diff --git a/packages/core/src/session/model-request.ts b/packages/core/src/session/model-request.ts
index fab9e4c0e46..bae38339c00 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/session/model-request.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/session/model-request.ts
@@ -189,34 +189,43 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
         .map(SystemPart.make)
       const history = toLLMMessages(input.context.messages, resolved.ref, providerMetadataKey)
       const messages = stepLimitReached ? [...history, Message.assistant(MAX_STEPS_PROMPT)] : history
-      const toolDefinitions = tools.definitions
-      const toolsByName = new Map(toolDefinitions.map((tool) => [tool.name, tool]))
-      // Hooks may reshape available definitions but cannot advertise tools omitted by permissions or the Step limit.
-      const contextEvent = yield* hooks.trigger("session", "context", {
+      const registry = new Map(tools.definitions.map((tool) => [tool.name, tool]))
+      // The definition objects we hand to hooks, mapped back to their tools. Hooks rename a
+      // tool by moving its definition to a new key; recognizing the object recovers the tool.
+      const given = new Map(
+        tools.definitions.map(
+          (tool) => [{ description: tool.description, input: { ...tool.inputSchema } }, tool] as const,
+        ),
+      )
+      // Hooks mutate this record in place: edit descriptions and schemas, rename, or remove.
+      const context = yield* hooks.trigger("session", "context", {
         sessionID: session.id,
         agent: agent.id,
         model: resolved.ref,
         system,
         messages,
-        tools: Object.fromEntries(
-          toolDefinitions.map((tool) => [tool.name, { description: tool.description, input: { ...tool.inputSchema } }]),
-        ),
-      })
-      const hookedTools = Object.entries(contextEvent.tools).flatMap(([name, tool]) => {
-        const registered = toolsByName.get(name)
-        return registered
-          ? [{ ...registered, description: tool.description, inputSchema: tool.input }]
-          : []
+        tools: Object.fromEntries(Array.from(given, ([definition, tool]) => [tool.name, definition])),
       })
+      // Match each surviving entry back to its tool, by recognizing a moved definition or
+      // by key. Identity wins so a definition moved onto another tool's name still executes
+      // the tool it describes. Entries matching neither were invented by a hook and dropped.
+      // `tool.name` stays canonical so execution can translate renamed calls back.
+      const hooked = new Map(
+        Object.entries(context.tools).flatMap(([name, definition]) => {
+          const tool = given.get(definition) ?? registry.get(name)
+          if (!tool) return []
+          return [[name, { ...tool, description: definition.description, inputSchema: definition.input }] as const]
+        }),
+      )
       const request = LLM.request({
         model,
         http: {
           headers: SessionModelHeaders.make(session, app),
         },
         providerOptions: { [providerMetadataKey]: { promptCacheKey } },
-        system: contextEvent.system,
-        messages: boundImages(unsupportedParts(contextEvent.messages, resolved.capabilities)),
-        tools: hookedTools,
+        system: context.system,
+        messages: boundImages(unsupportedParts(context.messages, resolved.capabilities)),
+        tools: Array.from(hooked, ([name, tool]) => ({ ...tool, name })),
         toolChoice: stepLimitReached ? "none" : undefined,
       })
       const options: StreamOptions = {
@@ -256,13 +265,15 @@ export const layer = Layer.effect(
           }),
         )
       }
-      const executeTool: Prepared["executeTool"] = (executeInput) => {
+      const executeTool: Prepared["executeTool"] = (input) => {
         if (stepLimitReached)
           return new Tool.Error({ message: "Tools are disabled after the maximum agent steps" })
-        if (toolsByName.has(executeInput.call.name) && !Object.hasOwn(contextEvent.tools, executeInput.call.name))
-          return new Tool.Error({ message: `Tool is not available for this request: ${executeInput.call.name}` })
+        const tool = hooked.get(input.call.name)
+        // A registered tool absent from the hooked set was removed or renamed by a hook.
+        if (!tool && registry.has(input.call.name))
+          return new Tool.Error({ message: `Tool is not available for this request: ${input.call.name}` })
         return tools
-          .execute(executeInput)
+          .execute(tool ? { ...input, call: { ...input.call, name: tool.name } } : input)
           .pipe(Effect.catchCauseFilter(declineDefect, (decline) => Effect.fail(decline)))
       }
       return {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/session-runner.test.ts b/packages/core/test/session-runner.test.ts
index f7bca091004..99e8e023724 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/session-runner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/session-runner.test.ts
@@ -887,6 +887,27 @@ describe("SessionRunnerLLM", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  it.effect("executes a tool renamed by a session context hook", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const session = yield* setup
+      const hooks = yield* PluginHooks.Service
+      yield* hooks.register("session", "context", (event) =>
+        Effect.sync(() => {
+          event.tools.renamed_echo = event.tools.echo!
+          delete event.tools.echo
+        }),
+      )
+      yield* admit(session, "Use the renamed tool")
+      yield* TestLLM.push(TestLLM.tool("call-renamed", "renamed_echo", { text: "renamed" }), [])
+
+      yield* session.resume(sessionID)
+
+      expect(requests[0]?.tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toContain("renamed_echo")
+      expect(requests[0]?.tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).not.toContain("echo")
+      expect(executions).toEqual(["renamed"])
+    }),
+  )
+
   it.effect("advertises and executes a location registered tool", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const session = yield* setup