diff --git a/.changeset/freeze-candidate-model-gateway.md b/.changeset/freeze-candidate-model-gateway.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31da845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/freeze-candidate-model-gateway.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@tangle-network/agent-interface": minor
+---
+
+Bind each model-calling candidate execution plan to an exact evaluator-approved gateway domain allowlist while preserving disabled general network access.
diff --git a/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-execution-plan-schema.test.ts b/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-execution-plan-schema.test.ts
index 11d7376..aff8ed8 100644
--- a/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-execution-plan-schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-execution-plan-schema.test.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ function planFixture() {
       access: {
         kind: "evaluator-mediated" as const,
         grantDigest: candidateSha("9"),
+        network: {
+          mode: "gateway-only" as const,
+          domains: ["router.tangle.tools"],
+        },
       },
       routes: [
         { kind: "primary" as const, requested: "openai/gpt-5.4" },
@@ -270,6 +274,65 @@ describe("agentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialSchema", () => {
     expect(() => agentCandidateResolvedModelSchema.parse(withoutEffort)).toThrow();
   });
 
+  it("freezes only exact model-gateway domains and disables them for zero-call plans", () => {
+    const plan = planFixture();
+    for (const domain of [
+      "*.tangle.tools",
+      ".tangle.tools",
+      "https://router.tangle.tools",
+      "ROUTER.TANGLE.TOOLS",
+      "localhost",
+      "10.0.0.1",
+    ]) {
+      expect(() =>
+        agentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialSchema.parse({
+          ...plan,
+          model: {
+            ...plan.model,
+            access: {
+              ...plan.model.access,
+              network: { mode: "gateway-only", domains: [domain] },
+            },
+          },
+        }),
+      ).toThrow();
+    }
+    expect(() =>
+      agentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialSchema.parse({
+        ...plan,
+        model: {
+          ...plan.model,
+          access: {
+            ...plan.model.access,
+            network: {
+              mode: "gateway-only",
+              domains: ["z.example.com", "a.example.com"],
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/lexicographically sorted/);
+    expect(() =>
+      agentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialSchema.parse({
+        ...plan,
+        limits: { ...plan.limits, maxModelCalls: 0 },
+        model: {
+          ...plan.model,
+          access: { ...plan.model.access, network: { mode: "disabled" } },
+        },
+      }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() =>
+      agentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialSchema.parse({
+        ...plan,
+        model: {
+          ...plan.model,
+          access: { ...plan.model.access, network: { mode: "disabled" } },
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toThrow(/require one frozen gateway allowlist/);
+  });
+
   it("freezes counted attempts, retry policy, and tool-loop steps", () => {
     const plan = planFixture();
     expect(() =>
diff --git a/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-execution-plan-schema.ts b/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-execution-plan-schema.ts
index f167c60..6b16b2c 100644
--- a/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-execution-plan-schema.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-execution-plan-schema.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   AgentCandidateExecutionLimits,
   AgentCandidateExecutionPlanEvidence,
   AgentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialV1,
+  AgentCandidateModelAccessNetwork,
   AgentCandidateProfilePlanEvidence,
   AgentCandidateProfilePlanMaterialV1,
   AgentCandidateResolvedModel,
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   environmentConfigSchema,
   gitObjectSchema,
   isCanonicalJsonValue,
+  isObviouslyPrivateHostname,
   isSafeExecutable,
   isSafeRelativePath,
   sameGitObjectFormat,
@@ -53,6 +55,48 @@ function pathsOverlap(left: string, right: string): boolean {
   return left === right || left.startsWith(`${right}/`) || right.startsWith(`${left}/`);
 }
 
+function isExactPublicGatewayDomain(value: string): boolean {
+  if (
+    value.length > 253 ||
+    value !== value.toLowerCase() ||
+    value.endsWith(".") ||
+    value.includes(":") ||
+    isObviouslyPrivateHostname(value)
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const labels = value.split(".");
+  return (
+    labels.length >= 2 &&
+    labels.every(
+      (label) =>
+        label.length >= 1 &&
+        label.length <= 63 &&
+        /^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?$/.test(label),
+    ) &&
+    /[a-z]/.test(labels.at(-1) ?? "")
+  );
+}
+
+export const agentCandidateModelAccessNetworkSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("mode", [
+  z.object({ mode: z.literal("disabled") }).strict(),
+  z
+    .object({
+      mode: z.literal("gateway-only"),
+      domains: z
+        .array(
+          z
+            .string()
+            .refine(
+              isExactPublicGatewayDomain,
+              "model gateway must be an exact lowercase public DNS name",
+            ),
+        )
+        .min(1),
+    })
+    .strict(),
+]) satisfies z.ZodType<AgentCandidateModelAccessNetwork>;
+
 export const agentCandidateResolvedModelSchema = z
   .object({
     requested: z.string().min(1),
@@ -255,6 +299,7 @@ export const agentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialSchema = z
           .object({
             kind: z.literal("evaluator-mediated"),
             grantDigest: sha256DigestSchema,
+            network: agentCandidateModelAccessNetworkSchema,
           })
           .strict(),
         routes: z
@@ -379,6 +424,37 @@ export const agentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialSchema = z
         });
       }
     }
+    const modelNetwork = material.model.access.network;
+    if (material.limits.maxModelCalls === 0 && modelNetwork.mode !== "disabled") {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: "custom",
+        path: ["model", "access", "network"],
+        message: "zero-call plans cannot expose a model gateway",
+      });
+    }
+    if (material.limits.maxModelCalls > 0 && modelNetwork.mode !== "gateway-only") {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: "custom",
+        path: ["model", "access", "network"],
+        message: "model-calling plans require one frozen gateway allowlist",
+      });
+    }
+    if (modelNetwork.mode === "gateway-only") {
+      addDuplicateIssues(
+        modelNetwork.domains,
+        ["model", "access", "network", "domains"],
+        ctx,
+      );
+      for (let index = 1; index < modelNetwork.domains.length; index++) {
+        if ((modelNetwork.domains[index - 1] ?? "") >= (modelNetwork.domains[index] ?? "")) {
+          ctx.addIssue({
+            code: "custom",
+            path: ["model", "access", "network", "domains", index],
+            message: "model gateway domains must be lexicographically sorted",
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
     const activeCode = material.codeKind !== "disabled";
     if (activeCode !== (material.candidateWorkspace !== undefined)) {
       ctx.addIssue({
diff --git a/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-schema.test.ts b/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-schema.test.ts
index 75a38f4..f250236 100644
--- a/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate-schema.test.ts
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ describe("candidate receipts", () => {
       access: {
         kind: "evaluator-mediated" as const,
         grantDigest: candidateSha("d"),
+        network: {
+          mode: "gateway-only" as const,
+          domains: ["router.tangle.tools"],
+        },
       },
       routes: [{ kind: "primary" as const, requested: "openai/gpt-5.4" }],
     },
diff --git a/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate.ts b/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate.ts
index e82c970..218a5eb 100644
--- a/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-interface/src/agent-candidate.ts
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ export interface AgentCandidateProfileApplication {
   mountPaths: string[];
 }
 
+/** Evaluator-owned network exception for the one frozen model gateway. */
+export type AgentCandidateModelAccessNetwork =
+  | { mode: "disabled" }
+  | { mode: "gateway-only"; domains: string[] };
+
 /**
  * Canonical, digest-free per-task execution identity document.
  *
@@ -506,6 +511,7 @@ export interface AgentCandidateExecutionPlanMaterialV1 {
     access: {
       kind: "evaluator-mediated";
       grantDigest: Sha256Digest;
+      network: AgentCandidateModelAccessNetwork;
     };
     routes: Array<
       | { kind: "primary"; requested?: string }