diff --git a/docs/adding_providers.md b/docs/adding_providers.md
index 21abd53..c29404c 100644
--- a/docs/adding_providers.md
+++ b/docs/adding_providers.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Each provider:
 **Option A: Full Provider (`ModelProvider`)**
 - For APIs with unique features or custom authentication
 - Complete control over API calls and response handling
-- Implement `generate_content()` and `get_provider_type()`; override `get_all_model_capabilities()` to expose your catalogue and extend `_lookup_capabilities()` / `_ensure_model_allowed()` only when you need registry lookups or custom restriction rules (override `count_tokens()` only when you have a provider-accurate tokenizer)
+- Populate `MODEL_CAPABILITIES`, implement `generate_content()` and `get_provider_type()`, and only override `get_all_model_capabilities()` / `_lookup_capabilities()` when your catalogue comes from a registry or remote source (override `count_tokens()` only when you have a provider-accurate tokenizer)
 
 **Option B: OpenAI-Compatible (`OpenAICompatibleProvider`)**
 - For APIs that follow OpenAI's chat completion format
diff --git a/providers/base.py b/providers/base.py
index 05b688a..fd316c1 100644
--- a/providers/base.py
+++ b/providers/base.py
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ class ModelProvider(ABC):
         return self._finalise_capabilities(capabilities, resolved_name, model_name)
 
     def get_all_model_capabilities(self) -> dict[str, ModelCapabilities]:
-        """Return the provider's statically declared model capabilities."""
+        """Return statically declared capabilities when available."""
 
+        model_map = getattr(self, "MODEL_CAPABILITIES", None)
+        if isinstance(model_map, dict) and model_map:
+            return {k: v for k, v in model_map.items() if isinstance(v, ModelCapabilities)}
         return {}
 
     def list_models(
diff --git a/providers/gemini.py b/providers/gemini.py
index f333cf2..de3fa4d 100644
--- a/providers/gemini.py
+++ b/providers/gemini.py
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ class GeminiModelProvider(ModelProvider):
     # Capability surface
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    def get_all_model_capabilities(self) -> dict[str, ModelCapabilities]:
-        """Return statically defined Gemini capabilities."""
-
-        return dict(self.MODEL_CAPABILITIES)
-
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Client access
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/providers/openai_compatible.py b/providers/openai_compatible.py
index 8714186..2da361d 100644
--- a/providers/openai_compatible.py
+++ b/providers/openai_compatible.py
@@ -79,14 +79,6 @@ class OpenAICompatibleProvider(ModelProvider):
                     f"Model '{requested_name}' is not allowed by restriction policy. Allowed models: {sorted(self.allowed_models)}"
                 )
 
-    def get_all_model_capabilities(self) -> dict[str, ModelCapabilities]:
-        """Return statically declared capabilities for OpenAI-compatible providers."""
-
-        model_map = getattr(self, "MODEL_CAPABILITIES", None)
-        if isinstance(model_map, dict):
-            return {k: v for k, v in model_map.items() if isinstance(v, ModelCapabilities)}
-        return {}
-
     def _parse_allowed_models(self) -> Optional[set[str]]:
         """Parse allowed models from environment variable.