diff --git a/cmd_chat/agent/providers.py b/cmd_chat/agent/providers.py
index eb83fa2..57f137b 100644
--- a/cmd_chat/agent/providers.py
+++ b/cmd_chat/agent/providers.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class OllamaProvider:
                     args = json.loads(args)
                 except ValueError:
                     args = {}
-            calls.append({"name": fn.get("name", ""), "arguments": args or {}})
+            calls.append({"name": fn.get("name", ""), "arguments": self._clean_args(args or {})})
         # Small/quantized models (notably qwen2.5 on CPU) intermittently emit a valid
         # tool call as literal text in `content` instead of the structured `tool_calls`
         # field — qwen's `<tool_call>{…}</tool_call>`, but also bare/fenced JSON and
@@ -215,6 +215,37 @@ class OllamaProvider:
         re.I,
     )
 
+    # Per-argument schema-echo leak: a weak model sometimes emits a parameter's
+    # JSON *schema* fragment as its *value*, e.g.
+    #   run_shell(command={'type': 'string', 'description': 'bash ./add.py'})
+    # Every native tool arg is a plain string, so a dict-valued arg is always this
+    # leak — recover the intended string (the model stows it in a value-ish key, or
+    # in `description`), else drop to "" so the tool reports a clean error instead
+    # of running the stringified dict.
+    _LEAK_VALUE_KEYS = ("value", "default", "command", "content", "path",
+                        "text", "input", "arg", "description")
+    # JSON-schema scaffolding keys — never a recovered value (e.g. `type: string`
+    # must not be mistaken for the single string value of a bare `{'type':'string'}`).
+    _SCHEMA_META = frozenset({"type", "format", "enum", "items", "properties",
+                              "required", "title", "additionalproperties"})
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _unleak_str(cls, v):
+        if not isinstance(v, dict):
+            return v
+        for k in cls._LEAK_VALUE_KEYS:
+            if isinstance(v.get(k), str) and v[k].strip():
+                return v[k]
+        strs = [x for k, x in v.items()
+                if k not in cls._SCHEMA_META and isinstance(x, str) and x.strip()]
+        return strs[0] if len(strs) == 1 else ""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _clean_args(cls, args):
+        if not isinstance(args, dict):
+            return args
+        return {k: cls._unleak_str(v) for k, v in args.items()}
+
     @classmethod
     def _coerce_call(cls, obj, valid_names) -> dict | None:
         """Turn a decoded JSON object into a `{"name","arguments"}` call IF it
@@ -243,7 +274,7 @@ class OllamaProvider:
                 args = {}
         if not isinstance(args, dict):
             args = {}
-        return {"name": name, "arguments": args}
+        return {"name": name, "arguments": cls._clean_args(args)}
 
     @classmethod
     def _extract_text_tool_calls(
diff --git a/tests/test_agent_providers.py b/tests/test_agent_providers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb6761e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_agent_providers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+"""Unit tests for OllamaProvider tool-call argument recovery.
+
+Weak/quantized local models intermittently emit a parameter's JSON *schema*
+fragment as its *value* (e.g. run_shell(command={'type':'string',
+'description':'bash ./add.py'})). Every native tool arg is a plain string, so a
+dict-valued arg is always this leak. These tests pin the recovery so the harness
+never runs a stringified schema dict as a command again.
+"""
+from cmd_chat.agent.providers import OllamaProvider as P
+
+
+def test_unleak_recovers_command_from_schema_fragment():
+    assert P._unleak_str({"type": "string", "description": "bash ./add.py"}) == "bash ./add.py"
+
+
+def test_unleak_prefers_value_keys_over_description():
+    assert P._unleak_str({"description": "help text", "value": "ls -la"}) == "ls -la"
+    assert P._unleak_str({"description": "help text", "default": "echo hi"}) == "echo hi"
+
+
+def test_unleak_passes_plain_strings_through():
+    assert P._unleak_str("mkdir data") == "mkdir data"
+
+
+def test_unleak_single_string_value_fallback():
+    assert P._unleak_str({"foo": "only-one"}) == "only-one"
+
+
+def test_unleak_ignores_bare_schema_meta():
+    # {'type':'string'} has no real value — must NOT recover the type name.
+    assert P._unleak_str({"type": "string"}) == ""
+    assert P._unleak_str({}) == ""
+
+
+def test_clean_args_flattens_leaked_arg_keeps_real_ones():
+    out = P._clean_args({"command": {"type": "string", "description": "bash ./add.py"}, "x": "keep"})
+    assert out == {"command": "bash ./add.py", "x": "keep"}
+
+
+def test_clean_args_passes_non_dict_through():
+    assert P._clean_args("passthrough") == "passthrough"
+
+
+def test_coerce_call_cleans_recovered_arguments():
+    # The text-recovery path must also unleak args.
+    obj = {"name": "run_shell", "arguments": {"command": {"type": "string", "description": "ls"}}}
+    call = P._coerce_call(obj, valid_names={"run_shell"})
+    assert call == {"name": "run_shell", "arguments": {"command": "ls"}}