diff --git a/sdk/auth/antigravity.go b/sdk/auth/antigravity.go
index b59acacf..210da57f 100644
--- a/sdk/auth/antigravity.go
+++ b/sdk/auth/antigravity.go
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func fetchAntigravityProjectID(ctx context.Context, accessToken string, httpClie
 	// Call loadCodeAssist to get the project
 	loadReqBody := map[string]any{
 		"metadata": map[string]string{
-			"ideType":    "IDE_UNSPECIFIED",
+			"ideType":    "ANTIGRAVITY",
 			"platform":   "PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED",
 			"pluginType": "GEMINI",
 		},
@@ -442,8 +442,134 @@ func fetchAntigravityProjectID(ctx context.Context, accessToken string, httpClie
 	}
 
 	if projectID == "" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("no cloudaicompanionProject in response")
+		tierID := "legacy-tier"
+		if tiers, okTiers := loadResp["allowedTiers"].([]any); okTiers {
+			for _, rawTier := range tiers {
+				tier, okTier := rawTier.(map[string]any)
+				if !okTier {
+					continue
+				}
+				if isDefault, okDefault := tier["isDefault"].(bool); okDefault && isDefault {
+					if id, okID := tier["id"].(string); okID && strings.TrimSpace(id) != "" {
+						tierID = strings.TrimSpace(id)
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		projectID, err = antigravityOnboardUser(ctx, accessToken, tierID, httpClient)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return projectID, nil
 	}
 
 	return projectID, nil
 }
+
+// antigravityOnboardUser attempts to fetch the project ID via onboardUser by polling for completion.
+// It returns an empty string when the operation times out or completes without a project ID.
+func antigravityOnboardUser(ctx context.Context, accessToken, tierID string, httpClient *http.Client) (string, error) {
+	if httpClient == nil {
+		httpClient = http.DefaultClient
+	}
+	fmt.Println("Antigravity: onboarding user...", tierID)
+	requestBody := map[string]any{
+		"tierId": tierID,
+		"metadata": map[string]string{
+			"ideType":    "ANTIGRAVITY",
+			"platform":   "PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED",
+			"pluginType": "GEMINI",
+		},
+	}
+
+	rawBody, errMarshal := json.Marshal(requestBody)
+	if errMarshal != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("marshal request body: %w", errMarshal)
+	}
+
+	maxAttempts := 5
+	for attempt := 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++ {
+		log.Debugf("Polling attempt %d/%d", attempt, maxAttempts)
+
+		reqCtx := ctx
+		var cancel context.CancelFunc
+		if reqCtx == nil {
+			reqCtx = context.Background()
+		}
+		reqCtx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(reqCtx, 30*time.Second)
+
+		endpointURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s:onboardUser", antigravityAPIEndpoint, antigravityAPIVersion)
+		req, errRequest := http.NewRequestWithContext(reqCtx, http.MethodPost, endpointURL, strings.NewReader(string(rawBody)))
+		if errRequest != nil {
+			cancel()
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("create request: %w", errRequest)
+		}
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+accessToken)
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", antigravityAPIUserAgent)
+		req.Header.Set("X-Goog-Api-Client", antigravityAPIClient)
+		req.Header.Set("Client-Metadata", antigravityClientMetadata)
+
+		resp, errDo := httpClient.Do(req)
+		if errDo != nil {
+			cancel()
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("execute request: %w", errDo)
+		}
+
+		bodyBytes, errRead := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if errClose := resp.Body.Close(); errClose != nil {
+			log.Errorf("close body error: %v", errClose)
+		}
+		cancel()
+
+		if errRead != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("read response: %w", errRead)
+		}
+
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+			var data map[string]any
+			if errDecode := json.Unmarshal(bodyBytes, &data); errDecode != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("decode response: %w", errDecode)
+			}
+
+			if done, okDone := data["done"].(bool); okDone && done {
+				projectID := ""
+				if responseData, okResp := data["response"].(map[string]any); okResp {
+					switch projectValue := responseData["cloudaicompanionProject"].(type) {
+					case map[string]any:
+						if id, okID := projectValue["id"].(string); okID {
+							projectID = strings.TrimSpace(id)
+						}
+					case string:
+						projectID = strings.TrimSpace(projectValue)
+					}
+				}
+
+				if projectID != "" {
+					log.Infof("Successfully fetched project_id: %s", projectID)
+					return projectID, nil
+				}
+
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("no project_id in response")
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		responsePreview := strings.TrimSpace(string(bodyBytes))
+		if len(responsePreview) > 500 {
+			responsePreview = responsePreview[:500]
+		}
+
+		responseErr := responsePreview
+		if len(responseErr) > 200 {
+			responseErr = responseErr[:200]
+		}
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("http %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, responseErr)
+	}
+
+	return "", nil
+}