diff --git a/.core_files.yaml b/.core_files.yaml
index ea08fd4a53cd..dd3fd828fcb0 100644
--- a/.core_files.yaml
+++ b/.core_files.yaml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ components: &components
   - homeassistant/components/input_select/**
   - homeassistant/components/input_text/**
   - homeassistant/components/labs/**
+  - homeassistant/components/llm/**
   - homeassistant/components/logbook/**
   - homeassistant/components/logger/**
   - homeassistant/components/lovelace/**
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 2a13b7d1f6de..409c3e54bdfa 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1026,6 +1026,8 @@ CLAUDE.md @home-assistant/core
 /tests/components/litterrobot/ @natekspencer @tkdrob
 /homeassistant/components/livisi/ @StefanIacobLivisi @planbnet
 /tests/components/livisi/ @StefanIacobLivisi @planbnet
+/homeassistant/components/llm/ @home-assistant/core
+/tests/components/llm/ @home-assistant/core
 /homeassistant/components/local_calendar/ @allenporter
 /tests/components/local_calendar/ @allenporter
 /homeassistant/components/local_ip/ @issacg
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/llm/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/llm/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fdd1783e0e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/llm/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+"""The LLM integration.
+
+Owns the LLM tools platform: integrations contribute tools to the LLM APIs
+through an ``<integration>/llm.py`` platform with an ``async_get_tools`` hook.
+The platforms are loaded lazily and queried per request. The framework
+(``Tool``, the APIs) lives in ``homeassistant.helpers.llm``.
+"""
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import logging
+from typing import Protocol
+
+from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant, callback
+from homeassistant.helpers import config_validation as cv
+from homeassistant.helpers.integration_platform import LazyIntegrationPlatforms
+from homeassistant.helpers.llm import LLMContext, Tool
+from homeassistant.helpers.typing import ConfigType
+from homeassistant.util.hass_dict import HassKey
+
+from .const import DOMAIN
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.empty_config_schema(DOMAIN)
+
+DATA_PLATFORMS: HassKey[LazyIntegrationPlatforms[LLMToolsPlatformProtocol]] = HassKey(
+    "llm_platforms"
+)
+
+
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class LLMTools:
+    """Tools and an optional prompt fragment contributed by a platform."""
+
+    tools: list[Tool]
+    prompt: str | None = None
+
+
+class LLMToolsPlatformProtocol(Protocol):
+    """Define the format that LLM tools platforms can have."""
+
+    @callback
+    def async_get_tools(self, hass: HomeAssistant, llm_context: LLMContext) -> LLMTools:
+        """Return the integration's LLM tools for the given context."""
+
+
+async def async_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config: ConfigType) -> bool:
+    """Set up the LLM integration."""
+    hass.data[DATA_PLATFORMS] = LazyIntegrationPlatforms(
+        hass, DOMAIN, _process_llm_tools_platform
+    )
+    return True
+
+
+@callback
+def _process_llm_tools_platform(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, domain: str, platform: LLMToolsPlatformProtocol
+) -> LLMToolsPlatformProtocol:
+    """Process an integration's LLM tools platform."""
+    return platform
+
+
+async def async_get_tools(hass: HomeAssistant, llm_context: LLMContext) -> LLMTools:
+    """Return the tools and merged prompt from all integration platforms."""
+    platforms = await hass.data[DATA_PLATFORMS].async_get_platforms()
+
+    tools: list[Tool] = []
+    prompts: list[str] = []
+    # Sort by domain so the tool and prompt order is independent of load order.
+    for domain, platform in sorted(platforms.items()):
+        try:
+            result = platform.async_get_tools(hass, llm_context)
+        except Exception:
+            _LOGGER.exception("Error getting tools from LLM platform %s", domain)
+            continue
+        tools.extend(result.tools)
+        if result.prompt:
+            prompts.append(result.prompt)
+    return LLMTools(tools=tools, prompt="\n".join(prompts) if prompts else None)
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/llm/const.py b/homeassistant/components/llm/const.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a9d96c3ec5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/llm/const.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"""Constants for the LLM integration."""
+
+DOMAIN = "llm"
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/llm/manifest.json b/homeassistant/components/llm/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c58559a46022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/llm/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "domain": "llm",
+  "name": "LLM",
+  "codeowners": ["@home-assistant/core"],
+  "documentation": "https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/llm",
+  "integration_type": "system",
+  "iot_class": "calculated",
+  "quality_scale": "internal"
+}
diff --git a/script/hassfest/quality_scale.py b/script/hassfest/quality_scale.py
index db650a140fca..4a46a5ca06a3 100644
--- a/script/hassfest/quality_scale.py
+++ b/script/hassfest/quality_scale.py
@@ -2056,6 +2056,7 @@ NO_QUALITY_SCALE = [
     "intent_script",
     "intent",
     "labs",
+    "llm",
     "logbook",
     "logger",
     "lovelace",
diff --git a/tests/components/llm/__init__.py b/tests/components/llm/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79662320e496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/llm/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Tests for the LLM integration."""
diff --git a/tests/components/llm/test_init.py b/tests/components/llm/test_init.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88169df80d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/llm/test_init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+"""Tests for the LLM integration."""
+
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from homeassistant.components.llm import DATA_PLATFORMS, LLMTools, async_get_tools
+from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
+from homeassistant.helpers import llm
+from homeassistant.setup import async_setup_component
+from homeassistant.util.json import JsonObjectType
+
+from tests.common import mock_platform
+
+
+class _StubTool(llm.Tool):
+    """Minimal tool for registry tests."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name: str) -> None:
+        """Initialize the stub tool."""
+        self.name = name
+        self.description = f"{name} description"
+
+    async def async_call(
+        self,
+        hass: HomeAssistant,
+        tool_input: llm.ToolInput,
+        llm_context: llm.LLMContext,
+    ) -> JsonObjectType:
+        """Return an empty result."""
+        return {}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def llm_context() -> llm.LLMContext:
+    """Return an LLM context."""
+    return llm.LLMContext(
+        platform="test",
+        context=None,
+        language="*",
+        assistant="conversation",
+        device_id=None,
+    )
+
+
+def _mock_tools_platform(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, domain: str, tools: LLMTools | Exception
+) -> None:
+    """Register a mock <integration>/llm.py platform returning the given tools."""
+    if isinstance(tools, Exception):
+        async_get_tools = Mock(side_effect=tools)
+    else:
+        async_get_tools = Mock(return_value=tools)
+    hass.config.components.add(domain)
+    mock_platform(hass, f"{domain}.llm", Mock(async_get_tools=async_get_tools))
+
+
+async def test_setup(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+    """Test the integration sets up."""
+    assert await async_setup_component(hass, "llm", {})
+    assert DATA_PLATFORMS in hass.data
+
+
+async def test_get_tools(hass: HomeAssistant, llm_context: llm.LLMContext) -> None:
+    """Test that tools from an integration platform are returned."""
+    tool = _StubTool("my_tool")
+    _mock_tools_platform(
+        hass, "test", LLMTools(tools=[tool], prompt="use my_tool wisely")
+    )
+
+    assert await async_setup_component(hass, "llm", {})
+
+    result = await async_get_tools(hass, llm_context)
+    assert result.tools == [tool]
+    assert result.prompt == "use my_tool wisely"
+
+
+async def test_get_tools_empty(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, llm_context: llm.LLMContext
+) -> None:
+    """Test that no platforms yields no tools."""
+    assert await async_setup_component(hass, "llm", {})
+
+    result = await async_get_tools(hass, llm_context)
+    assert result.tools == []
+    assert result.prompt is None
+
+
+async def test_get_tools_merges_sorted(
+    hass: HomeAssistant, llm_context: llm.LLMContext
+) -> None:
+    """Test that tools and prompts are merged in a load-order-independent order."""
+    tool_a = _StubTool("tool_a")
+    tool_b = _StubTool("tool_b")
+    # Register "test_b" before "test_a" to prove the result is sorted by domain.
+    _mock_tools_platform(hass, "test_b", LLMTools(tools=[tool_b], prompt="prompt b"))
+    _mock_tools_platform(hass, "test_a", LLMTools(tools=[tool_a], prompt="prompt a"))
+
+    assert await async_setup_component(hass, "llm", {})
+
+    result = await async_get_tools(hass, llm_context)
+    assert result.tools == [tool_a, tool_b]
+    assert result.prompt == "prompt a\nprompt b"
+
+
+async def test_get_tools_isolates_failing_platform(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    llm_context: llm.LLMContext,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """Test that one failing platform does not drop the others' tools."""
+    tool = _StubTool("good_tool")
+    _mock_tools_platform(hass, "test_bad", ValueError("boom"))
+    _mock_tools_platform(hass, "test_good", LLMTools(tools=[tool], prompt="prompt"))
+
+    assert await async_setup_component(hass, "llm", {})
+
+    result = await async_get_tools(hass, llm_context)
+    assert result.tools == [tool]
+    assert result.prompt == "prompt"
+    assert "Error getting tools from LLM platform test_bad" in caplog.text