diff --git a/packages/cli/src/context/llm/codex-runtime.ts b/packages/cli/src/context/llm/codex-runtime.ts
index 08ae4261..e089c7ad 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/context/llm/codex-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/context/llm/codex-runtime.ts
@@ -34,12 +34,47 @@ function promptWithSystem(system: string | undefined, prompt: string): string {
   return [system, prompt].filter(Boolean).join('\n\n');
 }
 
-async function collectEvents(events: AsyncIterable<unknown>): Promise<unknown[]> {
+interface CollectCodexEventsOptions {
+  stepBudget?: number;
+  abortController?: AbortController;
+}
+
+interface CollectCodexEventsResult {
+  events: unknown[];
+  budgetExceeded: boolean;
+}
+
+function eventRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
+  return value && typeof value === 'object' ? (value as Record<string, unknown>) : undefined;
+}
+
+function isCompletedMcpToolCall(event: unknown): boolean {
+  const record = eventRecord(event);
+  const item = eventRecord(record?.item);
+  return record?.type === 'item.completed' && item?.type === 'mcp_tool_call';
+}
+
+async function collectEvents(
+  events: AsyncIterable<unknown>,
+  options: CollectCodexEventsOptions = {},
+): Promise<CollectCodexEventsResult> {
   const collected: unknown[] = [];
+  let completedToolSteps = 0;
+  let budgetExceeded = false;
+
   for await (const event of events) {
     collected.push(event);
+    if (options.stepBudget !== undefined && isCompletedMcpToolCall(event)) {
+      completedToolSteps += 1;
+      if (completedToolSteps >= options.stepBudget) {
+        budgetExceeded = true;
+        options.abortController?.abort();
+        break;
+      }
+    }
   }
-  return collected;
+
+  return { events: collected, budgetExceeded };
 }
 
 function metrics(summary: CodexExecEventSummary, startedAt: number): { totalMs: number; usage: LlmTokenUsage } {
@@ -125,7 +160,7 @@ export class CodexKtxLlmRuntime implements KtxLlmRuntimePort {
             }
           : {}),
       });
-      const events = await collectEvents(
+      const collected = await collectEvents(
         await this.runner.runStreamed({
           projectDir: this.deps.projectDir,
           model,
@@ -134,7 +169,7 @@ export class CodexKtxLlmRuntime implements KtxLlmRuntimePort {
           env: config.env,
         }),
       );
-      const summary = summarizeCodexExecEvents(events, { startedAt });
+      const summary = summarizeCodexExecEvents(collected.events, { startedAt });
       input.onMetrics?.(metrics(summary, startedAt));
       return assertSuccessfulText(summary);
     } finally {
@@ -166,7 +201,7 @@ export class CodexKtxLlmRuntime implements KtxLlmRuntimePort {
             }
           : {}),
       });
-      const events = await collectEvents(
+      const collected = await collectEvents(
         await this.runner.runStreamed({
           projectDir: this.deps.projectDir,
           model,
@@ -176,7 +211,7 @@ export class CodexKtxLlmRuntime implements KtxLlmRuntimePort {
           outputSchema: z.toJSONSchema(input.schema, { target: 'draft-7' }) as Record<string, unknown>,
         }),
       );
-      const summary = summarizeCodexExecEvents(events, { startedAt });
+      const summary = summarizeCodexExecEvents(collected.events, { startedAt });
       input.onMetrics?.(metrics(summary, startedAt));
       return parseStructuredOutput(input.schema, assertSuccessfulText(summary));
     } finally {
@@ -207,16 +242,19 @@ export class CodexKtxLlmRuntime implements KtxLlmRuntimePort {
             }
           : {}),
       });
-      const events = await collectEvents(
+      const abortController = new AbortController();
+      const collected = await collectEvents(
         await this.runner.runStreamed({
           projectDir: this.deps.projectDir,
           model,
           prompt: promptWithSystem(params.systemPrompt, params.userPrompt),
           configOverrides: config.configOverrides,
           env: config.env,
+          signal: abortController.signal,
         }),
+        { stepBudget: params.stepBudget, abortController },
       );
-      const summary = summarizeCodexExecEvents(events, { startedAt });
+      const summary = summarizeCodexExecEvents(collected.events, { startedAt });
       for (let index = 1; index <= summary.stepCount; index += 1) {
         try {
           await params.onStepFinish?.({ stepIndex: index, stepBudget: params.stepBudget });
@@ -227,7 +265,7 @@ export class CodexKtxLlmRuntime implements KtxLlmRuntimePort {
         }
       }
       const error = summaryError(summary);
-      const stopReason = error ? 'error' : summary.stopReason;
+      const stopReason = collected.budgetExceeded ? 'budget' : error ? 'error' : summary.stopReason;
       return {
         stopReason,
         ...(stopReason === 'error' && error ? { error } : {}),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/context/llm/codex-sdk-runner.ts b/packages/cli/src/context/llm/codex-sdk-runner.ts
index 85b3160b..ee1aa031 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/context/llm/codex-sdk-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/context/llm/codex-sdk-runner.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Codex, type CodexOptions, type ThreadOptions } from '@openai/codex-sdk';
+import { Codex, type CodexOptions, type ThreadOptions, type TurnOptions } from '@openai/codex-sdk';
 
 export interface CodexSdkRunnerInput {
   projectDir: string;
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export interface CodexSdkRunnerInput {
   configOverrides?: Record<string, unknown>;
   env?: Record<string, string>;
   outputSchema?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
 }
 
 export interface CodexSdkRunner {
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export interface CodexSdkCliRunnerOptions {
 }
 
 type CodexThread = {
-  runStreamed(input: string, turnOptions?: { outputSchema?: Record<string, unknown> }): Promise<{ events: AsyncIterable<unknown> }>;
+  runStreamed(input: string, turnOptions?: TurnOptions): Promise<{ events: AsyncIterable<unknown> }>;
 };
 
 type CodexClient = {
@@ -82,9 +83,13 @@ export class CodexSdkCliRunner implements CodexSdkRunner {
       webSearchMode: 'disabled',
       approvalPolicy: 'never',
     });
+    const turnOptions: TurnOptions = {
+      ...(input.outputSchema ? { outputSchema: input.outputSchema } : {}),
+      ...(input.signal ? { signal: input.signal } : {}),
+    };
     const streamed = await thread.runStreamed(
       input.prompt,
-      input.outputSchema ? { outputSchema: input.outputSchema } : undefined,
+      Object.keys(turnOptions).length > 0 ? turnOptions : undefined,
     );
     return streamed.events;
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/context/llm/codex-runtime.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/context/llm/codex-runtime.test.ts
index 9e98ab1a..6ea64fdd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/context/llm/codex-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/context/llm/codex-runtime.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,24 @@ function runner(items: unknown[]) {
   };
 }
 
+function budgetRunner() {
+  let observedSignal: AbortSignal | undefined;
+  return {
+    observedSignal: () => observedSignal,
+    runStreamed: vi.fn(async (input: { signal?: AbortSignal }) => {
+      observedSignal = input.signal;
+      return events([
+        { type: 'turn.started' },
+        { type: 'item.started', item: { type: 'mcp_tool_call', server: 'ktx', tool: 'first', status: 'in_progress' } },
+        { type: 'item.completed', item: { type: 'mcp_tool_call', server: 'ktx', tool: 'first', status: 'completed' } },
+        { type: 'item.started', item: { type: 'mcp_tool_call', server: 'ktx', tool: 'second', status: 'in_progress' } },
+        { type: 'item.completed', item: { type: 'mcp_tool_call', server: 'ktx', tool: 'second', status: 'completed' } },
+        { type: 'turn.completed', usage: { input_tokens: 1, output_tokens: 1 } },
+      ]);
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
 describe('CodexKtxLlmRuntime', () => {
   it('generates text with the role-selected model and metrics', async () => {
     const onMetrics = vi.fn();
@@ -207,6 +225,40 @@ describe('CodexKtxLlmRuntime', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('returns budget and aborts the Codex stream when local MCP step budget is reached', async () => {
+    const fakeRunner = budgetRunner();
+    const runtime = new CodexKtxLlmRuntime({
+      projectDir: '/tmp/project',
+      modelSlots: { default: 'codex' },
+      runner: fakeRunner,
+    });
+    const onStepFinish = vi.fn();
+
+    const result = await runtime.runAgentLoop({
+      modelRole: 'default',
+      systemPrompt: 'system',
+      userPrompt: 'user',
+      stepBudget: 1,
+      telemetryTags: {},
+      onStepFinish,
+      toolSet: {
+        first: {
+          name: 'first',
+          description: 'First tool',
+          inputSchema: z.object({}),
+          execute: vi.fn(),
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.stopReason).toBe('budget');
+    expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.metrics).toMatchObject({ stepCount: 1 });
+    expect(onStepFinish).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(onStepFinish).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ stepIndex: 1, stepBudget: 1 });
+    expect(fakeRunner.observedSignal()?.aborted).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('probes Codex authentication through a minimal non-interactive turn', async () => {
     const fakeRunner = runner([
       { type: 'turn.started' },
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/context/llm/codex-sdk-runner.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/context/llm/codex-sdk-runner.test.ts
index 856707ad..7545f762 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/context/llm/codex-sdk-runner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/context/llm/codex-sdk-runner.test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ describe('CodexSdkCliRunner', () => {
     };
 
     try {
+      const controller = new AbortController();
       const events = await runner.runStreamed({
         projectDir: '/tmp/ktx-project',
         model: 'gpt-5.3-codex',
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ describe('CodexSdkCliRunner', () => {
         },
         env: { KTX_CODEX_RUNTIME_MCP_TOKEN: 'run-token' },
         outputSchema,
+        signal: controller.signal,
       });
 
       expect(sdkMock.Codex).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
@@ -77,7 +79,10 @@ describe('CodexSdkCliRunner', () => {
         webSearchMode: 'disabled',
         approvalPolicy: 'never',
       });
-      expect(sdkMock.runStreamed).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Return JSON.', { outputSchema });
+      expect(sdkMock.runStreamed).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Return JSON.', {
+        outputSchema,
+        signal: controller.signal,
+      });
       await expect(collectAsync(events)).resolves.toEqual([
         { type: 'turn.completed', usage: { input_tokens: 1, output_tokens: 2 } },
       ]);