diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
index fad4caa59a0..8cfa335422e 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.mid_conversation_system import
     place_mid_conversation_system,
     split_leading_system_run,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tools_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.url_utils import async_safe_get, safe_get
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import HTTPHandler, get_async_httpx_client, header_value
 from litellm.types.files import get_file_extension_from_mime_type
@@ -5855,8 +5856,13 @@ def function_call_prompt(
     llm_provider: str,
     drop_params: bool,
 ) -> list[dict[str, object]]:
+    prompt_functions: Final = tools_without_hosted_mcp(
+        functions, model=model, route=llm_provider, drop_params=drop_params
+    )
+    if not prompt_functions:
+        return messages
     header: Final = """To call a function, reply with JSON ONLY in this format {"name": "function_name", "arguments":{"argument_name": "argument_value"}}. Once a function result answers the request, reply to the user in plain text instead of calling a function again. The following functions are available to you:"""
-    function_prompt: Final = header + "".join(f"\n{function}\n" for function in functions)
+    function_prompt: Final = header + "".join(f"\n{function}\n" for function in prompt_functions)
     if not any(_is_system_message(message) for message in messages):
         return [*messages, {"role": "system", "content": function_prompt}]
     return [
diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/tool_fields.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/tool_fields.py
index f90c8f5d174..8046c1e1373 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/tool_fields.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/tool_fields.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
+from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping, Sequence
+from copy import copy
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import reduce
-from typing import Annotated, Final, TypeAlias
+from typing import Annotated, Final, TypeAlias, TypeVar
 
 from pydantic import BeforeValidator, ConfigDict, Json, TypeAdapter, ValidationError
 from typing_extensions import ReadOnly, TypedDict
 
 import litellm
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import normalize_drop_params
+from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
+from litellm.exceptions import UnsupportedParamsError
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import drops_unsupported_params, normalize_drop_params
 
 ROUTES_WITH_TOOLS: Final = frozenset(
     {
@@ -162,3 +165,137 @@ def resolve_deployment_tool_fields(
     if "proxy_server_request" not in kwargs or route not in ROUTES_WITH_TOOLS:
         return kwargs
     return resolve_tool_fields(kwargs, lambda: (drop_policy(kwargs),))
+
+
+_ToolT: Final = TypeVar("_ToolT")
+
+HOSTED_MCP_DROP_WARNING: Final = (
+    "Dropping the hosted MCP tool(s) %s for model=%s on %s (drop_params=True) because this route cannot run a "
+    "hosted MCP tool."
+)
+
+
+def _hosted_mcp_server_label(tool: object) -> str | None:
+    match tool:
+        case {"type": "mcp", "server_label": str() as server_label}:
+            return server_label
+        case {"type": "mcp"}:
+            return "unlabeled"
+        case _:
+            return None
+
+
+def _drop_params_hint(dropped: str) -> str:
+    return (
+        f"To drop {dropped} instead, set `litellm.drop_params=True` or for proxy:\n\n"
+        "`litellm_settings:\n drop_params: true`\n"
+    )
+
+
+def _unrunnable_mcp_error(message: str, model: str, route: str) -> UnsupportedParamsError:
+    return UnsupportedParamsError(message=message, model=model, llm_provider=route, status_code=400)
+
+
+def tools_without_hosted_mcp(tools: Sequence[_ToolT], model: str, route: str, drop_params: bool) -> Sequence[_ToolT]:
+    server_labels: Final = tuple(label for label in map(_hosted_mcp_server_label, tools) if label is not None)
+    if not server_labels:
+        return tools
+    named_servers: Final = ", ".join(f"`{label}`" for label in server_labels)
+    if not drops_unsupported_params(drop_params):
+        raise _unrunnable_mcp_error(
+            f'{model} on {route} cannot run the hosted MCP tool {named_servers} (`type: "mcp"`). To have LiteLLM '
+            "run the MCP server for this model, register it on the LiteLLM MCP gateway and send "
+            '`server_url: "litellm_proxy/mcp/<server name>"`. ' + _drop_params_hint("hosted MCP tools"),
+            model=model,
+            route=route,
+        )
+    verbose_logger.warning(HOSTED_MCP_DROP_WARNING, named_servers, model, route)
+    return [tool for tool in tools if _hosted_mcp_server_label(tool) is None]
+
+
+MCP_SERVERS_DROP_WARNING: Final = (
+    "Dropping mcp_servers %s and their mcp_toolset tools for model=%s on %s (drop_params=True) because LiteLLM "
+    "cannot pass mcp_servers to this route."
+)
+
+ROUTES_WITHOUT_MCP_SERVERS: Final = frozenset(
+    {"bedrock", "databricks", "deepseek", "gemini", "gigachat", "ollama", "ollama_chat", "vertex_ai", "vertex_ai_beta"}
+)
+
+
+def _mcp_server_name(server: object) -> str:
+    match server:
+        case {"name": str() as name}:
+            return name
+        case _:
+            return "unnamed"
+
+
+def _mcp_server_names(mcp_servers: object) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    if not mcp_servers:
+        return ()
+    if not isinstance(mcp_servers, list):
+        return ("unnamed",)
+    return tuple(map(_mcp_server_name, _TOOLS.validate_python(mcp_servers)))
+
+
+def _is_mcp_toolset(tool: object) -> bool:
+    match tool:
+        case {"type": "mcp_toolset"}:
+            return True
+        case _:
+            return False
+
+
+def drops_mcp_servers(request_kwargs: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
+    additional_drop_params: Final = request_kwargs.get("additional_drop_params")
+    return drops_unsupported_params(request_kwargs.get("drop_params")) or (
+        isinstance(additional_drop_params, list) and "mcp_servers" in additional_drop_params
+    )
+
+
+def tools_without_mcp_servers(
+    mcp_servers: object, tools: Sequence[_ToolT], model: str, route: str, drop_params: bool
+) -> Sequence[_ToolT]:
+    server_names: Final = _mcp_server_names(mcp_servers)
+    if not server_names:
+        return tools
+    named_servers: Final = ", ".join(f"`{name}`" for name in server_names)
+    if not drops_unsupported_params(drop_params):
+        raise _unrunnable_mcp_error(
+            f"LiteLLM cannot pass `mcp_servers` to {model} on {route}, so the MCP server {named_servers} would not "
+            'run. To have LiteLLM run it for this model, register it on the LiteLLM MCP gateway and send a `type: "mcp"` '
+            'tool with `server_url: "litellm_proxy/mcp/<server name>"`. ' + _drop_params_hint("`mcp_servers`"),
+            model=model,
+            route=route,
+        )
+    verbose_logger.warning(MCP_SERVERS_DROP_WARNING, named_servers, model, route)
+    return [tool for tool in tools if not _is_mcp_toolset(tool)]
+
+
+_TOOL_SELECTION_PARAMS: Final = frozenset({"tools", "tool_choice", "parallel_tool_calls"})
+_ParamsT: Final = TypeVar("_ParamsT", bound=dict[str, object])
+
+
+def tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(
+    params: _ParamsT, model: str, route: str, drop_params: bool, runs_hosted_mcp: Callable[[], bool] | None = None
+) -> _ParamsT:
+    tools: Final = params.get("tools")
+    if not isinstance(tools, list) or not tools:
+        return params
+    sent_tools: Final = _TOOLS.validate_python(tools)
+    if all(_hosted_mcp_server_label(tool) is None for tool in sent_tools) or (
+        runs_hosted_mcp is not None and runs_hosted_mcp()
+    ):
+        return params
+    kept_tools: Final = tools_without_hosted_mcp(tools=sent_tools, model=model, route=route, drop_params=drop_params)
+    if len(kept_tools) == len(sent_tools):
+        return params
+    kept_params: Final = copy(params)
+    if kept_tools:
+        kept_params["tools"] = list(kept_tools)
+        return kept_params
+    dropped_keys: Final = ("tools",) if params.get("functions") else _TOOL_SELECTION_PARAMS
+    for key in dropped_keys:
+        _ = kept_params.pop(key, None)
+    return kept_params
diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py
index 865247afc63..c26cd1dc3fa 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/chat/transformation.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, TypeAdapter, ValidationError
 from typing_extensions import ReadOnly, TypedDict
 
 import litellm
+from litellm.anthropic_beta_headers_manager import get_unsupported_headers
 from litellm.constants import (
     ANTHROPIC_BILLING_METADATA_PREFIX,
     ANTHROPIC_MIN_THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.mid_conversation_system import
     place_mid_conversation_system,
     split_leading_system_run,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tool_params_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.base_utils import (
     ResponseFormatSchema,
     as_json_object,
@@ -1233,6 +1235,11 @@ class AnthropicConfig(AnthropicModelInfo, BaseConfig):
             *(tool for tool in tools[first_search_tool_index + 1 :] if not _is_openai_tool_search_tool(tool)),
         ]
 
+    def runs_hosted_mcp(self) -> bool:
+        return ANTHROPIC_BETA_HEADER_VALUES.MCP_CLIENT_2025_04_04.value not in get_unsupported_headers(
+            self._resolved_provider
+        )
+
     def _tools_param_with_openai_tool_search_mapped(
         self, non_default_params: Mapping[str, object], model: str, drop_params: bool
     ) -> Mapping[str, object]:
@@ -1821,7 +1828,14 @@ class AnthropicConfig(AnthropicModelInfo, BaseConfig):
         model: str,
         drop_params: bool,
     ) -> dict:
-        is_thinking_enabled: Final = self.is_thinking_enabled(non_default_params=non_default_params)
+        request_params: Final = tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(
+            non_default_params,
+            model=model,
+            route=self._resolved_provider,
+            drop_params=drop_params,
+            runs_hosted_mcp=self.runs_hosted_mcp,
+        )
+        is_thinking_enabled: Final = self.is_thinking_enabled(non_default_params=request_params)
 
         # NB: ``map_openai_params`` deliberately does NOT sanitize tool names
         # here. Names are the *original* OpenAI names at this stage, and must
@@ -1834,7 +1848,7 @@ class AnthropicConfig(AnthropicModelInfo, BaseConfig):
         #      via ``data = {**optional_params}`` and would 400 with
         #      ``Extra inputs are not permitted``).
 
-        for param, value in non_default_params.items():
+        for param, value in request_params.items():
             if param == "max_tokens" or param == "max_completion_tokens":
                 optional_params["max_tokens"] = value if isinstance(value, int) else max(1, int(round(value)))
             elif param == "tools":
@@ -1848,8 +1862,8 @@ class AnthropicConfig(AnthropicModelInfo, BaseConfig):
                     optional_params["mcp_servers"] = mcp_servers
             elif param == "tool_choice" or param == "parallel_tool_calls":
                 _tool_choice: AnthropicMessagesToolChoice | None = self._map_tool_choice(
-                    tool_choice=non_default_params.get("tool_choice"),
-                    parallel_tool_use=non_default_params.get("parallel_tool_calls"),
+                    tool_choice=request_params.get("tool_choice"),
+                    parallel_tool_use=request_params.get("parallel_tool_calls"),
                 )
 
                 if _tool_choice is not None:
@@ -1875,7 +1889,7 @@ class AnthropicConfig(AnthropicModelInfo, BaseConfig):
                 if self.uses_native_structured_output_for_schema(
                     model,
                     self._extract_json_schema_from_response_format(value),
-                    REQUEST_PARAMS.validate_python(non_default_params),
+                    REQUEST_PARAMS.validate_python(request_params),
                 ):
                     _output_format = self.map_response_format_to_anthropic_output_format(value)
                     if _output_format is not None:
@@ -1911,7 +1925,7 @@ class AnthropicConfig(AnthropicModelInfo, BaseConfig):
                     # `thinking={type: enabled, budget_tokens}` interface a
                     # pre-4.6 model actually supports instead of forwarding a
                     # shape the model will reject.
-                    max_tokens = non_default_params.get("max_completion_tokens") or non_default_params.get("max_tokens")
+                    max_tokens = request_params.get("max_completion_tokens") or request_params.get("max_tokens")
                     legacy_thinking = AnthropicConfig._map_reasoning_effort(
                         reasoning_effort="medium",
                         model=model,
@@ -2004,7 +2018,7 @@ class AnthropicConfig(AnthropicModelInfo, BaseConfig):
 
         ## handle thinking tokens
         self.update_optional_params_with_thinking_tokens(
-            non_default_params=non_default_params, optional_params=optional_params
+            non_default_params=request_params, optional_params=optional_params
         )
 
         return optional_params
diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/adapters/handler.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/adapters/handler.py
index 71ccfbaf915..e1916e00b41 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/adapters/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/adapters/handler.py
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.asyncify import run_async_function
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import drops_unsupported_params
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging as LiteLLMLoggingObject
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import (
+    ROUTES_WITHOUT_MCP_SERVERS,
+    drops_mcp_servers,
+    tools_without_mcp_servers,
+)
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.messages.adapters.transformation import (
     AnthropicAdapter,
 )
@@ -608,6 +613,23 @@ class LiteLLMMessagesToCompletionTransformationHandler:
             Logging as LiteLLMLoggingObject,
         )
 
+        provider_kwargs: Final = extra_kwargs or {}
+        custom_llm_provider: Final = provider_kwargs.get("custom_llm_provider")
+        target_provider: Final = custom_llm_provider if isinstance(custom_llm_provider, str) else None
+        drop_params: Final = drops_unsupported_params(provider_kwargs.get("drop_params"))
+        strips_mcp_servers: Final = target_provider in ROUTES_WITHOUT_MCP_SERVERS
+        request_tools: Final = (
+            tools_without_mcp_servers(
+                provider_kwargs.get("mcp_servers"),
+                tools or (),
+                model=model,
+                route=target_provider,
+                drop_params=drops_mcp_servers(provider_kwargs),
+            )
+            if strips_mcp_servers
+            else tools
+        )
+
         request_data: Final[dict[str, object]] = {
             "model": model,
             "messages": messages,
@@ -624,10 +646,10 @@ class LiteLLMMessagesToCompletionTransformationHandler:
             request_data["temperature"] = temperature
         if thinking:
             request_data["thinking"] = thinking
-        if tool_choice:
+        if tool_choice and (request_tools or not tools):
             request_data["tool_choice"] = tool_choice
-        if tools:
-            request_data["tools"] = tools
+        if request_tools:
+            request_data["tools"] = request_tools
         if top_k is not None:
             request_data["top_k"] = top_k
         if top_p is not None:
@@ -645,14 +667,13 @@ class LiteLLMMessagesToCompletionTransformationHandler:
         if "output_config" in extra_kwargs:
             request_data["output_config"] = extra_kwargs["output_config"]
 
-        custom_llm_provider: Final = extra_kwargs.get("custom_llm_provider")
         (
             openai_request,
             tool_name_mapping,
         ) = ANTHROPIC_ADAPTER.translate_completion_input_params_with_tool_mapping(
             request_data,
-            custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider if isinstance(custom_llm_provider, str) else None,
-            drop_params=drops_unsupported_params(extra_kwargs.get("drop_params")),
+            custom_llm_provider=target_provider,
+            drop_params=drop_params,
         )
 
         if openai_request is None:
@@ -680,7 +701,11 @@ class LiteLLMMessagesToCompletionTransformationHandler:
         # Maintainability: when adding a new Anthropic-only request param to
         # ``AnthropicMessagesRequestOptionalParams``, also extend
         # ``ANTHROPIC_ONLY_REQUEST_KEYS`` here so it doesn't silently leak.
-        excluded_keys: Final = ANTHROPIC_ONLY_REQUEST_KEYS | CONVERTED_STREAM_KEYS | {"anthropic_messages"}
+        excluded_keys: Final = (
+            ANTHROPIC_ONLY_REQUEST_KEYS
+            | CONVERTED_STREAM_KEYS
+            | ({"anthropic_messages", "mcp_servers"} if strips_mcp_servers else {"anthropic_messages"})
+        )
         # NOTE: extra_kwargs was already coerced from None to {} at the top of
         # this method (line ~220). It is guaranteed to be a dict here.
         for key, value in extra_kwargs.items():
diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/responses_adapters/handler.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/responses_adapters/handler.py
index 9b22170c9db..3ef5ced6657 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/responses_adapters/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/responses_adapters/handler.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (
     prompt_cache_breakpoint_for_wire,
     with_prompt_cache_breakpoint,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import drops_mcp_servers, tools_without_mcp_servers
 from litellm.responses.utils import auto_reasoning_summary
 from litellm.types.integrations.custom_logger import CONVERTED_STREAM_KEYS
 from litellm.types.llms.anthropic import (
@@ -162,6 +163,14 @@ def _build_responses_kwargs(
     """
     forwarded_kwargs: Final = _forwarded_kwargs(extra_kwargs)
     reject_malformed_tool_result_text(messages, model, forwarded_kwargs)
+    target_provider: Final = forwarded_kwargs.get("custom_llm_provider")
+    request_tools: Final = tools_without_mcp_servers(
+        forwarded_kwargs.get("mcp_servers"),
+        tools or (),
+        model=model,
+        route=target_provider if isinstance(target_provider, str) else "this route",
+        drop_params=drops_mcp_servers(forwarded_kwargs),
+    )
     block_rewrite: Final = _prompt_cache_block_rewrite(model, forwarded_kwargs)
     request_messages: Final[AnthropicRequestMessages] = (
         [
@@ -194,10 +203,10 @@ def _build_responses_kwargs(
         request_data["temperature"] = temperature
     if thinking:
         request_data["thinking"] = thinking
-    if tool_choice:
+    if tool_choice and (request_tools or not tools):
         request_data["tool_choice"] = tool_choice
-    if tools:
-        request_data["tools"] = tools
+    if request_tools:
+        request_data["tools"] = list(request_tools)
     if top_p is not None:
         request_data["top_p"] = top_p
     if output_format:
@@ -237,7 +246,7 @@ def _build_responses_kwargs(
         responses_kwargs["stream"] = True
 
     # Forward litellm-specific kwargs (api_key, api_base, logging obj, etc.)
-    excluded: Final = CONVERTED_STREAM_KEYS | {"anthropic_messages"}
+    excluded: Final = CONVERTED_STREAM_KEYS | {"anthropic_messages", "mcp_servers"}
     for key, value in forwarded_kwargs.items():
         if key == "litellm_logging_obj" and value is not None:
             from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import (
diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
index 443e722168d..2fa20e98b98 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.mid_conversation_system import
     message_field,
     parts_of,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tool_params_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.chat.transformation import (
     DROP_UNSUPPORTED_ADAPTIVE_THINKING_WARNING,
     DROP_UNSUPPORTED_OUTPUT_CONFIG_WARNING,
@@ -1058,20 +1059,23 @@ class AmazonConverseConfig(BaseConfig):
         drop_params: bool,
         model_info: Mapping[str, object] | None = None,
     ) -> dict:
-        is_thinking_enabled: Final = self.is_thinking_enabled(non_default_params)
+        request_params: Final = tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(
+            non_default_params, model=model, route="bedrock", drop_params=drop_params
+        )
+        is_thinking_enabled: Final = self.is_thinking_enabled(request_params)
         base_model: Final = BedrockModelInfo.get_base_model(model)
         drop_thinking_param: Final = self._is_deepseek_model(model=model, base_model=base_model)
         drop_reasoning_effort_param: Final = self._model_rejects_reasoning_effort_param(
             model=model, base_model=base_model
         )
 
-        for param, value in non_default_params.items():
+        for param, value in request_params.items():
             if param == "response_format" and isinstance(value, dict):
                 optional_params = self._translate_response_format_param(
                     value=value,
                     model=model,
                     optional_params=optional_params,
-                    non_default_params=non_default_params,
+                    non_default_params=request_params,
                     is_thinking_enabled=is_thinking_enabled,
                     model_info=model_info,
                 )
@@ -1125,7 +1129,7 @@ class AmazonConverseConfig(BaseConfig):
                         ),
                     ),
                     model=model,
-                    non_default_params=non_default_params,
+                    non_default_params=request_params,
                     optional_params=optional_params,
                 )
             if param == "tool_choice":
@@ -1151,7 +1155,7 @@ class AmazonConverseConfig(BaseConfig):
                     and value.get("type") == "adaptive"
                     and not AnthropicConfig.is_adaptive_thinking_model(model, "bedrock")
                 ):
-                    max_tokens = non_default_params.get("max_completion_tokens") or non_default_params.get("max_tokens")
+                    max_tokens = request_params.get("max_completion_tokens") or request_params.get("max_tokens")
                     legacy_thinking = AnthropicConfig.map_reasoning_effort(
                         reasoning_effort="medium",
                         model=model,
@@ -1224,7 +1228,7 @@ class AmazonConverseConfig(BaseConfig):
         # Nova 2 handles token budgeting differently through reasoningConfig
         if "gpt-oss" not in model and not self._is_nova_2_model(model):
             self.update_optional_params_with_thinking_tokens(
-                non_default_params=non_default_params, optional_params=optional_params
+                non_default_params=request_params, optional_params=optional_params
             )
 
         final_is_thinking_enabled: Final = self.is_thinking_enabled(optional_params)
diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/claude_platform/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/claude_platform/transformation.py
index a5ecc37d394..6efc4b506e8 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/claude_platform/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/claude_platform/transformation.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class BedrockClaudePlatformConfig(BedrockClaudePlatformMixin, AnthropicConfig):
     def should_strip_billing_metadata(self) -> bool:
         return True
 
+    def runs_hosted_mcp(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
     def validate_environment(
         self,
         headers: dict,
diff --git a/litellm/llms/databricks/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/databricks/chat/transformation.py
index 60081c38073..251bc8b4e6f 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/databricks/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/databricks/chat/transformation.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (
     strip_name_from_message,
     strip_prefill_prefix_field,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tool_params_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.url_utils import join_api_base
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.base_model_iterator import BaseModelResponseIterator
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.base_utils import (
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ class DatabricksConfig(DatabricksBase, OpenAILikeChatConfig, AnthropicConfig):
         use_ai_gateway: Final = self.uses_ai_gateway(model)
         return join_api_base(self._get_api_base(api_base, use_ai_gateway=use_ai_gateway), "chat/completions")
 
-    def get_supported_openai_params(self, model: str | None = None) -> list:
+    def get_supported_openai_params(self, model: str | None = None) -> list[str]:
         return [
             "stream",
             "stop",
@@ -449,8 +450,13 @@ class DatabricksConfig(DatabricksBase, OpenAILikeChatConfig, AnthropicConfig):
         drop_params: bool,
         replace_max_completion_tokens_with_max_tokens: bool = True,
     ) -> dict:
-        is_thinking_enabled: Final = self.is_thinking_enabled(non_default_params)
-        mapped_params: Final = super().map_openai_params(non_default_params, optional_params, model, drop_params)
+        request_params: Final = (
+            tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(non_default_params, model=model, route="databricks", drop_params=drop_params)
+            if "claude" in model
+            else non_default_params
+        )
+        is_thinking_enabled: Final = self.is_thinking_enabled(request_params)
+        mapped_params: Final = super().map_openai_params(request_params, optional_params, model, drop_params)
         if "claude" in model:
             AnthropicConfig.translate_legacy_thinking_for_adaptive_model(
                 model=model, optional_params=mapped_params, custom_llm_provider="databricks", drop_params=drop_params
@@ -459,16 +465,16 @@ class DatabricksConfig(DatabricksBase, OpenAILikeChatConfig, AnthropicConfig):
             mapped_params["tools"] = self._map_openai_to_dbrx_tool(
                 model=model, tools=mapped_params["tools"], drop_params=drop_params
             )
-        if "max_completion_tokens" in non_default_params and replace_max_completion_tokens_with_max_tokens:
-            mapped_params["max_tokens"] = non_default_params[
+        if "max_completion_tokens" in request_params and replace_max_completion_tokens_with_max_tokens:
+            mapped_params["max_tokens"] = request_params[
                 "max_completion_tokens"
             ]  # most openai-compatible providers support 'max_tokens' not 'max_completion_tokens'
             mapped_params.pop("max_completion_tokens", None)
 
-        if "response_format" in non_default_params and "claude" in model:
+        if "response_format" in request_params and "claude" in model:
             _tool: Final = self.map_response_format_to_databricks_tool(
                 model,
-                non_default_params["response_format"],
+                request_params["response_format"],
                 mapped_params,
                 is_thinking_enabled,
             )
@@ -486,8 +492,8 @@ class DatabricksConfig(DatabricksBase, OpenAILikeChatConfig, AnthropicConfig):
                 "response_format", None
             )  # unsupported for claude models - if json_schema -> convert to tool call
 
-        if "reasoning_effort" in non_default_params and self._uses_anthropic_thinking_param(model):
-            reasoning_effort_value: Final = non_default_params.get("reasoning_effort")
+        if "reasoning_effort" in request_params and self._uses_anthropic_thinking_param(model):
+            reasoning_effort_value: Final = request_params.get("reasoning_effort")
             mapped_thinking: Final = AnthropicConfig._map_reasoning_effort(
                 reasoning_effort=reasoning_effort_value,
                 model=model,
@@ -513,7 +519,7 @@ class DatabricksConfig(DatabricksBase, OpenAILikeChatConfig, AnthropicConfig):
             optional_params.pop("reasoning_effort", None)
         ## handle thinking tokens
         self.update_optional_params_with_thinking_tokens(
-            non_default_params=non_default_params, optional_params=mapped_params
+            non_default_params=request_params, optional_params=mapped_params
         )
         gated_thinking: Final = strip_beta_gated_thinking(
             mapped_params.get("thinking"),  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType, reportUnknownArgumentType]  # mapped_params is the base config's bare dict
diff --git a/litellm/llms/deepseek/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/deepseek/chat/transformation.py
index ecaa0a2ef16..4b5b8598668 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/deepseek/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/deepseek/chat/transformation.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (
     convert_content_list_to_str,
     extract_search_results_text,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tool_params_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.url_utils import ensure_api_route
 from litellm.secret_managers.main import get_secret_str
 from litellm.types.llms.openai import AllMessageValues
@@ -21,17 +22,15 @@ SUPPORTED_REASONING_EFFORTS: Final = ("minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh
 
 
 class DeepSeekChatConfig(OpenAIGPTConfig):
-    def get_supported_openai_params(self, model: str) -> list:
+    def get_supported_openai_params(self, model: str) -> list[str]:
         """
         DeepSeek reasoner models support thinking parameter.
         """
-        params: Final = super().get_supported_openai_params(model)
-        params.extend(["thinking", "reasoning_effort"])
-        return params
+        return [*super().get_supported_openai_params(model), "thinking", "reasoning_effort"]
 
     def map_openai_params(
         self,
-        non_default_params: dict,
+        non_default_params: dict[str, object],
         optional_params: dict,
         model: str,
         drop_params: bool,
@@ -47,7 +46,12 @@ class DeepSeekChatConfig(OpenAIGPTConfig):
         Reference: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/thinking_mode
         """
         # Let parent handle standard params first
-        optional_params = super().map_openai_params(non_default_params, optional_params, model, drop_params)
+        optional_params = super().map_openai_params(
+            tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(non_default_params, model=model, route="deepseek", drop_params=drop_params),
+            optional_params,
+            model,
+            drop_params,
+        )
 
         # Pop thinking/reasoning_effort from optional_params first (parent may have added them)
         # Then re-add only if valid for DeepSeek
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@ class DeepSeekChatConfig(OpenAIGPTConfig):
         tools: Final = optional_params.get("tools")
         if not isinstance(tools, list) or not tools:
             return optional_params
+        sent_tools: Final[tuple[object, ...]] = tuple(tools)
 
         def _is_function_tool(tool: object) -> bool:
             return isinstance(tool, dict) and tool.get("type") == "function"
@@ -276,14 +281,14 @@ class DeepSeekChatConfig(OpenAIGPTConfig):
             name: Final = function.get("name")
             return isinstance(name, str) and name in function_tool_names
 
-        function_tools: Final = [tool for tool in tools if _is_function_tool(tool)]
-        if len(function_tools) == len(tools):
+        function_tools: Final = [tool for tool in sent_tools if _is_function_tool(tool)]
+        if len(function_tools) == len(sent_tools):
             return optional_params
 
         dropped_types: Final = sorted(
             {
                 str(tool.get("type")) if isinstance(tool, dict) else type(tool).__name__
-                for tool in tools
+                for tool in sent_tools
                 if not _is_function_tool(tool)
             }
         )
diff --git a/litellm/llms/gemini/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/gemini/chat/transformation.py
index 936919af83d..1539f13455f 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/gemini/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/gemini/chat/transformation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Mapping
-from typing import Final, cast
+from typing import ClassVar, Final, cast
 
 import litellm
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.factory import (
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class GoogleAIStudioGeminiConfig(VertexGeminiConfig):
     Note: Please make sure to modify the default parameters as required for your use case.
     """
 
+    _route: ClassVar[str] = "gemini"
+
     temperature: float | None = None
     max_output_tokens: int | None = None
     top_p: float | None = None
diff --git a/litellm/llms/gigachat/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/gigachat/chat/transformation.py
index 81a186eadf4..7bc783b960f 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/gigachat/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/gigachat/chat/transformation.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import httpx
 from pydantic import TypeAdapter
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tool_params_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.url_utils import join_api_base
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.chat.transformation import BaseConfig, BaseLLMException
 from litellm.llms.gigachat.utils import convert_usage, get_api_base
@@ -169,7 +170,10 @@ class GigaChatConfig(BaseConfig):
         drop_params: bool,
     ) -> dict:  # mutable-ok: base class contract returns dict
         """Map OpenAI parameters to GigaChat parameters."""
-        for param, value in non_default_params.items():
+        request_params: Final = tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(
+            dict(non_default_params), model=model, route="gigachat", drop_params=drop_params
+        )
+        for param, value in request_params.items():
             if param == "stream":
                 optional_params["stream"] = value
             elif param == "temperature":
diff --git a/litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py
index f9e7071db41..0c05af12f30 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator, Mapping
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final, cast
 
 from httpx._models import Headers, Response
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, TypeAdapter
 
 import litellm
 from litellm._uuid import uuid
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (
     extract_images_from_message,
     extract_reasoning_content,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tool_params_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.url_utils import ensure_api_route
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.base_model_iterator import BaseModelResponseIterator
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.chat.transformation import BaseConfig, BaseLLMException
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 else:
     LiteLLMLoggingObj = Any
 
+_REQUEST_PARAMS: Final = TypeAdapter(dict[str, object])
+
 
 class OllamaChatConfig(BaseConfig):
     """
@@ -151,7 +154,13 @@ class OllamaChatConfig(BaseConfig):
         model: str,
         drop_params: bool,
     ) -> dict:
-        for param, value in non_default_params.items():
+        request_params: Final = tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(
+            _REQUEST_PARAMS.validate_python(non_default_params),
+            model=model,
+            route="ollama_chat",
+            drop_params=drop_params,
+        )
+        for param, value in request_params.items():
             if param == "max_tokens" or param == "max_completion_tokens":
                 optional_params["num_predict"] = value
             if param == "stream":
diff --git a/litellm/llms/opencode/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/opencode/chat/transformation.py
index dcb30b5835c..7e16f93d7cb 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/opencode/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/opencode/chat/transformation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterator, Mapping, Sequence
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Final
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ClassVar, Final
 
 import httpx
 from pydantic import TypeAdapter
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class OpenCodeGoMessagesChatConfig(_GoReportedCostMixin, AnthropicConfig):
 
 class OpenCodeGoGeminiChatConfig(_GoReportedCostMixin, GoogleAIStudioGeminiConfig):
     go_usage_key: str = "usageMetadata"
+    _route: ClassVar[str] = "opencode_go"
 
     @property
     def supports_stream_param_in_request_body(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
index c506192f253..69a220e2a98 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Mapping, Sequence
 from copy import deepcopy
 from functools import lru_cache, partial
 from types import MappingProxyType
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final, Literal, Optional, Protocol, Union, cast, get_args
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, Final, Literal, Optional, Protocol, Union, cast, get_args
 
 import httpx
 from pydantic import JsonValue, TypeAdapter
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.json_fragment_accumulator import JSONFragmentAcc
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.factory import (
     encode_tool_call_id_with_signature,
 )
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tool_params_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.chat.transformation import BaseConfig, BaseLLMException
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import (
     AsyncHTTPHandler,
@@ -580,6 +581,8 @@ class VertexGeminiConfig(VertexAIBaseConfig, BaseConfig):
     Note: Please make sure to modify the default parameters as required for your use case.
     """
 
+    _route: ClassVar[str] = "vertex_ai"
+
     temperature: float | None = None
     max_output_tokens: int | None = None
     top_p: float | None = None
@@ -1616,9 +1619,12 @@ class VertexGeminiConfig(VertexAIBaseConfig, BaseConfig):
         drop_params: bool,
         allow_integer_enums: bool = True,
     ) -> dict:
-        self._apply_include_server_side_tool_invocations(non_default_params, optional_params)
+        request_params: Final = tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(
+            non_default_params, model=model, route=self._route, drop_params=drop_params
+        )
+        self._apply_include_server_side_tool_invocations(request_params, optional_params)
         supports_sampling_params: Final = self.supports_sampling_params(model)
-        for param, value in non_default_params.items():
+        for param, value in request_params.items():
             if param in ("temperature", "top_p", "top_k") and not supports_sampling_params:
                 continue
             if param == "temperature":
@@ -1682,7 +1688,7 @@ class VertexGeminiConfig(VertexAIBaseConfig, BaseConfig):
                 if _tool_choice_value is not None:
                     optional_params["tool_choice"] = _tool_choice_value
             elif param == "parallel_tool_calls":
-                tools_list = non_default_params.get("tools", non_default_params.get("functions"))
+                tools_list = request_params.get("tools", request_params.get("functions"))
                 num_tools = len(tools_list) if isinstance(tools_list, list) else 0
                 # Gemini does not support parallel_tool_calls=False with multiple
                 # tools. Drop the param instead of failing — Responses API clients
diff --git a/litellm/types/llms/anthropic.py b/litellm/types/llms/anthropic.py
index 50c4a2340a3..ca581886f7f 100644
--- a/litellm/types/llms/anthropic.py
+++ b/litellm/types/llms/anthropic.py
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ class ANTHROPIC_BETA_HEADER_VALUES(str, Enum):
     ADVISOR_TOOL_2026_03_01 = "advisor-tool-2026-03-01"
     PER_TURN_CONTROL_2026_07_01 = "per-turn-control-2026-07-01"
     DANGEROUS_TOOL_USE_2026_09_03 = "dangerous-tool-use-2026-09-03"
+    MCP_CLIENT_2025_04_04 = "mcp-client-2025-04-04"
 
 
 # Tool search beta header constant (for Anthropic direct API and Microsoft Foundry)
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index e46e8ca1d52..e04d4841b5c 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.model_param_helper import peek_reasoning_summary
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.offline_mode import is_offline_mode
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.sensitive_data_masker import redact_credentials_in_payload
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tokenizer import strip_special_tokens
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import MalformedField, resolve_deployment_tool_fields
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import (
+    MalformedField,
+    resolve_deployment_tool_fields,
+    tools_without_hosted_mcp,
+)
 from litellm.rust_bridge import tokenizer as tokenizer_dispatch
 from litellm.rust_bridge.catalog import decision
 from litellm.rust_bridge.configuration import Decision
@@ -5178,7 +5182,12 @@ def remove_sensitive_keys_from_dict(d: dict) -> dict:
     return d
 
 
-def pre_process_optional_params(passed_params: dict, non_default_params: dict, custom_llm_provider: str) -> dict:
+_TOOL_LIST: Final = TypeAdapter(list[object])
+
+
+def pre_process_optional_params(
+    passed_params: dict, non_default_params: dict, custom_llm_provider: str, model: str, drop_params: bool | None
+) -> dict:
     """For .completion(), preprocess optional params"""
     optional_params: dict = {}
 
@@ -5235,14 +5244,20 @@ def pre_process_optional_params(passed_params: dict, non_default_params: dict, c
             and custom_llm_provider not in litellm.openai_compatible_providers
         ):
             if custom_llm_provider == "ollama":
+                if "tools" in non_default_params:
+                    sent_tools: Final = _TOOL_LIST.validate_python(non_default_params.pop("tools"))
+                    non_default_params.pop("tool_choice", None)  # causes ollama requests to hang
+                    prompt_tools: Final = tools_without_hosted_mcp(
+                        sent_tools, model=model, route=custom_llm_provider, drop_params=bool(drop_params)
+                    )
+                    if sent_tools and not prompt_tools:
+                        return optional_params
+                    optional_params["functions_unsupported_model"] = prompt_tools
+                elif "functions" in non_default_params:
+                    optional_params["functions_unsupported_model"] = non_default_params.pop("functions")
                 # ollama actually supports json output
                 optional_params["format"] = "json"
                 litellm.add_function_to_prompt = True  # so that main.py adds the function call to the prompt
-                if "tools" in non_default_params:
-                    optional_params["functions_unsupported_model"] = non_default_params.pop("tools")
-                    non_default_params.pop("tool_choice", None)  # causes ollama requests to hang
-                elif "functions" in non_default_params:
-                    optional_params["functions_unsupported_model"] = non_default_params.pop("functions")
             elif litellm.add_function_to_prompt:  # if user opts to add it to prompt instead
                 optional_params["functions_unsupported_model"] = non_default_params.pop(
                     "tools", non_default_params.pop("functions", None)
@@ -5377,6 +5392,8 @@ def get_optional_params(
         passed_params=passed_params,
         non_default_params=non_default_params,
         custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+        model=model,
+        drop_params=drop_params,
     )
 
     def _check_valid_arg(supported_params: list[str]):
diff --git a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_tool_fields.py b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_tool_fields.py
index 23d7de98fbc..5136a696ed2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_tool_fields.py
+++ b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_tool_fields.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import pytest
 import litellm
 from litellm import Router
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.tool_fields import tool_params_without_hosted_mcp, tools_without_hosted_mcp
 from litellm.utils import async_pre_call_deployment_hook
 
 _GOOD_TOOL: Final = {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"type": "object"}}}
@@ -185,3 +186,51 @@ async def test_tools_core_accepts_reach_the_deployment(tools: object) -> None:
     sent: Final = await async_pre_call_deployment_hook(dict(_proxy_request("keeps", tools=tools)), "acompletion")
 
     assert sent["tools"] is tools
+
+
+def test_a_hosted_mcp_error_names_every_server_and_marks_an_unlabeled_one(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        tools_without_hosted_mcp(
+            tools=[
+                {"type": "mcp", "server_label": "deepwiki", "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"},
+                {"type": "mcp", "server_url": "https://mcp.example.com/mcp"},
+            ],
+            model="gemini-3.8-flash",
+            route="gemini",
+            drop_params=False,
+        )
+    assert "the hosted MCP tool `deepwiki`, `unlabeled` " in str(raised.value)
+
+
+_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL: Final = {"type": "mcp", "server_label": "deepwiki", "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"}
+
+
+def test_dropping_a_hosted_mcp_tool_keeps_the_other_tool_params_and_leaves_the_caller_dict_alone() -> None:
+    tool_choice: Final = {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "get_weather"}}
+    sent: Final = {
+        "tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _GOOD_TOOL],
+        "tool_choice": tool_choice,
+        "parallel_tool_calls": False,
+        "temperature": 0.2,
+    }
+    params: Final = tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(sent, model="deepseek-v4-flash", route="deepseek", drop_params=True)
+
+    assert params == {
+        "tools": [_GOOD_TOOL],
+        "tool_choice": tool_choice,
+        "parallel_tool_calls": False,
+        "temperature": 0.2,
+    }
+    assert sent["tools"] == [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _GOOD_TOOL]
+
+
+def test_dropping_every_hosted_mcp_tool_clears_the_tool_selection_params() -> None:
+    params: Final = tool_params_without_hosted_mcp(
+        {"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL], "tool_choice": "required", "parallel_tool_calls": True, "temperature": 0.2},
+        model="deepseek-v4-flash",
+        route="deepseek",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+
+    assert params == {"temperature": 0.2}
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/chat/test_anthropic_chat_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/chat/test_anthropic_chat_transformation.py
index 4d5d6cc17a9..35d617c688e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/chat/test_anthropic_chat_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/chat/test_anthropic_chat_transformation.py
@@ -9807,3 +9807,82 @@ def test_transform_request_tool_config_point_without_tools_drops_the_key():
     assert "cache_control_injection_points" not in data
     assert "tools" not in data
     assert litellm_params["metadata"] == {}
+
+
+_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "mcp",
+    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+    "require_approval": "never",
+}
+_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "function",
+    "function": {"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {}}},
+}
+_ROUTES_WITHOUT_THE_MCP_CONNECTOR: Final = (
+    pytest.param(AmazonAnthropicClaudeConfig, "bedrock", id="bedrock_invoke"),
+    pytest.param(VertexAIAnthropicConfig, "vertex_ai", id="vertex_ai"),
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("config_class", [AnthropicConfig, AzureAnthropicConfig, BedrockClaudePlatformConfig])
+def test_routes_with_the_mcp_connector_send_a_hosted_mcp_tool_as_an_mcp_server(monkeypatch, config_class):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    mapped: Final = config_class().map_openai_params(
+        non_default_params={"tools": [_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL, _HOSTED_MCP_TOOL]},
+        optional_params={},
+        model="claude-haiku-5-5",
+        drop_params=False,
+    )
+    assert [server["url"] for server in mapped["mcp_servers"]] == [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL["server_url"]]
+    assert [tool["name"] for tool in mapped["tools"]] == ["get_weather"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("config_class", "route"), _ROUTES_WITHOUT_THE_MCP_CONNECTOR)
+def test_a_hosted_mcp_tool_answers_400_on_claude_routes_without_the_mcp_connector(monkeypatch, config_class, route):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.utils.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        config_class().map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"tools": [_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL, _HOSTED_MCP_TOOL]},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="claude-haiku-5-5",
+            drop_params=False,
+        )
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert f"claude-haiku-5-5 on {route} " in str(raised.value)
+    assert "`deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("config_class", "route"), _ROUTES_WITHOUT_THE_MCP_CONNECTOR)
+def test_claude_routes_without_the_mcp_connector_drop_a_hosted_mcp_tool_under_drop_params(
+    monkeypatch, caplog, config_class, route
+):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
+        mapped: Final = config_class().map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL]},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="claude-haiku-5-5",
+            drop_params=True,
+        )
+    assert [tool["name"] for tool in mapped["tools"]] == ["get_weather"]
+    assert "mcp_servers" not in mapped
+    assert any(
+        "`deepwiki`" in record.getMessage() and f" on {route} (" in record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("config_class", "route"), _ROUTES_WITHOUT_THE_MCP_CONNECTOR)
+def test_claude_routes_without_the_mcp_connector_send_no_tools_when_drop_params_drops_every_one(
+    monkeypatch, config_class, route
+):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    mapped: Final = config_class().map_openai_params(
+        non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL], "tool_choice": "required"},
+        optional_params={},
+        model="claude-haiku-5-5",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+    assert "tools" not in mapped
+    assert "mcp_servers" not in mapped
+    assert "tool_choice" not in mapped
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/adapters/test_handler_output_config_passthrough.py b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/adapters/test_handler_output_config_passthrough.py
index c34cb686928..12769e78329 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/adapters/test_handler_output_config_passthrough.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/adapters/test_handler_output_config_passthrough.py
@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@ Tests cover (consolidating PRs #23706 and #22727):
 
 import os
 import sys
+from collections.abc import Mapping
 from typing import Final
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 
+import litellm
+
 # Anchor sys.path to this file's location — not the working-directory-relative
 # pattern Greptile flagged on PR #23706. Resolves correctly regardless of
 # where pytest is invoked from.
@@ -67,8 +70,8 @@ def _call_prepare(extra_kwargs, model="gpt-4o", output_format=None, **overrides)
         system=None,
         temperature=None,
         thinking=None,
-        tool_choice=None,
-        tools=None,
+        tool_choice=overrides.get("tool_choice"),
+        tools=overrides.get("tools"),
         top_k=None,
         top_p=None,
         output_format=output_format,
@@ -263,3 +266,112 @@ async def test_messages_layer_converted_stream_flag_still_gets_a_message_back(co
     )
 
     assert response["content"][0]["text"] == "hi"
+
+
+_DEEPWIKI_SERVER: Final = {"type": "url", "url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp", "name": "deepwiki"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("mcp_servers", "named"),
+    [
+        ([_DEEPWIKI_SERVER], "`deepwiki`"),
+        ([_DEEPWIKI_SERVER, {"type": "url", "url": "https://mcp.example.com/mcp"}], "`deepwiki`, `unnamed`"),
+        ({"name": "deepwiki"}, "`unnamed`"),
+    ],
+    ids=["named", "one-unnamed", "not-a-list"],
+)
+def test_mcp_servers_a_chat_route_cannot_run_answer_400_naming_each_server(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, mcp_servers: object, named: str
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        _call_prepare(
+            extra_kwargs={"mcp_servers": mcp_servers, "custom_llm_provider": "gemini"}, model="gemini-3.8-flash"
+        )
+
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert f"to gemini-3.8-flash on gemini, so the MCP server {named} would not run" in str(raised.value)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("route", "forwards"),
+    [("litellm_proxy", True), ("hosted_vllm", True), ("bedrock", False), ("vertex_ai", False)],
+)
+def test_mcp_servers_reach_routes_that_carry_them_and_answer_400_elsewhere(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, route: str, forwards: bool
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    extra_kwargs: Final = {"mcp_servers": [_DEEPWIKI_SERVER], "custom_llm_provider": route}
+    if not forwards:
+        with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError, match=f"on {route}, so the MCP server `deepwiki`"):
+            _call_prepare(extra_kwargs=extra_kwargs, model="some-model")
+        return
+
+    completion_kwargs, _ = _call_prepare(extra_kwargs=extra_kwargs, model="some-model")
+
+    assert completion_kwargs["mcp_servers"] == [_DEEPWIKI_SERVER]
+
+
+_DEEPWIKI_TOOLSET: Final = {"type": "mcp_toolset", "mcp_server_name": "deepwiki"}
+_WEATHER_TOOL: Final = {
+    "name": "get_weather",
+    "description": "Get the weather for a city",
+    "input_schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {"city": {"type": "string"}}},
+}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("tools", "kept_tool_names"),
+    [([_DEEPWIKI_TOOLSET, _WEATHER_TOOL], ["get_weather"]), ([_DEEPWIKI_TOOLSET], None)],
+    ids=["with-function", "toolset-only"],
+)
+def test_drop_params_drops_the_mcp_toolset_tools_of_dropped_mcp_servers(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tools: list[dict[str, object]], kept_tool_names: list[str] | None
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", True)
+    completion_kwargs, _ = _call_prepare(
+        extra_kwargs={"mcp_servers": [_DEEPWIKI_SERVER], "custom_llm_provider": "gemini"},
+        model="gemini-3.8-flash",
+        tools=tools,
+        tool_choice={"type": "auto"},
+    )
+
+    sent_tools: Final = completion_kwargs.get("tools")
+    sent_names: Final = [tool["function"]["name"] for tool in sent_tools] if sent_tools else None
+    assert sent_names == kept_tool_names
+    assert ("tool_choice" in completion_kwargs) == bool(kept_tool_names)
+
+
+_DROP_FORMS: Final[Mapping[str, Mapping[str, object]]] = {
+    "request": {"drop_params": True},
+    "global": {},
+    "additional_drop_params": {"additional_drop_params": ["mcp_servers"]},
+}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("drop_params", list(_DROP_FORMS))
+def test_drop_params_drops_mcp_servers_instead_of_forwarding_them(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, drop_params: str
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", drop_params == "global")
+    completion_kwargs, _ = _call_prepare(
+        extra_kwargs={
+            "mcp_servers": [_DEEPWIKI_SERVER],
+            "custom_llm_provider": "gemini",
+            **_DROP_FORMS[drop_params],
+        },
+        model="gemini-3.8-flash",
+    )
+
+    assert "mcp_servers" not in completion_kwargs
+    assert completion_kwargs["messages"] == MESSAGES
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("mcp_servers", [None, []], ids=["absent", "empty"])
+def test_no_mcp_servers_needs_no_drop_params(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, mcp_servers: object) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    completion_kwargs, _ = _call_prepare(
+        extra_kwargs={"mcp_servers": mcp_servers, "custom_llm_provider": "gemini"}, model="gemini-3.8-flash"
+    )
+
+    assert "mcp_servers" not in completion_kwargs
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/responses_adapters/test_responses_adapters_handler.py b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/responses_adapters/test_responses_adapters_handler.py
index bba5413fbdf..90b94285f5d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/responses_adapters/test_responses_adapters_handler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/responses_adapters/test_responses_adapters_handler.py
@@ -761,3 +761,54 @@ async def test_recomputed_cost_of_a_served_bridge_response_prices_the_reasoning_
     assert logging_obj.cost_breakdown is not None
     assert logging_obj.cost_breakdown["output_cost"] == pytest.approx(expected_output)
     assert logging_obj.cost_breakdown["reasoning_cost"] == pytest.approx(expected_reasoning)
+
+
+_DEEPWIKI_SERVER: Final = {"type": "url", "url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp", "name": "deepwiki"}
+
+
+def test_mcp_servers_the_responses_bridge_cannot_run_answer_400(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError) as rejected:
+        _build_responses_kwargs(
+            model="gpt-5.6",
+            extra_kwargs={**OPENAI_API, "mcp_servers": [_DEEPWIKI_SERVER]},
+            max_tokens=1024,
+            messages=MESSAGES,
+        )
+
+    assert rejected.value.status_code == 400
+    assert "to gpt-5.6 on openai, so the MCP server `deepwiki` would not run" in rejected.value.message
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "drop_form",
+    [{"drop_params": True}, {"additional_drop_params": ["mcp_servers"]}],
+    ids=["drop_params", "additional_drop_params"],
+)
+def test_drop_params_keeps_mcp_servers_off_the_responses_request(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, drop_form: Mapping[str, object]
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    responses_kwargs: Final = _build_responses_kwargs(
+        model="gpt-5.6",
+        extra_kwargs={**OPENAI_API, "mcp_servers": [_DEEPWIKI_SERVER], **drop_form},
+        max_tokens=1024,
+        messages=MESSAGES,
+    )
+
+    assert "mcp_servers" not in responses_kwargs
+    assert responses_kwargs["input"]
+
+
+def test_drop_params_drops_the_mcp_toolset_tools_of_dropped_mcp_servers(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    weather_tool: Final = {"name": "get_weather", "input_schema": {"type": "object", "properties": {}}}
+    responses_kwargs: Final = _build_responses_kwargs(
+        model="gpt-5.6",
+        extra_kwargs={**OPENAI_API, "mcp_servers": [_DEEPWIKI_SERVER], "drop_params": True},
+        max_tokens=1024,
+        messages=MESSAGES,
+        tools=[{"type": "mcp_toolset", "mcp_server_name": "deepwiki"}, weather_tool],
+    )
+
+    assert [tool["name"] for tool in responses_kwargs["tools"]] == ["get_weather"]
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py
index d82ba192b1f..856bcc63b48 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py
@@ -10800,6 +10800,70 @@ def test_a_deployment_with_a_batch_control_plane_endpoint_keeps_it_out_of_chat_r
     assert "aws_bedrock_control_plane_endpoint" not in route.calls[0].request.content.decode()
 
 
+_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "mcp",
+    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+    "require_approval": "never",
+}
+_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "function",
+    "function": {"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {}}},
+}
+
+
+def _converse_request_for_tools(
+    model: str, non_default_params: Mapping[str, object], drop_params: bool
+) -> Mapping[str, object]:
+    config: Final = AmazonConverseConfig()
+    return config._transform_request_helper(
+        model=model,
+        system_content_blocks=[],
+        optional_params=config.map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params=dict(non_default_params), optional_params={}, model=model, drop_params=drop_params
+        ),
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "model", ["us.openai.gpt-oss-120b-1:0", "us.anthropic.claude-haiku-5-5", "us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0"]
+)
+def test_a_hosted_mcp_tool_answers_400_on_converse_without_drop_params(monkeypatch, model):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.utils.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        _converse_request_for_tools(model, {"tools": [_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL, _HOSTED_MCP_TOOL]}, drop_params=False)
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert model in str(raised.value)
+    assert "`deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+    assert 'server_url: "litellm_proxy/mcp/<server name>"' in str(raised.value)
+    assert "drop_params: true" in str(raised.value)
+
+
+def test_converse_drops_a_hosted_mcp_tool_under_drop_params_and_keeps_the_function_tool(monkeypatch, caplog):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    model: Final = "us.openai.gpt-oss-120b-1:0"
+    with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
+        request: Final = _converse_request_for_tools(
+            model, {"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL]}, drop_params=True
+        )
+    assert [tool["toolSpec"]["name"] for tool in request["toolConfig"]["tools"]] == ["get_weather"]
+    assert any(
+        "`deepwiki`" in record.getMessage() and f"model={model} on bedrock (" in record.getMessage()
+        for record in caplog.records
+    )
+
+
+def test_converse_sends_no_tools_when_drop_params_drops_every_hosted_mcp_tool(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    request: Final = _converse_request_for_tools(
+        "us.openai.gpt-oss-120b-1:0", {"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL], "tool_choice": "auto"}, drop_params=True
+    )
+    assert "toolConfig" not in request
+    assert "toolChoice" not in json.dumps(request)
+    assert "tool_choice" not in json.dumps(request)
+
+
 def _converse_bound_thinking_request(
     headers: dict[str, str] | None, body_betas: tuple[str, ...] = (), drop_params: bool = True
 ) -> dict[str, object]:
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/databricks/chat/test_databricks_chat_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/databricks/chat/test_databricks_chat_transformation.py
index 19234767b19..12d8360cb34 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/databricks/chat/test_databricks_chat_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/databricks/chat/test_databricks_chat_transformation.py
@@ -2773,3 +2773,71 @@ def test_claude_json_schema_stream_split_across_json_tools_keeps_the_non_stream_
     choices: Final = _json_schema_stream_choices(respx_mock, call, split_stream)
 
     assert [choice.finish_reason for choice in choices if choice.finish_reason] == [answer.finish_reason]
+
+
+_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "mcp",
+    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+    "require_approval": "never",
+}
+_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "function",
+    "function": {"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {}}},
+}
+
+
+def test_databricks_claude_answers_400_for_a_hosted_mcp_tool_without_drop_params(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.utils.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        DatabricksConfig().map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"tools": [_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL, _HOSTED_MCP_TOOL]},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="databricks-claude-opus-5-5",
+            drop_params=False,
+        )
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert "databricks-claude-opus-5-5 on databricks " in str(raised.value)
+    assert "`deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+
+
+def test_databricks_claude_drops_a_hosted_mcp_tool_under_drop_params_and_keeps_the_function_tool(monkeypatch, caplog):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
+        mapped: Final = DatabricksConfig().map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL]},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="databricks-claude-opus-5-5",
+            drop_params=True,
+        )
+    assert [tool["function"]["name"] for tool in mapped["tools"]] == ["get_weather"]
+    assert any(
+        "`deepwiki`" in record.getMessage() and " on databricks (" in record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records
+    )
+
+
+def test_databricks_claude_sends_no_tools_when_drop_params_drops_every_hosted_mcp_tool(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    mapped: Final = DatabricksConfig().map_openai_params(
+        non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL], "tool_choice": "required"},
+        optional_params={},
+        model="databricks-claude-opus-5-5",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+    assert "tools" not in mapped
+    assert "tool_choice" not in mapped
+
+
+def test_databricks_claude_still_sends_max_completion_tokens_as_max_tokens_when_dropping_a_hosted_mcp_tool(
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    mapped: Final = DatabricksConfig().map_openai_params(
+        non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL], "max_completion_tokens": 64},
+        optional_params={},
+        model="databricks-claude-opus-5-5",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+    assert mapped["max_tokens"] == 64
+    assert "max_completion_tokens" not in mapped
+    assert [tool["function"]["name"] for tool in mapped["tools"]] == ["get_weather"]
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/deepseek/chat/test_deepseek_chat_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/deepseek/chat/test_deepseek_chat_transformation.py
index 3fbb12881da..949e81532d5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/deepseek/chat/test_deepseek_chat_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/deepseek/chat/test_deepseek_chat_transformation.py
@@ -951,3 +951,48 @@ def test_get_complete_url_ignores_a_trailing_slash_on_api_base(api_base: str):
         )
         == "https://gateway.example.com/deepseek/chat/completions"
     )
+
+
+_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "mcp",
+    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+    "require_approval": "never",
+}
+
+
+def test_a_hosted_mcp_tool_answers_400_on_deepseek_without_drop_params(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.utils.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        DeepSeekChatConfig().map_openai_params(
+            {"tools": [_function_tool("shell"), _HOSTED_MCP_TOOL]}, {}, "deepseek-v4-flash", False
+        )
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert "deepseek-v4-flash on deepseek " in str(raised.value)
+    assert "`deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+
+
+def test_deepseek_drops_a_hosted_mcp_tool_under_drop_params_and_keeps_the_function_tool(monkeypatch, caplog):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
+        result: Final = DeepSeekChatConfig().map_openai_params(
+            {"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _function_tool("shell")], "tool_choice": "auto"}, {}, "deepseek-v4-flash", True
+        )
+    assert result["tools"] == [_function_tool("shell")]
+    assert result["tool_choice"] == "auto"
+    assert any(
+        "`deepwiki`" in record.getMessage() and " on deepseek (" in record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records
+    )
+
+
+def test_deepseek_sends_no_tools_when_drop_params_drops_every_hosted_mcp_tool(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    result: Final = DeepSeekChatConfig().map_openai_params(
+        {"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL], "tool_choice": "required", "parallel_tool_calls": True},
+        {},
+        "deepseek-v4-flash",
+        True,
+    )
+    assert "tools" not in result
+    assert "tool_choice" not in result
+    assert "parallel_tool_calls" not in result
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/gigachat/chat/test_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/gigachat/chat/test_transformation.py
index 9116a4d1979..4d8a916ea87 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/gigachat/chat/test_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/gigachat/chat/test_transformation.py
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ Run with: pytest tests/unit/llms/gigachat/chat/test_transformation.py -v
 
 import asyncio
 import importlib
+from typing import Final
 
 import pytest
 
 import litellm
+from litellm.llms.gigachat.chat.transformation import GigaChatConfig
 from tests._vcr_conftest_common import install_live_call_probe, record_vcr_outcome
 
 
@@ -575,3 +577,56 @@ _SCALAR_DEFAULTS = {
     "api_key": getattr(litellm, "api_key", None),
     "cohere_key": getattr(litellm, "cohere_key", None),
 }
+
+
+_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "mcp",
+    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+    "require_approval": "never",
+}
+_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "function",
+    "function": {"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {}}},
+}
+
+
+def test_a_hosted_mcp_tool_answers_400_on_gigachat_without_drop_params(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.utils.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        GigaChatConfig().map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"tools": [_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL, _HOSTED_MCP_TOOL]},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="GigaChat-2-Max",
+            drop_params=False,
+        )
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert "GigaChat-2-Max on gigachat " in str(raised.value)
+    assert "`deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+
+
+def test_gigachat_drops_a_hosted_mcp_tool_under_drop_params_and_keeps_the_function_tool(monkeypatch, caplog):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
+        mapped: Final = GigaChatConfig().map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL]},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="GigaChat-2-Max",
+            drop_params=True,
+        )
+    assert [function["name"] for function in mapped["functions"]] == ["get_weather"]
+    assert any(
+        "`deepwiki`" in record.getMessage() and " on gigachat (" in record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records
+    )
+
+
+def test_gigachat_sends_no_functions_when_drop_params_drops_every_hosted_mcp_tool(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    mapped: Final = GigaChatConfig().map_openai_params(
+        non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL], "tool_choice": "auto"},
+        optional_params={},
+        model="GigaChat-2-Max",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+    assert "functions" not in mapped
+    assert "function_call" not in mapped
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/ollama/test_ollama_chat_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/ollama/test_ollama_chat_transformation.py
index df9f5fd9d14..6816c916c07 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/ollama/test_ollama_chat_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/ollama/test_ollama_chat_transformation.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import sys
 from typing import Final, cast
 
 import pytest
+import respx
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 sys.path.insert(
@@ -1114,3 +1115,69 @@ def test_get_complete_url_ignores_a_trailing_slash_on_api_base(api_base: str):
         )
         == "http://gateway.example.com/ollama/api/chat"
     )
+
+
+_DEEPWIKI_MCP_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "mcp",
+    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+    "require_approval": "never",
+}
+_WEATHER_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "function",
+    "function": {"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"city": {"type": "string"}}}},
+}
+
+
+def _ollama_chat_route(respx_mock: respx.MockRouter) -> respx.Route:
+    return respx_mock.post("http://ollama.test:11434/api/chat").respond(
+        json={
+            "model": "qwen3:0.6b",
+            "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sunny"},
+            "done": True,
+            "prompt_eval_count": 5,
+            "eval_count": 3,
+        }
+    )
+
+
+def test_ollama_chat_answers_400_for_a_hosted_mcp_tool_it_cannot_run(
+    respx_mock: respx.MockRouter, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    route: Final = _ollama_chat_route(respx_mock)
+
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        litellm.completion(
+            model="ollama_chat/qwen3:0.6b",
+            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "weather in Paris?"}],
+            tools=[_DEEPWIKI_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_TOOL],
+            api_base="http://ollama.test:11434",
+        )
+
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert "qwen3:0.6b on ollama_chat cannot run the hosted MCP tool `deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+    assert not route.called
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("tools", "sent_tools"),
+    [([_DEEPWIKI_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_TOOL], [_WEATHER_TOOL]), ([_DEEPWIKI_MCP_TOOL], None)],
+    ids=["beside-a-function", "alone"],
+)
+def test_ollama_chat_drop_params_sends_only_the_tools_ollama_can_call(
+    respx_mock: respx.MockRouter, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tools: list[object], sent_tools: object
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    route: Final = _ollama_chat_route(respx_mock)
+
+    response: Final = litellm.completion(
+        model="ollama_chat/qwen3:0.6b",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "weather in Paris?"}],
+        tools=tools,
+        api_base="http://ollama.test:11434",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+
+    assert json.loads(route.calls.last.request.content).get("tools") == sent_tools
+    assert response.choices[0].message.content == "Sunny"
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/ollama/test_ollama_completion_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/ollama/test_ollama_completion_transformation.py
index 248e745ebff..0cf18ff6e0d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/ollama/test_ollama_completion_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/ollama/test_ollama_completion_transformation.py
@@ -990,3 +990,73 @@ def test_get_complete_url_ignores_a_trailing_slash_on_api_base(api_base: str):
         )
         == "http://gateway.example.com/ollama/api/generate"
     )
+
+
+_DEEPWIKI_MCP_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "mcp",
+    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+    "require_approval": "never",
+}
+_WEATHER_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "function",
+    "function": {
+        "name": "get_weather",
+        "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"city": {"type": "string"}}},
+    },
+}
+
+
+def _ollama_generate_route(respx_mock: respx.MockRouter) -> respx.Route:
+    return respx_mock.post("http://ollama.test:11434/api/generate").respond(
+        json={"model": "llama3.2", "response": "Sunny", "done": True, "prompt_eval_count": 5, "eval_count": 3}
+    )
+
+
+def test_ollama_answers_400_for_a_hosted_mcp_tool_instead_of_pasting_it_into_the_prompt(
+    respx_mock: respx.MockRouter, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "add_function_to_prompt", False)
+    route: Final = _ollama_generate_route(respx_mock)
+
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        litellm.completion(
+            model="ollama/llama3.2",
+            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "weather in Paris?"}],
+            tools=[_DEEPWIKI_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_TOOL],
+            api_base="http://ollama.test:11434",
+        )
+
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert "cannot run the hosted MCP tool `deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+    assert not route.called
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("tools", "prompt_names_weather"),
+    [([_DEEPWIKI_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_TOOL], True), ([_DEEPWIKI_MCP_TOOL], False)],
+    ids=["beside-a-function", "alone"],
+)
+def test_ollama_drop_params_keeps_a_hosted_mcp_tool_out_of_the_prompt(
+    respx_mock: respx.MockRouter, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tools: list[object], prompt_names_weather: bool
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "add_function_to_prompt", False)
+    route: Final = _ollama_generate_route(respx_mock)
+
+    litellm.completion(
+        model="ollama/llama3.2",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "weather in Paris?"}],
+        tools=tools,
+        api_base="http://ollama.test:11434",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+
+    body: Final = json.loads(route.calls.last.request.content)
+    prompt: Final = body["prompt"]
+    assert (body.get("format") == "json") is prompt_names_weather
+    assert "deepwiki" not in prompt
+    assert ("get_weather" in prompt) is prompt_names_weather
+    assert prompt.startswith("### User:\nweather in Paris?")
+    assert prompt_names_weather or prompt == "### User:\nweather in Paris?\n\n"
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/opencode/chat/test_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/opencode/chat/test_transformation.py
index 0a5e49ca1b2..91361a3d81d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/opencode/chat/test_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/opencode/chat/test_transformation.py
@@ -354,6 +354,17 @@ def test_gemini_custom_base_normalizes_version_and_models(go_catalog: None, suff
         assert response.choices[0].message.content == "hello"
 
 
+def test_gemini_hosted_mcp_error_names_the_opencode_go_route(go_catalog: None) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError, match="fixture-gemini on opencode_go cannot run"):
+        litellm.completion(
+            model="opencode_go/fixture-gemini",
+            api_key="fake-go-key",
+            api_base="https://gateway.example/google",
+            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}],
+            tools=[{"type": "mcp", "server_label": "deepwiki", "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp"}],
+        )
+
+
 def test_gemini_sync_stream_preserves_tool_calls_and_usage(go_catalog: None) -> None:
     chunk: Final = {
         "candidates": [
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/test_vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py b/tests/unit/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/test_vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
index 67c78b62151..c0ac8a47b14 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/test_vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/test_vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
@@ -10691,6 +10691,90 @@ async def test_gemini_sends_a_boolean_for_a_gateway_default_written_as_text_or_n
     assert sent["includeThoughts"] is expected
 
 
+_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "mcp",
+    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+    "require_approval": "never",
+}
+_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL: Final = {
+    "type": "function",
+    "function": {"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {}}},
+}
+_GEMINI_ROUTES: Final = (
+    pytest.param(VertexGeminiConfig, "vertex_ai", id="vertex_ai"),
+    pytest.param(GoogleAIStudioGeminiConfig, "gemini", id="gemini"),
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("config_class", "route"), _GEMINI_ROUTES)
+def test_a_hosted_mcp_tool_answers_400_on_gemini_without_drop_params(monkeypatch, config_class, route):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.utils.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        config_class().map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"tools": [_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL, _HOSTED_MCP_TOOL]},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="gemini-3.8-flash",
+            drop_params=False,
+        )
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert f"gemini-3.8-flash on {route} " in str(raised.value)
+    assert "`deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+    assert "litellm_proxy/mcp/" in str(raised.value)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("config_class", "route"), _GEMINI_ROUTES)
+def test_gemini_drops_a_hosted_mcp_tool_under_drop_params_and_keeps_the_function_tool(
+    monkeypatch, caplog, config_class, route
+):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with caplog.at_level("WARNING"):
+        mapped: Final = config_class().map_openai_params(
+            non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL, _WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL]},
+            optional_params={},
+            model="gemini-3.8-flash",
+            drop_params=True,
+        )
+    assert "deepwiki" not in json.dumps(mapped)
+    assert "get_weather" in json.dumps(mapped["tools"])
+    assert any(
+        "`deepwiki`" in record.getMessage() and f" on {route} (" in record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("config_class", "route"), _GEMINI_ROUTES)
+def test_gemini_sends_no_tools_when_drop_params_drops_every_hosted_mcp_tool(monkeypatch, config_class, route):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    mapped: Final = config_class().map_openai_params(
+        non_default_params={"tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL], "tool_choice": "required"},
+        optional_params={},
+        model="gemini-3.8-flash",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+    assert "tools" not in mapped
+    assert "tool_choice" not in mapped
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("config_class", "route"), _GEMINI_ROUTES)
+def test_gemini_keeps_tool_choice_none_for_legacy_functions_after_dropping_every_hosted_mcp_tool(
+    monkeypatch, config_class, route
+):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    mapped: Final = config_class().map_openai_params(
+        non_default_params={
+            "tools": [_HOSTED_MCP_TOOL],
+            "functions": [_WEATHER_FUNCTION_TOOL["function"]],
+            "tool_choice": "none",
+        },
+        optional_params={},
+        model="gemini-3.8-flash",
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
+    assert "deepwiki" not in json.dumps(mapped)
+    assert "get_weather" in json.dumps(mapped["tools"])
+    assert mapped["tool_choice"] == {"functionCallingConfig": {"mode": "NONE"}}
+
+
 class _BodyInChunks(httpx.SyncByteStream, httpx.AsyncByteStream):
     def __init__(self, chunks: tuple[bytes, ...]) -> None:
         self._chunks: Final = chunks
diff --git a/tests/unit/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/test_litellm_completion_responses.py b/tests/unit/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/test_litellm_completion_responses.py
index 4250c78c669..4040152d796 100644
--- a/tests/unit/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/test_litellm_completion_responses.py
+++ b/tests/unit/responses/litellm_completion_transformation/test_litellm_completion_responses.py
@@ -7101,3 +7101,26 @@ async def test_bridge_partial_response_on_disconnect_bills_only_the_input_since_
     assert await _input_tokens_billed_on_disconnect(
         cast(ResponseInputParam, [*history_it_replaces, *since_compaction])
     ) == await _input_tokens_billed_on_disconnect(since_compaction)
+
+
+def test_a_hosted_mcp_tool_sent_to_responses_on_bedrock_converse_answers_400(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "drop_params", False)
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.UnsupportedParamsError) as raised:
+        litellm.responses(
+            model="bedrock/converse/us.openai.gpt-oss-120b-1:0",
+            input="What does the deepwiki MCP server say about litellm?",
+            tools=[
+                {
+                    "type": "mcp",
+                    "server_label": "deepwiki",
+                    "server_url": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp",
+                    "require_approval": "never",
+                }
+            ],
+            aws_access_key_id="AKIAHOSTEDMCP",
+            aws_secret_access_key="hosted-mcp-secret",
+            aws_region_name="us-east-1",
+        )
+    assert raised.value.status_code == 400
+    assert "`deepwiki`" in str(raised.value)
+    assert "litellm_proxy/mcp/" in str(raised.value)
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/responses_api.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/responses_api.test.tsx
index f9c5e3b0181..9285a49c93f 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/responses_api.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/responses_api.test.tsx
@@ -207,6 +207,46 @@ describe("responses_api", () => {
     expect(onTimingData).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    [["__all__"], [], [{ server_label: "litellm", server_url: "litellm_proxy/mcp" }]],
+    [
+      ["server-1"],
+      [{ server_id: "server-1", server_name: "my server" }],
+      [{ server_label: "my server", server_url: "litellm_proxy/mcp/my server" }],
+    ],
+  ])(
+    "sends MCP selection %j as gateway references the proxy runs for any model",
+    async (selected, servers, expected) => {
+      await makeOpenAIResponsesRequest(
+        messages,
+        mockUpdateTextUI,
+        "gemini-pro",
+        "test-token",
+        undefined, // tags
+        undefined, // signal
+        undefined, // onReasoningContent
+        undefined, // onTimingData
+        undefined, // onUsageData
+        undefined, // traceId
+        undefined, // vector_store_ids
+        undefined, // guardrails
+        undefined, // policies
+        selected,
+        undefined, // previousResponseId
+        undefined, // onResponseId
+        undefined, // onMCPEvent
+        undefined, // codeInterpreterEnabled
+        undefined, // onCodeInterpreterResult
+        undefined, // customBaseUrl
+        servers as never,
+      );
+
+      expect(mockResponsesCreate.mock.calls[0][0].tools).toEqual(
+        expected.map((tool) => ({ type: "mcp", require_approval: "never", ...tool })),
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
   it("should report total latency in both streaming and non-streaming modes", async () => {
     const onTotalLatency = vi.fn();
     const callWithStreaming = (streamingEnabled: boolean) =>
@@ -475,14 +515,14 @@ describe("responses_api", () => {
       {
         type: "mcp",
         server_label: "Alpha",
-        server_url: "https://backend.example.com/mcp/Alpha",
+        server_url: "litellm_proxy/mcp/Alpha",
         require_approval: "never",
         allowed_tools: ["toolA"],
       },
       {
         type: "mcp",
         server_label: "Beta",
-        server_url: "https://backend.example.com/mcp/Beta",
+        server_url: "litellm_proxy/mcp/Beta",
         require_approval: "never",
         allowed_tools: ["toolB", "toolC"],
       },
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/responses_api.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/responses_api.tsx
index ce1a8aab0c5..d55ca79a243 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/responses_api.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/llm_calls/responses_api.tsx
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import openai from "openai";
 import type { ResponseFunctionToolCall, ResponseInputItem } from "openai/resources/responses/responses";
 import { MessageType } from "../chat_ui/types";
 import { TokenUsage } from "../chat_ui/ResponseMetrics";
-import { getGatewayBaseUrl, getProxyBaseUrl } from "@/components/networking";
+import { getGatewayBaseUrl } from "@/components/networking";
 import { toast } from "@/lib/toast";
 import { extractPromptCacheTokens } from "@/utils/promptCacheUsage";
 import { parseUsageCost } from "./usage_cost";
 import { buildPlaygroundHeaders, type CustomHeaders } from "./request_headers";
+import { buildMcpToolBlocks, type BuildMcpToolBlocksArgs } from "./mcp_tool_blocks";
 import type { MCPEvent } from "@/components/mcp_tools/types";
 import { MCPServer, MCPToolset } from "@/components/mcp_tools/types";
 import {
@@ -126,7 +127,6 @@ export async function makeOpenAIResponsesRequest(
   }
 
   const proxyBaseUrl = customBaseUrl || getGatewayBaseUrl();
-  const mcpBaseUrl = customBaseUrl || getProxyBaseUrl();
   const headers = buildPlaygroundHeaders(tags, customHeaders);
 
   const client = new openai.OpenAI({
@@ -172,53 +172,13 @@ export async function makeOpenAIResponsesRequest(
     });
 
     // Build tools array
-    const tools: any[] = [];
-
-    // Add MCP servers if selected
-    if (selectedMCPServers && selectedMCPServers.length > 0) {
-      if (selectedMCPServers.includes("__all__")) {
-        // All MCP Servers selected
-        const allServersTool = {
-          type: "mcp",
-          server_label: "litellm",
-          server_url: `${mcpBaseUrl}/mcp`,
-          require_approval: "never",
-        };
-        tools.push(allServersTool);
-      } else {
-        // Individual servers/toolsets selected - create one entry per item
-        selectedMCPServers.forEach((serverId) => {
-          if (serverId.startsWith("toolset:")) {
-            // Toolset: same /{name}/mcp pattern as individual servers
-            const toolsetId = serverId.slice("toolset:".length);
-            const toolset = mcpToolsets?.find((t) => t.toolset_id === toolsetId);
-            const toolsetName = toolset?.toolset_name || toolsetId;
-            const toolsetTool = {
-              type: "mcp",
-              server_label: toolsetName,
-              server_url: `${mcpBaseUrl}/mcp/${encodeURIComponent(toolsetName)}`,
-              require_approval: "never",
-            };
-            tools.push(toolsetTool);
-          } else {
-            const server = mcpServers?.find((s) => s.server_id === serverId);
-            // Use server_name for both routing and labelling. server_name is the
-            // unique registered identifier; aliases can collide across servers.
-            const routeName = server?.server_name || serverId;
-            const allowedTools = mcpServerToolRestrictions?.[serverId] || [];
-
-            const serverTool = {
-              type: "mcp",
-              server_label: routeName, // unique per request — collisions cause silent tool-routing failures
-              server_url: `${mcpBaseUrl}/mcp/${encodeURIComponent(routeName)}`,
-              require_approval: "never",
-              ...(allowedTools.length > 0 ? { allowed_tools: allowedTools } : {}),
-            };
-            tools.push(serverTool);
-          }
-        });
-      }
-    }
+    const mcpSelection: BuildMcpToolBlocksArgs = {
+      selectedMCPServers,
+      mcpServers,
+      mcpToolsets,
+      mcpServerToolRestrictions,
+    };
+    const tools: any[] = buildMcpToolBlocks(mcpSelection);
 
     // Add code_interpreter tool if enabled (OpenAI auto-creates container)
     if (codeInterpreterEnabled) {