diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py
index deab21fc2e..d5b8aec3b7 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py
@@ -120,7 +120,16 @@ def test_get_platform_tools_preserves_explicit_empty_selection():
 
     enabled = _get_platform_tools(config, "cli")
 
-    assert enabled == set()
+    # An explicit empty list disables every CONFIGURABLE toolset (web,
+    # terminal, memory, …). Non-configurable platform toolsets that ride
+    # along on the platform's default composite (e.g. `kanban`, whose tools
+    # live in _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS but aren't user-toggleable) are still
+    # auto-recovered by _get_platform_tools so saving via `hermes tools`
+    # doesn't silently drop them. The contract this test guards is the
+    # configurable side: nothing the user could have checked in the TUI
+    # checklist should reappear here.
+    configurable = {ts_key for ts_key, _, _ in CONFIGURABLE_TOOLSETS}
+    assert enabled.isdisjoint(configurable)
 
 
 def test_apply_toolset_change_from_default_does_not_enable_default_off_toolsets():
diff --git a/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py b/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
index d57a6cd88c..a652cb860c 100644
--- a/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ def test_load_enabled_toolsets_rejects_disabled_mcp_env(monkeypatch, capsys):
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(config_mod, "load_config", lambda: {"platform_toolsets": {"cli": ["memory"]}})
 
-    assert server._load_enabled_toolsets() == ["memory"]
+    # Sorted: ["kanban", "memory"]. `kanban` is auto-recovered by
+    # _get_platform_tools because it's a non-configurable platform toolset
+    # whose tools live in hermes-cli's universe (see toolsets.py).
+    assert server._load_enabled_toolsets() == ["kanban", "memory"]
     err = capsys.readouterr().err
     assert "ignoring disabled MCP servers" in err
     assert "mcp-off" in err
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ def test_load_enabled_toolsets_falls_back_when_tui_env_invalid(monkeypatch, caps
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(config_mod, "load_config", lambda: {"platform_toolsets": {"cli": ["memory"]}})
 
-    assert server._load_enabled_toolsets() == ["memory"]
+    assert server._load_enabled_toolsets() == ["kanban", "memory"]
     assert "using configured CLI toolsets" in capsys.readouterr().err
 
 
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_registry.py b/tests/tools/test_registry.py
index 3c753f64f5..b6e40da354 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_registry.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_registry.py
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ class TestBuiltinDiscovery:
             "tools.file_tools",
             "tools.homeassistant_tool",
             "tools.image_generation_tool",
+            "tools.kanban_tools",
             "tools.memory_tool",
             "tools.mixture_of_agents_tool",
             "tools.process_registry",