diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/adapters/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/adapters/transformation.py
index 0e198daf089..a070a9ff215 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/adapters/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/adapters/transformation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import copy
 import hashlib
 import json
+import re
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -46,6 +47,41 @@ def truncate_tool_name(name: str) -> str:
     return f"{name[:TOOL_NAME_PREFIX_LENGTH]}_{name_hash}"
 
 
+# Pattern: mcp__<server_name>__<tool_name>
+# Server name and tool name may contain letters, digits, dashes, single
+# underscores — but the double-underscore separator is the boundary marker.
+_MCP_NAMESPACE_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^mcp__([^_]+(?:_[^_]+)*)__(.+)$")
+
+
+def strip_mcp_namespace(name: str) -> str:
+    """Strip the ``mcp__<server>__`` prefix from a tool name.
+
+    claude-agent-sdk's MCP-server tool registration produces names of the
+    form ``mcp__<server>__<tool>`` (e.g., ``mcp__wallet__transfer``).
+    Some downstream model providers — Gemini-2.5-flash-lite in particular —
+    intermittently drop the prefix and emit only the base tool name (e.g.,
+    ``transfer``). Without rewriting on the gateway side, the SDK then
+    fails the tool lookup with ``No such tool available``.
+
+    Solution: strip the prefix in the request to the model, store the
+    forward mapping (``transfer`` -> ``mcp__wallet__transfer``), and
+    restore the full name on the response side before returning to the
+    SDK. Same general pattern as truncate_tool_name's mapping table.
+
+    Args:
+        name: The original tool name (possibly mcp__-prefixed)
+
+    Returns:
+        The base tool name with the ``mcp__<server>__`` prefix removed,
+        or the original name unchanged if no prefix is present.
+    """
+    match = _MCP_NAMESPACE_PATTERN.match(name)
+    if match is None:
+        return name
+    base = match.group(2)
+    return base or name
+
+
 def create_tool_name_mapping(
     tools: List[Dict[str, Any]],
 ) -> Dict[str, str]:
@@ -807,6 +843,30 @@ class LiteLLMAnthropicMessagesAdapter:
         tool_name_mapping: Dict[str, str] = {}
         mapped_tool_params = ["name", "input_schema", "description", "cache_control"]
 
+        # First pass: detect MCP-namespace-strip collisions. If two tools
+        # would strip to the same base name (e.g., mcp__wallet__balance and
+        # mcp__bank__balance both strip to "balance"), we must NOT strip
+        # — collisions would corrupt the tool_name_mapping reverse lookup.
+        _strip_candidates: Dict[str, str] = {}  # original_name -> stripped_name
+        _strip_collision: set = set()  # original_names that collide
+        _stripped_counts: Dict[str, int] = {}
+        for idx, tool in enumerate(tools):
+            tool_type = tool.get("type", "")
+            if any(tool_type.startswith(t.value) for t in ANTHROPIC_HOSTED_TOOLS):
+                continue
+            raw = tool.get("name")
+            if raw is None or (isinstance(raw, str) and not str(raw).strip()):
+                continue
+            orig = str(raw)
+            stripped = strip_mcp_namespace(orig)
+            if stripped != orig:
+                _strip_candidates[orig] = stripped
+                _stripped_counts[stripped] = _stripped_counts.get(stripped, 0) + 1
+        # Mark any candidate whose stripped name appears more than once.
+        for orig, stripped in _strip_candidates.items():
+            if _stripped_counts.get(stripped, 0) > 1:
+                _strip_collision.add(orig)
+
         for idx, tool in enumerate(tools):
             # Check if this is an Anthropic-native tool that should be kept as-is
             tool_type = tool.get("type", "")
@@ -822,9 +882,20 @@ class LiteLLMAnthropicMessagesAdapter:
                 original_name = f"litellm_unnamed_tool_{idx}"
             else:
                 original_name = str(raw_name)
-            truncated_name = truncate_tool_name(original_name)
+            # Strip MCP namespace prefix unless it would collide. Then
+            # truncate. The mapping table records short<->original so the
+            # response-side restorer can reverse it back to the SDK's
+            # expected name.
+            if original_name in _strip_collision:
+                stripped_name = original_name
+            else:
+                stripped_name = strip_mcp_namespace(original_name)
+            truncated_name = truncate_tool_name(stripped_name)
 
-            # Store mapping if name was truncated
+            # Store mapping if name changed (either MCP-prefix-stripped or
+            # truncated). On the response side, the tool_use.name returned
+            # by the model will be looked up here to restore the full
+            # SDK-registered name.
             if truncated_name != original_name:
                 tool_name_mapping[truncated_name] = original_name