diff --git a/Sources/MCP/Server/Tools.swift b/Sources/MCP/Server/Tools.swift
index d5ee9bb..fd10d93 100644
--- a/Sources/MCP/Server/Tools.swift
+++ b/Sources/MCP/Server/Tools.swift
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public struct Tool: Hashable, Codable, Sendable {
     public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
         let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
         name = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .name)
-        description = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .description)
+        description = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .description)
         inputSchema = try container.decode(Value.self, forKey: .inputSchema)
         annotations =
             try container.decodeIfPresent(Tool.Annotations.self, forKey: .annotations) ?? .init()
diff --git a/Tests/MCPTests/ToolTests.swift b/Tests/MCPTests/ToolTests.swift
index af48f3e..b08963b 100644
--- a/Tests/MCPTests/ToolTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/MCPTests/ToolTests.swift
@@ -423,3 +423,20 @@ struct ToolTests {
         }
     }
 }
+
+    @Test("Tool with missing description")
+    func testToolWithMissingDescription() throws {
+        let jsonString = """
+            {
+                "name": "test_tool",
+                "inputSchema": {}
+            }
+            """
+        let jsonData = jsonString.data(using: .utf8)!
+        
+        let tool = try JSONDecoder().decode(Tool.self, from: jsonData)
+        
+        #expect(tool.name == "test_tool")
+        #expect(tool.description == nil)
+        #expect(tool.inputSchema == [:])
+    }
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