diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index d0e5756..f060e40 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
       MCPLOCAL_HTTP_PORT: "3200"
       MCPLOCAL_MCPD_URL: http://localhost:3100
       DOCKER_API_VERSION: "1.43"
+      ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -186,6 +187,15 @@ jobs:
           printf '#!/bin/sh\nexec node "%s/src/cli/dist/index.js" "$@"\n' "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" > /usr/local/bin/mcpctl
           chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mcpctl
 
+      - name: Configure mcplocal LLM provider
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.mcpctl
+          cat > ~/.mcpctl/config.json << 'CONF'
+          {"llm":{"providers":[{"name":"anthropic","type":"anthropic","model":"claude-haiku-3-5-20241022","tier":"fast"}]}}
+          CONF
+          printf '{"anthropic-api-key":"%s"}\n' "$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" > ~/.mcpctl/secrets
+          chmod 600 ~/.mcpctl/secrets
+
       - name: Start mcplocal
         run: nohup node src/mcplocal/dist/main.js > /tmp/mcplocal.log 2>&1 &