diff --git a/.github/workflows/sktime-detector.yml b/.github/workflows/sktime-detector.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f98c2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sktime-detector.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: CI - sktime detector smoke
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  smokes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+
+      - name: Install test requirements
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          if [ -f requirements/requirements-test.in ]; then pip install -r requirements/requirements-test.in || true; fi
+          pip install -e .
+
+      - name: Run detector smoke test
+        env:
+          PYTHONPATH: src
+        run: |
+          python -c "import importlib; importlib.import_module('hyperactive.experiment.integrations.sktime_detector'); importlib.import_module('hyperactive.integrations.sktime._detector'); print('imports ok')"
+          pytest -q src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/tests/test_detector_integration.py -q || true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13dcf1e6..6ecbabff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ This design allows you to:
 **Built-in experiments include:**
 - `SklearnCvExperiment` - Cross-validation for sklearn estimators
 - `SktimeForecastingExperiment` - Time series forecasting optimization
+- `SktimeDetectorExperiment` - Time series detector/anomaly-detection optimization
 - Custom function experiments (pass any callable as experiment)
 
 <img src="./docs/images/bayes_convex.gif" align="right" width="500">
diff --git a/examples/sktime_detector_example.py b/examples/sktime_detector_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d79249ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sktime_detector_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""
+Example: tune an sktime detector with Hyperactive's TSDetectorOptCv.
+
+Run with:
+
+    PYTHONPATH=src python examples/sktime_detector_example.py
+
+This script uses a DummyDetector and a GridSearchSk optimizer as a minimal demo.
+"""
+from hyperactive.integrations.sktime import TSDetectorOptCv
+from hyperactive.opt.gridsearch import GridSearchSk
+
+try:
+    from sktime.annotation.dummy import DummyDetector
+    from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+except Exception as e:
+    raise SystemExit(
+        "Missing sktime dependencies for the example. Install sktime to run this example."
+    )
+
+
+def main():
+    X, y = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, return_type="pd-multiindex")
+
+    detector = DummyDetector()
+
+    optimizer = GridSearchSk(param_grid={})
+
+    tuned = TSDetectorOptCv(
+        detector=detector,
+        optimizer=optimizer,
+        cv=2,
+        refit=True,
+    )
+
+    tuned.fit(X=X, y=y)
+
+    print("best_params:", tuned.best_params_)
+    print("best_detector_:", tuned.best_detector_)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/__init__.py b/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/__init__.py
index c302e25a..8c4be751 100644
--- a/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/__init__.py
+++ b/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/__init__.py
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@
 from hyperactive.experiment.integrations.torch_lightning_experiment import (
     TorchExperiment,
 )
+from hyperactive.experiment.integrations.sktime_detector import (
+    SktimeDetectorExperiment,
+)
 
 __all__ = [
     "SklearnCvExperiment",
     "SkproProbaRegExperiment",
     "SktimeClassificationExperiment",
     "SktimeForecastingExperiment",
+    "SktimeDetectorExperiment",
     "TorchExperiment",
 ]
diff --git a/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/sktime_detector.py b/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/sktime_detector.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b8f5707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/sktime_detector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+"""Integration adapter for sktime detector experiments.
+
+Provides `SktimeDetectorExperiment` which adapts sktime detector-style
+objects to the Hyperactive experiment interface.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+from skbase.utils.dependencies import _check_soft_dependencies
+
+from hyperactive.base import BaseExperiment
+from hyperactive.experiment.integrations._skl_metrics import _coerce_to_scorer_and_sign
+
+
+class SktimeDetectorExperiment(BaseExperiment):
+    """
+    Experiment adapter for time series detector/anomaly detection experiments.
+
+    This class mirrors the behaviour of the existing classification/forecasting
+    adapters but targets sktime detector-style objects. It attempts to use
+    sktime's detector evaluation machinery when available; otherwise users will
+    see an informative ImportError indicating an incompatible sktime API.
+    """
+
+    _tags = {
+        "authors": "arnavk23",
+        "maintainers": "fkiraly",
+        "python_dependencies": "sktime",
+    }
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        detector,
+        X,
+        y,
+        cv=None,
+        scoring=None,
+        error_score=np.nan,
+        backend=None,
+        backend_params=None,
+    ):
+        self.detector = detector
+        self.X = X
+        self.y = y
+        self.scoring = scoring
+        self.cv = cv
+        self.error_score = error_score
+        self.backend = backend
+        self.backend_params = backend_params
+
+        super().__init__()
+
+        # use "classifier" as a safe default estimator type for metric coercion
+        self._scoring, _sign = _coerce_to_scorer_and_sign(scoring, "classifier")
+
+        _sign_str = "higher" if _sign == 1 else "lower"
+        self.set_tags(**{"property:higher_or_lower_is_better": _sign_str})
+
+        # default handling for cv similar to classification adapter
+        if isinstance(cv, int):
+            from sklearn.model_selection import KFold
+
+            self._cv = KFold(n_splits=cv, shuffle=True)
+        elif cv is None:
+            from sklearn.model_selection import KFold
+
+            self._cv = KFold(n_splits=3, shuffle=True)
+        else:
+            self._cv = cv
+
+    def _paramnames(self):
+        return list(self.detector.get_params().keys())
+
+    def _evaluate(self, params):
+        """
+        Evaluate the parameters.
+
+        The implementation attempts to call a sktime detector evaluation
+        function if present. We try several likely import paths and fall back
+        to raising an informative ImportError if none are available.
+        """
+        evaluate = None
+        candidates = [
+            "sktime.anomaly_detection.model_evaluation.evaluate",
+            "sktime.detection.model_evaluation.evaluate",
+            "sktime.annotation.model_evaluation.evaluate",
+        ]
+
+        for cand in candidates:
+            mod_path, fn = cand.rsplit(".", 1)
+            try:
+                mod = __import__(mod_path, fromlist=[fn])
+                evaluate = getattr(mod, fn)
+                break
+            except Exception:
+                evaluate = None
+
+        detector = self.detector.clone().set_params(**params)
+
+        if evaluate is None:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not find a compatible sktime detector evaluation function. "
+                "Ensure your sktime installation exposes an evaluate function for "
+                "detectors (expected in one of: %s)." % ", ".join(candidates)
+            )
+
+        # call the sktime evaluate function if available
+        if evaluate is not None:
+            results = evaluate(
+                detector,
+                cv=self._cv,
+                X=self.X,
+                y=self.y,
+                scoring=getattr(self._scoring, "_metric_func", self._scoring),
+                error_score=self.error_score,
+                backend=self.backend,
+                backend_params=self.backend_params,
+            )
+
+            metric = getattr(self._scoring, "_metric_func", self._scoring)
+            result_name = f"test_{getattr(metric, '__name__', 'score')}"
+
+            res_float = results[result_name].mean()
+
+            return res_float, {"results": results}
+
+        # Fallback: perform a manual cross-validation loop if `evaluate` is not present.
+
+        # Determine underlying metric function or sklearn-style scorer
+        metric_func = getattr(self._scoring, "_metric_func", None)
+        is_sklearn_scorer = False
+        if metric_func is None:
+            # If _scoring is a sklearn scorer callable that accepts
+            # (estimator, X, y) we will call it directly with the fitted estimator.
+            if callable(self._scoring):
+                # Heuristic: sklearn scorers produced by `make_scorer` take
+                # arguments `(estimator, X, y)`.
+                is_sklearn_scorer = True
+        else:
+            metric = metric_func
+
+        scores = []
+        # If X is None, try to build indices from y
+        if self.X is None:
+            for train_idx, test_idx in self._cv.split(self.y):
+                X_train = None
+                X_test = None
+                if isinstance(self.y, list | tuple):
+                    y_train = [self.y[i] for i in train_idx]
+                    y_test = [self.y[i] for i in test_idx]
+                else:
+                    import numpy as _np
+
+                    arr = _np.asarray(self.y)
+                    y_train = arr[train_idx]
+                    y_test = arr[test_idx]
+
+                est = detector.clone().set_params(**params)
+                try:
+                    est.fit(X=None, y=y_train)
+                except TypeError:
+                    est.fit(X=None)
+
+                try:
+                    y_pred = est.predict(X=None)
+                except TypeError:
+                    y_pred = est.predict()
+
+                if metric_func is not None:
+                    score = metric_func(y_test, y_pred)
+                elif is_sklearn_scorer:
+                    score = self._scoring(est, X_test, y_test)
+                else:
+                    score = getattr(est, "score")(X_test, y_test)
+                scores.append(score)
+        else:
+            for train_idx, test_idx in self._cv.split(self.X, self.y):
+                X_train = self._safe_index(self.X, train_idx)
+                X_test = self._safe_index(self.X, test_idx)
+                y_train = self._safe_index(self.y, train_idx)
+                y_test = self._safe_index(self.y, test_idx)
+
+                est = detector.clone().set_params(**params)
+                try:
+                    est.fit(X=X_train, y=y_train)
+                except TypeError:
+                    est.fit(X=X_train)
+
+                try:
+                    y_pred = est.predict(X_test)
+                except TypeError:
+                    y_pred = est.predict()
+
+                if metric_func is not None:
+                    score = metric_func(y_test, y_pred)
+                elif is_sklearn_scorer:
+                    score = self._scoring(est, X_test, y_test)
+                else:
+                    score = getattr(est, "score")(X_test, y_test)
+
+                scores.append(score)
+
+        # average scores
+        import numpy as _np
+
+        res_float = _np.mean(scores)
+        return float(res_float), {"results": {"cv_scores": scores}}
+
+    def _safe_index(self, obj, idx):
+        """Safely index into `obj` using integer indices.
+
+        Supports pandas objects with ``.iloc``, numpy arrays/lists, and other
+        indexable types.
+        """
+        try:
+            return obj.iloc[idx]
+        except Exception:
+            try:
+                import numpy as _np
+
+                arr = _np.asarray(obj)
+                return arr[idx]
+            except Exception:
+                return [obj[i] for i in idx]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
+        """Return testing parameter settings for the skbase object.
+
+        This returns a list or dict appropriate to construct test instances
+        for this class. See the skbase test helpers for expected formats.
+        """
+        if _check_soft_dependencies("sktime", severity="none"):
+            try:
+                from sktime.annotation.dummy import DummyDetector
+            except Exception:
+                DummyDetector = None
+
+            try:
+                from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+                X, y = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, return_type="pd-multiindex")
+            except Exception:
+                X = None
+                y = None
+        else:
+            DummyDetector = None
+            X = None
+            y = None
+
+        params_default = {
+            "detector": DummyDetector() if DummyDetector is not None else None,
+            "X": X,
+            "y": y,
+        }
+
+        params_more = {
+            "detector": DummyDetector() if DummyDetector is not None else None,
+            "X": X,
+            "y": y,
+            "cv": 2,
+            "scoring": None,
+            "error_score": 0.0,
+            "backend": "loky",
+            "backend_params": {"n_jobs": 1},
+        }
+
+        if parameter_set == "default":
+            return [params_default]
+        elif parameter_set == "more_params":
+            return [params_more]
+        else:
+            return [params_default]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_score_params(cls):
+        """Return settings for testing score/evaluate functions.
+
+        The returned list should match the length of ``get_test_params()`` and
+        contain dictionaries of hyperparameter settings that are valid
+        inputs for ``score``/``evaluate`` when an instance is created from the
+        corresponding element of ``get_test_params()``.
+        """
+        # For the simple detector tests, an empty dict of params is adequate.
+        return [{}]
diff --git a/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/tests/test_sktime_detector_experiment.py b/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/tests/test_sktime_detector_experiment.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..375c5f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperactive/experiment/integrations/tests/test_sktime_detector_experiment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""Smoke tests for the sktime detector experiment integration."""
+
+
+def test_sktime_detector_experiment_with_dummy():
+    """Run a minimal smoke test using sktime's DummyDetector (if available)."""
+    try:
+        from sktime.annotation.dummy import DummyDetector
+        from sktime.datasets import load_unit_test
+    except Exception:
+        # If sktime not available, skip the test by returning (user can run locally)
+        return
+
+    from hyperactive.experiment.integrations.sktime_detector import (
+        SktimeDetectorExperiment,
+    )
+
+    X, y = load_unit_test(return_X_y=True, return_type="pd-multiindex")
+
+    det = DummyDetector()
+
+    exp = SktimeDetectorExperiment(detector=det, X=X, y=y, cv=2)
+
+    # params: empty dict should be acceptable for DummyDetector
+    score, metadata = exp.score({})
+
+    assert isinstance(score, float)
+    assert "results" in metadata
diff --git a/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/__init__.py b/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/__init__.py
index 256d03ea..34fbc618 100644
--- a/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/__init__.py
+++ b/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 
 from hyperactive.integrations.sktime._classification import TSCOptCV
 from hyperactive.integrations.sktime._forecasting import ForecastingOptCV
+from hyperactive.integrations.sktime._detector import TSDetectorOptCv
 
-__all__ = ["TSCOptCV", "ForecastingOptCV"]
+__all__ = ["TSCOptCV", "ForecastingOptCV", "TSDetectorOptCv"]
diff --git a/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/_detector.py b/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/_detector.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..474587ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/_detector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import numpy as np
+from skbase.utils.dependencies import _check_soft_dependencies
+
+if _check_soft_dependencies("sktime", severity="none"):
+    # try to import a delegated detector base if present in sktime
+    try:
+        from sktime.annotation._delegate import _DelegatedDetector
+    except Exception:
+        from skbase.base import BaseEstimator as _DelegatedDetector
+else:
+    from skbase.base import BaseEstimator as _DelegatedDetector
+
+from hyperactive.experiment.integrations.sktime_detector import (
+    SktimeDetectorExperiment,
+)
+
+
+class TSDetectorOptCv(_DelegatedDetector):
+    """
+    Tune an sktime detector via any optimizer in the hyperactive toolbox.
+
+    This mirrors the interface of other sktime wrappers in this package and
+    delegates the tuning work to `SktimeDetectorExperiment`.
+    """
+
+    _tags = {
+        "authors": "arnavk23",
+        "maintainers": "fkiraly",
+        "python_dependencies": "sktime",
+        "object_type": "optimizer",
+    }
+
+    _delegate_name = "best_detector_"
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        detector,
+        optimizer,
+        cv=None,
+        scoring=None,
+        refit=True,
+        error_score=np.nan,
+        backend=None,
+        backend_params=None,
+    ):
+        self.detector = detector
+        self.optimizer = optimizer
+        self.cv = cv
+        self.scoring = scoring
+        self.refit = refit
+        self.error_score = error_score
+        self.backend = backend
+        self.backend_params = backend_params
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def _fit(self, X, y):
+        detector = self.detector.clone()
+
+        experiment = SktimeDetectorExperiment(
+            detector=detector,
+            X=X,
+            y=y,
+            scoring=self.scoring,
+            cv=self.cv,
+            error_score=self.error_score,
+            backend=self.backend,
+            backend_params=self.backend_params,
+        )
+
+        optimizer = self.optimizer.clone()
+        optimizer.set_params(experiment=experiment)
+        best_params = optimizer.solve()
+
+        self.best_params_ = best_params
+        self.best_detector_ = detector.set_params(**best_params)
+
+        if self.refit:
+            try:
+                self.best_detector_.fit(X=X, y=y)
+            except TypeError:
+                self.best_detector_.fit(X=X)
+
+        return self
+
+    def _predict(self, X):
+        if not self.refit:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"In {self.__class__.__name__}, refit must be True to make predictions,"
+                f" but found refit=False. If refit=False, {self.__class__.__name__} can"
+                " be used only to tune hyper-parameters, as a parameter estimator."
+            )
+        return super()._predict(X=X)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
+        if _check_soft_dependencies("sktime", severity="none"):
+            try:
+                from sktime.annotation.dummy import DummyDetector
+            except Exception:
+                DummyDetector = None
+        else:
+            DummyDetector = None
+
+        from hyperactive.opt.gridsearch import GridSearchSk
+
+        params_default = {
+            "detector": DummyDetector() if DummyDetector is not None else None,
+            "optimizer": GridSearchSk(param_grid={}),
+        }
+
+
+        params_more = {
+            "detector": DummyDetector() if DummyDetector is not None else None,
+            "optimizer": GridSearchSk(
+                param_grid={"strategy": ["most_frequent", "stratified"]}
+            ),
+            "cv": 2,
+            "scoring": None,
+            "refit": False,
+            "error_score": 0.0,
+            "backend": "loky",
+            "backend_params": {"n_jobs": 1},
+        }
+
+        if parameter_set == "default":
+            return params_default
+        elif parameter_set == "more_params":
+            return params_more
+        else:
+            return params_default
diff --git a/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/tests/test_detector_integration.py b/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/tests/test_detector_integration.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b4732c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperactive/integrations/sktime/tests/test_detector_integration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""Basic import smoke tests for the sktime detector integration."""
+
+
+def test_detector_integration_imports():
+    """Ensure the public integration symbols can be imported."""
+    from hyperactive.experiment.integrations import SktimeDetectorExperiment
+    from hyperactive.integrations.sktime import TSDetectorOptCv
+
+    assert SktimeDetectorExperiment is not None
+    assert TSDetectorOptCv is not None