diff --git a/backend/app/services/llm/providers/registry.py b/backend/app/services/llm/providers/registry.py
index b6ed5b882..f683479cd 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/llm/providers/registry.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/llm/providers/registry.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class LLMProvider:
     ELEVENLABS_NATIVE = "elevenlabs-native"
     ANTHROPIC_NATIVE = "anthropic-native"
 
+    _platform_fallback = {GOOGLE_GCP, GOOGLE_GCP_NATIVE}
+
     _registry: dict[str, type[BaseProvider]] = {
         OPENAI: OpenAIProvider,
         GOOGLE: GoogleAIProvider,
@@ -79,9 +81,15 @@ def get_llm_provider(
     )
 
     if not credentials:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"Credentials for provider '{credential_provider}' not configured for this project."
+        if credential_provider not in LLMProvider._platform_fallback:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Credentials for provider '{credential_provider}' not configured for this project."
+            )
+        logger.info(
+            f"[get_llm_provider] No stored credentials for '{credential_provider}', "
+            f"falling back to platform-shared credentials."
         )
+        credentials = {}
 
     try:
         client = provider_class.create_client(credentials=credentials)
diff --git a/backend/app/tests/services/llm/providers/test_registry.py b/backend/app/tests/services/llm/providers/test_registry.py
index c1307802c..16e585c3f 100644
--- a/backend/app/tests/services/llm/providers/test_registry.py
+++ b/backend/app/tests/services/llm/providers/test_registry.py
@@ -105,6 +105,64 @@ def test_get_llm_provider_with_missing_credentials(self, db: Session):
 
             assert "not configured for this project" in str(exc_info.value)
 
+    def test_get_llm_provider_google_gcp_falls_back_to_platform_credentials(
+        self, db: Session
+    ) -> None:
+        """No stored ``google-gcp`` credential row shouldn't raise — the
+        provider's create_client() falls back to platform-shared settings."""
+        from app.services.llm.providers.google_gcp import GoogleGCPProvider
+
+        project = get_project(db)
+
+        with (
+            patch("app.crud.credentials.get_provider_credential") as mock_get_creds,
+            patch("app.services.llm.providers.google_gcp.settings") as mock_settings,
+        ):
+            mock_get_creds.return_value = None
+            mock_settings.GCP_VERTEX_API_KEY = "platform-key"
+            mock_settings.GCP_PROJECT_ID = "platform-project"
+            mock_settings.GCP_VERTEX_LOCATION = "us-central1"
+            mock_settings.GCS_AUDIO_BUCKET = "platform-bucket"
+            mock_settings.GCP_SA_KEY = '{"type": "service_account"}'
+
+            provider = get_llm_provider(
+                session=db,
+                provider_type="google-gcp",
+                project_id=project.id,
+                organization_id=project.organization_id,
+            )
+
+        assert isinstance(provider, GoogleGCPProvider)
+        assert provider.client.api_key == "platform-key"
+
+    def test_get_llm_provider_google_gcp_raises_when_platform_credentials_missing(
+        self, db: Session
+    ) -> None:
+        """Platform fallback still surfaces a ValueError if settings are
+        also unconfigured, instead of silently constructing a broken client."""
+        project = get_project(db)
+
+        with (
+            patch("app.crud.credentials.get_provider_credential") as mock_get_creds,
+            patch("app.services.llm.providers.google_gcp.settings") as mock_settings,
+        ):
+            mock_get_creds.return_value = None
+            mock_settings.GCP_VERTEX_API_KEY = None
+            mock_settings.GCP_PROJECT_ID = None
+            mock_settings.GCP_VERTEX_LOCATION = None
+            mock_settings.GCS_AUDIO_BUCKET = None
+            mock_settings.GCP_SA_KEY = None
+
+            with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc_info:
+                get_llm_provider(
+                    session=db,
+                    provider_type="google-gcp",
+                    project_id=project.id,
+                    organization_id=project.organization_id,
+                )
+
+        assert "missing required fields" in str(exc_info.value)
+
     def test_google_native_routes_to_aistudio(self, db: Session):
         """``google`` / ``google-native`` currently route to GoogleAIProvider
         (AI Studio). Vertex routing is temporarily disabled."""
diff --git a/docs/wiki/modules/llm-call.md b/docs/wiki/modules/llm-call.md
index 462fbc048..9bb07a7ee 100644
--- a/docs/wiki/modules/llm-call.md
+++ b/docs/wiki/modules/llm-call.md
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ All paths relative to `backend/app/`.
 ## Gotchas
 - Saved config resolution = `config_id` + `version` pinned; ad-hoc blob never persisted.
 - `type=proxy` auto-injects `provider="proxy"` (ConfigBlob validator).
+- Missing project credentials raise, except `google-gcp`/`google-gcp-native`, which fall back to platform-shared credentials (`services/llm/providers/registry.py`).
 - Feature needs an LLM config? Spec `LLMCallConfig` whole (never a bespoke params + prompt pair), and prefer an optional per-request field over a per-project binding table — saved references already give durable versioned config via `config`/`config_version`.
 - `PromptTemplate.template` is a plain prompt string; `{{input}}` interpolation is llm-chain-only — features that assemble their own inputs don't use it.