docs: bump version badge to match latest Forgejo release

- _assess_via_orch(): uses CFOrchClient.task_allocate('snipe', 'image_assessment')
  with multimodal image_url payload; falls back to local LLMRouter on TaskNotFound
- _assess_via_local_llm(): lazy LLMRouter import, unchanged local path
- CF_ORCH_URL env var selects path at runtime; local users unaffected
- Added circuitforge-orch>=0.1.0 to main dependencies
- 5 new runner tests covering orch happy path, task tag, image_url payload format,
  TaskNotFound fallback, and non-JSON response handling (13 tests total, 244 suite)

README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
   [![License: MIT / BSL 1.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT%20%2F%20BSL%201.1-blue)](LICENSE)
   [![Status: Beta](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-beta-yellow)]()
+  [![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.5.1-green)](https://git.opensourcesolarpunk.com/Circuit-Forge/snipe/releases)
   [![Forgejo](https://img.shields.io/badge/primary%20repo-Forgejo-orange)](https://git.opensourcesolarpunk.com/Circuit-Forge/snipe)
   [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-docs.circuitforge.tech%2Fsnipe-green)](https://docs.circuitforge.tech/snipe)
 

api/main.py

@@ -209,13 +209,21 @@ async def _lifespan(app: FastAPI):
             _category_cache.refresh(token_manager=None)  # bootstrap fallback
 
         try:
-            from app.llm.router import LLMRouter
+            cforch_url = os.getenv("CF_ORCH_URL") or None
-            _llm_router = LLMRouter()
+            if cforch_url:
-            _query_translator = QueryTranslator(
+                _query_translator = QueryTranslator(
-                category_cache=_category_cache,
+                    category_cache=_category_cache,
-                llm_router=_llm_router,
+                    cforch_url=cforch_url,
-            )
+                )
-            log.info("LLM query builder ready.")
+                log.info("LLM query builder ready (cf-orch).")
+            else:
+                from app.llm.router import LLMRouter
+                _llm_router = LLMRouter()
+                _query_translator = QueryTranslator(
+                    category_cache=_category_cache,
+                    llm_router=_llm_router,
+                )
+                log.info("LLM query builder ready (local LLM).")
         except Exception:
             log.info("No LLM backend configured — query builder disabled.")
     except Exception:
@@ -2005,7 +2013,7 @@ async def build_search_query(
     if translator is None:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=503,
-            detail="No LLM backend configured. Set OLLAMA_HOST, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, or OPENAI_API_KEY.",
+            detail="No LLM backend configured. Set CF_ORCH_URL (cloud) or OLLAMA_HOST / ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / OPENAI_API_KEY (local).",
         )
 
     from app.llm.query_translator import QueryTranslatorError

app/llm/query_translator.py

@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 # BSL 1.1 License
 """LLM query builder — translates natural language to eBay SearchFilters.
 
-The QueryTranslator calls LLMRouter.complete() (synchronous) with a domain-aware
+Supports two backends, selected at construction time:
-system prompt. The prompt includes category hints injected from EbayCategoryCache.
+
-The LLM returns a single JSON object matching SearchParamsResponse.
+  cforch_url  — cf-orch task endpoint (cloud/premium). The coordinator resolves
+                product+task to a model and returns an allocation. The caller
+                POSTs to the allocated service URL, then DELETEs the allocation.
+
+  llm_router  — circuitforge_core.LLMRouter (local installs: ollama/vllm/api keys).
+
+Exactly one of cforch_url or llm_router must be supplied.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -13,6 +19,8 @@ import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
+import httpx
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from app.platforms.ebay.categories import EbayCategoryCache
 
@@ -128,11 +136,23 @@ class QueryTranslator:
 
     Args:
         category_cache: An EbayCategoryCache instance (may have empty cache).
-        llm_router: An LLMRouter instance from circuitforge_core.
+        cforch_url: cf-orch coordinator base URL (cloud/premium path).
+        llm_router: A circuitforge_core LLMRouter instance (local path).
+
+    Exactly one of cforch_url or llm_router must be provided.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, category_cache: "EbayCategoryCache", llm_router: object) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        category_cache: "EbayCategoryCache",
+        *,
+        cforch_url: str | None = None,
+        llm_router: object | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        if cforch_url is None and llm_router is None:
+            raise ValueError("Either cforch_url or llm_router must be provided")
         self._cache = category_cache
+        self._cforch_url = cforch_url
         self._llm_router = llm_router
 
     def translate(self, natural_language: str) -> SearchParamsResponse:
@@ -154,14 +174,58 @@ class QueryTranslator:
         system_prompt = _SYSTEM_PROMPT_TEMPLATE.format(category_hints=category_hints)
 
         try:
-            raw = self._llm_router.complete(
+            if self._cforch_url:
-                natural_language,
+                raw = self._call_orch(system_prompt, natural_language)
-                system=system_prompt,
+            else:
-                max_tokens=512,
+                raw = self._call_local(system_prompt, natural_language)
-            )
+        except QueryTranslatorError:
+            raise
         except Exception as exc:
             raise QueryTranslatorError(
                 f"LLM backend error: {exc}", raw=""
             ) from exc
 
         return _parse_response(raw)
+
+    def _call_orch(self, system_prompt: str, user_message: str) -> str:
+        """Allocate via cf-orch task endpoint, call the model, release the slot."""
+        alloc_resp = httpx.post(
+            f"{self._cforch_url}/api/inference/task",
+            json={"product": "snipe", "task": "query_translation"},
+            timeout=10.0,
+        )
+        alloc_resp.raise_for_status()
+        alloc = alloc_resp.json()
+        service_url = alloc["url"]
+        allocation_id = alloc["allocation_id"]
+        try:
+            resp = httpx.post(
+                f"{service_url}/v1/chat/completions",
+                json={
+                    "model": "__auto__",
+                    "messages": [
+                        {"role": "system", "content": system_prompt},
+                        {"role": "user", "content": user_message},
+                    ],
+                    "max_tokens": 512,
+                },
+                timeout=60.0,
+            )
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+            return resp.json()["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
+        finally:
+            try:
+                httpx.delete(
+                    f"{self._cforch_url}/api/services/cf-text/allocations/{allocation_id}",
+                    timeout=5.0,
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                log.warning("Failed to release cf-orch allocation %s", allocation_id)
+
+    def _call_local(self, system_prompt: str, user_message: str) -> str:
+        """Call the locally-configured LLMRouter (ollama/vllm/api keys)."""
+        return self._llm_router.complete(  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+            user_message,
+            system=system_prompt,
+            max_tokens=512,
+        )

app/tasks/runner.py

@@ -7,28 +7,30 @@ Current task types:
     trust_photo_analysis — download primary photo, run vision LLM, write
                            result to trust_scores.photo_analysis_json (Paid tier).
 
-Prompt note: The vision prompt is a functional first pass. Tune against real
+Image assessment routing:
-eBay listings before GA — specifically stock-photo vs genuine-product distinction
+    Cloud (CF_ORCH_URL set): allocates via cf-orch task endpoint
-and the damage vocabulary.
+        product=snipe, task=image_assessment.
+    Local (no CF_ORCH_URL) or TaskNotFound fallback: uses LLMRouter
+        with a vision-capable local backend (moondream2, llava, etc.).
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import base64
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import httpx
 import requests
 from circuitforge_core.db import get_connection
-from circuitforge_core.llm import LLMRouter
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 LLM_TASK_TYPES: frozenset[str] = frozenset({"trust_photo_analysis"})
 
 VRAM_BUDGETS: dict[str, float] = {
-    # moondream2 / vision-capable LLM — single image, short response
+    "trust_photo_analysis": 6000,  # Q5_K_M Qwen2-VL via cf-orch; LLMRouter fallback uses 2.0 GB
-    "trust_photo_analysis": 2.0,
 }
 
 _VISION_SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
@@ -51,8 +53,7 @@ def insert_task(
 ) -> tuple[int, bool]:
     """Insert a background task if no identical task is already in-flight.
 
-    Uses get_connection() so WAL mode and timeout=30 apply — same as all other
+    Returns (task_id, is_new).
-    Snipe DB access.  Returns (task_id, is_new).
     """
     conn = get_connection(db_path)
     conn.row_factory = __import__("sqlite3").Row
@@ -120,32 +121,26 @@ def _run_trust_photo_analysis(
     p = json.loads(params or "{}")
     photo_url = p.get("photo_url", "")
     listing_title = p.get("listing_title", "")
-    # user_db: per-user DB in cloud mode; same as db_path in local mode.
     result_db = Path(p.get("user_db", str(db_path)))
 
     if not photo_url:
         raise ValueError("trust_photo_analysis: 'photo_url' is required in params")
 
-    # Download and base64-encode the photo
     resp = requests.get(photo_url, timeout=10)
     resp.raise_for_status()
     image_b64 = base64.b64encode(resp.content).decode()
+    image_data_url = f"data:image/jpeg;base64,{image_b64}"
 
-    # Build user prompt with optional title context
+    user_prompt = "Assess this listing image."
-    user_prompt = "Evaluate this eBay listing photo."
     if listing_title:
-        user_prompt = f"Evaluate this eBay listing photo for: {listing_title}"
+        user_prompt = f"Assess this eBay listing image: {listing_title}"
 
-    # Call LLMRouter with vision capability
+    cforch_url = os.getenv("CF_ORCH_URL")
-    router = LLMRouter()
+    if cforch_url:
-    raw = router.complete(
+        raw = _assess_via_orch(cforch_url, image_data_url, user_prompt)
-        user_prompt,
+    else:
-        system=_VISION_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+        raw = _assess_via_local_llm(image_b64, user_prompt)
-        images=[image_b64],
-        max_tokens=128,
-    )
 
-    # Parse — be lenient: strip markdown fences if present
     try:
         cleaned = raw.strip().removeprefix("```json").removeprefix("```").removesuffix("```").strip()
         analysis = json.loads(cleaned)
@@ -168,3 +163,54 @@ def _run_trust_photo_analysis(
         analysis.get("visible_damage"),
         analysis.get("confidence"),
     )
+
+
+def _assess_via_orch(cforch_url: str, image_data_url: str, user_prompt: str) -> str:
+    """Run photo assessment via cf-orch task endpoint (cloud path)."""
+    from circuitforge_orch.client import CFOrchClient, TaskNotFound
+
+    client = CFOrchClient(cforch_url)
+    try:
+        with client.task_allocate("snipe", "image_assessment") as alloc:
+            resp = httpx.post(
+                f"{alloc.url}/v1/chat/completions",
+                json={
+                    "model": alloc.model or "__auto__",
+                    "messages": [
+                        {
+                            "role": "system",
+                            "content": _VISION_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "role": "user",
+                            "content": [
+                                {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": image_data_url}},
+                                {"type": "text", "text": user_prompt},
+                            ],
+                        },
+                    ],
+                    "max_tokens": 128,
+                },
+                timeout=60.0,
+            )
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+            return resp.json()["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
+    except TaskNotFound:
+        log.warning(
+            "snipe.image_assessment not registered in cf-orch — falling back to local LLM"
+        )
+        image_b64 = image_data_url.split(",", 1)[1]
+        return _assess_via_local_llm(image_b64, user_prompt)
+
+
+def _assess_via_local_llm(image_b64: str, user_prompt: str) -> str:
+    """Run photo assessment via local LLMRouter (local/self-hosted path)."""
+    from app.llm.router import LLMRouter
+
+    router = LLMRouter()
+    return router.complete(
+        user_prompt,
+        system=_VISION_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+        images=[image_b64],
+        max_tokens=128,
+    )

pyproject.toml

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "playwright-stealth>=1.0",
     "cryptography>=42.0",
     "PyJWT>=2.8",
+    "httpx>=0.27",
+    "circuitforge-orch>=0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ dev = [
     "pytest>=8.0",
     "pytest-cov>=5.0",
     "ruff>=0.4",
-    "httpx>=0.27",   # FastAPI test client
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]

tests/test_query_translator.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Unit tests for QueryTranslator — LLMRouter mocked at boundary."""
+"""Unit tests for QueryTranslator — LLMRouter and cf-orch backends mocked at boundary."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_parse_response_missing_required_field():
         _parse_response(raw)
 
 
-# ── QueryTranslator (integration with mocked LLMRouter) ──────────────────────
+# ── Fixtures ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 from app.platforms.ebay.categories import EbayCategoryCache
 from circuitforge_core.db import get_connection, run_migrations
@@ -88,7 +88,22 @@ def db_with_categories(tmp_path):
     return conn
 
 
-def _make_translator(db_conn, llm_response: str) -> QueryTranslator:
+_VALID_LLM_RESPONSE = json.dumps({
+    "base_query": "RTX 3080",
+    "must_include_mode": "groups",
+    "must_include": "rtx|geforce, 3080",
+    "must_exclude": "mining,for parts",
+    "max_price": 300.0,
+    "min_price": None,
+    "condition": ["used"],
+    "category_id": "27386",
+    "explanation": "Searching for used RTX 3080 GPUs under $300.",
+})
+
+
+# ── Local LLMRouter backend ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def _make_local_translator(db_conn, llm_response: str) -> QueryTranslator:
     from app.platforms.ebay.categories import EbayCategoryCache
     cache = EbayCategoryCache(db_conn)
     mock_router = MagicMock()
@@ -97,18 +112,7 @@ def _make_translator(db_conn, llm_response: str) -> QueryTranslator:
 
 
 def test_translate_returns_search_params(db_with_categories):
-    llm_out = json.dumps({
+    t = _make_local_translator(db_with_categories, _VALID_LLM_RESPONSE)
-        "base_query": "RTX 3080",
-        "must_include_mode": "groups",
-        "must_include": "rtx|geforce, 3080",
-        "must_exclude": "mining,for parts",
-        "max_price": 300.0,
-        "min_price": None,
-        "condition": ["used"],
-        "category_id": "27386",
-        "explanation": "Searching for used RTX 3080 GPUs under $300.",
-    })
-    t = _make_translator(db_with_categories, llm_out)
     result = t.translate("used RTX 3080 under $300 no mining")
     assert result.base_query == "RTX 3080"
     assert result.max_price == 300.0
@@ -116,18 +120,7 @@ def test_translate_returns_search_params(db_with_categories):
 
 def test_translate_injects_category_hints(db_with_categories):
     """The system prompt sent to the LLM must contain category_id hints."""
-    llm_out = json.dumps({
+    t = _make_local_translator(db_with_categories, _VALID_LLM_RESPONSE)
-        "base_query": "GPU",
-        "must_include_mode": "all",
-        "must_include": "",
-        "must_exclude": "",
-        "max_price": None,
-        "min_price": None,
-        "condition": [],
-        "category_id": None,
-        "explanation": "Searching for GPUs.",
-    })
-    t = _make_translator(db_with_categories, llm_out)
     t.translate("GPU")
     call_args = t._llm_router.complete.call_args
     system_prompt = call_args.kwargs.get("system") or call_args.args[1]
@@ -141,7 +134,7 @@ def test_translate_empty_category_cache_still_works(tmp_path):
     conn = get_connection(tmp_path / "empty.db")
     run_migrations(conn, Path("app/db/migrations"))
     # Do NOT seed bootstrap — empty cache
-    llm_out = json.dumps({
+    t = _make_local_translator(conn, json.dumps({
         "base_query": "vinyl",
         "must_include_mode": "all",
         "must_include": "",
@@ -151,8 +144,7 @@ def test_translate_empty_category_cache_still_works(tmp_path):
         "condition": [],
         "category_id": None,
         "explanation": "Searching for vinyl records.",
-    })
+    }))
-    t = _make_translator(conn, llm_out)
     result = t.translate("vinyl records")
     assert result.base_query == "vinyl"
     call_args = t._llm_router.complete.call_args
@@ -168,3 +160,101 @@ def test_translate_llm_error_raises_query_translator_error(db_with_categories):
     t = QueryTranslator(category_cache=cache, llm_router=mock_router)
     with pytest.raises(QueryTranslatorError, match="LLM backend"):
         t.translate("used GPU")
+
+
+# ── cf-orch backend ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def _make_orch_translator(db_conn) -> QueryTranslator:
+    from app.platforms.ebay.categories import EbayCategoryCache
+    cache = EbayCategoryCache(db_conn)
+    return QueryTranslator(category_cache=cache, cforch_url="http://orch.local:8700")
+
+
+def _mock_alloc_response() -> MagicMock:
+    resp = MagicMock()
+    resp.json.return_value = {
+        "url": "http://cf-text.local:11434",
+        "allocation_id": "alloc-abc123",
+        "node_id": "heimdall",
+    }
+    resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+    return resp
+
+
+def _mock_chat_response(content: str) -> MagicMock:
+    resp = MagicMock()
+    resp.json.return_value = {
+        "choices": [{"message": {"content": content}}]
+    }
+    resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+    return resp
+
+
+def _mock_delete_response() -> MagicMock:
+    resp = MagicMock()
+    resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+    return resp
+
+
+def test_orch_translate_returns_search_params(db_with_categories):
+    t = _make_orch_translator(db_with_categories)
+    with patch("httpx.post") as mock_post, patch("httpx.delete") as mock_delete:
+        mock_post.side_effect = [
+            _mock_alloc_response(),
+            _mock_chat_response(_VALID_LLM_RESPONSE),
+        ]
+        mock_delete.return_value = _mock_delete_response()
+        result = t.translate("used RTX 3080 under $300")
+    assert result.base_query == "RTX 3080"
+    assert result.max_price == 300.0
+
+
+def test_orch_allocates_with_correct_task_tag(db_with_categories):
+    t = _make_orch_translator(db_with_categories)
+    with patch("httpx.post") as mock_post, patch("httpx.delete"):
+        mock_post.side_effect = [
+            _mock_alloc_response(),
+            _mock_chat_response(_VALID_LLM_RESPONSE),
+        ]
+        t.translate("GPU")
+    alloc_call = mock_post.call_args_list[0]
+    assert alloc_call.args[0] == "http://orch.local:8700/api/inference/task"
+    body = alloc_call.kwargs.get("json") or alloc_call.args[1]
+    assert body == {"product": "snipe", "task": "query_translation"}
+
+
+def test_orch_releases_allocation_after_success(db_with_categories):
+    t = _make_orch_translator(db_with_categories)
+    with patch("httpx.post") as mock_post, patch("httpx.delete") as mock_delete:
+        mock_post.side_effect = [
+            _mock_alloc_response(),
+            _mock_chat_response(_VALID_LLM_RESPONSE),
+        ]
+        mock_delete.return_value = _mock_delete_response()
+        t.translate("GPU")
+    mock_delete.assert_called_once()
+    delete_url = mock_delete.call_args.args[0]
+    assert "alloc-abc123" in delete_url
+
+
+def test_orch_releases_allocation_on_inference_failure(db_with_categories):
+    """Allocation must be released even when the inference call fails."""
+    t = _make_orch_translator(db_with_categories)
+    with patch("httpx.post") as mock_post, patch("httpx.delete") as mock_delete:
+        mock_post.side_effect = [
+            _mock_alloc_response(),
+            Exception("inference timeout"),
+        ]
+        mock_delete.return_value = _mock_delete_response()
+        with pytest.raises(QueryTranslatorError, match="LLM backend"):
+            t.translate("GPU")
+    mock_delete.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_init_requires_at_least_one_backend(tmp_path):
+    from circuitforge_core.db import get_connection, run_migrations
+    conn = get_connection(tmp_path / "test.db")
+    run_migrations(conn, Path("app/db/migrations"))
+    cache = EbayCategoryCache(conn)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="cforch_url or llm_router"):
+        QueryTranslator(category_cache=cache)

tests/test_tasks/test_runner.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import json
 import sqlite3
 from pathlib import Path
-from unittest.mock import patch
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch, call
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -47,6 +47,19 @@ def tmp_db(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
     return db
 
 
+_VISION_JSON = json.dumps({
+    "is_stock_photo": False,
+    "visible_damage": False,
+    "authenticity_signal": "genuine_product_photo",
+    "confidence": "high",
+})
+
+_PARAMS = json.dumps({
+    "photo_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg",
+    "listing_title": "Used iPhone 13",
+})
+
+
 def test_llm_task_types_defined():
     assert "trust_photo_analysis" in LLM_TASK_TYPES
 
@@ -75,29 +88,17 @@ def test_insert_task_dedup(tmp_db: Path):
     assert new2 is False
 
 
-def test_run_task_photo_analysis_success(tmp_db: Path):
+# ── Local LLMRouter path ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    """Vision analysis result is written to trust_scores.photo_analysis_json."""
-    params = json.dumps({
-        "listing_id": 1,
-        "photo_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg",
-        "listing_title": "Used iPhone 13",
-    })
-    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=params)
 
-    vision_result = {
+def test_run_task_photo_analysis_local_success(tmp_db: Path):
-        "is_stock_photo": False,
+    """Local path: vision result is written to trust_scores.photo_analysis_json."""
-        "visible_damage": False,
+    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=_PARAMS)
-        "authenticity_signal": "genuine_product_photo",
-        "confidence": "high",
-    }
 
     with patch("app.tasks.runner.requests") as mock_req, \
-         patch("app.tasks.runner.LLMRouter") as MockRouter:
+         patch("app.tasks.runner._assess_via_local_llm", return_value=_VISION_JSON):
         mock_req.get.return_value.content = b"fake_image_bytes"
         mock_req.get.return_value.raise_for_status = lambda: None
-        instance = MockRouter.return_value
+        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, _PARAMS)
-        instance.complete.return_value = json.dumps(vision_result)
-        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, params)
 
     conn = sqlite3.connect(tmp_db)
     score_row = conn.execute(
@@ -110,20 +111,16 @@ def test_run_task_photo_analysis_success(tmp_db: Path):
     assert task_row[0] == "completed"
     parsed = json.loads(score_row[0])
     assert parsed["is_stock_photo"] is False
+    assert parsed["confidence"] == "high"
 
 
 def test_run_task_photo_fetch_failure_marks_failed(tmp_db: Path):
     """If photo download fails, task is marked failed without crashing."""
-    params = json.dumps({
+    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=_PARAMS)
-        "listing_id": 1,
-        "photo_url": "https://example.com/bad.jpg",
-        "listing_title": "Laptop",
-    })
-    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=params)
 
     with patch("app.tasks.runner.requests") as mock_req:
         mock_req.get.side_effect = ConnectionError("fetch failed")
-        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, params)
+        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, _PARAMS)
 
     conn = sqlite3.connect(tmp_db)
     row = conn.execute(
@@ -156,3 +153,169 @@ def test_run_task_unknown_type_marks_failed(tmp_db: Path):
     ).fetchone()
     conn.close()
     assert row[0] == "failed"
+
+
+# ── cf-orch path ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def _make_orch_client_mock(vision_json: str) -> MagicMock:
+    """Build a CFOrchClient mock whose task_allocate context manager returns an Allocation."""
+    alloc = MagicMock()
+    alloc.url = "http://cf-vlm.local:8000"
+    alloc.model = "bartowski--qwen2-vl-7b-instruct-gguf"
+
+    cm = MagicMock()
+    cm.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=alloc)
+    cm.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+
+    client = MagicMock()
+    client.task_allocate.return_value = cm
+    return client
+
+
+def test_run_task_photo_analysis_orch_success(tmp_db: Path):
+    """Cloud path: CFOrchClient.task_allocate is used when CF_ORCH_URL is set."""
+    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=_PARAMS)
+
+    chat_resp = MagicMock()
+    chat_resp.json.return_value = {"choices": [{"message": {"content": _VISION_JSON}}]}
+    chat_resp.raise_for_status = MagicMock()
+
+    with patch("app.tasks.runner.requests") as mock_req, \
+         patch.dict("os.environ", {"CF_ORCH_URL": "http://cf-orch.local:8700"}), \
+         patch("app.tasks.runner.httpx") as mock_httpx, \
+         patch("circuitforge_orch.client.CFOrchClient") as MockClient:
+
+        mock_req.get.return_value.content = b"fake_image_bytes"
+        mock_req.get.return_value.raise_for_status = lambda: None
+        mock_httpx.post.return_value = chat_resp
+
+        client_instance = _make_orch_client_mock(_VISION_JSON)
+        MockClient.return_value = client_instance
+
+        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, _PARAMS)
+
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(tmp_db)
+    score_row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT photo_analysis_json FROM trust_scores WHERE listing_id=1"
+    ).fetchone()
+    task_row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT status FROM background_tasks WHERE id=?", (task_id,)
+    ).fetchone()
+    conn.close()
+    assert task_row[0] == "completed"
+    parsed = json.loads(score_row[0])
+    assert parsed["authenticity_signal"] == "genuine_product_photo"
+
+
+def test_run_task_photo_analysis_orch_uses_image_assessment_task(tmp_db: Path):
+    """task_allocate must be called with product='snipe', task='image_assessment'."""
+    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=_PARAMS)
+
+    chat_resp = MagicMock()
+    chat_resp.json.return_value = {"choices": [{"message": {"content": _VISION_JSON}}]}
+    chat_resp.raise_for_status = MagicMock()
+
+    with patch("app.tasks.runner.requests") as mock_req, \
+         patch.dict("os.environ", {"CF_ORCH_URL": "http://cf-orch.local:8700"}), \
+         patch("app.tasks.runner.httpx") as mock_httpx, \
+         patch("circuitforge_orch.client.CFOrchClient") as MockClient:
+
+        mock_req.get.return_value.content = b"fake_image_bytes"
+        mock_req.get.return_value.raise_for_status = lambda: None
+        mock_httpx.post.return_value = chat_resp
+
+        client_instance = _make_orch_client_mock(_VISION_JSON)
+        MockClient.return_value = client_instance
+
+        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, _PARAMS)
+
+    client_instance.task_allocate.assert_called_once_with("snipe", "image_assessment")
+
+
+def test_run_task_photo_analysis_orch_sends_image_url_content(tmp_db: Path):
+    """Vision payload must include image_url content block with data URI."""
+    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=_PARAMS)
+
+    captured_body: dict = {}
+
+    def capture_post(url, **kwargs):
+        nonlocal captured_body
+        if "/v1/chat/completions" in url:
+            captured_body = kwargs.get("json", {})
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        resp.json.return_value = {"choices": [{"message": {"content": _VISION_JSON}}]}
+        resp.raise_for_status = MagicMock()
+        return resp
+
+    with patch("app.tasks.runner.requests") as mock_req, \
+         patch.dict("os.environ", {"CF_ORCH_URL": "http://cf-orch.local:8700"}), \
+         patch("app.tasks.runner.httpx") as mock_httpx, \
+         patch("circuitforge_orch.client.CFOrchClient") as MockClient:
+
+        mock_req.get.return_value.content = b"fake_image_bytes"
+        mock_req.get.return_value.raise_for_status = lambda: None
+        mock_httpx.post.side_effect = capture_post
+
+        client_instance = _make_orch_client_mock(_VISION_JSON)
+        MockClient.return_value = client_instance
+
+        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, _PARAMS)
+
+    user_content = captured_body["messages"][1]["content"]
+    image_blocks = [b for b in user_content if b.get("type") == "image_url"]
+    assert image_blocks, "No image_url content block found in vision payload"
+    url = image_blocks[0]["image_url"]["url"]
+    assert url.startswith("data:image/jpeg;base64,"), f"Unexpected image URL format: {url[:40]}"
+
+
+def test_run_task_photo_analysis_orch_task_not_found_falls_back(tmp_db: Path):
+    """TaskNotFound from cf-orch → graceful fallback to local LLMRouter."""
+    from circuitforge_orch.client import TaskNotFound
+
+    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=_PARAMS)
+
+    cm = MagicMock()
+    cm.__enter__ = MagicMock(side_effect=TaskNotFound("snipe", "image_assessment"))
+    cm.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+
+    client_instance = MagicMock()
+    client_instance.task_allocate.return_value = cm
+
+    with patch("app.tasks.runner.requests") as mock_req, \
+         patch.dict("os.environ", {"CF_ORCH_URL": "http://cf-orch.local:8700"}), \
+         patch("circuitforge_orch.client.CFOrchClient", return_value=client_instance), \
+         patch("app.tasks.runner._assess_via_local_llm", return_value=_VISION_JSON) as mock_local:
+
+        mock_req.get.return_value.content = b"fake_image_bytes"
+        mock_req.get.return_value.raise_for_status = lambda: None
+
+        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, _PARAMS)
+
+    mock_local.assert_called_once()
+
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(tmp_db)
+    task_row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT status FROM background_tasks WHERE id=?", (task_id,)
+    ).fetchone()
+    conn.close()
+    assert task_row[0] == "completed"
+
+
+def test_run_task_photo_analysis_non_json_response_writes_raw(tmp_db: Path):
+    """Non-JSON LLM response is stored with parse_error flag rather than crashing."""
+    task_id, _ = insert_task(tmp_db, "trust_photo_analysis", job_id=1, params=_PARAMS)
+
+    with patch("app.tasks.runner.requests") as mock_req, \
+         patch("app.tasks.runner._assess_via_local_llm", return_value="not valid json at all"):
+        mock_req.get.return_value.content = b"fake_image_bytes"
+        mock_req.get.return_value.raise_for_status = lambda: None
+        run_task(tmp_db, task_id, "trust_photo_analysis", 1, _PARAMS)
+
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(tmp_db)
+    score_row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT photo_analysis_json FROM trust_scores WHERE listing_id=1"
+    ).fetchone()
+    conn.close()
+    parsed = json.loads(score_row[0])
+    assert parsed.get("parse_error") is True
+    assert "raw_response" in parsed