diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6337b638..82dcfabf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install httpx==0.28.1 pytest pytest-asyncio anyio pyyaml fastapi "pydantic>=2.0,<3.0" uvicorn python-multipart asyncpg langfuse redis aiofiles==25.1.0
 
       - name: Run Unit Tests
-        run: CONFIG_PATH=router/config.yaml PYTHONPATH=.:router pytest --ignore=tests/test_agy_behavior.py --ignore=tests/test_agy_tiers.py --ignore=tests/test_antigravity.py
+        run: CONFIG_PATH=router/config.yaml PYTHONPATH=. pytest --ignore=tests/test_agy_behavior.py --ignore=tests/test_agy_tiers.py --ignore=tests/test_antigravity.py
 
       - name: Run Breaker Verification
         run: PYTHONPATH=. python3 scripts/verification/verify_breaker.py
 
       - name: Run Integration Verification
-        run: PYTHONPATH=.:router python3 tests/test_a2_verify.py
+        run: PYTHONPATH=. python3 tests/test_a2_verify.py
diff --git a/router/__init__.py b/router/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/router/agy_proxy.py b/router/agy_proxy.py
index 8c1f8631..2ad75b2a 100644
--- a/router/agy_proxy.py
+++ b/router/agy_proxy.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async def save(self) -> None:
         """Push updated cooldown state to Valkey."""
         ...
 
-from circuit_breaker import get_google_breaker, get_vendor_breaker
+from router.circuit_breaker import get_google_breaker, get_vendor_breaker
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("agy-proxy")
 
diff --git a/router/main.py b/router/main.py
index 0c976f4f..02b63c75 100644
--- a/router/main.py
+++ b/router/main.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
-from circuit_breaker import get_breaker
+from router.circuit_breaker import get_breaker
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, field_validator, model_validator, RootModel
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
 
diff --git a/router/tests/test_dashboard_data.py b/router/tests/test_dashboard_data.py
index 1e811bed..fa2b12f2 100644
--- a/router/tests/test_dashboard_data.py
+++ b/router/tests/test_dashboard_data.py
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
 import pytest
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch, MagicMock
-import sys
-import os
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_dashboard_data_structure():
-    # Ensure router directory is in sys.path
-    router_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "router")
-    if router_path not in sys.path:
-        sys.path.insert(0, router_path)
-
-    import main
+    from router import main
 
     # Mocking all I/O and external calls
-    with patch("main.sync_cooldowns_from_valkey", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_sync, \
-         patch("main.check_tcp_port", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_tcp, \
-         patch("main.check_http_endpoint", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_http, \
-         patch("main.get_gemini_oauth_status", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_oauth, \
-         patch("main.get_best_free_model", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_best_model, \
-         patch("main.get_goose_sessions") as mock_goose, \
-         patch("main.get_llamacpp_metrics", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_llamacpp, \
-         patch("main.get_pie_chart_gradient") as mock_gradient, \
-         patch("main.stats") as mock_stats:
+    with patch("router.main.sync_cooldowns_from_valkey", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_sync, \
+         patch("router.main.check_tcp_port", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_tcp, \
+         patch("router.main.check_http_endpoint", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_http, \
+         patch("router.main.get_gemini_oauth_status", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_oauth, \
+         patch("router.main.get_best_free_model", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_best_model, \
+         patch("router.main.get_goose_sessions") as mock_goose, \
+         patch("router.main.get_llamacpp_metrics", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_llamacpp, \
+         patch("router.main.get_pie_chart_gradient") as mock_gradient, \
+         patch("router.main.stats") as mock_stats:
 
         # Setup mock return values
         mock_sync.return_value = None
diff --git a/router/tests/test_detect_active_tool.py b/router/tests/test_detect_active_tool.py
index 0bebb391..95774be2 100644
--- a/router/tests/test_detect_active_tool.py
+++ b/router/tests/test_detect_active_tool.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
-from main import detect_active_tool
+from router.main import detect_active_tool
 
 def test_detect_active_tool_empty():
     assert detect_active_tool({}) == "none"
diff --git a/router/tests/test_estimate_prompt_tokens.py b/router/tests/test_estimate_prompt_tokens.py
index 32da0463..71d17532 100644
--- a/router/tests/test_estimate_prompt_tokens.py
+++ b/router/tests/test_estimate_prompt_tokens.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
-from main import estimate_prompt_tokens
+from router.main import estimate_prompt_tokens
 
 def test_estimate_prompt_tokens_empty():
     assert estimate_prompt_tokens({}) == 50
diff --git a/router/tests/test_get_gemini_oauth_status.py b/router/tests/test_get_gemini_oauth_status.py
index 9d506334..016b5356 100644
--- a/router/tests/test_get_gemini_oauth_status.py
+++ b/router/tests/test_get_gemini_oauth_status.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import json
 from unittest.mock import patch, mock_open
 
-import main
+from router import main
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_gemini_oauth_status_missing_file():
diff --git a/router/tests/test_get_goose_sessions.py b/router/tests/test_get_goose_sessions.py
index 45de1a05..4987d4e0 100644
--- a/router/tests/test_get_goose_sessions.py
+++ b/router/tests/test_get_goose_sessions.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
-from main import get_goose_sessions
+from router.main import get_goose_sessions
 
 def test_get_goose_sessions_no_db():
     with patch('os.path.exists', return_value=False):
diff --git a/router/tests/test_load_persisted_stats.py b/router/tests/test_load_persisted_stats.py
index 67458d50..8e32663a 100644
--- a/router/tests/test_load_persisted_stats.py
+++ b/router/tests/test_load_persisted_stats.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 import pytest
 from unittest.mock import patch, mock_open
 
-import main
-from main import load_persisted_stats
+from router import main
+from router.main import load_persisted_stats
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_stats():
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def mock_stats():
         yield main.stats
 
 def test_load_persisted_stats_file_not_exists(mock_stats):
-    with patch("main.os.path.exists", return_value=False) as mock_exists:
+    with patch("router.main.os.path.exists", return_value=False) as mock_exists:
         load_persisted_stats()
         mock_exists.assert_called_once_with(main.STATS_JSON_PATH)
         # Stats should remain unchanged
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ def test_load_persisted_stats_success(mock_stats):
     }
     mock_json = json.dumps(mock_data)
 
-    with patch("main.os.path.exists", side_effect=lambda p: p == main.STATS_JSON_PATH):
-        with patch("main.open", mock_open(read_data=mock_json)):
-            with patch("main.logger.info") as mock_logger:
+    with patch("router.main.os.path.exists", side_effect=lambda p: p == main.STATS_JSON_PATH):
+        with patch("router.main.open", mock_open(read_data=mock_json)):
+            with patch("router.main.logger.info") as mock_logger:
                 load_persisted_stats()
 
                 # Assert simple value updated via else block
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ def test_load_persisted_stats_success(mock_stats):
                 mock_logger.assert_called_once_with("✓ Successfully loaded persisted gateway statistics from disk.")
 
 def test_load_persisted_stats_exception(mock_stats):
-    with patch("main.os.path.exists", return_value=True):
-        with patch("main.open", side_effect=Exception("Mock read error")):
-            with patch("main.logger.error") as mock_logger:
+    with patch("router.main.os.path.exists", return_value=True):
+        with patch("router.main.open", side_effect=Exception("Mock read error")):
+            with patch("router.main.logger.error") as mock_logger:
                 load_persisted_stats()
 
                 # Stats should remain unchanged
diff --git a/router/tests/test_resolve_external_urls.py b/router/tests/test_resolve_external_urls.py
index b86bf4c5..8cc79f0d 100644
--- a/router/tests/test_resolve_external_urls.py
+++ b/router/tests/test_resolve_external_urls.py
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 import pytest
 import os
-import sys
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
-# Ensure router directory is in sys.path
-router_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "router")
-if router_path not in sys.path:
-    sys.path.insert(0, router_path)
-
-import main
-from main import resolve_external_urls
+from router import main
+from router.main import resolve_external_urls
 
 
 class MockRequest:
diff --git a/scripts/benchmark_classifier.py b/scripts/benchmark_classifier.py
index 2878c402..b2b7f1a7 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmark_classifier.py
+++ b/scripts/benchmark_classifier.py
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 """Benchmark gemma4-26a4b-routing classifier against labeled dataset."""
 import os
-import json, urllib.request, urllib.error, time, sys
+import json, urllib.request, urllib.error, time
 import concurrent.futures
 import threading
 from collections import defaultdict, Counter
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Shared chat response parser (used by verification scripts too)
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
-from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+try:
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+except ImportError:
+    from chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
 
 # Load dataset
 dataset_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "data" / "classified_dataset.json"
diff --git a/scripts/benchmark_tokens.py b/scripts/benchmark_tokens.py
index 34c9a2f0..0737fa01 100644
--- a/scripts/benchmark_tokens.py
+++ b/scripts/benchmark_tokens.py
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 # Set CONFIG_PATH and ROUTER_API_KEY for import
 os.environ["CONFIG_PATH"] = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "router" / "config.yaml")
 os.environ["ROUTER_API_KEY"] = "local-token"
-# Add the parent directory and the router directory to the path
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "router"))
 
-from router.main import estimate_prompt_tokens, METADATA_OVERHEAD
+try:
+    from router.main import estimate_prompt_tokens, METADATA_OVERHEAD
+except ImportError:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]))
+    from router.main import estimate_prompt_tokens, METADATA_OVERHEAD
 
 def verify_accuracy():
     """Benchmarking utility to verify token estimation accuracy across content types."""
diff --git a/scripts/classify_direct.py b/scripts/classify_direct.py
index ee699daf..237609c7 100644
--- a/scripts/classify_direct.py
+++ b/scripts/classify_direct.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 """Direct classification of Hermes prompts using gemma4-26a4b-routing."""
 import os
-import json, urllib.request, time, sys
+import json, urllib.request, time
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Shared chat response parser (used by verification scripts too)
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
-from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+try:
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+except ImportError:
+    from chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
 
 PROMPT_TEMPLATE = """Classify the coding task complexity. Output ONLY the tier name.
 
diff --git a/scripts/reclassify_all.py b/scripts/reclassify_all.py
index 38675878..b74e5653 100644
--- a/scripts/reclassify_all.py
+++ b/scripts/reclassify_all.py
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 from collections import Counter
 
 # Shared chat response parser (used by verification scripts too)
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
-from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+try:
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+except ImportError:
+    from chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
 
 TIERS = ['agent-simple-core','agent-medium-core','agent-complex-core','agent-reasoning-core','agent-advanced-core']
 
diff --git a/scripts/retry_errors.py b/scripts/retry_errors.py
index ed273721..c4a30754 100644
--- a/scripts/retry_errors.py
+++ b/scripts/retry_errors.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 from collections import Counter
 
 # Shared chat response parser (used by verification scripts too)
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
-from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+try:
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+except ImportError:
+    from chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
 
 PROMPT_TEMPLATE = """Classify the coding task complexity. Output ONLY the tier name.
 
diff --git a/scripts/verification/verification_helpers.py b/scripts/verification/verification_helpers.py
index e4500d61..a3a1c839 100644
--- a/scripts/verification/verification_helpers.py
+++ b/scripts/verification/verification_helpers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # Shared verification helpers for cooldown and routing tests
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent))
-from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+try:
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+except ImportError:
+    import sys
+    from pathlib import Path
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]))
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
 import os
 import uuid
 import time
diff --git a/scripts/verification/verify_breaker.py b/scripts/verification/verify_breaker.py
index 6ed9e7c7..eebd6687 100644
--- a/scripts/verification/verify_breaker.py
+++ b/scripts/verification/verify_breaker.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Verification test for the agy circuit breaker."""
 
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent))
-
-from router.circuit_breaker import get_breaker
+try:
+    from router.circuit_breaker import get_breaker
+except ImportError:
+    import sys
+    from pathlib import Path
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]))
+    from router.circuit_breaker import get_breaker
 
 b = get_breaker()
 assert b.is_allowed(), 'Tier 0 should be open'
diff --git a/scripts/verification/verify_canonical_endpoints.py b/scripts/verification/verify_canonical_endpoints.py
index 13c7d9b2..c0c6ce62 100644
--- a/scripts/verification/verify_canonical_endpoints.py
+++ b/scripts/verification/verify_canonical_endpoints.py
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
 WORKDIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
 
 # Import shared chat response parser (also used by classifier scripts)
-sys.path.insert(0, str(WORKDIR))
-from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+try:
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+except ImportError:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]))
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
 
 
 def load_env(dev: bool = False) -> dict:
diff --git a/scripts/verification/verify_ollama_routing.py b/scripts/verification/verify_ollama_routing.py
index c844e549..6f666b73 100644
--- a/scripts/verification/verify_ollama_routing.py
+++ b/scripts/verification/verify_ollama_routing.py
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 WORKDIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
-sys.path.insert(0, str(WORKDIR))
-from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+try:
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
+except ImportError:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]))
+    from scripts.chat_helpers import parse_chat_response
 
 URL = "http://localhost:5000/v1/chat/completions"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_a2_verify.py b/tests/test_a2_verify.py
index 95c6be31..f6caf19b 100644
--- a/tests/test_a2_verify.py
+++ b/tests/test_a2_verify.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Verify circuit breaker integration into agy_proxy.py"""
-from circuit_breaker import get_breaker
-from agy_proxy import try_agy_proxy
+from router.circuit_breaker import get_breaker
+from router.agy_proxy import try_agy_proxy
 import asyncio, time
 
 b = get_breaker()
diff --git a/tests/test_models_proxy.py b/tests/test_models_proxy.py
index 2ad68535..2c90ec8f 100644
--- a/tests/test_models_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/test_models_proxy.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 from fastapi import Response
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 
-from main import get_http_client, proxy_models, HTTP_MAX_CONNECTIONS, HTTP_MAX_KEEPALIVE_CONNECTIONS, HTTP_KEEPALIVE_EXPIRY
+from router.main import get_http_client, proxy_models, HTTP_MAX_CONNECTIONS, HTTP_MAX_KEEPALIVE_CONNECTIONS, HTTP_KEEPALIVE_EXPIRY
 
 def test_http_client_limits():
     # Verify that get_http_client initializes with configured limits using public mocks
-    import main
+    from router import main
     import httpx
 
     original_init = httpx.Limits.__init__
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async def test_proxy_models_success():
     mock_client = AsyncMock()
     mock_client.get.return_value = mock_resp
 
-    with patch("main.get_http_client", return_value=mock_client):
+    with patch("router.main.get_http_client", return_value=mock_client):
         response = await proxy_models()
         assert isinstance(response, JSONResponse)
         assert response.status_code == 200
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ async def test_proxy_models_error_status():
     mock_client = AsyncMock()
     mock_client.get.return_value = mock_resp
 
-    with patch("main.get_http_client", return_value=mock_client):
+    with patch("router.main.get_http_client", return_value=mock_client):
         response = await proxy_models()
         assert isinstance(response, Response)
         assert response.status_code == 500
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async def test_proxy_models_invalid_json():
     mock_client = AsyncMock()
     mock_client.get.return_value = mock_resp
 
-    with patch("main.get_http_client", return_value=mock_client):
+    with patch("router.main.get_http_client", return_value=mock_client):
         response = await proxy_models()
         assert isinstance(response, Response)
         assert response.status_code == 200