diff --git a/pkg/spec/src/pick.ts b/pkg/spec/src/pick.ts
index 97c7b4f..f2019e9 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/src/pick.ts
+++ b/pkg/spec/src/pick.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ export function walk(
     }
     case "builtin":
       return walkBuiltin(node.verb, rng, host);
+    case "llm":
+      // The LLM backend is driven by Go (it reads config.model off
+      // globalThis.actions and selects via OpenRouter). On the JS picker the
+      // marker is inert, so the goja NextAction reports no action and the Go
+      // llmSource takes over.
+      return null;
   }
 }