diff --git a/digitalocean/lib/common.sh b/digitalocean/lib/common.sh
index 5129d648..4912c5f3 100755
--- a/digitalocean/lib/common.sh
+++ b/digitalocean/lib/common.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../../shared/common.sh" || {
 # ============================================================
 
 readonly DO_API_BASE="https://api.digitalocean.com/v2"
-readonly SSH_OPTS="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o LogLevel=ERROR -i $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+# SSH_OPTS is now defined in shared/common.sh
 
 # Centralized curl wrapper for DigitalOcean API
 do_api() {
diff --git a/linode/lib/common.sh b/linode/lib/common.sh
index 8ef5953e..ac1ef55d 100644
--- a/linode/lib/common.sh
+++ b/linode/lib/common.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../../shared/common.sh" || {
 # ============================================================
 
 readonly LINODE_API_BASE="https://api.linode.com/v4"
-readonly SSH_OPTS="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o LogLevel=ERROR -i $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+# SSH_OPTS is now defined in shared/common.sh
 
 linode_api() {
     local method="$1" endpoint="$2" body="$3"
diff --git a/shared/common.sh b/shared/common.sh
index 9109597d..8448e358 100644
--- a/shared/common.sh
+++ b/shared/common.sh
@@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ get_openrouter_api_key_oauth() {
     fi
 }
 
+# ============================================================
+# SSH configuration
+# ============================================================
+
+# Default SSH options for all cloud providers
+# Clouds can override this if they need provider-specific settings
+readonly SSH_OPTS="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o LogLevel=ERROR -i $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+
 # ============================================================
 # SSH key management helpers
 # ============================================================
diff --git a/vultr/lib/common.sh b/vultr/lib/common.sh
index e6bbdfc4..970c756a 100755
--- a/vultr/lib/common.sh
+++ b/vultr/lib/common.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/../../shared/common.sh" || {
 # ============================================================
 
 readonly VULTR_API_BASE="https://api.vultr.com/v2"
-readonly SSH_OPTS="-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o LogLevel=ERROR -i $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+# SSH_OPTS is now defined in shared/common.sh
 
 vultr_api() {
     local method="$1"