diff --git a/crates/tracedecay/tests/mcp_suite/mcp_handler_test.rs b/crates/tracedecay/tests/mcp_suite/mcp_handler_test.rs
index 0053aebca1..68ef255a97 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay/tests/mcp_suite/mcp_handler_test.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay/tests/mcp_suite/mcp_handler_test.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ mod memory_feedback_test;
 #[cfg(feature = "test-transport")]
 mod move_symbol_test;
 #[cfg(feature = "test-transport")]
+mod remote_status_test;
+#[cfg(feature = "test-transport")]
 mod rename_symbol_test;
 mod retrieve_truncation_test;
 mod schema_test;
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay/tests/mcp_suite/mcp_handler_test/remote_status_test.rs b/crates/tracedecay/tests/mcp_suite/mcp_handler_test/remote_status_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..beaf6f5242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tracedecay/tests/mcp_suite/mcp_handler_test/remote_status_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+//! Client-visible `tracedecay_remote_status` reads.
+//!
+//! A daemon-mounted Remote Brain with no listener and no registered node is
+//! unconfigured. A server that never installed the reader is unavailable.
+//! Both are successful tool results; neither is an empty object or a
+//! JSON-RPC error.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use tracedecay::mcp::McpServer;
+use tracedecay_mcp::JsonRpcResponse;
+use tracedecay_mcp::transport::ChannelTransport;
+
+use crate::support::{production_composition_fixture, real_mcp_server, setup_empty_project};
+
+const UNCONFIGURED_JSON: &str = r#"{"kind":"unconfigured"}"#;
+const UNAVAILABLE_JSON: &str = r#"{"kind":"unavailable"}"#;
+const UNCONFIGURED_MARKDOWN: &str = "**kind:** unconfigured\n";
+const UNAVAILABLE_MARKDOWN: &str = "**kind:** unavailable\n";
+
+fn assert_remote_status_response(response: &Value, id: i64, text: &str) {
+    assert_eq!(
+        response,
+        &json!({
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "id": id,
+            "result": {
+                "content": [{ "type": "text", "text": text }]
+            }
+        }),
+        "tracedecay_remote_status response"
+    );
+}
+
+fn assert_harness_remote_status(response: &JsonRpcResponse, text: &str) {
+    let response = serde_json::to_value(response).expect("harness response is JSON");
+    assert_remote_status_response(&response, 1, text);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn fresh_daemon_remote_status_reports_unconfigured() {
+    let fixture = production_composition_fixture().await;
+
+    let json_status = fixture
+        .harness
+        .call_tool(
+            &fixture.project_root,
+            "tracedecay_remote_status",
+            json!({ "format": "json" }),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("daemon-mounted remote status call");
+    assert_harness_remote_status(&json_status, UNCONFIGURED_JSON);
+
+    let markdown_status = fixture
+        .harness
+        .call_tool(
+            &fixture.project_root,
+            "tracedecay_remote_status",
+            json!({ "format": "markdown" }),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("daemon-mounted markdown remote status call");
+    assert_harness_remote_status(&markdown_status, UNCONFIGURED_MARKDOWN);
+
+    let default_status = fixture
+        .harness
+        .call_tool(&fixture.project_root, "tracedecay_remote_status", json!({}))
+        .await
+        .expect("daemon-mounted default remote status call");
+    assert_harness_remote_status(&default_status, UNCONFIGURED_MARKDOWN);
+
+    fixture.harness.shutdown().await;
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn unmounted_remote_status_reports_unavailable() {
+    let (graph, _env, _dir) = setup_empty_project().await;
+    let server = real_mcp_server(graph).await;
+    let responses = call_remote_status(
+        server,
+        vec![
+            (1, json!({ "format": "json" })),
+            (2, json!({ "format": "markdown" })),
+            (3, json!({})),
+        ],
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    assert_remote_status_response(&response_with_id(&responses, 1), 1, UNAVAILABLE_JSON);
+    assert_remote_status_response(&response_with_id(&responses, 2), 2, UNAVAILABLE_MARKDOWN);
+    assert_remote_status_response(&response_with_id(&responses, 3), 3, UNAVAILABLE_MARKDOWN);
+}
+
+async fn call_remote_status(server: Arc<McpServer>, calls: Vec<(i64, Value)>) -> Vec<Value> {
+    let (mut transport, sender, mut receiver) = ChannelTransport::new();
+    for (id, arguments) in calls {
+        let request = serde_json::to_string(&json!({
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "id": id,
+            "method": "tools/call",
+            "params": {
+                "name": "tracedecay_remote_status",
+                "arguments": arguments
+            }
+        }))
+        .expect("remote status request");
+        sender
+            .send(request)
+            .expect("remote status request reaches the server");
+    }
+    drop(sender);
+
+    let handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        server
+            .run(&mut transport)
+            .await
+            .expect("unmounted MCP server serves remote status");
+    });
+
+    let lines = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(15), async {
+        let mut lines = Vec::new();
+        while let Some(line) = receiver.recv().await {
+            let trimmed = line.trim();
+            if !trimmed.is_empty() {
+                lines.push(trimmed.to_string());
+            }
+        }
+        lines
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("tracedecay_remote_status tools/call should answer");
+    handle.await.expect("unmounted MCP server task joins");
+
+    lines
+        .iter()
+        .map(|line| serde_json::from_str(line).unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("JSON-RPC line: {line}")))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn response_with_id(responses: &[Value], id: i64) -> Value {
+    let matches: Vec<&Value> = responses
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|response| response.get("id") == Some(&json!(id)))
+        .collect();
+    assert_eq!(
+        matches.len(),
+        1,
+        "one tools/call response for id {id}, got {responses:?}"
+    );
+    matches[0].clone()
+}