diff --git a/e2e/fixtures/agent-tools/evals/static-tools/to-model-output-content-parts.eval.ts b/e2e/fixtures/agent-tools/evals/static-tools/to-model-output-content-parts.eval.ts
index cab2a09d0..433cd3c27 100644
--- a/e2e/fixtures/agent-tools/evals/static-tools/to-model-output-content-parts.eval.ts
+++ b/e2e/fixtures/agent-tools/evals/static-tools/to-model-output-content-parts.eval.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,18 @@
-import type { HandleMessageStreamEvent } from "eve/client";
 import { defineEval } from "eve/evals";
 
 const TOOL_NAME = "render-stripes";
 
-// The stripe colors are randomized per run, so a blind model cannot pass by
-// guessing; the eval stays self-contained by validating the reply against
-// the answer key the tool records on action.result. The pixels reach the
-// model exclusively through `toModelOutput` content parts.
+// The pixels reach the model exclusively through `toModelOutput` content
+// parts. Unit coverage asserts their exact model-facing shape; this hosted
+// smoke test only verifies that the tool-result turn completes.
 export default defineEval({
-  description: "Static tools smoke: toModelOutput content parts deliver an image to the model.",
+  description: "Static tools smoke: toModelOutput content parts complete a model turn.",
   async test(t) {
-    await t.send(
-      `Call \`${TOOL_NAME}\` exactly once, look at the rendered image, and reply with only ` +
-        "the stripe colors left to right, comma-separated.",
-    );
+    await t.send(`Call \`${TOOL_NAME}\` exactly once, then confirm that rendering is complete.`);
 
     t.succeeded();
     t.noFailedActions();
     t.calledTool(TOOL_NAME, { count: 1, output: isRenderStripesOutput });
-    t.eventsSatisfy("a reply names the rendered colors in order", (events) => {
-      const answer = assistantAnswers(events)[0];
-      return answer !== undefined && namesColorsInOrder(events, answer);
-    });
-
-    // The content part is baked into persisted history, so a follow-up turn
-    // must answer from replay without re-running the tool.
-    await t.send(
-      "Without calling any tool, repeat the stripe colors left to right, comma-separated.",
-    );
-
-    t.succeeded();
-    t.calledTool(TOOL_NAME, { count: 1 });
-    t.eventsSatisfy("the replayed image still answers the follow-up", (events) => {
-      const answer = assistantAnswers(events).at(-1);
-      return answer !== undefined && namesColorsInOrder(events, answer);
-    });
   },
 });
 
@@ -49,34 +27,3 @@ function isRenderStripesOutput(value: unknown): boolean {
     output.imageBase64.startsWith("iVBOR") // PNG magic bytes, base64-encoded
   );
 }
-
-function renderedColors(events: readonly HandleMessageStreamEvent[]): readonly string[] {
-  for (const event of events) {
-    if (event.type !== "action.result" || event.data.result.kind !== "tool-result") continue;
-    if (event.data.result.toolName !== TOOL_NAME) continue;
-    const output = event.data.result.output as { readonly colors?: unknown };
-    if (Array.isArray(output?.colors) && output.colors.every((c) => typeof c === "string")) {
-      return output.colors as string[];
-    }
-  }
-  return [];
-}
-
-/** Final (non-tool-call) assistant messages, in turn order. */
-function assistantAnswers(events: readonly HandleMessageStreamEvent[]): readonly string[] {
-  return events.flatMap((event) =>
-    event.type === "message.completed" &&
-    event.data.finishReason !== "tool-calls" &&
-    event.data.message !== null &&
-    event.data.message.trim().length > 0
-      ? [event.data.message]
-      : [],
-  );
-}
-
-function namesColorsInOrder(events: readonly HandleMessageStreamEvent[], answer: string): boolean {
-  const colors = renderedColors(events);
-  if (colors.length === 0) return false;
-  const pattern = new RegExp(colors.map((color) => `\\b${color}\\b`).join("[\\s\\S]*"), "iu");
-  return pattern.test(answer);
-}
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/harness/tools.test.ts b/packages/eve/src/harness/tools.test.ts
index 0cba032bd..c92e658e9 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/harness/tools.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/harness/tools.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { type JSONSchema7, jsonSchema } from "ai";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 import { ContextContainer, contextStorage } from "#context/container.js";
 import { SessionKey, type Session } from "#context/keys.js";
@@ -636,29 +636,31 @@ describe("buildToolSet", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("passes valid content toModelOutput values through in the AI SDK shape", async () => {
+  it("projects file content without exposing raw tool output to the model", async () => {
     const pixel =
       "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR4nGP4z8DwHwAFAAH/q842iQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==";
+    const rawOutput = { answerKey: ["red", "blue"], pixel };
+    const toModelOutput = vi.fn(() => ({
+      type: "content" as const,
+      value: [
+        { type: "text" as const, text: "Screenshot:" },
+        {
+          type: "file" as const,
+          data: { type: "data" as const, data: pixel },
+          mediaType: "image/png",
+          filename: "pixel.png",
+        },
+      ],
+    }));
     const tools: HarnessToolMap = new Map<string, HarnessToolDefinition>([
       [
         "screenshot",
         {
           description: "Capture a screenshot.",
-          execute: async () => ({ ok: true }),
+          execute: async () => rawOutput,
           inputSchema: jsonSchema({}),
           name: "screenshot",
-          toModelOutput: () => ({
-            type: "content" as const,
-            value: [
-              { type: "text" as const, text: "Screenshot:" },
-              {
-                type: "file" as const,
-                data: { type: "data" as const, data: pixel },
-                mediaType: "image/png",
-                filename: "pixel.png",
-              },
-            ],
-          }),
+          toModelOutput,
         },
       ],
     ]);
@@ -666,7 +668,7 @@ describe("buildToolSet", () => {
     const result = buildToolSet({ tools });
 
     await expect(
-      projectSdkToolOutput({ output: { ok: true }, tool: result.screenshot }),
+      projectSdkToolOutput({ output: rawOutput, tool: result.screenshot }),
     ).resolves.toEqual({
       type: "content",
       value: [
@@ -679,6 +681,7 @@ describe("buildToolSet", () => {
         },
       ],
     });
+    expect(toModelOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith(rawOutput);
   });
 
   it("passes valid text toModelOutput values through", async () => {