diff --git a/agent/background_review.py b/agent/background_review.py
index c2ea87bd94e2..0e2274394520 100644
--- a/agent/background_review.py
+++ b/agent/background_review.py
@@ -687,9 +687,37 @@ def _bg_review_auto_deny(command, description, **kwargs):
             # parent below so memory(action="add") writes from
             # the review still land on disk; the review just
             # has zero side effects on external providers.
-            # Match parent's toolset config so ``tools[]`` is byte-identical
-            # in the request body — Anthropic's cache key includes it.
-            # (The runtime whitelist below still restricts dispatch.)
+            # Toolset config for the fork. For cache-backed providers we match
+            # the parent's toolsets so ``tools[]`` is byte-identical in the
+            # request body — Anthropic's cache key includes it — and rely on
+            # the runtime whitelist below to restrict dispatch.
+            #
+            # For a LOCAL review endpoint there is no prefix cache to preserve,
+            # so we narrow the *advertised* schema to the review's real
+            # permissions instead. Otherwise a weaker local model imitates the
+            # snapshot history (full of write_file/read_file/terminal calls)
+            # and burns turns hitting the dispatch deny-wall — pure waste,
+            # since advertising the full schema buys nothing without a cache.
+            # Classification uses the RESOLVED review runtime (_rt), so an
+            # auxiliary.background_review route is judged by the endpoint that
+            # actually serves the review, not the parent's. The narrowed set
+            # mirrors the runtime whitelist's memory gate below: a profile
+            # with memory/user-profile disabled must not get the memory tool
+            # re-advertised at schema level. The runtime whitelist still
+            # applies as a belt-and-suspenders net.
+            from agent.model_metadata import is_local_endpoint
+
+            _review_base_url = _rt.get("base_url") or None
+            if _review_base_url and is_local_endpoint(_review_base_url):
+                _review_enabled_toolsets = ["skills"]
+                if getattr(agent, "_memory_enabled", False) or getattr(
+                    agent, "_user_profile_enabled", False
+                ):
+                    _review_enabled_toolsets.insert(0, "memory")
+                _review_disabled_toolsets = None
+            else:
+                _review_enabled_toolsets = getattr(agent, "enabled_toolsets", None)
+                _review_disabled_toolsets = getattr(agent, "disabled_toolsets", None)
             _fork_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {}
             if isinstance(_rt.get("max_tokens"), int):
                 _fork_kwargs["max_tokens"] = _rt["max_tokens"]
@@ -716,13 +744,13 @@ def _bg_review_auto_deny(command, description, **kwargs):
                 platform=agent.platform,
                 provider=_rt.get("provider") or agent.provider,
                 api_mode=_rt.get("api_mode"),
-                base_url=_rt.get("base_url") or None,
+                base_url=_review_base_url,
                 api_key=_rt.get("api_key") or None,
                 credential_pool=_rt.get("credential_pool"),
                 request_overrides=_rt.get("request_overrides") or {},
                 parent_session_id=agent.session_id,
-                enabled_toolsets=getattr(agent, "enabled_toolsets", None),
-                disabled_toolsets=getattr(agent, "disabled_toolsets", None),
+                enabled_toolsets=_review_enabled_toolsets,
+                disabled_toolsets=_review_disabled_toolsets,
                 skip_memory=True,
                 **_fork_kwargs,
             )
diff --git a/tests/run_agent/test_background_review_toolset_restriction.py b/tests/run_agent/test_background_review_toolset_restriction.py
index f8d6559da5f5..43e80384ab4e 100644
--- a/tests/run_agent/test_background_review_toolset_restriction.py
+++ b/tests/run_agent/test_background_review_toolset_restriction.py
@@ -227,3 +227,161 @@ def _no_init(self, *args, **kwargs):
         )
 
     assert "memory" in captured["whitelist"]
+
+
+def _capture_init_kwargs(captured):
+    def _init(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        captured["enabled_toolsets"] = kwargs.get("enabled_toolsets", "UNSET")
+        captured["disabled_toolsets"] = kwargs.get("disabled_toolsets", "UNSET")
+        captured["base_url"] = kwargs.get("base_url", "UNSET")
+        raise RuntimeError("stop after capturing init args")
+
+    return _init
+
+
+def test_background_review_narrows_toolset_for_local_endpoint():
+    """Local endpoints have no prefix cache to preserve, so the fork advertises
+    only memory/skills instead of the parent's full schema — a weak local model
+    otherwise imitates the snapshot history and thrashes against the dispatch
+    deny-wall.
+    """
+    import run_agent
+
+    agent = _make_agent_stub(run_agent.AIAgent)
+    agent._current_main_runtime = lambda: {
+        "model": "Qwen3-Coder-Next-4bit",
+        "provider": "custom",
+        "base_url": "http://127.0.0.1:8149/v1",
+        "api_key": "k",
+        "api_mode": "",
+    }
+    captured = {}
+
+    with patch.object(run_agent.AIAgent, "__init__", _capture_init_kwargs(captured)), \
+         patch("threading.Thread", _SyncThread):
+        agent._spawn_background_review(
+            messages_snapshot=[],
+            review_memory=True,
+            review_skills=True,
+        )
+
+    assert captured.get("enabled_toolsets") == ["memory", "skills"], captured
+    assert captured.get("disabled_toolsets") is None, captured
+
+
+def test_background_review_keeps_parent_toolset_for_remote_endpoint():
+    """Cache-backed (remote) endpoints still mirror the parent's toolsets so
+    the ``tools[]`` payload stays byte-identical for the prefix cache.
+    """
+    import run_agent
+
+    agent = _make_agent_stub(run_agent.AIAgent)
+    agent._current_main_runtime = lambda: {
+        "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+        "provider": "anthropic",
+        "base_url": "https://api.anthropic.com/v1",
+        "api_key": "k",
+        "api_mode": "",
+    }
+    captured = {}
+
+    with patch.object(run_agent.AIAgent, "__init__", _capture_init_kwargs(captured)), \
+         patch("threading.Thread", _SyncThread):
+        agent._spawn_background_review(
+            messages_snapshot=[],
+            review_memory=True,
+            review_skills=True,
+        )
+
+    assert captured.get("enabled_toolsets") == agent.enabled_toolsets, captured
+    assert captured.get("disabled_toolsets") == agent.disabled_toolsets, captured
+
+
+def test_background_review_local_narrowing_respects_memory_gate():
+    """The narrowed schema must honor the memory gate: a memory-disabled
+    profile gets only the skills toolset advertised, mirroring the runtime
+    whitelist's conditional memory grant (no schema-level re-grant).
+    """
+    import run_agent
+
+    agent = _make_agent_stub(run_agent.AIAgent)
+    agent._memory_enabled = False
+    agent._user_profile_enabled = False
+    agent._current_main_runtime = lambda: {
+        "model": "Qwen3-Coder-Next-4bit",
+        "provider": "custom",
+        "base_url": "http://127.0.0.1:8149/v1",
+        "api_key": "k",
+        "api_mode": "",
+    }
+    captured = {}
+
+    with patch.object(run_agent.AIAgent, "__init__", _capture_init_kwargs(captured)), \
+         patch("threading.Thread", _SyncThread):
+        agent._spawn_background_review(
+            messages_snapshot=[],
+            review_memory=False,
+            review_skills=True,
+        )
+
+    assert captured.get("enabled_toolsets") == ["skills"], captured
+    assert captured.get("disabled_toolsets") is None, captured
+
+
+def test_background_review_routed_endpoint_classified_by_review_runtime():
+    """An auxiliary.background_review route must be classified by the RESOLVED
+    review runtime's endpoint, not the parent's: remote parent + local aux
+    route still narrows, and the fork is constructed on the routed base_url.
+    """
+    import run_agent
+
+    agent = _make_agent_stub(run_agent.AIAgent)
+    agent.provider = "anthropic"
+    agent.model = "claude-sonnet-4-6"
+    agent._current_main_runtime = lambda: {
+        "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+        "provider": "anthropic",
+        "base_url": "https://api.anthropic.com/v1",
+        "api_key": "k",
+        "api_mode": "",
+    }
+    captured = {}
+    routed_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8150/v1"
+
+    def _fake_load_config():
+        return {
+            "auxiliary": {
+                "background_review": {"provider": "custom", "model": "qwen-local"}
+            }
+        }
+
+    def _fake_resolve_runtime_provider(**kwargs):
+        return {
+            "provider": "custom",
+            "model": "qwen-local",
+            "api_key": "k2",
+            "base_url": routed_url,
+            "api_mode": "",
+            "credential_pool": None,
+            "request_overrides": {},
+            "max_output_tokens": None,
+            "command": None,
+            "args": [],
+        }
+
+    with patch.object(run_agent.AIAgent, "__init__", _capture_init_kwargs(captured)), \
+         patch("hermes_cli.config.load_config", _fake_load_config), \
+         patch(
+             "hermes_cli.runtime_provider.resolve_runtime_provider",
+             _fake_resolve_runtime_provider,
+         ), \
+         patch("threading.Thread", _SyncThread):
+        agent._spawn_background_review(
+            messages_snapshot=[],
+            review_memory=True,
+            review_skills=True,
+        )
+
+    assert captured.get("base_url") == routed_url, captured
+    assert captured.get("enabled_toolsets") == ["memory", "skills"], captured
+    assert captured.get("disabled_toolsets") is None, captured