diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/autocomplete.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/autocomplete.tsx
index 718929d445b..8f7d4bb467a 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/autocomplete.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/autocomplete.tsx
@@ -341,6 +341,36 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
       )
   })
 
+  const mcpServers = createMemo(() => {
+    const mcps = Object.entries(sync.data.mcp)
+    const options = mcps.map(
+      ([name, status]): AutocompleteOption => ({
+        display: "@mcp/" + name,
+        description: status.status === "connected" ? "Connected" : status.status,
+        onSelect: () => {
+          const input = props.input()
+          const currentCursorOffset = input.cursorOffset
+          const text = "@mcp/" + name + " "
+
+          input.cursorOffset = store.index
+          const startCursor = input.logicalCursor
+          input.cursorOffset = currentCursorOffset
+          const endCursor = input.logicalCursor
+
+          input.deleteRange(startCursor.row, startCursor.col, endCursor.row, endCursor.col)
+          input.insertText(text)
+        },
+      }),
+    )
+
+    const max = firstBy(options, [(x) => x.display.length, "desc"])?.display.length
+    if (!max) return options
+    return options.map((item) => ({
+      ...item,
+      display: item.display.padEnd(max + 2),
+    }))
+  })
+
   const commands = createMemo((): AutocompleteOption[] => {
     const results: AutocompleteOption[] = [...command.slashes()]
 
@@ -372,9 +402,12 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
     const filesValue = files()
     const agentsValue = agents()
     const commandsValue = commands()
+    const mcpServersValue = mcpServers()
 
     const mixed: AutocompleteOption[] =
-      store.visible === "@" ? [...agentsValue, ...(filesValue || []), ...mcpResources()] : [...commandsValue]
+      store.visible === "@"
+        ? [...agentsValue, ...mcpServersValue, ...(filesValue || []), ...mcpResources()]
+        : [...commandsValue]
 
     const currentFilter = filter()
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
index 392cfb7f121..26f212dde3d 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
       mcp_resource: {
         [key: string]: McpResource
       }
+      ephemeral_mcp: {
+        [sessionID: string]: string[]
+      }
       formatter: FormatterStatus[]
       vcs: VcsInfo | undefined
       path: Path
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
       lsp: [],
       mcp: {},
       mcp_resource: {},
+      ephemeral_mcp: {},
       formatter: [],
       vcs: undefined,
       path: { state: "", config: "", worktree: "", directory: "" },
@@ -322,6 +326,11 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           setStore("vcs", { branch: event.properties.branch })
           break
         }
+
+        case "session.ephemeral_mcp": {
+          setStore("ephemeral_mcp", event.properties.sessionID, event.properties.servers)
+          break
+        }
       }
     })
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/sidebar.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/sidebar.tsx
index ebc7514d723..e857f753f72 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/session/sidebar.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export function Sidebar(props: { sessionID: string; overlay?: boolean }) {
   const diff = createMemo(() => sync.data.session_diff[props.sessionID] ?? [])
   const todo = createMemo(() => sync.data.todo[props.sessionID] ?? [])
   const messages = createMemo(() => sync.data.message[props.sessionID] ?? [])
+  const ephemeralMcps = createMemo(() => sync.data.ephemeral_mcp[props.sessionID] ?? [])
 
   const [expanded, setExpanded] = createStore({
     mcp: true,
@@ -120,40 +121,46 @@ export function Sidebar(props: { sessionID: string; overlay?: boolean }) {
                 </box>
                 <Show when={mcpEntries().length <= 2 || expanded.mcp}>
                   <For each={mcpEntries()}>
-                    {([key, item]) => (
-                      <box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
-                        <text
-                          flexShrink={0}
-                          style={{
-                            fg: (
-                              {
-                                connected: theme.success,
-                                failed: theme.error,
-                                disabled: theme.textMuted,
-                                needs_auth: theme.warning,
-                                needs_client_registration: theme.error,
-                              } as Record<string, typeof theme.success>
-                            )[item.status],
-                          }}
-                        >
-                          •
-                        </text>
-                        <text fg={theme.text} wrapMode="word">
-                          {key}{" "}
-                          <span style={{ fg: theme.textMuted }}>
-                            <Switch fallback={item.status}>
-                              <Match when={item.status === "connected"}>Connected</Match>
-                              <Match when={item.status === "failed" && item}>{(val) => <i>{val().error}</i>}</Match>
-                              <Match when={item.status === "disabled"}>Disabled</Match>
-                              <Match when={(item.status as string) === "needs_auth"}>Needs auth</Match>
-                              <Match when={(item.status as string) === "needs_client_registration"}>
-                                Needs client ID
-                              </Match>
-                            </Switch>
-                          </span>
-                        </text>
-                      </box>
-                    )}
+                    {([key, item]) => {
+                      const isEphemeral = createMemo(() => ephemeralMcps().includes(key))
+                      return (
+                        <box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
+                          <text
+                            flexShrink={0}
+                            style={{
+                              fg: isEphemeral()
+                                ? theme.warning
+                                : (
+                                    {
+                                      connected: theme.success,
+                                      failed: theme.error,
+                                      disabled: theme.textMuted,
+                                      needs_auth: theme.warning,
+                                      needs_client_registration: theme.error,
+                                    } as Record<string, typeof theme.success>
+                                  )[item.status],
+                            }}
+                          >
+                            •
+                          </text>
+                          <text fg={theme.text} wrapMode="word">
+                            {key}{" "}
+                            <span style={{ fg: theme.textMuted }}>
+                              <Switch fallback={item.status}>
+                                <Match when={item.status === "connected" && isEphemeral()}>Ephemeral</Match>
+                                <Match when={item.status === "connected"}>Connected</Match>
+                                <Match when={item.status === "failed" && item}>{(val) => <i>{val().error}</i>}</Match>
+                                <Match when={item.status === "disabled"}>Disabled</Match>
+                                <Match when={(item.status as string) === "needs_auth"}>Needs auth</Match>
+                                <Match when={(item.status as string) === "needs_client_registration"}>
+                                  Needs client ID
+                                </Match>
+                              </Switch>
+                            </span>
+                          </text>
+                        </box>
+                      )
+                    }}
                   </For>
                 </Show>
               </box>
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/ephemeral-mcp.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/ephemeral-mcp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77b930b4fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/ephemeral-mcp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Instance } from "@/project/instance"
+import { BusEvent } from "@/bus/bus-event"
+import { Bus } from "@/bus"
+import z from "zod"
+
+export namespace EphemeralMcp {
+  export const Event = BusEvent.define(
+    "session.ephemeral_mcp",
+    z.object({
+      sessionID: z.string(),
+      servers: z.array(z.string()),
+    }),
+  )
+
+  const state = Instance.state(() => {
+    const data: Record<string, string[]> = {}
+    return data
+  })
+
+  export function set(sessionID: string, servers: string[]) {
+    state()[sessionID] = servers
+    Bus.publish(Event, { sessionID, servers })
+  }
+
+  export function get(sessionID: string): string[] {
+    return state()[sessionID] ?? []
+  }
+
+  export function clear(sessionID: string) {
+    delete state()[sessionID]
+    Bus.publish(Event, { sessionID, servers: [] })
+  }
+
+  export function list() {
+    return state()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/llm.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/llm.ts
index 1029b45ea0d..73ace82581a 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/llm.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/llm.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export namespace LLM {
     small?: boolean
     tools: Record<string, Tool>
     retries?: number
+    toolChoice?: "auto" | "required" | "none" | { type: "tool"; toolName: string }
   }
 
   export type StreamOutput = StreamTextResult<ToolSet, unknown>
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ export namespace LLM {
       activeTools: Object.keys(tools).filter((x) => x !== "invalid" && x !== "_noop"),
       tools,
       maxOutputTokens,
+      toolChoice: input.toolChoice,
       abortSignal: input.abort,
       headers: {
         ...(isCodex
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
index 9325583acf7..aa0899105a3 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import { $, fileURLToPath } from "bun"
 import { ConfigMarkdown } from "../config/markdown"
 import { SessionSummary } from "./summary"
 import { NamedError } from "@opencode-ai/util/error"
+import { Config } from "../config/config"
+import { EphemeralMcp } from "./ephemeral-mcp"
 import { fn } from "@/util/fn"
 import { SessionProcessor } from "./processor"
 import { TaskTool } from "@/tool/task"
@@ -255,6 +257,109 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
     return
   }
 
+  function parseEphemeralMcpMentions(text: string): string[] {
+    const pattern = /@mcp\/([a-z0-9_-]+)/gi
+    const matches = text.matchAll(pattern)
+    const servers = new Set<string>()
+    for (const match of matches) {
+      servers.add(match[1].toLowerCase())
+    }
+    return Array.from(servers)
+  }
+
+  async function connectEphemeralMcps(sessionID: string): Promise<{
+    connected: string[]
+    available: string[]
+  }> {
+    const messages = await MessageV2.filterCompacted(MessageV2.stream(sessionID))
+    const lastUser = messages.findLast((m) => m.info.role === "user")
+    if (!lastUser) return { connected: [], available: [] }
+
+    const textParts = lastUser.parts.filter((p) => p.type === "text")
+    const allText = textParts.map((p) => p.text).join(" ")
+    const mcpServers = parseEphemeralMcpMentions(allText)
+    if (mcpServers.length === 0) return { connected: [], available: [] }
+
+    const cfg = await Config.get()
+    const mcpConfig = cfg.mcp ?? {}
+    const connected: string[] = []
+    const available: string[] = []
+    const status = await MCP.status()
+
+    for (const serverName of mcpServers) {
+      const config = mcpConfig[serverName]
+      if (!config) {
+        log.warn("ephemeral mcp not found in config", { serverName })
+        continue
+      }
+
+      const isMcpConfigured = (entry: typeof config): entry is Config.Mcp =>
+        typeof entry === "object" && entry !== null && "type" in entry
+
+      if (!isMcpConfigured(config)) {
+        log.warn("ephemeral mcp config invalid", { serverName })
+        continue
+      }
+
+      if (status[serverName]?.status === "connected") {
+        available.push(serverName)
+        continue
+      }
+
+      const result = await MCP.add(serverName, { ...config, enabled: true })
+      if (result.status[serverName]?.status !== "connected") {
+        continue
+      }
+
+      connected.push(serverName)
+      available.push(serverName)
+      log.info("ephemeral mcp connected", { serverName })
+    }
+
+    EphemeralMcp.set(sessionID, connected)
+    return { connected, available }
+  }
+
+  async function disconnectEphemeralMcps(servers: string[]): Promise<void> {
+    for (const serverName of servers) {
+      await MCP.disconnect(serverName)
+      log.info("ephemeral mcp disconnected", { serverName })
+    }
+  }
+
+  function injectEphemeralMcpReminder(messages: MessageV2.WithParts[], servers: string[]) {
+    if (servers.length === 0) return
+    const lastUser = messages.findLast((m) => m.info.role === "user")
+    if (!lastUser) return
+    lastUser.parts.push({
+      id: Identifier.ascending("part"),
+      messageID: lastUser.info.id,
+      sessionID: lastUser.info.sessionID,
+      type: "text",
+      text: `<system-reminder>Use MCP tools from: ${servers.join(", ")} for this request. Prefer them when relevant.</system-reminder>`,
+      synthetic: true,
+    })
+  }
+
+  function sanitizeMcpName(name: string) {
+    return name.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, "_")
+  }
+
+  function filterMcpTools(tools: Record<string, AITool>, servers: string[]) {
+    if (servers.length === 0) return { tools, forced: false }
+    const prefixes = new Set(servers.map((server) => sanitizeMcpName(server) + "_"))
+    const filtered = Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(tools).filter(([name]) => {
+        for (const prefix of prefixes) {
+          if (name.startsWith(prefix)) return true
+        }
+        return false
+      }),
+    ) as Record<string, AITool>
+    if (Object.keys(filtered).length === 0) return { tools, forced: false }
+    return { tools: filtered, forced: true }
+  }
+
   export const loop = fn(Identifier.schema("session"), async (sessionID) => {
     const abort = start(sessionID)
     if (!abort) {
@@ -268,6 +373,11 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
 
     let step = 0
     const session = await Session.get(sessionID)
+    const { connected: ephemeralMcps, available: ephemeralAvailable } = await connectEphemeralMcps(sessionID)
+    using _cleanup = defer(async () => {
+      await disconnectEphemeralMcps(ephemeralMcps)
+      EphemeralMcp.clear(sessionID)
+    })
     while (true) {
       SessionStatus.set(sessionID, { type: "busy" })
       log.info("loop", { step, sessionID })
@@ -560,6 +670,7 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
         processor,
         bypassAgentCheck,
       })
+      const forced = filterMcpTools(tools, ephemeralAvailable)
 
       if (step === 1) {
         SessionSummary.summarize({
@@ -569,6 +680,7 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
       }
 
       const sessionMessages = clone(msgs)
+      injectEphemeralMcpReminder(sessionMessages, ephemeralAvailable)
 
       // Ephemerally wrap queued user messages with a reminder to stay on track
       if (step > 1 && lastFinished) {
@@ -591,6 +703,7 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
 
       await Plugin.trigger("experimental.chat.messages.transform", {}, { messages: sessionMessages })
 
+      const requireMcpTool = forced.forced && step === 1
       const result = await processor.process({
         user: lastUser,
         agent,
@@ -608,8 +721,9 @@ export namespace SessionPrompt {
               ]
             : []),
         ],
-        tools,
+        tools: forced.tools,
         model,
+        toolChoice: requireMcpTool ? "required" : undefined,
       })
       if (result === "stop") break
       if (result === "compact") {