diff --git a/packages/mcp/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/mcp/CHANGELOG.md
index 9adaa851a..43cee5809 100644
--- a/packages/mcp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/mcp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to `@pascal-app/mcp` will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Tool schemas in `tools/list` now declare the JSON Schema 2020-12 dialect
+  instead of the SDK default `draft-07`, so clients that enforce 2020-12 no
+  longer reject every tool call.
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2026-04-18
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/packages/mcp/src/server.ts b/packages/mcp/src/server.ts
index 3cbda9ad8..0781efcc1 100644
--- a/packages/mcp/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/mcp/src/server.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { registerPrompts } from './prompts'
 import { registerResources } from './resources'
 import type { SceneStore } from './storage/types'
 import { registerTools } from './tools'
+import { normalizeToolSchemaDialect } from './tools/normalize-schema-dialect'
 import { registerVisionTools } from './tools/vision'
 import { version } from './version'
 
@@ -28,5 +29,6 @@ export function createPascalMcpServer(opts: CreatePascalMcpServerOptions): McpSe
   registerVisionTools(server, operations)
   registerResources(server, operations)
   registerPrompts(server, operations)
+  normalizeToolSchemaDialect(server)
   return server
 }
diff --git a/packages/mcp/src/tools/normalize-schema-dialect.ts b/packages/mcp/src/tools/normalize-schema-dialect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b41dbc68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mcp/src/tools/normalize-schema-dialect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js'
+import { ListToolsRequestSchema } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js'
+
+const DIALECT_2020_12 = 'https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema'
+
+type RequestHandler = (request: unknown, extra: unknown) => Promise<unknown>
+
+type HandlerRegistry = {
+  _requestHandlers: Map<string, RequestHandler>
+}
+
+function retargetDialect(value: unknown): void {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    for (const item of value) retargetDialect(item)
+    return
+  }
+  if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
+    const record = value as Record<string, unknown>
+    if (typeof record.$schema === 'string') record.$schema = DIALECT_2020_12
+    for (const key of Object.keys(record)) retargetDialect(record[key])
+  }
+}
+
+export function normalizeToolSchemaDialect(server: McpServer): void {
+  const registry = server.server as unknown as HandlerRegistry
+  const original = registry._requestHandlers.get('tools/list')
+  if (!original) return
+
+  server.server.removeRequestHandler('tools/list')
+  server.server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async (request, extra) => {
+    const result = (await original(request, extra)) as { tools?: unknown }
+    retargetDialect(result.tools)
+    return result
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/mcp/src/tools/schema-dialect.test.ts b/packages/mcp/src/tools/schema-dialect.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c9181e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mcp/src/tools/schema-dialect.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test'
+import { Client } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js'
+import { InMemoryTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/inMemory.js'
+import { SceneBridge } from '../bridge/scene-bridge'
+import { createPascalMcpServer } from '../server'
+
+const DIALECT_2020_12 = 'https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema'
+
+async function listRawSchemas() {
+  const bridge = new SceneBridge()
+  bridge.setScene({}, [])
+  bridge.loadDefault()
+
+  const server = createPascalMcpServer({ bridge })
+  const [srvT, cliT] = InMemoryTransport.createLinkedPair()
+  const client = new Client({ name: 'schema-dialect', version: '0.0.0' })
+  await Promise.all([server.connect(srvT), client.connect(cliT)])
+  const { tools } = await client.listTools()
+
+  const dialects = new Set<string>()
+  for (const tool of tools) {
+    const input = tool.inputSchema as Record<string, unknown> | undefined
+    const output = tool.outputSchema as Record<string, unknown> | undefined
+    if (typeof input?.$schema === 'string') dialects.add(input.$schema)
+    if (typeof output?.$schema === 'string') dialects.add(output.$schema)
+  }
+  return dialects
+}
+
+describe('tools/list schema dialect', () => {
+  test('every declared $schema is JSON Schema 2020-12', async () => {
+    const dialects = await listRawSchemas()
+
+    expect(dialects.size).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    expect([...dialects]).toEqual([DIALECT_2020_12])
+  })
+})