diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d5b936777..a1cff39412 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ A Bot is any endpoint speaking [AG-UI](https://github.com/ag-ui-protocol/ag-ui),
    For fresh self-hosted setup, set `INTELLIGENCE_API_URL` to that deployment's
    HTTPS API origin (or `http://localhost` for a local one) and run the helper
    without the two `npx` commands. It opens an isolated Chrome or Edge window for
-   your usual sign-in and project choice; install either browser first. It writes
+   your usual sign-in and project choice; install either browser first. For CLI-managed
+   local evaluation installs, it discovers the matching dashboard with `copilotkit local list`
+   and uses that dashboard for login and session requests. Complete the local auth
+   approval shown in the browser when prompted. The runtime API URL stays unchanged. It writes
    the API URL, the key and the container, not `INTELLIGENCE_GATEWAY_WS_URL`, so
    set that one to the same deployment yourself. Once `openbot` exists, the server assigns it
    as the default by itself unless [Admin → Automatic Learning](docs/automatic-learning.md)
diff --git a/scripts/self-hosted-learning.test.ts b/scripts/self-hosted-learning.test.ts
index c0c182c6a7..597bfbd9e8 100644
--- a/scripts/self-hosted-learning.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/self-hosted-learning.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import {
   intelligenceApiOrigin,
+  learningSessionOrigin,
   type SetupBrowser,
   setupSelfHostedLearning,
 } from "./self-hosted-learning";
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ type Response = { status: number; body: unknown };
 
 function fixture(
   override?: (url: string, method: string) => Response | undefined,
+  sessionOrigin = apiUrl,
 ) {
   const calls: {
     url: string;
@@ -27,8 +29,8 @@ function fixture(
       navigations.push(url);
     },
     request: async (url, options) => {
-      expect(new URL(url).origin).toBe(apiUrl);
-      expect(options.headers.Origin).toBe(apiUrl);
+      expect(new URL(url).origin).toBe(sessionOrigin);
+      expect(options.headers.Origin).toBe(sessionOrigin);
       expect(options.headers).not.toHaveProperty("Authorization");
       expect(options.maxRedirects).toBe(0);
       calls.push({ url, method: options.method, data: options.data });
@@ -255,3 +257,106 @@ test("API origins reject credentials, paths, and insecure non-loopback servers",
     expect(() => intelligenceApiOrigin(value)).toThrow();
   }
 });
+
+const localApi = "http://localhost:61860";
+const localDashboard = "http://cpk.localhost:61861";
+const localStatus = (api = localApi, dashboard = localDashboard) => ({
+  status: "completed",
+  stacks: [{ urls: { api, dashboard } }],
+});
+
+test("local setup signs in and provisions through the dashboard while preserving the runtime API", async () => {
+  const f = fixture(undefined, localDashboard);
+  const connection = await setupSelfHostedLearning({
+    ...f.options,
+    apiUrl: localApi,
+    existingKey: "cpk-existing-runtime-key",
+    runCli: async (args) => {
+      expect(args).toEqual(["local", "list", "--json"]);
+      return { exitCode: 0, stdout: JSON.stringify(localStatus()) };
+    },
+  });
+  const login = new URL(f.navigations[0]);
+  expect(login.origin).toBe(localDashboard);
+  expect(login.pathname).toBe("/auth/signin");
+  expect(login.searchParams.get("callbackUrl")).toBe(`${localDashboard}/`);
+  expect(connection).toEqual({
+    apiUrl: localApi,
+    apiKey: "cpk-existing-runtime-key",
+    learningContainerId: "openbot",
+  });
+  expect(
+    f.calls.some(
+      (call) =>
+        call.url === `${localDashboard}${path}` && call.method === "POST",
+    ),
+  ).toBe(true);
+  expect(f.closed()).toBe(1);
+});
+
+test.each([
+  localStatus(localApi, "https://unrelated.example"),
+  localStatus(localApi, "http://cpk.localhost.evil.example:61861"),
+  localStatus(localApi, "http://user:password@cpk.localhost:61861"),
+  localStatus(localApi, `${localDashboard}/unexpected`),
+  { status: "error" },
+])(
+  "invalid or mismatched local status fails before opening a browser: %j",
+  async (status) => {
+    const f = fixture();
+    await expect(
+      setupSelfHostedLearning({
+        ...f.options,
+        apiUrl: localApi,
+        runCli: async () => ({ exitCode: 0, stdout: JSON.stringify(status) }),
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Could not identify the local Intelligence dashboard");
+    expect(f.navigations).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(f.calls).toHaveLength(0);
+  },
+);
+
+test("remote setup does not run the local CLI", async () => {
+  expect(
+    await learningSessionOrigin(apiUrl, async () => {
+      throw new Error("must not run");
+    }),
+  ).toBe(apiUrl);
+});
+
+test.each([
+  { exitCode: 1, stdout: "private diagnostic" },
+  { exitCode: 0, stdout: "invalid JSON" },
+])(
+  "local discovery errors are actionable and do not disclose CLI output",
+  async (result) => {
+    await expect(
+      learningSessionOrigin(localApi, async () => result),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Could not identify the local Intelligence dashboard");
+  },
+);
+
+test("an unrelated local stack does not change a manually hosted deployment", async () => {
+  expect(
+    await learningSessionOrigin(localApi, async () => ({
+      exitCode: 0,
+      stdout: JSON.stringify(localStatus("http://localhost:9999")),
+    })),
+  ).toBe(localApi);
+});
+
+test("multiple stacks are matched by API origin, not selection or list order", async () => {
+  expect(
+    await learningSessionOrigin(localApi, async () => ({
+      exitCode: 0,
+      stdout: JSON.stringify({
+        status: "completed",
+        stacks: [
+          ...localStatus("http://localhost:9999", "http://cpk.localhost:9998")
+            .stacks,
+          ...localStatus().stacks,
+        ],
+      }),
+    })),
+  ).toBe(localDashboard);
+});
diff --git a/scripts/self-hosted-learning.ts b/scripts/self-hosted-learning.ts
index 4e76b2a3a5..f52e16bc88 100644
--- a/scripts/self-hosted-learning.ts
+++ b/scripts/self-hosted-learning.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createInterface } from "node:readline";
 import { setTimeout as delay } from "node:timers/promises";
 import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
 import { chromium } from "playwright-core";
+import { runCli, type RunCli } from "../server/src/learning/ensure-container";
 
 export type SetupProject = { id: string; name: string };
 export type LearningConnection = {
@@ -59,6 +60,61 @@ export function intelligenceApiOrigin(value: string): string {
   return url.origin;
 }
 
+/** Local evaluation authenticates and proxies session requests on its dashboard origin. */
+export async function learningSessionOrigin(
+  apiUrl: string,
+  run: RunCli = runCli,
+): Promise<string> {
+  if (!["localhost", "127.0.0.1", "[::1]"].includes(new URL(apiUrl).hostname))
+    return apiUrl;
+  try {
+    const result = await run(["local", "list", "--json"], process.cwd());
+    const status: unknown = JSON.parse(result.stdout);
+    if (
+      result.exitCode !== 0 ||
+      !object(status) ||
+      status.status !== "completed" ||
+      !Array.isArray(status.stacks)
+    )
+      throw new Error();
+    const matches = status.stacks.filter(
+      (stack: unknown) =>
+        object(stack) &&
+        object(stack.urls) &&
+        typeof stack.urls.api === "string" &&
+        new URL(stack.urls.api).origin === apiUrl,
+    );
+    // A manually hosted local deployment has no CLI record; retain its existing API login flow.
+    if (matches.length === 0) return apiUrl;
+    if (matches.length !== 1) throw new Error();
+    const stack: unknown = matches[0];
+    if (
+      !object(stack) ||
+      !object(stack.urls) ||
+      typeof stack.urls.dashboard !== "string"
+    )
+      throw new Error();
+    const dashboard = new URL(stack.urls.dashboard);
+    if (
+      dashboard.protocol !== "http:" ||
+      !["localhost", "cpk.localhost", "127.0.0.1", "[::1]"].includes(
+        dashboard.hostname,
+      ) ||
+      dashboard.username ||
+      dashboard.password ||
+      dashboard.pathname !== "/" ||
+      dashboard.search ||
+      dashboard.hash
+    )
+      throw new Error();
+    return dashboard.origin;
+  } catch {
+    throw new SetupError(
+      "Could not identify the local Intelligence dashboard for this API. Run copilotkit local list --json and check the saved dashboard URL for INTELLIGENCE_API_URL.",
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 async function openBrowser(signal: AbortSignal): Promise<SetupBrowser> {
   signal.throwIfAborted();
   const missingBrowser = (error: unknown) =>
@@ -139,6 +195,7 @@ export async function setupSelfHostedLearning(options: {
   ) => Promise<string>;
   signal?: AbortSignal;
   openBrowser?: (signal: AbortSignal) => Promise<SetupBrowser>;
+  runCli?: RunCli;
   pollIntervalMs?: number;
   timeoutMs?: number;
 }): Promise<LearningConnection> {
@@ -164,6 +221,8 @@ export async function setupSelfHostedLearning(options: {
   };
   signal.addEventListener("abort", cancel, { once: true });
   try {
+    signal.throwIfAborted();
+    const sessionOrigin = await learningSessionOrigin(apiUrl, options.runCli);
     signal.throwIfAborted();
     session = await (options.openBrowser ?? openBrowser)(signal);
     signal.throwIfAborted();
@@ -174,16 +233,16 @@ export async function setupSelfHostedLearning(options: {
       data?: Record<string, string>,
     ) => {
       signal.throwIfAborted();
-      return browser.request(`${apiUrl}${path}`, {
+      return browser.request(`${sessionOrigin}${path}`, {
         method,
-        headers: { Origin: apiUrl, Accept: "application/json" },
+        headers: { Origin: sessionOrigin, Accept: "application/json" },
         ...(data ? { data } : {}),
         maxRedirects: 0,
         signal,
       });
     };
-    const signIn = new URL("/auth/signin", apiUrl);
-    signIn.searchParams.set("callbackUrl", `${apiUrl}/`);
+    const signIn = new URL("/auth/signin", sessionOrigin);
+    signIn.searchParams.set("callbackUrl", `${sessionOrigin}/`);
     await session.navigate(signIn.toString());
     while (true) {
       const me = await request("/api/me");