diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8025453d..95aaf723 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eb2a7d3066da2de787b7f032c736763eb7ae5d355f81a68bab2675a96008b0bf"
 dependencies = [
  "lab",
- "phf",
+ "phf 0.11.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -876,6 +876,16 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futf"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df420e2e84819663797d1ec6544b13c5be84629e7bb00dc960d6917db2987843"
+dependencies = [
+ "mac",
+ "new_debug_unreachable",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -1127,6 +1137,20 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "html5ever"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bea68cab48b8459f17cf1c944c67ddc572d272d9f2b274140f223ecb1da4a3b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "mac",
+ "markup5ever",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1744,6 +1768,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "which",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mac"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c41e0c4fef86961ac6d6f8a82609f55f31b05e4fce149ac5710e439df7619ba4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mac_address"
 version = "1.1.8"
@@ -1771,6 +1801,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "markup5ever"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a2629bb1404f3d34c2e921f21fd34ba00b206124c81f65c50b43b6aaefeb016"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "phf 0.10.1",
+ "phf_codegen 0.10.0",
+ "string_cache",
+ "string_cache_codegen",
+ "tendril",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "markup5ever_rcdom"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9521dd6750f8e80ee6c53d65e2e4656d7de37064f3a7a5d2d11d05df93839c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "html5ever",
+ "markup5ever",
+ "tendril",
+ "xml5ever",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -1922,6 +1978,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "new_debug_unreachable"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "650eef8c711430f1a879fdd01d4745a7deea475becfb90269c06775983bbf086"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.29.0"
@@ -2151,6 +2213,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "phf"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fabbf1ead8a5bcbc20f5f8b939ee3f5b0f6f281b6ad3468b84656b658b455259"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_shared 0.10.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.11.3"
@@ -2158,7 +2229,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1fd6780a80ae0c52cc120a26a1a42c1ae51b247a253e4e06113d23d2c2edd078"
 dependencies = [
  "phf_macros",
- "phf_shared",
+ "phf_shared 0.11.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_codegen"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fb1c3a8bc4dd4e5cfce29b44ffc14bedd2ee294559a294e2a4d4c9e9a6a13cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_generator 0.10.0",
+ "phf_shared 0.10.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2167,8 +2248,18 @@ version = "0.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aef8048c789fa5e851558d709946d6d79a8ff88c0440c587967f8e94bfb1216a"
 dependencies = [
- "phf_generator",
- "phf_shared",
+ "phf_generator 0.11.3",
+ "phf_shared 0.11.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_generator"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d5285893bb5eb82e6aaf5d59ee909a06a16737a8970984dd7746ba9283498d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_shared 0.10.0",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2177,7 +2268,7 @@ version = "0.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c80231409c20246a13fddb31776fb942c38553c51e871f8cbd687a4cfb5843d"
 dependencies = [
- "phf_shared",
+ "phf_shared 0.11.3",
  "rand 0.8.5",
 ]
 
@@ -2187,20 +2278,29 @@ version = "0.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f84ac04429c13a7ff43785d75ad27569f2951ce0ffd30a3321230db2fc727216"
 dependencies = [
- "phf_generator",
- "phf_shared",
+ "phf_generator 0.11.3",
+ "phf_shared 0.11.3",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_shared"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6796ad771acdc0123d2a88dc428b5e38ef24456743ddb1744ed628f9815c096"
+dependencies = [
+ "siphasher 0.3.11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf_shared"
 version = "0.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "67eabc2ef2a60eb7faa00097bd1ffdb5bd28e62bf39990626a582201b7a754e5"
 dependencies = [
- "siphasher",
+ "siphasher 1.0.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2312,6 +2412,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "precomputed-hash"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.37"
@@ -2456,6 +2562,8 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
@@ -2465,10 +2573,20 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44c5af06bb1b7d3216d91932aed5265164bf384dc89cd6ba05cf59a35f5f76ea"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
  "rand_core 0.9.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2484,6 +2602,9 @@ name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.17",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
@@ -2591,6 +2712,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "readability-rs"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a17841ca2fc1c3e2aed7c44b29121ab099176923c0ac55d9906edea8ab025bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "html5ever",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "markup5ever_rcdom",
+ "regex",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.18"
@@ -3155,6 +3291,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "siphasher"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38b58827f4464d87d377d175e90bf58eb00fd8716ff0a62f80356b5e61555d0d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "siphasher"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -3195,6 +3337,31 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "string_cache"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf776ba3fa74f83bf4b63c3dcbbf82173db2632ed8452cb2d891d33f459de70f"
+dependencies = [
+ "new_debug_unreachable",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "phf_shared 0.11.3",
+ "precomputed-hash",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "string_cache_codegen"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c711928715f1fe0fe509c53b43e993a9a557babc2d0a3567d0a3006f1ac931a0"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_generator 0.11.3",
+ "phf_shared 0.11.3",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -3310,6 +3477,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tendril"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d24a120c5fc464a3458240ee02c299ebcb9d67b5249c8848b09d639dca8d7bb0"
+dependencies = [
+ "futf",
+ "mac",
+ "utf-8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -3327,8 +3505,8 @@ checksum = "d4ea810f0692f9f51b382fff5893887bb4580f5fa246fde546e0b13e7fcee662"
 dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "nom",
- "phf",
- "phf_codegen",
+ "phf 0.11.3",
+ "phf_codegen 0.11.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3374,10 +3552,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "ordered-float 4.6.0",
  "pest",
  "pest_derive",
- "phf",
+ "phf 0.11.3",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "signal-hook",
- "siphasher",
+ "siphasher 1.0.2",
  "terminfo",
  "termios",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
@@ -3600,6 +3778,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ignore",
  "llm-worker",
  "manifest",
+ "readability-rs",
  "reqwest",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
@@ -3845,6 +4024,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf-8"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8_iter"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -4549,6 +4734,17 @@ version = "0.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ffae5123b2d3fc086436f8834ae3ab053a283cfac8fe0a0b8eaae044768a4c4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "xml5ever"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4034e1d05af98b51ad7214527730626f019682d797ba38b51689212118d8e650"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "mac",
+ "markup5ever",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke"
 version = "0.8.2"
diff --git a/crates/tools/Cargo.toml b/crates/tools/Cargo.toml
index 50e260a5..be1398d3 100644
--- a/crates/tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ grep-searcher = "0.1.16"
 ignore = "0.4.25"
 llm-worker = { workspace = true }
 manifest = { workspace = true }
+readability = { package = "readability-rs", version = "0.5.0" }
 reqwest = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = ["json", "native-tls"] }
 schemars = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/web.rs b/crates/tools/src/web.rs
index a2b7b2e1..bd972d57 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/web.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/web.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ use manifest::{WebConfig, WebFetchConfig, WebSearchConfig, WebSearchProvider};
 use reqwest::header::{CONTENT_LENGTH, CONTENT_TYPE, HeaderMap, LOCATION};
 use reqwest::{Client, Url};
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use tokio::net::lookup_host;
 
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ const WEB_FETCH_DEFAULT_MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES: usize = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
 const WEB_FETCH_DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES: usize = 64 * 1024;
 const WEB_FETCH_MIN_MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES: usize = 1024;
 const WEB_FETCH_MIN_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES: usize = 512;
+const WEB_FETCH_READABILITY_MIN_TEXT_CHARS: usize = 40;
+const WEB_FETCH_TRUNCATION_MARKER: &str = "\n[truncated]";
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct WebTools {
@@ -429,10 +432,11 @@ async fn fetch_url(
             )));
         }
         let (bytes, response_truncated) = read_limited(response, limits.max_response_bytes).await?;
-        let (text, transformed_as) = render_content(
+        let rendered = render_content(
             &bytes,
             media_kind,
             content_type.as_deref(),
+            &url,
             limits.max_output_bytes,
         )?;
         return Ok(json_output(json!({
@@ -440,13 +444,15 @@ async fn fetch_url(
             "url": url.as_str(),
             "status": status.as_u16(),
             "content_type": content_type,
-            "transformed_as": transformed_as,
+            "transformed_as": rendered.transformed_as,
+            "html_extraction": rendered.html_extraction,
             "bytes_read": bytes.len(),
             "truncated": response_truncated,
+            "output_truncated": rendered.output_truncated,
             "max_response_bytes": limits.max_response_bytes,
             "max_output_bytes": limits.max_output_bytes,
             "redirects": redirects,
-            "text": text,
+            "text": rendered.text,
         })));
     }
     unreachable!("redirect loop exits through return or error")
@@ -635,12 +641,36 @@ fn classify_content_type(content_type: Option<&str>) -> Result<MediaKind, ToolEr
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct RenderedContent {
+    text: String,
+    transformed_as: &'static str,
+    html_extraction: Option<HtmlExtractionMetadata>,
+    output_truncated: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct HtmlExtractionMetadata {
+    method: &'static str,
+    fallback: bool,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    fallback_reason: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    title: Option<String>,
+}
+
+struct HtmlDocument {
+    text: String,
+    metadata: HtmlExtractionMetadata,
+}
+
 fn render_content(
     bytes: &[u8],
     kind: MediaKind,
     content_type: Option<&str>,
+    base_url: &Url,
     max_output_bytes: usize,
-) -> Result<(String, &'static str), ToolError> {
+) -> Result<RenderedContent, ToolError> {
     reject_binary(bytes)?;
     let raw = String::from_utf8(bytes.to_vec()).map_err(|err| {
         ToolError::ExecutionFailed(format!(
@@ -648,16 +678,75 @@ fn render_content(
             content_type.unwrap_or("unknown")
         ))
     })?;
-    let rendered = match kind {
-        MediaKind::Html => (html_to_text(&raw), "html_to_text"),
-        MediaKind::Json => (json_to_text(&raw)?, "json_pretty"),
-        MediaKind::Xml => (xmlish_to_text(&raw), "xml_text"),
-        MediaKind::Text | MediaKind::Unknown => (raw, "text"),
+    let (text, transformed_as, html_extraction) = match kind {
+        MediaKind::Html => {
+            let document = extract_html_document(&raw, base_url);
+            (
+                document.text,
+                document.metadata.method,
+                Some(document.metadata),
+            )
+        }
+        MediaKind::Json => (json_to_text(&raw)?, "json_pretty", None),
+        MediaKind::Xml => (xmlish_to_text(&raw), "xml_text", None),
+        MediaKind::Text | MediaKind::Unknown => (raw, "text", None),
     };
-    Ok((
-        truncate_to_bytes(clean_text(rendered.0), max_output_bytes),
-        rendered.1,
-    ))
+    let (text, output_truncated) = truncate_to_bytes(clean_text(text), max_output_bytes);
+    Ok(RenderedContent {
+        text,
+        transformed_as,
+        html_extraction,
+        output_truncated,
+    })
+}
+
+fn extract_html_document(html: &str, base_url: &Url) -> HtmlDocument {
+    let mut input = Cursor::new(html.as_bytes());
+    match readability::extract(&mut input, base_url, Default::default()) {
+        Ok(readable) => {
+            let text = clean_text(readable.text);
+            let title = non_empty_string(clean_text(readable.title));
+            if text.chars().count() >= WEB_FETCH_READABILITY_MIN_TEXT_CHARS {
+                return HtmlDocument {
+                    text,
+                    metadata: HtmlExtractionMetadata {
+                        method: "readability",
+                        fallback: false,
+                        fallback_reason: None,
+                        title,
+                    },
+                };
+            }
+            html_fallback_document(
+                html,
+                title,
+                Some(format!(
+                    "readability text shorter than {WEB_FETCH_READABILITY_MIN_TEXT_CHARS} characters"
+                )),
+            )
+        }
+        Err(err) => html_fallback_document(
+            html,
+            None,
+            Some(format!("readability extraction failed: {err}")),
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
+fn html_fallback_document(
+    html: &str,
+    title: Option<String>,
+    fallback_reason: Option<String>,
+) -> HtmlDocument {
+    HtmlDocument {
+        text: html_to_text(html),
+        metadata: HtmlExtractionMetadata {
+            method: "html_to_text",
+            fallback: true,
+            fallback_reason,
+            title,
+        },
+    }
 }
 
 fn reject_binary(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), ToolError> {
@@ -772,17 +861,31 @@ fn decode_basic_entities(input: &str) -> String {
         .replace("&#39;", "'")
 }
 
-fn truncate_to_bytes(mut s: String, max: usize) -> String {
+fn non_empty_string(input: String) -> Option<String> {
+    if input.is_empty() { None } else { Some(input) }
+}
+
+fn truncate_to_bytes(mut s: String, max: usize) -> (String, bool) {
     if s.len() <= max {
-        return s;
+        return (s, false);
     }
-    let mut end = max;
-    while !s.is_char_boundary(end) {
+
+    if max <= WEB_FETCH_TRUNCATION_MARKER.len() {
+        let mut end = max;
+        while end > 0 && !s.is_char_boundary(end) {
+            end -= 1;
+        }
+        s.truncate(end);
+        return (s, true);
+    }
+
+    let mut end = max - WEB_FETCH_TRUNCATION_MARKER.len();
+    while end > 0 && !s.is_char_boundary(end) {
         end -= 1;
     }
     s.truncate(end);
-    s.push_str("\n[truncated]");
-    s
+    s.push_str(WEB_FETCH_TRUNCATION_MARKER);
+    (s, true)
 }
 
 fn bounded_lossy(bytes: &[u8], max: usize) -> String {
@@ -875,6 +978,16 @@ mod tests {
         addr
     }
 
+    fn html_response(body: &str) -> &'static str {
+        Box::leak(
+            format!(
+                "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\n\r\n{}",
+                body.len(), body
+            )
+            .into_boxed_str(),
+        )
+    }
+
     async fn read_request(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> String {
         let mut buf = vec![0; 4096];
         let n = stream.read(&mut buf).await.unwrap();
@@ -882,6 +995,10 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn enabled_web_fetch() -> WebTools {
+        enabled_web_fetch_with_output(2048)
+    }
+
+    fn enabled_web_fetch_with_output(max_output_bytes: usize) -> WebTools {
         WebTools::new(Some(WebConfig {
             enabled: Some(true),
             allow_private_addresses: Some(true),
@@ -891,7 +1008,7 @@ mod tests {
                 timeout_secs: Some(5),
                 redirect_limit: Some(2),
                 max_response_bytes: Some(4096),
-                max_output_bytes: Some(2048),
+                max_output_bytes: Some(max_output_bytes),
                 allow_private_addresses: None,
             }),
         }))
@@ -942,10 +1059,10 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    async fn fetches_html_as_bounded_text() {
-        let addr = serve_once(
-            "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\nContent-Length: 93\r\n\r\n<html><body><h1>Hello &amp; welcome</h1><script>ignore()</script><p>Readable text.</p></body></html>",
-        )
+    async fn fetches_short_html_with_fallback_metadata() {
+        let addr = serve_once(html_response(
+            "<html><body><h1>Hello &amp; welcome</h1><script>ignore()</script><p>Readable text.</p></body></html>",
+        ))
         .await;
         let tools = enabled_web_fetch();
         let result = tools
@@ -959,6 +1076,80 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(text.contains("Hello & welcome"));
         assert!(text.contains("Readable text."));
         assert!(!text.contains("ignore"));
+        assert_eq!(value["transformed_as"], "html_to_text");
+        assert_eq!(value["html_extraction"]["method"], "html_to_text");
+        assert_eq!(value["html_extraction"]["fallback"], true);
+        assert!(
+            value["html_extraction"]["fallback_reason"]
+                .as_str()
+                .unwrap()
+                .contains("shorter")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn fetches_html_with_readability_main_text() {
+        let body = r#"
+            <html>
+              <head><title>Example Readable Article</title></head>
+              <body>
+                <nav>Home Products Pricing unrelated navigation</nav>
+                <main>
+                  <article>
+                    <h1>Example Readable Article</h1>
+                    <p>The useful article opens with a distinct sentence about careful Rust web fetching and reader mode extraction.</p>
+                    <p>It continues with enough focused prose to make the main document body clearly longer than boilerplate around it.</p>
+                    <p>A final paragraph mentions durable safety bounds and untrusted web content handling for the fetched page.</p>
+                  </article>
+                </main>
+                <footer>Copyright boilerplate and social links should not be part of the article.</footer>
+              </body>
+            </html>
+        "#;
+        let addr = serve_once(html_response(body)).await;
+        let tools = enabled_web_fetch();
+        let result = tools
+            .run_fetch(WebFetchInput {
+                url: format!("http://{addr}/article"),
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let value: Value = serde_json::from_str(result.content.as_deref().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let text = value.get("text").unwrap().as_str().unwrap();
+        assert!(text.contains("careful Rust web fetching"));
+        assert!(text.contains("durable safety bounds"));
+        assert!(!text.contains("Home Products Pricing"));
+        assert!(!text.contains("Copyright boilerplate"));
+        assert_eq!(value["transformed_as"], "readability");
+        assert_eq!(value["html_extraction"]["method"], "readability");
+        assert_eq!(value["html_extraction"]["fallback"], false);
+        assert_eq!(
+            value["html_extraction"]["title"].as_str().unwrap(),
+            "Example Readable Article"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn fetches_readable_html_with_bounded_output() {
+        let repeated =
+            "Reader-mode extracted paragraph with enough content for truncation. ".repeat(30);
+        let body = format!(
+            "<html><head><title>Long Article</title></head><body><article><h1>Long Article</h1><p>{repeated}</p></article></body></html>"
+        );
+        let addr = serve_once(html_response(&body)).await;
+        let tools = enabled_web_fetch_with_output(WEB_FETCH_MIN_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES);
+        let result = tools
+            .run_fetch(WebFetchInput {
+                url: format!("http://{addr}/long"),
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let value: Value = serde_json::from_str(result.content.as_deref().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let text = value.get("text").unwrap().as_str().unwrap();
+        assert!(text.len() <= WEB_FETCH_MIN_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES);
+        assert!(text.ends_with(WEB_FETCH_TRUNCATION_MARKER));
+        assert_eq!(value["output_truncated"], true);
+        assert_eq!(value["html_extraction"]["fallback"], false);
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index e960f41c..6edcf2fa 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     filter = sourceFilter;
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-8ZT5moKFxj/5vbp5rsUG7UkPLY1fvQKhYTyjRWQ58xk=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-VzVFqOWJHfgX92Qw84995ICQu2uvQPeYm6AotU4/LR0=";
 
   depsExtraArgs = {
     # nixpkgs 25.11's fetchCargoVendor still uses crates.io's API