diff --git a/apps/x/apps/main/src/composio-handler.ts b/apps/x/apps/main/src/composio-handler.ts
index f4692916..3289c9c3 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/main/src/composio-handler.ts
+++ b/apps/x/apps/main/src/composio-handler.ts
@@ -307,20 +307,10 @@ export async function useComposioForGoogleCalendar(): Promise<{ enabled: boolean
 }
 
 /**
- * List available Composio toolkits — filtered to curated list only
+ * List available Composio toolkits — filtered to curated list only.
+ * Return type matches the ZToolkit schema from core/composio/types.ts.
  */
-export async function listToolkits(): Promise<{
-    items: Array<{
-        slug: string;
-        name: string;
-        meta: { description: string; logo: string; tools_count: number; triggers_count: number };
-        no_auth?: boolean;
-        auth_schemes?: string[];
-        composio_managed_auth_schemes?: string[];
-    }>;
-    nextCursor: string | null;
-    totalItems: number;
-}> {
+export async function listToolkits() {
     // Paginate through all API pages to collect every curated toolkit
     type ToolkitItem = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof composioClient.listToolkits>>['items'][number];
     const allItems: ToolkitItem[] = [];
@@ -335,7 +325,7 @@ export async function listToolkits(): Promise<{
     const filtered = allItems.filter(item => CURATED_TOOLKIT_SLUGS.has(item.slug));
     return {
         items: filtered,
-        nextCursor: null,
+        nextCursor: null as string | null,
         totalItems: filtered.length,
     };
 }
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
index 7d6006a7..34e2b401 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import { LlmStepStreamEvent } from "@x/shared/dist/llm-step-events.js";
 import { execTool } from "../application/lib/exec-tool.js";
 import { AskHumanRequestEvent, RunEvent, ToolPermissionRequestEvent } from "@x/shared/dist/runs.js";
 import { BuiltinTools } from "../application/lib/builtin-tools.js";
-import { CopilotAgent } from "../application/assistant/agent.js";
-import { buildCopilotInstructions } from "../application/assistant/instructions.js";
+import { buildCopilotAgent } from "../application/assistant/agent.js";
 import { isBlocked, extractCommandNames } from "../application/lib/command-executor.js";
 import container from "../di/container.js";
 import { IModelConfigRepo } from "../models/repo.js";
@@ -370,14 +369,7 @@ function formatLlmStreamError(rawError: unknown): string {
 
 export async function loadAgent(id: string): Promise<z.infer<typeof Agent>> {
     if (id === "copilot" || id === "rowboatx") {
-        // Rebuild tools from current BuiltinTools (includes Composio meta-tools).
-        const tools: Record<string, z.infer<typeof ToolAttachment>> = {};
-        for (const name of Object.keys(BuiltinTools)) {
-            tools[name] = { type: "builtin", name };
-        }
-        // Rebuild instructions to include current Composio tools section
-        const instructions = await buildCopilotInstructions();
-        return { ...CopilotAgent, tools, instructions };
+        return buildCopilotAgent();
     }
 
     if (id === 'note_creation') {
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/application/assistant/agent.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/application/assistant/agent.ts
index 4904642e..0096601c 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/application/assistant/agent.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/application/assistant/agent.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 import { Agent, ToolAttachment } from "@x/shared/dist/agent.js";
 import z from "zod";
-import { CopilotInstructions } from "./instructions.js";
+import { buildCopilotInstructions } from "./instructions.js";
 import { BuiltinTools } from "../lib/builtin-tools.js";
 
-const tools: Record<string, z.infer<typeof ToolAttachment>> = {};
-for (const name of Object.keys(BuiltinTools)) {
-    tools[name] = {
-        type: "builtin",
-        name,
+/**
+ * Build the CopilotAgent dynamically.
+ * Tools are derived from the current BuiltinTools (which include Composio meta-tools),
+ * and instructions include the live Composio connection status.
+ */
+export async function buildCopilotAgent(): Promise<z.infer<typeof Agent>> {
+    const tools: Record<string, z.infer<typeof ToolAttachment>> = {};
+    for (const name of Object.keys(BuiltinTools)) {
+        tools[name] = { type: "builtin", name };
+    }
+    const instructions = await buildCopilotInstructions();
+    return {
+        name: "rowboatx",
+        description: "Rowboatx copilot",
+        instructions,
+        tools,
     };
 }
-
-export const CopilotAgent: z.infer<typeof Agent> = {
-    name: "rowboatx",
-    description: "Rowboatx copilot",
-    instructions: CopilotInstructions,
-    tools,
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/composio/client.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/composio/client.ts
index e16573d6..722cb4a4 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/composio/client.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/composio/client.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ import {
     ZExecuteActionRequest,
     ZExecuteActionResponse,
     ZListResponse,
+    ZSearchResultTool,
     ZTool,
     ZToolkit,
+    type NormalizedToolResult,
 } from "./types.js";
 import { isSignedIn } from "../account/account.js";
 import { getAccessToken } from "../auth/tokens.js";
@@ -283,52 +285,34 @@ export async function deleteConnectedAccount(connectedAccountId: string): Promis
 }
 
 /**
- * Schema for search results: includes toolkit info and full input_parameters.
- */
-const ZSearchResultTool = z.object({
-    slug: z.string(),
-    name: z.string(),
-    description: z.string(),
-    toolkit: z.object({
-        slug: z.string(),
-        name: z.string(),
-        logo: z.string(),
-    }).optional(),
-    input_parameters: z.object({
-        type: z.literal('object').optional().default('object'),
-        properties: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).optional().default({}),
-        required: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
-    }).optional().default({ type: 'object', properties: {} }),
-}).passthrough();
-
-/**
- * Infer toolkit slug from a tool slug.
- * Tool naming convention: TOOLKIT_ACTION (e.g., GITHUB_CREATE_ISSUE → github).
- * For multi-word toolkit slugs (GOOGLECALENDAR_CREATE_EVENT), the prefix before
- * the first underscore matches the toolkit slug.
+ * Infer toolkit slug from a tool slug when the API omits the toolkit object.
+ * Convention: TOOLKIT_ACTION (e.g., GITHUB_CREATE_ISSUE → github).
+ *
+ * This fallback exists because the Composio /tools search endpoint occasionally
+ * returns results without the `toolkit` field — observed with certain search
+ * queries and when the tool is from a less-common integration. The inference is
+ * a best-effort heuristic: lowercase the first segment before the first underscore.
  */
 function inferToolkitSlug(toolSlug: string): string {
-    // Tool slugs are uppercase: GITHUB_CREATE_ISSUE, GMAIL_SEND_EMAIL, etc.
-    // The toolkit prefix is everything before the first action word.
-    // Strategy: lowercase the slug and try progressively shorter prefixes.
     const lower = toolSlug.toLowerCase();
     const parts = lower.split('_');
-    // Try joining from 1 part up to all-but-1 to find a known prefix
-    // Most common: single-word prefix (github, gmail, slack)
     return parts[0] ?? lower;
 }
 
 /**
  * Search for tools across all toolkits (or optionally filtered by specific toolkit slugs).
  * Returns tools with full input_parameters so the agent knows what params to pass.
+ *
+ * Uses a limit of 50 (not 15) to avoid the curated-filter-after-limit problem where
+ * in-scope results at position 16+ would be discarded if earlier results are out-of-scope.
  */
 export async function searchTools(
     searchQuery: string,
     toolkitSlugs?: string[],
-): Promise<{ items: Array<{ slug: string; name: string; description: string; toolkitSlug: string; inputParameters: { type: 'object'; properties: Record<string, unknown>; required?: string[] } }> }> {
+): Promise<{ items: NormalizedToolResult[] }> {
     const params: Record<string, string> = {
         search: searchQuery,
-        limit: '15',
+        limit: '50',
     };
     if (toolkitSlugs && toolkitSlugs.length === 1) {
         params.toolkit_slug = toolkitSlugs[0];
@@ -336,12 +320,10 @@ export async function searchTools(
 
     const result = await composioApiCall(ZListResponse(ZSearchResultTool), "/tools", params);
 
-    const items = result.items.map((item) => ({
+    const items: NormalizedToolResult[] = result.items.map((item) => ({
         slug: item.slug,
         name: item.name,
         description: item.description,
-        // Use toolkit.slug from API response, fall back to inferring from tool slug,
-        // and finally fall back to the requested toolkit slug if one was provided.
         toolkitSlug: item.toolkit?.slug
             || inferToolkitSlug(item.slug)
             || (toolkitSlugs?.length === 1 ? toolkitSlugs[0] : ''),
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/composio/types.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/composio/types.ts
index 968c9abd..5585d63f 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/composio/types.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/composio/types.ts
@@ -231,3 +231,41 @@ export const ZLocalConnectedAccount = z.object({
 
 export type LocalConnectedAccount = z.infer<typeof ZLocalConnectedAccount>;
 export type ConnectedAccountStatus = z.infer<typeof ZConnectedAccountStatus>;
+
+/**
+ * Tool schema for search results.
+ * Unlike ZTool, `toolkit` is optional because the Composio /tools search endpoint
+ * sometimes omits the toolkit object from results. `input_parameters` uses
+ * lenient defaults so tools with no params (e.g. LINKEDIN_GET_MY_INFO) parse cleanly.
+ */
+export const ZSearchResultTool = z.object({
+    slug: z.string(),
+    name: z.string(),
+    description: z.string(),
+    toolkit: z.object({
+        slug: z.string(),
+        name: z.string(),
+        logo: z.string(),
+    }).optional(),
+    input_parameters: z.object({
+        type: z.literal('object').optional().default('object'),
+        properties: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).optional().default({}),
+        required: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    }).optional().default({ type: 'object', properties: {} }),
+}).passthrough();
+
+/**
+ * Normalized tool result returned from searchTools().
+ */
+export const ZNormalizedToolResult = z.object({
+    slug: z.string(),
+    name: z.string(),
+    description: z.string(),
+    toolkitSlug: z.string(),
+    inputParameters: z.object({
+        type: z.literal('object'),
+        properties: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()),
+        required: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    }),
+});
+export type NormalizedToolResult = z.infer<typeof ZNormalizedToolResult>;
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/shared/src/composio.ts b/apps/x/packages/shared/src/composio.ts
index e752678a..c904c9a3 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/shared/src/composio.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/shared/src/composio.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Curated Composio toolkits available to Rowboat users.
  * Single source of truth for slugs, display names, and categories.
+ * Sorted by slug (ASC) for maintainability.
  */
 
 export type ToolkitCategory = 'communication' | 'productivity' | 'development' | 'crm' | 'social' | 'storage' | 'support';
@@ -12,46 +13,31 @@ export interface CuratedToolkit {
 }
 
 export const CURATED_TOOLKITS: CuratedToolkit[] = [
-    // Communication
+    { slug: 'airtable', displayName: 'Airtable', category: 'productivity' },
+    { slug: 'asana', displayName: 'Asana', category: 'productivity' },
+    { slug: 'cal', displayName: 'Cal.com', category: 'productivity' },
+    { slug: 'calendly', displayName: 'Calendly', category: 'productivity' },
+    { slug: 'dropbox', displayName: 'Dropbox', category: 'storage' },
+    { slug: 'github', displayName: 'GitHub', category: 'development' },
     { slug: 'gmail', displayName: 'Gmail', category: 'communication' },
-    { slug: 'slack', displayName: 'Slack', category: 'communication' },
-    { slug: 'microsoft_outlook', displayName: 'Microsoft Outlook', category: 'communication' },
-    { slug: 'microsoft_teams', displayName: 'Microsoft Teams', category: 'communication' },
-
-    // Productivity
     { slug: 'googlecalendar', displayName: 'Google Calendar', category: 'productivity' },
     { slug: 'googledocs', displayName: 'Google Docs', category: 'productivity' },
-    { slug: 'googlesheets', displayName: 'Google Sheets', category: 'productivity' },
-    { slug: 'notion', displayName: 'Notion', category: 'productivity' },
-    { slug: 'airtable', displayName: 'Airtable', category: 'productivity' },
-    { slug: 'calendly', displayName: 'Calendly', category: 'productivity' },
-    { slug: 'cal', displayName: 'Cal.com', category: 'productivity' },
-
-    // Storage
     { slug: 'googledrive', displayName: 'Google Drive', category: 'storage' },
-    { slug: 'dropbox', displayName: 'Dropbox', category: 'storage' },
-    { slug: 'onedrive', displayName: 'OneDrive', category: 'storage' },
-
-    // Development
-    { slug: 'github', displayName: 'GitHub', category: 'development' },
-    { slug: 'linear', displayName: 'Linear', category: 'development' },
-    { slug: 'jira', displayName: 'Jira', category: 'development' },
-
-    // Project Management
-    { slug: 'asana', displayName: 'Asana', category: 'productivity' },
-    { slug: 'trello', displayName: 'Trello', category: 'productivity' },
-
-    // CRM & Sales
+    { slug: 'googlesheets', displayName: 'Google Sheets', category: 'productivity' },
     { slug: 'hubspot', displayName: 'HubSpot', category: 'crm' },
-    { slug: 'salesforce', displayName: 'Salesforce', category: 'crm' },
-
-    // Social
-    { slug: 'linkedin', displayName: 'LinkedIn', category: 'social' },
-    { slug: 'twitter', displayName: 'X', category: 'social' },
-    { slug: 'reddit', displayName: 'Reddit', category: 'social' },
-
-    // Support
     { slug: 'intercom', displayName: 'Intercom', category: 'support' },
+    { slug: 'jira', displayName: 'Jira', category: 'development' },
+    { slug: 'linear', displayName: 'Linear', category: 'development' },
+    { slug: 'linkedin', displayName: 'LinkedIn', category: 'social' },
+    { slug: 'microsoft_outlook', displayName: 'Microsoft Outlook', category: 'communication' },
+    { slug: 'microsoft_teams', displayName: 'Microsoft Teams', category: 'communication' },
+    { slug: 'notion', displayName: 'Notion', category: 'productivity' },
+    { slug: 'onedrive', displayName: 'OneDrive', category: 'storage' },
+    { slug: 'reddit', displayName: 'Reddit', category: 'social' },
+    { slug: 'salesforce', displayName: 'Salesforce', category: 'crm' },
+    { slug: 'slack', displayName: 'Slack', category: 'communication' },
+    { slug: 'trello', displayName: 'Trello', category: 'productivity' },
+    { slug: 'twitter', displayName: 'X', category: 'social' },
     { slug: 'zendesk', displayName: 'Zendesk', category: 'support' },
 ];
 
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/shared/src/ipc.ts b/apps/x/packages/shared/src/ipc.ts
index 465ef09f..fae87f7f 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/shared/src/ipc.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/shared/src/ipc.ts
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ const ipcSchemas = {
     res: z.null(),
   },
   // Composio Tools Library channels
+  // Response schema mirrors core/composio/types.ts ZToolkit (kept inline to avoid cross-package import)
   'composio:list-toolkits': {
     req: z.object({}),
     res: z.object({