diff --git a/packages/ai-sdk/src/activities.ts b/packages/ai-sdk/src/activities.ts
index 397b76922..20c2c0f27 100644
--- a/packages/ai-sdk/src/activities.ts
+++ b/packages/ai-sdk/src/activities.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import type {
   SharedV3ProviderOptions,
   SharedV3Headers,
   ProviderV3,
+  JSONSchema7,
 } from '@ai-sdk/provider';
-import type { FlexibleSchema, ToolExecutionOptions } from 'ai';
+import type { ToolExecutionOptions } from 'ai';
 import { ApplicationFailure } from '@temporalio/common';
 import type { McpClientFactories, McpClientFactory } from './mcp';
 
@@ -42,9 +43,15 @@ export interface InvokeEmbeddingModelArgs {
  */
 export type InvokeEmbeddingModelResult = EmbeddingModelV3Result;
 
+/**
+ * Result from listing MCP tools, returned by the listTools activity.
+ * Note: inputSchema is the serialized form of the AI SDK's schema wrapper.
+ * After JSON serialization through Temporal's activity boundary, the schema
+ * wrapper becomes { jsonSchema: JSONSchema7 }.
+ */
 export interface ListToolResult {
   description?: string;
-  inputSchema: FlexibleSchema<unknown>;
+  inputSchema: { jsonSchema: JSONSchema7 };
 }
 
 export interface ListToolArgs {
@@ -101,12 +108,14 @@ function activitiesForName(name: string, mcpClientFactory: McpClientFactory): ob
     try {
       const tools = await mcpClient.tools();
 
+      // The activity returns FlexibleSchema objects, but ListToolResult describes the
+      // post-serialization form that workflows receive. The cast bridges this gap.
       return Object.fromEntries(
         Object.entries(tools).map(([k, v]) => [
           k,
           {
             description: v.description,
-            inputSchema: v.inputSchema,
+            inputSchema: v.inputSchema as ListToolResult['inputSchema'],
           },
         ])
       );
diff --git a/packages/ai-sdk/src/mcp.ts b/packages/ai-sdk/src/mcp.ts
index 988bb6246..9c4d883b1 100644
--- a/packages/ai-sdk/src/mcp.ts
+++ b/packages/ai-sdk/src/mcp.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { jsonSchema, type ToolSet } from 'ai';
-import type { JSONSchema7 } from '@ai-sdk/provider';
 import type { experimental_MCPClient as MCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
 import * as workflow from '@temporalio/workflow';
 import type { ActivityOptions } from '@temporalio/workflow';
@@ -52,7 +51,8 @@ export class TemporalMCPClient {
             const callActivity = activities[this.options.name + '-callTool']!;
             return await callActivity({ name: toolName, input, options, clientArgs: this.options.clientArgs });
           },
-          inputSchema: jsonSchema(toolResult.inputSchema as JSONSchema7),
+          // toolResult.inputSchema is the serialized form { jsonSchema: JSONSchema7 }
+          inputSchema: jsonSchema(toolResult.inputSchema.jsonSchema),
           type: 'dynamic',
         },
       ])
diff --git a/packages/test/src/test-ai-sdk.ts b/packages/test/src/test-ai-sdk.ts
index 50cc726c8..04be292b9 100644
--- a/packages/test/src/test-ai-sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/test/src/test-ai-sdk.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import * as opentelemetry from '@opentelemetry/sdk-node';
 import { SEMRESATTRS_SERVICE_NAME } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 import { ExportResultCode } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { StdioClientTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/stdio.js';
+import { Server } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/index.js';
+import { InMemoryTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/inMemory.js';
+import { ListToolsRequestSchema, CallToolRequestSchema } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js';
 import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
 import { AiSdkPlugin, createActivities } from '@temporalio/ai-sdk';
 import { temporal } from '@temporalio/proto';
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ import {
   embeddingWorkflow,
   generateObjectWorkflow,
   helloWorldAgent,
+  mcpSchemaTestWorkflow,
   mcpWorkflow,
   middlewareWorkflow,
   telemetryWorkflow,
@@ -544,6 +548,65 @@ test('callToolActivity awaits tool.execute before closing MCP client', async (t)
   );
 });
 
+test('MCP tool schema survives activity serialization', async (t) => {
+  const { createWorker, executeWorkflow } = helpers(t);
+
+  // Create in-memory MCP server with test tool
+  const createTestMcpClient = async () => {
+    const server = new Server(
+      { name: 'test-server', version: '1.0.0' },
+      { capabilities: { tools: {} } }
+    );
+
+    // Register tools/list handler
+    server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => ({
+      tools: [
+        {
+          name: 'testTool',
+          description: 'A test tool',
+          inputSchema: {
+            type: 'object',
+            properties: {
+              testParam: { type: 'string', description: 'Test parameter' },
+            },
+            required: ['testParam'],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    }));
+
+    // Register tools/call handler
+    server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async () => ({
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'ok' }],
+    }));
+
+    // Create linked in-memory transports
+    const [clientTransport, serverTransport] = InMemoryTransport.createLinkedPair();
+    await server.connect(serverTransport);
+
+    // Return real AI SDK MCP client connected to in-memory server
+    return createMCPClient({ transport: clientTransport });
+  };
+
+  const worker = await createWorker({
+    plugins: [
+      new AiSdkPlugin({
+        modelProvider: new TestProvider(helloWorkflowGenerator()),
+        mcpClientFactories: { testServer: createTestMcpClient },
+      }),
+    ],
+  });
+
+  await worker.runUntil(async () => {
+    const result = await executeWorkflow(mcpSchemaTestWorkflow);
+
+    // These would FAIL with the bug (undefined), PASS with fix
+    t.is(result.schemaType, 'object', 'Schema type should be "object", not undefined');
+    t.true(result.hasProperties, 'Schema should have properties');
+    t.is(result.propertyDescription, 'Test parameter', 'Property description should be preserved');
+  });
+});
+
 // Currently fails in CI due to invalid server response but passes locally
 test.skip('MCP Use', async (t) => {
   if (remoteTests) {
diff --git a/packages/test/src/workflows/ai-sdk.ts b/packages/test/src/workflows/ai-sdk.ts
index 32bc28fbd..43840091f 100644
--- a/packages/test/src/workflows/ai-sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/test/src/workflows/ai-sdk.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,31 @@ export async function mcpWorkflow(prompt: string): Promise<string> {
   return result.text;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Test workflow that returns MCP tool schema structure for assertion.
+ * Used to verify inputSchema survives activity serialization correctly.
+ */
+export async function mcpSchemaTestWorkflow(): Promise<{
+  toolName: string;
+  schemaType: string | undefined;
+  hasProperties: boolean;
+  propertyDescription: string | undefined;
+}> {
+  const mcpClient = new TemporalMCPClient({ name: 'testServer' });
+  const tools = await mcpClient.tools();
+
+  const [toolName, tool] = Object.entries(tools)[0];
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  const schema = (tool as any).inputSchema.jsonSchema;
+
+  return {
+    toolName,
+    schemaType: schema.type,
+    hasProperties: schema.properties !== undefined,
+    propertyDescription: schema.properties?.testParam?.description,
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Workflow that demonstrates embedding model support.
  * Uses the temporalProvider to generate embeddings for multiple text values.