diff --git a/ReflectorNet.Tests/src/Model/JsonConvertors/SerializedMemberNameOmissionTests.cs b/ReflectorNet.Tests/src/Model/JsonConvertors/SerializedMemberNameOmissionTests.cs
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+/*
+ * ReflectorNet
+ * Author: Ivan Murzak (https://github.com/IvanMurzak)
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Ivan Murzak
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+ */
+
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using com.IvanMurzak.ReflectorNet.Json;
+using com.IvanMurzak.ReflectorNet.Model;
+using com.IvanMurzak.ReflectorNet.Utils;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+
+namespace com.IvanMurzak.ReflectorNet.Tests.Model.JsonConvertors
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Regression tests for https://github.com/IvanMurzak/ReflectorNet/issues/86.
+    /// <see cref="SerializedMemberConverter"/> used to write the "name" property unconditionally,
+    /// emitting JSON null for value-only / root / unnamed members. The converter's own schema
+    /// (<see cref="SerializedMemberConverter.Schema"/>) types "name" as a non-nullable "string" and
+    /// does NOT list it in "required", so the correct behavior is to omit the key when the value is null.
+    /// Emitting "name": null violated the advertised output schema and was rejected by strict MCP clients
+    /// with error -32602.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SerializedMemberNameOmissionTests : BaseTest
+    {
+        public SerializedMemberNameOmissionTests(ITestOutputHelper output) : base(output) { }
+
+        static JsonObject SerializeToObject(SerializedMember member, Reflector reflector)
+        {
+            var json = member.ToJson(reflector);
+            Assert.False(string.IsNullOrEmpty(json), "Serialization produced empty JSON.");
+            var node = JsonNode.Parse(json!);
+            Assert.NotNull(node);
+            return node!.AsObject();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Write_NullName_OmitsNameKey()
+        {
+            var reflector = new Reflector();
+            var member = new SerializedMember { name = null, typeName = "System.String" };
+
+            var obj = SerializeToObject(member, reflector);
+            _output.WriteLine($"Serialized (null name): {obj.ToJsonString()}");
+
+            // The "name" key must be ABSENT entirely (not present-with-null).
+            Assert.False(obj.ContainsKey(nameof(SerializedMember.name)),
+                $"Expected no 'name' key when name is null, but JSON was: {obj.ToJsonString()}");
+
+            // The required key must still be present.
+            Assert.True(obj.ContainsKey(nameof(SerializedMember.typeName)));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Write_NonNullName_WritesNameAsString()
+        {
+            var reflector = new Reflector();
+            var member = new SerializedMember { name = "foo", typeName = "System.String" };
+
+            var obj = SerializeToObject(member, reflector);
+            _output.WriteLine($"Serialized (non-null name): {obj.ToJsonString()}");
+
+            Assert.True(obj.ContainsKey(nameof(SerializedMember.name)),
+                $"Expected a 'name' key when name is non-null, but JSON was: {obj.ToJsonString()}");
+
+            var nameNode = obj[nameof(SerializedMember.name)];
+            Assert.NotNull(nameNode);
+            // A present "name" must be a JSON string (matching the schema's {"type":"string"}), not null.
+            Assert.IsType<JsonValue>(nameNode, exactMatch: false);
+            Assert.Equal("foo", nameNode!.GetValue<string>());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Schema_TypesNameAsString_AndDoesNotRequireIt()
+        {
+            // Guard the schema contract this fix relies on: "name" is a non-nullable "string" and is
+            // NOT in "required". If a future change widens the schema (e.g. to ["string","null"]) or adds
+            // "name" to "required", the omit-when-null fix would no longer be schema-valid.
+            var schema = SerializedMemberConverter.Schema.AsObject();
+            _output.WriteLine($"Schema: {schema.ToJsonString()}");
+
+            var properties = schema[JsonSchema.Properties]!.AsObject();
+            Assert.True(properties.ContainsKey(nameof(SerializedMember.name)));
+
+            var nameSchema = properties[nameof(SerializedMember.name)]!.AsObject();
+            Assert.Equal(JsonSchema.String, nameSchema[JsonSchema.Type]!.ToString());
+
+            var required = schema[JsonSchema.Required]!.AsArray();
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(required, r => r?.ToString() == nameof(SerializedMember.name));
+            Assert.Contains(required, r => r?.ToString() == nameof(SerializedMember.typeName));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Write_NullName_IsSchemaValid_AndRoundTripsToNull()
+        {
+            var reflector = new Reflector();
+            var member = new SerializedMember { name = null, typeName = "System.String" };
+
+            // 1. Serialized JSON must not carry a "name" key — so it cannot violate the {"type":"string"} schema.
+            var obj = SerializeToObject(member, reflector);
+            Assert.False(obj.ContainsKey(nameof(SerializedMember.name)));
+
+            // 2. Round-trip: deserializing the name-less JSON yields a member with no meaningful name
+            //    (Read leaves the default — string.Empty — when the key is absent; it does NOT resurrect
+            //    a JSON null), and re-serializing it STILL omits the key, so the round-trip stays
+            //    schema-valid and never re-introduces the "name": null the fix removed.
+            var json = obj.ToJsonString();
+            var deserialized = reflector.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SerializedMember>(json);
+            Assert.NotNull(deserialized);
+            Assert.True(string.IsNullOrEmpty(deserialized!.name),
+                $"Expected null-or-empty name after round-trip, got '{deserialized.name}'.");
+            Assert.Equal("System.String", deserialized.typeName);
+
+            // Re-serializing a null/empty-name member must not emit "name": null.
+            var reserialized = SerializeToObject(deserialized, reflector);
+            if (reserialized.ContainsKey(nameof(SerializedMember.name)))
+            {
+                // If a key is present at all (e.g. empty-string default), it must be a string, never null.
+                Assert.IsType<JsonValue>(reserialized[nameof(SerializedMember.name)], exactMatch: false);
+            }
+
+            // 3. Non-null name round-trips and is preserved.
+            var named = new SerializedMember { name = "foo", typeName = "System.String" };
+            var namedJson = named.ToJson(reflector);
+            var namedBack = reflector.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SerializedMember>(namedJson!);
+            Assert.NotNull(namedBack);
+            Assert.Equal("foo", namedBack!.name);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Write_NestedChildWithNullName_OmitsNameKeyRecursively()
+        {
+            // The recursive case from issue #86: a SerializedMember tree where a CHILD (under fields/props)
+            // has a null name. The converter serializes children through the same converter, so the omission
+            // must hold at every depth — not just at the root. This is the most material scenario because
+            // real tool outputs (assets-get-data, gameobject-component-get, etc.) return nested trees whose
+            // value-only leaf members legitimately have null names.
+            var reflector = new Reflector();
+
+            var fieldChild = new SerializedMember { name = null, typeName = "System.Int32" };
+            var propChild = new SerializedMember { name = null, typeName = "System.Boolean" };
+
+            var parent = new SerializedMember { name = "root", typeName = "Some.Composite.Type" };
+            parent.AddField(fieldChild);
+            parent.AddProperty(propChild);
+
+            var obj = SerializeToObject(parent, reflector);
+            _output.WriteLine($"Serialized (nested null-name children): {obj.ToJsonString()}");
+
+            // Parent retains its (non-null) name and typeName.
+            Assert.Equal("root", obj[nameof(SerializedMember.name)]!.GetValue<string>());
+            Assert.Equal("Some.Composite.Type", obj[nameof(SerializedMember.typeName)]!.GetValue<string>());
+
+            // Each nested child object must omit the "name" key entirely while keeping typeName.
+            var fieldChildObj = obj[nameof(SerializedMember.fields)]!.AsArray()[0]!.AsObject();
+            Assert.False(fieldChildObj.ContainsKey(nameof(SerializedMember.name)),
+                $"Expected no 'name' key on the nested field child, but JSON was: {fieldChildObj.ToJsonString()}");
+            Assert.Equal("System.Int32", fieldChildObj[nameof(SerializedMember.typeName)]!.GetValue<string>());
+
+            var propChildObj = obj[nameof(SerializedMember.props)]!.AsArray()[0]!.AsObject();
+            Assert.False(propChildObj.ContainsKey(nameof(SerializedMember.name)),
+                $"Expected no 'name' key on the nested prop child, but JSON was: {propChildObj.ToJsonString()}");
+            Assert.Equal("System.Boolean", propChildObj[nameof(SerializedMember.typeName)]!.GetValue<string>());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ReflectorNet/src/Converter/Json/SerializedMemberConverter.cs b/ReflectorNet/src/Converter/Json/SerializedMemberConverter.cs
index bd1559d3..de38d6e4 100644
--- a/ReflectorNet/src/Converter/Json/SerializedMemberConverter.cs
+++ b/ReflectorNet/src/Converter/Json/SerializedMemberConverter.cs
@@ -153,7 +153,13 @@ public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, SerializedMember? value, JsonS
 
             writer.WriteStartObject();
 
-            writer.WriteString(nameof(SerializedMember.name), value.name);
+            // 'name' is nullable (string?) and is NOT in the schema's "required" set, which types it as
+            // a non-nullable "string". Writing it unconditionally emits JSON null for value-only/root/
+            // unnamed members, violating our own advertised output schema (strict MCP clients reject with
+            // -32602). Omit the key when null: an absent non-required key is schema-valid, and a present key
+            // is always a string. Do NOT widen the schema to ["string","null"] — PostprocessFields strips null.
+            if (value.name != null)
+                writer.WriteString(nameof(SerializedMember.name), value.name);
             writer.WriteString(nameof(SerializedMember.typeName), value.typeName);
 
             if (value.valueJsonElement.HasValue)