diff --git a/model_tools.py b/model_tools.py
index 4193fb2210..1034bbd180 100644
--- a/model_tools.py
+++ b/model_tools.py
@@ -374,6 +374,16 @@ def _rewrite_browser_navigate(td: Dict[str, Any], available: set) -> Optional[Di
     return _fn_def({**td["function"], "description": desc})
 
 
+def _rewrite_computer_use(td: Dict[str, Any], available: set) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Strip the Bot Screen handoff (`request_handoff` / `wait_for_human`) where no Bot Desktop can exist
+    (macOS, Windows): the model would otherwise learn actions that cannot succeed on this host."""
+    from tools.bot_desktop.runtime import is_supported_host
+    from tools.computer_use.schema import schema_for_host
+    if is_supported_host():
+        return td
+    return _fn_def({**td["function"], **schema_for_host(supported=False)})
+
+
 def _rewrite_browser_exec(td: Dict[str, Any], available: set) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
     """browser_exec runs arbitrary host Python: a session without the terminal surface
     must not regain host execution via the browser toolset. Session-level gate rather
@@ -461,6 +471,7 @@ _DYNAMIC_SCHEMA_REWRITERS = {
     "browser_vault_list": _rewrite_browser_vault,
     "browser_vault_fill": _rewrite_browser_vault,
     "delegate_task": _rewrite_delegate_task,
+    "computer_use": _rewrite_computer_use,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_computer_use_schema_host.py b/tests/tools/test_computer_use_schema_host.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abc89de75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tools/test_computer_use_schema_host.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"""The computer_use schema only teaches the Bot Screen handoff (`request_handoff` / `wait_for_human`,
+'take over this screen from the Hermes Desktop app') on hosts that can have a Bot Desktop; elsewhere
+the model would learn actions that can never succeed."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+from tools.computer_use.schema import COMPUTER_USE_SCHEMA, schema_for_host
+
+_HANDOFF = ("request_handoff", "wait_for_human")
+
+
+def _actions(schema) -> list[str]:
+    return schema["parameters"]["properties"]["action"]["enum"]
+
+
+def test_unsupported_host_schema_has_no_handoff_vocabulary():
+    schema = schema_for_host(supported=False)
+    text = json.dumps(schema)
+    assert not any(action in text for action in _HANDOFF), text
+    assert "take over this screen" not in text
+    assert "reason" not in schema["parameters"]["properties"]  # request_handoff's only parameter
+    assert "grace" not in schema["parameters"]["properties"]   # wait_for_human's only parameter
+    # Everything else survives untouched.
+    assert set(_actions(schema)) == set(_actions(COMPUTER_USE_SCHEMA)) - set(_HANDOFF)
+    assert schema["parameters"]["required"] == ["action"]
+
+
+def test_supported_host_schema_keeps_the_handoff_and_is_the_frozen_schema():
+    schema = schema_for_host(supported=True)
+    assert set(_HANDOFF) <= set(_actions(schema))
+    assert schema is COMPUTER_USE_SCHEMA  # byte-frozen value: no per-call copy on the common path
diff --git a/tools/computer_use/schema.py b/tools/computer_use/schema.py
index 880d9bdc58..9eaf7fbe59 100644
--- a/tools/computer_use/schema.py
+++ b/tools/computer_use/schema.py
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
+# Bot Screen handoff: the human takes the bot's headless Linux screen over from the Hermes Desktop app.
+# Only meaningful where a Bot Desktop can exist (Linux gateway hosts); `schema_for_host` strips it
+# elsewhere so macOS/Windows/seated-Linux models never learn actions that cannot succeed.
+_HANDOFF_ACTIONS = ("request_handoff", "wait_for_human")
+_HANDOFF_ONLY_PROPERTIES = ("reason", "grace")
+_HANDOFF_ACTION_HINT = (
+    " When a login, 2FA, CAPTCHA or payment step needs the human, call "
+    "`request_handoff` (with `reason`) so they can take over this screen from the Hermes "
+    "Desktop app, then `wait_for_human`; while they hold control every other action is refused."
+)
+_HANDOFF_SECONDS_HINT = " wait_for_human: how long to block for the hand-back (default 600, max 1800)."
+
 # One consolidated tool with an `action` discriminator keeps the schema compact
 # and the per-turn token cost low. Property groups: capture (mode, app, pid,
 # window_id) / targeting (element, coordinate, button, modifiers) / drag / scroll /
@@ -39,9 +51,7 @@ _PROPERTIES: Dict[str, Any] = {
             "Which action to perform. `capture` is free (no side effects). All other actions "
             "require approval unless auto-approved. Use `set_value` for select/popup elements and "
             "sliders — it selects the matching option directly without opening the native menu (no "
-            "focus steal). When a login, 2FA, CAPTCHA or payment step needs the human, call "
-            "`request_handoff` (with `reason`) so they can take over this screen from the Hermes "
-            "Desktop app, then `wait_for_human`; while they hold control every other action is refused."
+            "focus steal)." + _HANDOFF_ACTION_HINT
         ),
     },
     "mode": {
@@ -152,7 +162,7 @@ _PROPERTIES: Dict[str, Any] = {
             "Key combo, e.g. 'cmd+s', 'ctrl+alt+t', 'return', 'escape', 'tab'. Use '+' to combine."
         ),
     },
-    "seconds": {"type": "number", "description": "wait: seconds to pause (max 30). wait_for_human: how long to block for the hand-back (default 600, max 1800)."},
+    "seconds": {"type": "number", "description": "wait: seconds to pause (max 30)." + _HANDOFF_SECONDS_HINT},
     "grace": {"type": "number", "description": "wait_for_human: seconds to wait for someone to take over before returning no_takeover (default 60); once a human holds control the full `seconds` applies."},
     "raise_window": {
         "type": "boolean",
@@ -212,3 +222,19 @@ COMPUTER_USE_SCHEMA: Dict[str, Any] = {
 def get_computer_use_schema() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Return the generic OpenAI function-calling schema."""
     return COMPUTER_USE_SCHEMA
+
+
+def schema_for_host(*, supported: bool) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """The frozen schema on hosts that can run a Bot Desktop; elsewhere the same schema without the
+    handoff actions, their parameters and their copy. Pure: the host decision is the caller's."""
+    if supported:
+        return COMPUTER_USE_SCHEMA
+    props = dict(_PROPERTIES)
+    for name in _HANDOFF_ONLY_PROPERTIES:
+        props.pop(name)
+    action = dict(props["action"])
+    action["enum"] = [a for a in action["enum"] if a not in _HANDOFF_ACTIONS]
+    action["description"] = action["description"].replace(_HANDOFF_ACTION_HINT, "")
+    props["action"] = action
+    props["seconds"] = {**props["seconds"], "description": props["seconds"]["description"].replace(_HANDOFF_SECONDS_HINT, "")}
+    return {**COMPUTER_USE_SCHEMA, "parameters": {**COMPUTER_USE_SCHEMA["parameters"], "properties": props}}