diff --git a/internal/llm/providers.go b/internal/llm/providers.go
index 65cc82a..e9d233e 100644
--- a/internal/llm/providers.go
+++ b/internal/llm/providers.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package llm
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
 
 // Provider holds the preset configuration for a known LLM provider.
 type Provider struct {
@@ -130,25 +133,30 @@ func init() {
 // The returned Provider has its own copy of the Models slice.
 func LookupProvider(name string) (Provider, bool) {
 	p, ok := registryMap[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(name))]
-	if ok && p.Models != nil {
-		models := make([]string, len(p.Models))
-		copy(models, p.Models)
-		p.Models = models
+	if ok {
+		p = copyProvider(p)
 	}
 	return p, ok
 }
 
-// ListProviders returns all built-in providers in registration order.
-// Each returned Provider has its own copy of the Models slice.
+// ListProviders returns all built-in providers sorted by provider name.
+// Each returned Provider has its own copy of the Models slice in registry order.
 func ListProviders() []Provider {
 	out := make([]Provider, len(registry))
 	for i, p := range registry {
-		if p.Models != nil {
-			models := make([]string, len(p.Models))
-			copy(models, p.Models)
-			p.Models = models
-		}
-		out[i] = p
+		out[i] = copyProvider(p)
 	}
+	sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return out[i].Name < out[j].Name
+	})
 	return out
 }
+
+func copyProvider(p Provider) Provider {
+	if p.Models != nil {
+		models := make([]string, len(p.Models))
+		copy(models, p.Models)
+		p.Models = models
+	}
+	return p
+}
diff --git a/internal/llm/providers_test.go b/internal/llm/providers_test.go
index 6d9fbef..a813caa 100644
--- a/internal/llm/providers_test.go
+++ b/internal/llm/providers_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package llm
 
 import (
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -39,7 +40,10 @@ func TestListProviders_Order(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(providers) < 3 {
 		t.Fatalf("expected at least 3 providers, got %d", len(providers))
 	}
-	expected := []string{"anthropic", "openai", "dashscope"}
+	expected := []string{"anthropic", "dashscope", "deepseek", "kimi", "mimo", "minimax", "openai", "z-ai"}
+	if len(providers) != len(expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d providers, got %d", len(expected), len(providers))
+	}
 	for i, name := range expected {
 		if providers[i].Name != name {
 			t.Errorf("providers[%d].Name = %q, want %q", i, providers[i].Name, name)
@@ -67,6 +71,33 @@ func TestLookupProvider_ReturnsCopyOfModels(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLookupProvider_PreservesModelOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	p, ok := LookupProvider("anthropic")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("anthropic not found")
+	}
+	expected := []string{"claude-opus-4-8", "claude-opus-4-7", "claude-opus-4-6", "claude-sonnet-4-6"}
+	if len(p.Models) != len(expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d models, got %d", len(expected), len(p.Models))
+	}
+	for i, model := range expected {
+		if p.Models[i] != model {
+			t.Errorf("Models[%d] = %q, want %q", i, p.Models[i], model)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListProviders_ReturnsSortedProviders(t *testing.T) {
+	providers := ListProviders()
+	names := make([]string, len(providers))
+	for i, p := range providers {
+		names[i] = p.Name
+	}
+	if !sort.StringsAreSorted(names) {
+		t.Errorf("providers are not sorted: %v", names)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLookupProvider_AnthropicDetails(t *testing.T) {
 	p, ok := LookupProvider("anthropic")
 	if !ok {