diff --git a/workflows/sense-generator/index.ts b/workflows/sense-generator/index.ts
index f3fce38..594c936 100644
--- a/workflows/sense-generator/index.ts
+++ b/workflows/sense-generator/index.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,20 @@ import { buildPlannerRole } from "./roles/planner/index.js";
 import { buildCoderRole } from "./roles/coder/index.js";
 import { buildTesterRole } from "./roles/tester/index.js";
 import { moderator } from "./moderator.js";
+import { resolveDashScopeProvider } from "./roles/shared.js";
 import type { SenseMeta } from "./roles/types.js";
 
+const provider = await resolveDashScopeProvider();
+if (provider === null) {
+  throw new Error("Cannot build workflow: set DASHSCOPE_API_KEY and DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL");
+}
+
 const workflow: WorkflowDefinition<SenseMeta> = {
   name: "sense-generator",
   roles: {
-    planner: await buildPlannerRole(),
-    coder: await buildCoderRole(),
-    tester: await buildTesterRole(),
+    planner: buildPlannerRole(provider),
+    coder: buildCoderRole(provider),
+    tester: buildTesterRole(provider),
   },
   moderator,
 };
diff --git a/workflows/sense-generator/roles/coder/index.ts b/workflows/sense-generator/roles/coder/index.ts
index dc670a1..1d8598b 100644
--- a/workflows/sense-generator/roles/coder/index.ts
+++ b/workflows/sense-generator/roles/coder/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
+import type { LlmProvider } from "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils";
 import { createCursorRole } from "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils";
-import { resolveDashScopeProvider, NERVE_ROOT, SENSES_DIR } from "../shared.js";
+import { NERVE_ROOT, SENSES_DIR } from "../shared.js";
 import { coderMetaSchema } from "../types.js";
 import type { SenseMeta } from "../types.js";
 import { coderPrompt } from "./prompt.js";
 
-export async function buildCoderRole() {
-  const provider = await resolveDashScopeProvider();
-  if (provider === null) {
-    throw new Error("Cannot create coder: set DASHSCOPE_API_KEY and DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL");
-  }
+export function buildCoderRole(provider: LlmProvider) {
   return createCursorRole<SenseMeta["coder"]>({
     cwd: NERVE_ROOT,
     mode: "default",
diff --git a/workflows/sense-generator/roles/planner/index.ts b/workflows/sense-generator/roles/planner/index.ts
index ae0ee0e..a929894 100644
--- a/workflows/sense-generator/roles/planner/index.ts
+++ b/workflows/sense-generator/roles/planner/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import type { LlmProvider } from "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils";
 import { createCursorRole } from "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils";
-import { resolveDashScopeProvider, buildSenseExamples, getNerveYaml, NERVE_ROOT } from "../shared.js";
+import { buildSenseExamples, getNerveYaml, NERVE_ROOT } from "../shared.js";
 import { plannerMetaSchema } from "../types.js";
 import type { SenseMeta } from "../types.js";
 import { plannerPrompt } from "./prompt.js";
@@ -7,11 +8,7 @@ import { plannerPrompt } from "./prompt.js";
 const senseExamples = buildSenseExamples();
 const nerveYaml = getNerveYaml();
 
-export async function buildPlannerRole() {
-  const provider = await resolveDashScopeProvider();
-  if (provider === null) {
-    throw new Error("Cannot create planner: set DASHSCOPE_API_KEY and DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL");
-  }
+export function buildPlannerRole(provider: LlmProvider) {
   return createCursorRole<SenseMeta["planner"]>({
     cwd: NERVE_ROOT,
     mode: "ask",
diff --git a/workflows/sense-generator/roles/tester/index.ts b/workflows/sense-generator/roles/tester/index.ts
index c4a4b7e..c9508ab 100644
--- a/workflows/sense-generator/roles/tester/index.ts
+++ b/workflows/sense-generator/roles/tester/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
+import type { LlmProvider } from "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils";
 import { createHermesRole } from "@uncaged/nerve-workflow-utils";
-import { resolveDashScopeProvider, NERVE_ROOT, SENSES_DIR } from "../shared.js";
+import { NERVE_ROOT, SENSES_DIR } from "../shared.js";
 import { testerMetaSchema } from "../types.js";
 import type { SenseMeta } from "../types.js";
 import { testerPrompt } from "./prompt.js";
 
-export async function buildTesterRole() {
-  const provider = await resolveDashScopeProvider();
-  if (provider === null) {
-    throw new Error("Cannot create tester: set DASHSCOPE_API_KEY and DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL");
-  }
+export function buildTesterRole(provider: LlmProvider) {
   return createHermesRole<SenseMeta["tester"]>({
     prompt: async (threadId) => testerPrompt({ threadId, sensesDir: SENSES_DIR, nerveRoot: NERVE_ROOT }),
     extract: { provider, schema: testerMetaSchema },