-  onChange: (agent: string) => void
+  value: OrcaCloudImageAgent
+  onChange: (agent: OrcaCloudImageAgent) => void
   disabled?: boolean
 }) {
   useMobileColorScheme()
@@ -32,7 +28,8 @@ export function CloudAgentPicker(props: {
       accessibilityRole="radiogroup"
       accessibilityLabel={t('cloud.agent.label', 'Agent')}
     >
-      {CLOUD_AGENTS.map(({ id, Icon }) => {
+      {/* Only what the image ships: the VM does not exist yet, so nothing else could start. */}
+      {ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS.map((id) => {
         const label = cloudAgentLabel(id)
         const checked = props.value === id
         return (
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ export function CloudAgentPicker(props: {
               pressed && styles.pressed
             ]}
           >
-            <Icon size={15} />
+            <MobileAgentIcon agentId={id} size={15} />
             <Text style={[styles.label, checked && styles.labelSelected]}>{label}</Text>
           </Pressable>
         )
diff --git a/mobile/src/cloud/CloudPromptComposer.tsx b/mobile/src/cloud/CloudPromptComposer.tsx
index 25887cb0375..a1b5f7d001f 100644
--- a/mobile/src/cloud/CloudPromptComposer.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/cloud/CloudPromptComposer.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { Pressable, Text, TextInput, View } from 'react-native'
 import { useMobileTranslation } from '../i18n/use-mobile-translation'
 import { colors } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 import { useMobileColorScheme } from '../theme/use-mobile-color-scheme'
-import { CloudAgentPicker, CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT } from './CloudAgentPicker'
+import { ORCA_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT } from '../../../src/shared/hosted-sandbox/orca-cloud-image-agents'
+import { CloudAgentPicker } from './CloudAgentPicker'
 import { cloudWorkspaceScreenStyles as styles } from './cloud-workspace-screen-styles'
 
 /** One card: the agent, the prompt, and Send. The send button keeps its shape in every state; when
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export function CloudPromptComposer(props: {
   useMobileColorScheme()
   const t = useMobileTranslation()
   const [draft, setDraft] = useState('')
-  const [agent, setAgent] = useState(CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT)
+  const [agent, setAgent] = useState(ORCA_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT)
   const canSend = draft.trim() !== '' && !props.disabled
   const send = async () => {
     if (canSend && (await props.onSend(draft.trim(), agent))) {
diff --git a/mobile/src/cloud/NewCloudWorkspaceScreen.tsx b/mobile/src/cloud/NewCloudWorkspaceScreen.tsx
index 47abc85f8ca..cc69e9c6218 100644
--- a/mobile/src/cloud/NewCloudWorkspaceScreen.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/cloud/NewCloudWorkspaceScreen.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import { SettingsNavBar, SettingsNote, SettingsSection } from '../settings/setti
 import { colors, radii, spacing, typography } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 import { themedStyleSheet } from '../theme/themed-styles'
 import { useMobileColorScheme } from '../theme/use-mobile-color-scheme'
-import { CloudAgentPicker, CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT } from './CloudAgentPicker'
+import { ORCA_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT } from '../../../src/shared/hosted-sandbox/orca-cloud-image-agents'
+import { CloudAgentPicker } from './CloudAgentPicker'
 import { CloudPhaseSteps } from './CloudPhaseSteps'
 import { createCloudWorkspace, renameCloudWorkspace } from './cloud-control-plane-client'
 import { enqueueCloudPrompt } from './cloud-prompt-queue'
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export function NewCloudWorkspaceScreen() {
   const existing = useCloudWorkspaces(useCloudEnrollment()).data
   const [repo, setRepo] = useState('')
   const [branch, setBranch] = useState('')
-  const [agent, setAgent] = useState(CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT)
+  const [agent, setAgent] = useState(ORCA_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT)
   const [prompt, setPrompt] = useState('')
   const [size, setSize] = useState<Size>('standard')
   const [startedAt, setStartedAt] = useState<number | null>(null)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/NewWorkspaceComposerModal.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/NewWorkspaceComposerModal.tsx
index 22daa3182dd..763570fd6d8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/NewWorkspaceComposerModal.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/NewWorkspaceComposerModal.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import type {
   AgentPickerEntry
 } from '../../../shared/agent-launch/picker/agent-launch-picker'
 import { DirectWorkItemSetupDialog } from './new-workspace/DirectWorkItemSetupDialog'
-import { isOrcaCloudSelection } from './new-workspace/run-target-options'
-import { agentChoicePending } from '@/lib/host-chat-program'
 import type { AgentLaunchSurface } from '@/lib/agent-session/launch/routing/agent-session-launch-plan'
 import React, { Suspense, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store/index'
@@ -28,13 +26,8 @@ import AgentSettingsDialog, {
 } from '@/components/agent/AgentSettingsDialog'
 import type { AddRepoDialogHostedController } from '@/components/sidebar/project-admission/host-selection/use-add-repo-hosted-controller'
 import { useComposerState } from '@/hooks/useComposerState'
-import {
-  composerLaunchWorkspace,
-  quickWorkspacePickerInputs,
-  pickQuickWorkspaceAgent,
-  resolveQuickWorkspaceAgentSelection
-} from '@/lib/quick-workspace-agent-selection'
-import { useAgentsOfferedForLaunch } from '@/lib/host-chat-program-acquisition'
+import { quickWorkspacePickerInputs } from '@/lib/quick-workspace-agent-selection'
+import { useComposerQuickAgent } from './new-workspace/use-composer-quick-agent'
 import { shouldAllowComposerEnterSubmitTarget } from '@/lib/new-workspace-enter-guard'
 import { isScreenSubmitShortcut } from '@/lib/screen-submit-shortcut'
 import type { TuiAgent } from '../../../shared/agent-launch/catalog/tui-agent'
@@ -165,38 +158,12 @@ function QuickTabBody({
   const [quickAgentOverride, setQuickAgentOverride] = useState<TuiAgent | null | undefined>(
     modalData.recovery?.agent
   )
-  // The picker rows' workspace when known, so the offered list and the rows read one host.
-  const launchWorkspace =
-    cardProps.agentRows?.target.workspace ?? composerLaunchWorkspace(cardProps)
-  const offeredAgentIds = useAgentsOfferedForLaunch(launchWorkspace, cardProps.detectedAgentIds)
-  const detected = cardProps.detectedAgentIds ? [...cardProps.detectedAgentIds] : null
-  const choicePending = (agent: TuiAgent): boolean =>
-    agentChoicePending(useAppStore.getState(), agent, launchWorkspace, detected)
-  // Pending discovery preserves the existing catalog fallback; current facts settle the default.
-  const preferredQuickAgent = pickQuickWorkspaceAgent(
-    settings?.defaultTuiAgent,
-    cardProps.detectedAgentIds,
-    settings?.disabledTuiAgents,
-    offeredAgentIds,
-    choicePending
-  )
-  // An explicit pick stays valid where it opens as a chat without its CLI.
-  const resolvedQuickAgentSelection = resolveQuickWorkspaceAgentSelection({
+  const { orcaCloud, orcaCloudModel, quickAgent, chipAgentIds } = useComposerQuickAgent(
+    cardProps,
+    settings,
     quickAgentOverride,
-    preferredQuickAgent,
-    detectedAgentIds: cardProps.detectedAgentIds,
-    offeredAgentIds,
-    selectedChoiceUnresolved: Boolean(quickAgentOverride && choicePending(quickAgentOverride)),
-    disabledTuiAgents: settings?.disabledTuiAgents
-  })
-  if (resolvedQuickAgentSelection.quickAgentOverride !== quickAgentOverride) {
-    // Repair invalid picks before children render an unavailable option.
-    setQuickAgentOverride(resolvedQuickAgentSelection.quickAgentOverride)
-  }
-  const quickAgent = resolvedQuickAgentSelection.quickAgent
-  const chipAgentIds =
-    offeredAgentIds &&
-    new Set([...offeredAgentIds, ...(quickAgent && choicePending(quickAgent) ? [quickAgent] : [])])
+    setQuickAgentOverride
+  )
   // Why keyed by agent: a pick repaired to another agent must not carry the old one's surface.
   const [quickAgentPick, setQuickAgentPick] = useState<
     Omit<NonNullable<ComposerModalData['recovery']>, 'note'>
@@ -213,6 +180,7 @@ function QuickTabBody({
       : undefined
   const quickAgentSurface = quickAgentPick.agent === quickAgent ? quickAgentPick.surface : undefined
   const launchSelection = observation.selectionFor(quickAgent, quickAgentSurface)
+  const agentMenuModel = orcaCloudModel ?? (cardProps.agentRows ? observation.model : null)
   const createDisabled = formDisabled || !launchSelection.ready
 
   const handleQuickAgentChange = useCallback(
@@ -322,7 +290,7 @@ function QuickTabBody({
   // An Orca Cloud sandbox is a whole workspace, not a local worktree.
   const primaryActionLabel = isFolderWorkspaceTarget
     ? getFolderWorkspacePrimaryActionLabel(t)
-    : cardProps.selectedRepoIsGit && !isOrcaCloudSelection(cardProps)
+    : cardProps.selectedRepoIsGit && !orcaCloud
       ? t('auto.components.NewWorkspaceComposerModal.createWorktree', 'Create worktree')
       : t('auto.components.NewWorkspaceComposerModal.createWorkspace', 'Create workspace')
 
@@ -380,6 +348,8 @@ function QuickTabBody({
         quickAgent={quickAgent}
         agentPickerDraft={pickerDraft}
         agentSetupDisabled={
+          // Orca Cloud's per-agent defaults live on a VM that does not exist yet.
+          orcaCloud ||
           observation.model.state !== 'settled' ||
           observation.model.pickerContext?.executionHostId !== 'local'
         }
@@ -389,9 +359,9 @@ function QuickTabBody({
         detectedAgentIds={chipAgentIds}
         createDisabled={createDisabled}
         agentSurfaceRows={
-          cardProps.agentRows
+          agentMenuModel
             ? {
-                model: observation.model,
+                model: agentMenuModel,
                 selection: launchSelection,
                 surface: quickAgentSurface,
                 contextKey: observation.contextKey,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/use-composer-quick-agent.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/use-composer-quick-agent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1eff6c49da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/use-composer-quick-agent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store/index'
+import { agentChoicePending } from '@/lib/host-chat-program'
+import { useAgentsOfferedForLaunch } from '@/lib/host-chat-program-acquisition'
+import {
+  composerLaunchWorkspace,
+  pickQuickWorkspaceAgent,
+  resolveQuickWorkspaceAgentSelection
+} from '@/lib/quick-workspace-agent-selection'
+import {
+  ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS,
+  orcaCloudAgentMenuModel,
+  pickOrcaCloudAgent
+} from '@/lib/orca-cloud/orca-cloud-agent-picker'
+import type { TuiAgent } from '../../../../shared/agent-launch/catalog/tui-agent'
+import type { GlobalSettings } from '../../../../shared/global-settings-types'
+import { isOrcaCloudSelection } from './run-target-options'
+import type { NewWorkspaceComposerCardProps } from './new-workspace-composer-card-props'
+
+type ComposerQuickAgentProps = Pick<
+  NewWorkspaceComposerCardProps,
+  | 'agentRows'
+  | 'detectedAgentIds'
+  | 'repoId'
+  | 'selectedRepoIsGit'
+  | 'selectedRepoExecutionHostId'
+  | 'ephemeralVmRecipes'
+  | 'selectedEphemeralVmRecipeId'
+>
+
+/** The composer's agent: the user's pick when the launch host can start it, else the default. */
+export function useComposerQuickAgent(
+  cardProps: ComposerQuickAgentProps,
+  settings: GlobalSettings | null | undefined,
+  quickAgentOverride: TuiAgent | null | undefined,
+  setQuickAgentOverride: (agent: TuiAgent | null | undefined) => void
+) {
+  // The picker rows' workspace when known, so the offered list and the rows read one host.
+  const launchWorkspace =
+    cardProps.agentRows?.target.workspace ?? composerLaunchWorkspace(cardProps)
+  const hostOfferedAgentIds = useAgentsOfferedForLaunch(launchWorkspace, cardProps.detectedAgentIds)
+  // Orca Cloud has no VM yet: the image's agents are its inventory, never this desktop's CLIs.
+  const orcaCloud = isOrcaCloudSelection(cardProps)
+  const orcaCloudModel = useMemo(
+    () => (orcaCloud ? orcaCloudAgentMenuModel(settings) : null),
+    [orcaCloud, settings]
+  )
+  const detectedAgentIds = orcaCloud ? ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS : cardProps.detectedAgentIds
+  const offeredAgentIds = orcaCloud ? ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS : hostOfferedAgentIds
+  const detected = detectedAgentIds ? [...detectedAgentIds] : null
+  const choicePending = (agent: TuiAgent): boolean =>
+    !orcaCloud && agentChoicePending(useAppStore.getState(), agent, launchWorkspace, detected)
+  // Pending discovery preserves the existing catalog fallback; current facts settle the default.
+  const preferredQuickAgent = orcaCloud
+    ? pickOrcaCloudAgent(settings?.defaultTuiAgent, settings?.disabledTuiAgents)
+    : pickQuickWorkspaceAgent(
+        settings?.defaultTuiAgent,
+        detectedAgentIds,
+        settings?.disabledTuiAgents,
+        offeredAgentIds,
+        choicePending
+      )
+  // An explicit pick stays valid where it opens as a chat without its CLI.
+  const resolved = resolveQuickWorkspaceAgentSelection({
+    quickAgentOverride,
+    preferredQuickAgent,
+    detectedAgentIds,
+    offeredAgentIds,
+    selectedChoiceUnresolved: Boolean(quickAgentOverride && choicePending(quickAgentOverride)),
+    disabledTuiAgents: settings?.disabledTuiAgents
+  })
+  if (resolved.quickAgentOverride !== quickAgentOverride) {
+    // Repair invalid picks (e.g. a local-only agent once Orca Cloud is chosen) before children render it.
+    setQuickAgentOverride(resolved.quickAgentOverride)
+  }
+  const quickAgent = resolved.quickAgent
+  // Chips list offered agents, keeping a pick whose chat is still being learned.
+  const chipAgentIds =
+    offeredAgentIds &&
+    new Set([...offeredAgentIds, ...(quickAgent && choicePending(quickAgent) ? [quickAgent] : [])])
+  return { orcaCloud, orcaCloudModel, quickAgent, chipAgentIds }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/orca-cloud-agent-picker.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/orca-cloud-agent-picker.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e271d1bdbd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/orca-cloud-agent-picker.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS } from '../../../../shared/hosted-sandbox/orca-cloud-image-agents'
+import { resolveQuickWorkspaceAgentSelection } from '@/lib/quick-workspace-agent-selection'
+import {
+  ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS,
+  orcaCloudAgentMenuModel,
+  pickOrcaCloudAgent
+} from './orca-cloud-agent-picker'
+
+describe('pickOrcaCloudAgent', () => {
+  it('keeps a default the image ships', () => {
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent('gemini')).toBe('gemini')
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent('copilot')).toBe('copilot')
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the cloud default for an agent the image does not ship', () => {
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent('aider')).toBe('claude')
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent('goose')).toBe('claude')
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent(undefined)).toBe('claude')
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent(null)).toBe('claude')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps Blank Terminal as the default when the user chose it', () => {
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent('blank')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('skips disabled agents, staying inside the image', () => {
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent('gemini', ['gemini'])).toBe('claude')
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent('aider', ['claude'])).toBe('codex')
+    expect(pickOrcaCloudAgent('aider', [...ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS])).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('orcaCloudAgentMenuModel', () => {
+  it('lists exactly the image agents as terminal rows, default first', () => {
+    const model = orcaCloudAgentMenuModel({ defaultTuiAgent: 'opencode' })
+    expect(model.state).toBe('settled')
+    expect(model.rows.every((row) => row.kind === 'terminal')).toBe(true)
+    expect(model.rows.map((row) => row.agent)).toEqual([
+      'opencode',
+      'claude',
+      'codex',
+      'copilot',
+      'gemini',
+      'cursor'
+    ])
+    expect(new Set(model.rows.map((row) => row.agent))).toEqual(new Set(ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS))
+    expect(model.detection.detectedIds).toEqual([...ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS])
+    expect(model.defaultTuiAgent).toBe('opencode')
+  })
+
+  it('omits agents the user disabled and ignores a local-only default', () => {
+    const model = orcaCloudAgentMenuModel({
+      defaultTuiAgent: 'aider',
+      disabledTuiAgents: ['codex']
+    })
+    const agents = model.rows.map((row) => row.agent)
+    expect(agents).not.toContain('codex')
+    expect(agents).not.toContain('aider')
+    expect(agents).toHaveLength(ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS.length - 1)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('Orca Cloud composer selection repair', () => {
+  it('repairs a local-only pick to the cloud default instead of submitting it', () => {
+    const preferredQuickAgent = pickOrcaCloudAgent('aider')
+    expect(
+      resolveQuickWorkspaceAgentSelection({
+        quickAgentOverride: 'aider',
+        preferredQuickAgent,
+        detectedAgentIds: ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS,
+        offeredAgentIds: ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ quickAgent: 'claude', quickAgentOverride: 'claude' })
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a pick the image ships', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveQuickWorkspaceAgentSelection({
+        quickAgentOverride: 'cursor',
+        preferredQuickAgent: 'claude',
+        detectedAgentIds: ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS,
+        offeredAgentIds: ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ quickAgent: 'cursor', quickAgentOverride: 'cursor' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/orca-cloud-agent-picker.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/orca-cloud-agent-picker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..955bb49d95f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/orca-cloud-agent-picker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import type { TuiAgent } from '../../../../shared/agent-launch/catalog/tui-agent'
+import { pickTuiAgent } from '../../../../shared/agent-launch/catalog/tui-agent-selection'
+import {
+  buildNewTabAgentMenuRows,
+  type NewTabAgentMenuSettings
+} from '../../../../shared/agent-launch/picker/agent-launch-picker-rows'
+import {
+  ORCA_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT,
+  ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS,
+  isOrcaCloudImageAgent
+} from '../../../../shared/hosted-sandbox/orca-cloud-image-agents'
+import type { NewTabAgentMenuModel } from '@/components/tab-bar/new-tab-agent-menu-model'
+
+/**
+ * The agents an Orca Cloud workspace can start before its VM exists: the image ships them, so the
+ * composer treats them as installed instead of asking this desktop which CLIs it has.
+ */
+export const ORCA_CLOUD_AGENT_IDS: ReadonlySet<TuiAgent> = new Set(ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS)
+
+/** The user's default when the image ships it (or Blank Terminal), else the cloud default. */
+export function pickOrcaCloudAgent(
+  preferred: TuiAgent | 'blank' | null | undefined,
+  disabledTuiAgents?: Iterable<unknown> | null
+): TuiAgent | null {
+  const start =
+    preferred === 'blank' || (preferred && isOrcaCloudImageAgent(preferred))
+      ? preferred
+      : ORCA_CLOUD_DEFAULT_AGENT
+  return pickTuiAgent(start, ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS, disabledTuiAgents)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Picker rows for the Orca Cloud image. Terminal only: whether an agent's chat runs on the VM is
+ * not knowable before the VM exists, and the terminal is what create launches there today.
+ */
+export function orcaCloudAgentMenuModel(
+  settings: NewTabAgentMenuSettings | null | undefined
+): Extract<NewTabAgentMenuModel, { state: 'settled' }> {
+  const detectedIds: TuiAgent[] = [...ORCA_CLOUD_IMAGE_AGENTS]
+  return {
+    state: 'settled',
+    rows: buildNewTabAgentMenuRows({
+      settings,
+      detectedOnHost: detectedIds,
+      chatAgents: [],
+      hostChatAnswer: () => 'no-chats',
+      chatProgram: () => 'unknown'
+    }),
+    detection: {
+      detectedIds,
+      isLoading: false,
+      detectionFailed: false,
+      isRefreshing: false,
+      needsServerUpdate: false,
+      refresh: async () => detectedIds
+    },
+    defaultTuiAgent: settings?.defaultTuiAgent
+  }
+}