diff --git a/scripts/dev-api.js b/scripts/dev-api.js
index 94f31d4..a85faed 100644
--- a/scripts/dev-api.js
+++ b/scripts/dev-api.js
@@ -6692,6 +6692,11 @@ const handlers = {
     const enhanced = hermesEnhancedPath()
     const port = hermesGatewayPort()
     if (action === 'start') {
+      // Guardian: ensure platforms.api_server.enabled:true before start.
+      // Mirrors Rust's ensure_api_server_enabled (see hermes.rs).
+      try { this._hermesEnsureApiServerEnabled() } catch (e) {
+        console.warn('[hermes guardian] patch failed:', e.message || e)
+      }
       // 检测是否已运行
       const alive = await _tcpProbe('127.0.0.1', port, 300)
       if (alive) return 'Gateway 已在运行'
@@ -6845,6 +6850,98 @@ const handlers = {
     return []
   },
 
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // api_server guardian (Step 5) — mirror of Rust's config_has_api_server_enabled
+  // + patch_yaml_ensure_api_server + ensure_api_server_enabled. Called before
+  // every `hermes gateway run` so that an upgrade / manual edit that drops
+  // `platforms.api_server.enabled: true` is auto-healed.
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  _hermesConfigHasApiServerEnabled(raw) {
+    let inPlatforms = false
+    let inApiServer = false
+    for (const origLine of raw.split('\n')) {
+      const hash = origLine.indexOf('#')
+      const line = hash >= 0 ? origLine.slice(0, hash) : origLine
+      const trimmed = line.replace(/\s+$/, '')
+      if (!trimmed) continue
+      const indent = trimmed.length - trimmed.trimStart().length
+      if (indent === 0) {
+        inPlatforms = trimmed.trimStart().startsWith('platforms:')
+        inApiServer = false
+        continue
+      }
+      if (!inPlatforms) continue
+      if (indent <= 2) {
+        inApiServer = trimmed.trimStart().startsWith('api_server:')
+        continue
+      }
+      if (!inApiServer) continue
+      const t = trimmed.trimStart()
+      if (t.startsWith('enabled:')) {
+        const v = t.slice(8).trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '').toLowerCase()
+        return ['true', 'yes', 'on', '1'].includes(v)
+      }
+    }
+    return false
+  },
+
+  _hermesPatchYamlEnsureApiServer(raw) {
+    if (this._hermesConfigHasApiServerEnabled(raw)) return raw
+    const lines = raw.split('\n')
+    const out = []
+    let platformsFound = false
+    let i = 0
+    while (i < lines.length) {
+      const line = lines[i]
+      const trimmed = line.replace(/\s+$/, '')
+      const indent = trimmed.length - trimmed.trimStart().length
+      if (indent === 0 && trimmed.trimStart().startsWith('platforms:')) {
+        out.push(line)
+        platformsFound = true
+        i++
+        const accumulated = []
+        let skipping = false
+        while (i < lines.length) {
+          const l = lines[i]
+          const t = l.replace(/\s+$/, '')
+          const ind = t.length - t.trimStart().length
+          if (ind === 0 && t !== '') break
+          if (ind <= 2) skipping = t.trimStart().startsWith('api_server:')
+          if (!skipping) accumulated.push(l)
+          i++
+        }
+        out.push('  api_server:')
+        out.push('    enabled: true')
+        out.push(...accumulated)
+        continue
+      }
+      out.push(line)
+      i++
+    }
+    if (!platformsFound) {
+      if (out.length && out[out.length - 1] !== '') out.push('')
+      out.push('platforms:')
+      out.push('  api_server:')
+      out.push('    enabled: true')
+    }
+    let content = out.join('\n')
+    if (!content.endsWith('\n')) content += '\n'
+    return content
+  },
+
+  _hermesEnsureApiServerEnabled() {
+    const configPath = path.join(hermesHome(), 'config.yaml')
+    if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) return
+    const raw = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8')
+    if (this._hermesConfigHasApiServerEnabled(raw)) return
+    const ts = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
+    const backupPath = configPath + `.bak-${ts}`
+    try { fs.writeFileSync(backupPath, raw) } catch {}
+    const patched = this._hermesPatchYamlEnsureApiServer(raw)
+    fs.writeFileSync(configPath, patched)
+    console.warn(`[hermes guardian] patched config.yaml (api_server.enabled). Backup: ${backupPath}`)
+  },
+
   // =========================================================================
   // .env editor (Step 4) — Web-mode implementations mirroring Rust behavior.
   // The managed-key list is duplicated here since Rust's hermes_providers is
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/hermes.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/hermes.rs
index 7495ee4..ee3eec7 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/hermes.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/hermes.rs
@@ -1821,6 +1821,11 @@ pub async fn hermes_gateway_action(
     let enhanced = hermes_enhanced_path();
     match action.as_str() {
         "start" => {
+            // Guardian: ensure platforms.api_server.enabled:true is present
+            // before every start. Auto-heal if missing (with a .bak backup).
+            // See `ensure_api_server_enabled` for rationale.
+            ensure_api_server_enabled(&app)?;
+
             #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
             {
                 let home = hermes_home();
@@ -3139,6 +3144,185 @@ pub async fn hermes_memory_write(
     Ok("ok".into())
 }
 
+// ============================================================================
+// api_server guardian (Step 5 / G7)
+//
+// ClawPanel's Hermes integration requires `platforms.api_server.enabled: true`
+// in ~/.hermes/config.yaml so that `hermes gateway run` exposes the
+// /v1/runs endpoint we depend on. The setting is written once by
+// `configure_hermes`, but several real-world scenarios can remove it:
+//   * User upgrades Hermes and the new default config.yaml is merged
+//     without the api_server platform entry.
+//   * User manually edits config.yaml (via Hermes CLI or text editor).
+//   * Migration scripts accidentally drop the section.
+//
+// Rather than silently failing at Gateway start time with an opaque
+// "endpoint not found" error, this guardian checks before every start and
+// auto-heals the config. A timestamped backup (config.yaml.bak-<epoch>)
+// is written before any mutation so users can always roll back.
+// ============================================================================
+
+/// Scan a YAML string for `platforms.api_server.enabled: true` and return
+/// true only when that exact path exists with a truthy value.
+fn config_has_api_server_enabled(raw: &str) -> bool {
+    let mut in_platforms = false;
+    let mut in_api_server = false;
+    for line in raw.lines() {
+        // Strip comments (crude, but matches the simple YAML we write).
+        let line = match line.find('#') {
+            Some(i) => &line[..i],
+            None => line,
+        };
+        let trimmed = line.trim_end();
+        if trimmed.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let indent = trimmed.len() - trimmed.trim_start().len();
+
+        if indent == 0 {
+            in_platforms = trimmed.trim_start().starts_with("platforms:");
+            in_api_server = false;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if !in_platforms {
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Inside platforms:
+        if indent <= 2 {
+            in_api_server = trimmed.trim_start().starts_with("api_server:");
+            continue;
+        }
+        if !in_api_server {
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Inside platforms.api_server:
+        let t = trimmed.trim_start();
+        if let Some(rest) = t.strip_prefix("enabled:") {
+            let v = rest.trim().trim_matches(|c: char| c == '"' || c == '\'');
+            return matches!(v.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(), "true" | "yes" | "on" | "1");
+        }
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+/// Produce a patched YAML that guarantees
+/// `platforms.api_server.enabled: true` is present, preserving everything
+/// else verbatim. If the config already has the setting (as `true`) this
+/// returns the original text unchanged.
+fn patch_yaml_ensure_api_server(raw: &str) -> String {
+    if config_has_api_server_enabled(raw) {
+        return raw.to_string();
+    }
+
+    // Strategy:
+    //   * If `platforms:` exists, inject / replace api_server subtree under it.
+    //   * Otherwise append a new top-level `platforms:` block at EOF.
+    let lines: Vec<&str> = raw.lines().collect();
+    let mut out: Vec<String> = Vec::with_capacity(lines.len() + 4);
+    let mut platforms_found = false;
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < lines.len() {
+        let line = lines[i];
+        let trimmed = line.trim_end();
+        let indent = trimmed.len() - trimmed.trim_start().len();
+
+        if indent == 0 && trimmed.trim_start().starts_with("platforms:") {
+            // Copy the platforms: header
+            out.push(line.to_string());
+            platforms_found = true;
+            i += 1;
+            // Accumulate children and drop the existing api_server subtree
+            // (we'll rewrite it at the top of the block). Keep siblings.
+            let mut accumulated_children: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+            let mut skipping_api_server = false;
+            while i < lines.len() {
+                let l = lines[i];
+                let t = l.trim_end();
+                let ind = t.len() - t.trim_start().len();
+                if ind == 0 && !t.is_empty() {
+                    break; // leaving platforms block
+                }
+                if ind <= 2 {
+                    skipping_api_server = t.trim_start().starts_with("api_server:");
+                }
+                if !skipping_api_server {
+                    accumulated_children.push(l.to_string());
+                }
+                i += 1;
+            }
+            // Inject a fresh api_server entry at the top of platforms:
+            out.push("  api_server:".into());
+            out.push("    enabled: true".into());
+            out.extend(accumulated_children);
+            continue;
+        }
+        out.push(line.to_string());
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    if !platforms_found {
+        if let Some(last) = out.last() {
+            if !last.is_empty() {
+                out.push(String::new());
+            }
+        }
+        out.push("platforms:".into());
+        out.push("  api_server:".into());
+        out.push("    enabled: true".into());
+    }
+
+    let mut content = out.join("\n");
+    if !content.ends_with('\n') {
+        content.push('\n');
+    }
+    content
+}
+
+/// Guardian called from `hermes_gateway_action` on every `start` request.
+/// Returns Ok(()) when the config is healthy (either it was already correct
+/// or the patch succeeded). Emits `hermes-config-patched` on auto-heal so
+/// the frontend can display a transparent toast.
+fn ensure_api_server_enabled(app: &tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let config_path = hermes_home().join("config.yaml");
+    if !config_path.exists() {
+        // Nothing to guard — configure_hermes will create a compliant file
+        // on first run. Don't auto-create here; that's outside the guard's
+        // responsibility.
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(&config_path)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to read config.yaml: {e}"))?;
+    if config_has_api_server_enabled(&raw) {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // Back up with a timestamped filename so we never overwrite an earlier
+    // .bak (rapid re-starts would lose history otherwise).
+    let ts = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .map(|d| d.as_secs())
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+    let backup_path = config_path.with_extension(format!("yaml.bak-{ts}"));
+    let _ = std::fs::write(&backup_path, &raw);
+
+    let patched = patch_yaml_ensure_api_server(&raw);
+    std::fs::write(&config_path, &patched)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to write config.yaml: {e}"))?;
+
+    // Inform the frontend so it can surface a toast. Failure to emit is
+    // non-fatal — the patch itself already succeeded.
+    use tauri::Emitter;
+    let _ = app.emit(
+        "hermes-config-patched",
+        serde_json::json!({
+            "kind": "api_server_enabled",
+            "backup": backup_path.to_string_lossy(),
+            "message": "platforms.api_server.enabled 缺失，已自动修复并备份原文件",
+        }),
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // .env editor commands (Step 4 / G6)
 //
@@ -3326,3 +3510,108 @@ pub fn hermes_env_delete(key: String) -> Result<(), String> {
     std::fs::write(&env_path, content).map_err(|e| format!("Failed to write .env: {e}"))?;
     Ok(())
 }
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Unit tests for the pure YAML helpers (no filesystem I/O).
+// ============================================================================
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod guardian_tests {
+    use super::{config_has_api_server_enabled, patch_yaml_ensure_api_server};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detects_enabled_variants() {
+        let yaml = "\
+model:
+  default: deepseek-chat
+platforms:
+  api_server:
+    enabled: true
+";
+        assert!(config_has_api_server_enabled(yaml));
+
+        for v in ["true", "True", "TRUE", "yes", "on", "1"] {
+            let y = format!("platforms:\n  api_server:\n    enabled: {v}\n");
+            assert!(
+                config_has_api_server_enabled(&y),
+                "expected {v} to count as enabled"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detects_missing_or_disabled() {
+        assert!(!config_has_api_server_enabled("model:\n  default: foo\n"));
+        assert!(!config_has_api_server_enabled(
+            "platforms:\n  other:\n    enabled: true\n"
+        ));
+        assert!(!config_has_api_server_enabled(
+            "platforms:\n  api_server:\n    enabled: false\n"
+        ));
+        assert!(!config_has_api_server_enabled(
+            "platforms:\n  api_server:\n    something: else\n"
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ignores_commented_enabled() {
+        let yaml = "platforms:\n  api_server:\n    # enabled: true\n";
+        assert!(!config_has_api_server_enabled(yaml));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn patch_is_noop_when_already_enabled() {
+        let yaml = "\
+model:
+  default: x
+platforms:
+  api_server:
+    enabled: true
+";
+        assert_eq!(patch_yaml_ensure_api_server(yaml), yaml);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn patch_appends_when_no_platforms() {
+        let yaml = "model:\n  default: x\n";
+        let patched = patch_yaml_ensure_api_server(yaml);
+        assert!(config_has_api_server_enabled(&patched));
+        assert!(patched.contains("model:"));
+        assert!(patched.contains("default: x"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn patch_injects_under_existing_platforms() {
+        let yaml = "\
+platforms:
+  other:
+    enabled: true
+terminal:
+  backend: local
+";
+        let patched = patch_yaml_ensure_api_server(yaml);
+        assert!(config_has_api_server_enabled(&patched));
+        assert!(patched.contains("other:"));
+        assert!(patched.contains("terminal:"));
+        assert!(patched.contains("backend: local"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn patch_replaces_disabled_api_server() {
+        let yaml = "\
+platforms:
+  api_server:
+    enabled: false
+    extra: keepme
+  other:
+    enabled: true
+";
+        let patched = patch_yaml_ensure_api_server(yaml);
+        assert!(config_has_api_server_enabled(&patched));
+        assert!(patched.contains("other:"));
+        assert!(
+            !patched.contains("enabled: false"),
+            "disabled marker should have been removed"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/engines/hermes/pages/dashboard.js b/src/engines/hermes/pages/dashboard.js
index 6a001c8..2377734 100644
--- a/src/engines/hermes/pages/dashboard.js
+++ b/src/engines/hermes/pages/dashboard.js
@@ -583,6 +583,14 @@ export function render() {
         showGwMsg(evt.payload || '', false)
       })
       unlisteners.push(unlisten2)
+
+      // 监听 config.yaml 自愈事件（api_server guardian）
+      const unlisten3 = await tauriListen('hermes-config-patched', async (evt) => {
+        const { toast } = await import('../../../components/toast.js')
+        const msg = evt?.payload?.message || 'config.yaml 已自动修复'
+        toast(msg, 'info', { duration: 6000 })
+      })
+      unlisteners.push(unlisten3)
     } catch (_) {
       // Web 模式下无 Tauri 事件，静默忽略
     }