diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
index d785218f819..fb48f62391b 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ import { dropThinkingBlocks } from "../thinking.js";
 import { collectAllowedToolNames } from "../tool-name-allowlist.js";
 import { installToolResultContextGuard } from "../tool-result-context-guard.js";
 import { splitSdkTools } from "../tool-split.js";
+import { wrapStreamFnWithToolsOverride } from "../stream-payload-utils.js";
 import { describeUnknownError, mapThinkingLevel } from "../utils.js";
 import { flushPendingToolResultsAfterIdle } from "../wait-for-idle-before-flush.js";
 import { waitForCompactionRetryWithAggregateTimeout } from "./compaction-retry-aggregate-timeout.js";
@@ -2441,6 +2442,15 @@ export async function runEmbeddedAttempt(
                 `context engine: prepended system prompt addition (${assembled.systemPromptAddition.length} chars)`,
               );
             }
+            if (assembled.toolsOverride && assembled.toolsOverride.length > 0) {
+              activeSession.agent.streamFn = wrapStreamFnWithToolsOverride(
+                activeSession.agent.streamFn,
+                assembled.toolsOverride,
+              );
+              log.debug(
+                `context engine: applied tools override (${assembled.toolsOverride.length} tools)`,
+              );
+            }
           } catch (assembleErr) {
             log.warn(
               `context engine assemble failed, using pipeline messages: ${String(assembleErr)}`,
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/stream-payload-utils.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/stream-payload-utils.ts
index 580bf5b1391..7121996a791 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/stream-payload-utils.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/stream-payload-utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
 import type { StreamFn } from "@mariozechner/pi-agent-core";
+import type { AnyAgentTool } from "../pi-tools.types.js";
+
+/**
+ * Creates a streamFn wrapper that filters the tools context to only include
+ * tools whose names are in the override set. This reduces token usage by
+ * sending fewer tool schemas to the model while keeping all executors available.
+ */
+export function wrapStreamFnWithToolsOverride(
+  underlying: StreamFn,
+  toolsOverride: AnyAgentTool[],
+): StreamFn {
+  const allowedNames = new Set(toolsOverride.map((tool) => tool.name));
+  return (model, context, options) => {
+    const ctx = context as { tools?: unknown[] };
+    if (!Array.isArray(ctx.tools)) {
+      return underlying(model, context, options);
+    }
+    const filteredTools = ctx.tools.filter((tool) => {
+      const name = (tool as { name?: string })?.name;
+      return typeof name === "string" && allowedNames.has(name);
+    });
+    return underlying(model, { ...context, tools: filteredTools }, options);
+  };
+}
 
 export function streamWithPayloadPatch(
   underlying: StreamFn,
diff --git a/src/context-engine/types.ts b/src/context-engine/types.ts
index 03401fdf3f2..5f4f8731128 100644
--- a/src/context-engine/types.ts
+++ b/src/context-engine/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { AgentMessage } from "@mariozechner/pi-agent-core";
+import type { AnyAgentTool } from "../agents/pi-tools.types.js";
 
 // Result types
 
@@ -9,6 +10,12 @@ export type AssembleResult = {
   estimatedTokens: number;
   /** Optional context-engine-provided instructions prepended to the runtime system prompt */
   systemPromptAddition?: string;
+  /**
+   * Optional filtered list of tools to send to the model instead of the default full set.
+   * When present, only the schemas for these tools are included in the model request,
+   * reducing token usage. Tool executors for all registered tools remain available.
+   */
+  toolsOverride?: AnyAgentTool[];
 };
 
 export type CompactResult = {