diff --git a/src/config/schema.test.ts b/src/config/schema.test.ts
index 3df2e08..e1dbb85 100644
--- a/src/config/schema.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/schema.test.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,40 @@ describe('configSchema — server', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('configSchema — browser', () => {
+  const minimalConfig = {
+    telegram: { bot_token: 'test', allowed_chat_ids: [1] },
+    models: { default: { provider: 'anthropic', model: 'claude-3' } },
+  };
+
+  it('defaults browser tools to disabled with safe runtime defaults', () => {
+    const result = configSchema.parse(minimalConfig);
+    expect(result.browser.enabled).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.browser.headless).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.browser.max_pages).toBe(5);
+    expect(result.browser.default_timeout).toBe(30000);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts explicit browser config', () => {
+    const result = configSchema.parse({
+      ...minimalConfig,
+      browser: {
+        enabled: true,
+        executable_path: '/usr/bin/chromium',
+        headless: false,
+        max_pages: 3,
+        default_timeout: 45000,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.browser.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.browser.executable_path).toBe('/usr/bin/chromium');
+    expect(result.browser.headless).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.browser.max_pages).toBe(3);
+    expect(result.browser.default_timeout).toBe(45000);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('configSchema — backup', () => {
   const minimalConfig = {
     telegram: { bot_token: 'test', allowed_chat_ids: [1] },
diff --git a/src/daemon/tools.ts b/src/daemon/tools.ts
index 73acd92..856e52c 100644
--- a/src/daemon/tools.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/tools.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export function initTools(deps: ToolsDeps): ToolsResult {
   }
 
   // Initialize browser manager and register browser tools (if enabled)
+  const browserToolNames = ['browser.navigate', 'browser.screenshot', 'browser.click', 'browser.type', 'browser.content', 'browser.eval'];
   let browserManager: BrowserManager | undefined;
   if (config.browser?.enabled) {
     const manager = new BrowserManager({
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ export function initTools(deps: ToolsDeps): ToolsResult {
       await manager.shutdown();
       console.log('Browser manager stopped');
     });
+  } else {
+    console.log('Browser tools disabled (set browser.enabled=true to register browser.* tools)');
   }
 
   const toolExecutor = new ToolExecutor(toolRegistry, hookEngine);
@@ -99,5 +102,14 @@ export function initTools(deps: ToolsDeps): ToolsResult {
     console.log(`Tool policy: profile=${effectiveProfile}, deny=[${config.tools.deny.join(', ')}]`);
   }
 
+  if (config.browser?.enabled) {
+    const allNames = toolRegistry.list().map((tool) => tool.name);
+    const allowed = toolPolicy.resolveAllowedNames(allNames);
+    const availableBrowserTools = browserToolNames.filter((name) => allowed.has(name));
+    if (availableBrowserTools.length === 0) {
+      console.log('Browser tools are registered but blocked by tool policy (use tools.profile=coding/full or tools.allow).');
+    }
+  }
+
   return { toolRegistry, toolExecutor, browserManager };
 }