diff --git a/hermes_cli/tools_config.py b/hermes_cli/tools_config.py
index ae97dbf54a2..f76c56e667f 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/tools_config.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/tools_config.py
@@ -1437,6 +1437,10 @@ def _get_platform_tools(
             continue
         if ts_def.get("includes"):
             continue
+        # Posture toolsets (e.g. ``coding``) are session-level selections made
+        # by agent/coding_context.py — not per-platform capabilities to recover.
+        if ts_def.get("posture"):
+            continue
         ts_tools = set(resolve_toolset(ts_key))
         if not ts_tools or not ts_tools.issubset(platform_tool_universe):
             continue
diff --git a/toolsets.py b/toolsets.py
index 41c035b23f2..5c67bfb2114 100644
--- a/toolsets.py
+++ b/toolsets.py
@@ -360,7 +360,11 @@ TOOLSETS = {
             "session_search", "clarify",
             "execute_code", "delegate_task",
         ],
-        "includes": []
+        "includes": [],
+        # Posture toolset: selected per-session by agent/coding_context.py,
+        # never auto-recovered into per-platform tool config (see the
+        # non-configurable-toolset recovery loop in hermes_cli/tools_config.py).
+        "posture": True,
     },
     
     # ==========================================================================