diff --git a/docs/pcap-analysis.md b/docs/pcap-analysis.md
index b65607e55e..2beafbd00a 100644
--- a/docs/pcap-analysis.md
+++ b/docs/pcap-analysis.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Evidence. Capture
 inspection requires Linux with util-linux prlimit or Windows with owned Job
 Objects. macOS capture inspection returns a capability gap because the new
 native memory boundary is unverified; its version probes remain available.
+`binary_session` advertises those operations separately: unsupported capture
+hosts do not disable the client probe or remove either tool from the catalog.
 A selected tool directory or unreadable tool is a configuration capability
 refusal naming its selected path, before any capture bytes are opened.
 Tools and installed libraries/plugins are caller-trusted. An empty private
diff --git a/src/application/CapabilityInventory.test.ts b/src/application/CapabilityInventory.test.ts
index f8c6282bf3..3000b87e27 100644
--- a/src/application/CapabilityInventory.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/CapabilityInventory.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { pcapCaptureHostSupported } from "../domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.js";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import {
@@ -815,3 +816,30 @@ describe("host-restricted integrations", () => {
     },
   );
 });
+
+it.each(["darwin", "linux", "win32"])(
+  "distinguishes pcap capture host support from its target-free client probe on %s",
+  (platform) => {
+    const tools = buildCapabilityInventory(
+      { open: false, capabilities: [] },
+      {
+        processCaptureEnabled: true,
+        hostUnsupported: { pcapCapture: !pcapCaptureHostSupported(platform) },
+      },
+    );
+    expect(
+      tools.find(({ name }) => name === "inspect_pcap_client"),
+    ).toMatchObject({ available: true, reason: "available" });
+    expect(
+      tools.find(({ name }) => name === "inspect_pcap_capture"),
+    ).toMatchObject(
+      platform === "darwin"
+        ? {
+            available: false,
+            reason: "unsupported_host",
+            remediation: expect.stringContaining("native memory bound"),
+          }
+        : { available: true, reason: "available" },
+    );
+  },
+);
diff --git a/src/application/CapabilityInventory.ts b/src/application/CapabilityInventory.ts
index 36966c5a7e..afdebe921f 100644
--- a/src/application/CapabilityInventory.ts
+++ b/src/application/CapabilityInventory.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { PCAP_CAPTURE_UNSUPPORTED_HOST_REASON } from "../domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.js";
 import { DEFAULT_CALL_RELATIONSHIP_DIRECTION } from "../contracts/enhancedInputs.js";
 import { FIRMWARE_TOOL_REQUIREMENTS } from "../contracts/firmware/firmwareToolRequirements.js";
 import { CALL_RELATIONSHIP_TRAVERSALS } from "./CallRelationshipTraversal.js";
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ type ProviderDescriptor = ProviderCapability;
 /** Optional integrations whose verified hosts exclude some platforms. */
 export const HOST_RESTRICTED_FEATURES = [
   "packetCapture",
+  "pcapCapture",
   "signalRecording",
   "evmInterface",
   "binaryLayout",
@@ -602,6 +604,13 @@ const workflowAvailabilityFor = ({
       remediation: "Run process capture on a supported Linux or macOS host.",
     };
   if (kind === "application") return { reason: "available", remediation: null };
+  if (name === "inspect_pcap_capture")
+    return hostRestrictedAvailability(
+      policy,
+      "pcapCapture",
+      true,
+      PCAP_CAPTURE_UNSUPPORTED_HOST_REASON,
+    );
   if (kind === "pcap-provider" || kind === "flutter-provider")
     return { reason: "available", remediation: null };
   const electron = electronProviderAvailability(name, kind, policy);
diff --git a/src/domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.ts b/src/domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.ts
index 09d6898164..8231d11518 100644
--- a/src/domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.ts
+++ b/src/domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import { localPathStringSchema } from "../localPath.js";
 import { digestSchema } from "../digests.js";
 
+/** Summary capture admission and discovery share this native-bound host profile. */
+export const pcapCaptureHostSupported = (platform: string): boolean =>
+  platform === "linux" || platform === "win32";
+export const PCAP_CAPTURE_UNSUPPORTED_HOST_REASON =
+  "Packet summaries require an enforceable native memory bound: Linux with util-linux prlimit, or Windows with owned Job Objects. This host's capture boundary remains unsupported.";
+
 /**
  * Caller intent for packet-capture analysis through caller-supplied tshark
  * and capinfos. REA never installs Wireshark or its tools.
diff --git a/src/pcap/PcapNativeBound.ts b/src/pcap/PcapNativeBound.ts
index 75ef19baec..24a8bf4a08 100644
--- a/src/pcap/PcapNativeBound.ts
+++ b/src/pcap/PcapNativeBound.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import {
+  pcapCaptureHostSupported,
+  PCAP_CAPTURE_UNSUPPORTED_HOST_REASON,
+} from "../domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.js";
 import { access, realpath } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { constants } from "node:fs";
 import { isAbsolute } from "node:path";
@@ -32,9 +36,8 @@ export const preparePcapNativeBound = async (
       ],
     };
   }
-  if (process.platform !== "linux") {
-    const reason =
-      "Packet summaries require an enforceable native memory bound: Linux with util-linux prlimit, or Windows with owned Job Objects. This host's capture boundary remains unsupported.";
+  if (!pcapCaptureHostSupported(process.platform)) {
+    const reason = PCAP_CAPTURE_UNSUPPORTED_HOST_REASON;
     throw new AnalysisCapabilityUnavailableError(
       "pcap",
       "inspect_pcap_capture",
diff --git a/src/pcap/PcapProvider.ts b/src/pcap/PcapProvider.ts
index 57a6fc8c34..690f3246b2 100644
--- a/src/pcap/PcapProvider.ts
+++ b/src/pcap/PcapProvider.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from "../application/AnalysisProvider.js";
 import {
   pcapResultSchemas,
+  pcapCaptureHostSupported,
   type PcapRequest,
   type PcapOperation,
 } from "../domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.js";
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@ export class PcapProvider {
   ): Promise<ProviderAvailability> {
     try {
       const { client } = await this.client("inspect_pcap_client", signal);
-      if (process.platform !== "linux" && process.platform !== "win32")
+      if (!pcapCaptureHostSupported(process.platform))
         return {
           status: "unavailable",
           code: "unsupported_host",
diff --git a/src/server/createServer.ts b/src/server/createServer.ts
index 8b4e78f8de..c2a558249d 100644
--- a/src/server/createServer.ts
+++ b/src/server/createServer.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { pcapCaptureHostSupported } from "../domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.js";
 import { createGpuCodeObjectsService } from "../composition/gpu.js";
 import { registerGpuCodeObjectsTools } from "./registerGpuCodeObjectsTools.js";
 import type { PacketCaptureService } from "../application/captures/PacketCaptureService.js";
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ const installSessionToolAvailability = (
   // Each provider owns its verified host; discovery and execution share it.
   const verifiedHost = {
     packetCapture: tsharkHostSupported(platform),
+    pcapCapture: pcapCaptureHostSupported(platform),
     signalRecording: sigrokHostSupported(platform),
     evmInterface: evmHostSupported(platform, arch),
     pwntools: pwntoolsHostSupported(platform, arch),
@@ -291,6 +293,10 @@ const installSessionToolAvailability = (
   const basePolicy = sessionAvailabilityPolicy(options.availabilityPolicy, {
     optionalProviderLoadFailures: options.optionalProviderLoadFailures,
     hostUnsupported: {
+      pcapCapture: outsideVerifiedHost(
+        options.pcapAnalysis,
+        verifiedHost.pcapCapture,
+      ),
       packetCapture: outsideVerifiedHost(
         options.packetCapture,
         verifiedHost.packetCapture,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/packetCaptureAvailability.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/packetCaptureAvailability.test.ts
index 6002dc57e1..c8d9ea7a45 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/packetCaptureAvailability.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/packetCaptureAvailability.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const linux = process.platform === "linux";
 
 const packetCaptureAvailability = async (
   environment: Readonly<Record<string, string | undefined>>,
+  name = "inspect_packet_capture",
 ): Promise<Record<string, unknown> | undefined> => {
   const session = createTestBinarySession(() => {
     throw new Error("binary analysis must not start during status discovery");
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ const packetCaptureAvailability = async (
       .object({ result: sessionProvider })
       .parse(response.structuredContent).result;
     return expandToolAvailability(parsed.tool_availability).find(
-      ({ name }) => name === "inspect_packet_capture",
+      (tool) => tool.name === name,
     );
   } finally {
     await Promise.allSettled([client.close(), server.close(), session.close()]);
@@ -106,3 +107,20 @@ it("reports packet tools unavailable when no absolute PATH entry holds TShark",
     reason: linux ? "provider_missing" : "unsupported_host",
   });
 });
+
+it("advertises pcap capture host support separately from the always available client probe", async () => {
+  expect(
+    await packetCaptureAvailability({}, "inspect_pcap_client"),
+  ).toMatchObject({ available: true, reason: "available" });
+  expect(
+    await packetCaptureAvailability({}, "inspect_pcap_capture"),
+  ).toMatchObject(
+    process.platform === "linux" || process.platform === "win32"
+      ? { available: true, reason: "available" }
+      : {
+          available: false,
+          reason: "unsupported_host",
+          remediation: expect.stringContaining("native memory bound"),
+        },
+  );
+});