diff --git a/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Server/AIFunctionMcpServerTool.cs b/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Server/AIFunctionMcpServerTool.cs
index 287995c..e3d1271 100644
--- a/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Server/AIFunctionMcpServerTool.cs
+++ b/src/ModelContextProtocol.Core/Server/AIFunctionMcpServerTool.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
-using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace ModelContextProtocol.Server;
@@ -208,6 +207,8 @@ internal sealed partial class AIFunctionMcpServerTool : McpServerTool
     /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="McpServerTool"/> class.</summary>
     private AIFunctionMcpServerTool(AIFunction function, Tool tool, IServiceProvider? serviceProvider, bool structuredOutputRequiresWrapping, IReadOnlyList<object> metadata)
     {
+        ValidateToolName(tool.Name);
+
         AIFunction = function;
         ProtocolTool = tool;
         ProtocolTool.McpServerTool = this;
@@ -376,15 +377,35 @@ internal sealed partial class AIFunctionMcpServerTool : McpServerTool
         return meta;
     }
 
-    /// <summary>Regex that flags runs of characters other than ASCII digits or letters.</summary>
 #if NET
+    /// <summary>Regex that flags runs of characters other than ASCII digits or letters.</summary>
     [GeneratedRegex("[^0-9A-Za-z]+")]
     private static partial Regex NonAsciiLetterDigitsRegex();
+
+    /// <summary>Regex that validates tool names.</summary>
+    [GeneratedRegex(@"^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]{1,128}\z")]
+    private static partial Regex ValidateToolNameRegex();
 #else
     private static Regex NonAsciiLetterDigitsRegex() => _nonAsciiLetterDigits;
     private static readonly Regex _nonAsciiLetterDigits = new("[^0-9A-Za-z]+", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+    private static Regex ValidateToolNameRegex() => _validateToolName;
+    private static readonly Regex _validateToolName = new(@"^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]{1,128}\z", RegexOptions.Compiled);
 #endif
 
+    private static void ValidateToolName(string name)
+    {
+        if (name is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Tool name cannot be null.");
+        }
+
+        if (!ValidateToolNameRegex().IsMatch(name))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException($"The tool name '{name}' is invalid. Tool names must match the regular expression '{ValidateToolNameRegex()}'");
+        }
+    }
+
     private static JsonElement? CreateOutputSchema(AIFunction function, McpServerToolCreateOptions? toolCreateOptions, out bool structuredOutputRequiresWrapping)
     {
         structuredOutputRequiresWrapping = false;
diff --git a/tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/Server/McpServerToolNameValidationTests.cs b/tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/Server/McpServerToolNameValidationTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fe7177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/Server/McpServerToolNameValidationTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+using ModelContextProtocol.Server;
+
+namespace ModelContextProtocol.Tests.Server;
+
+public class McpServerToolNameValidationTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void WithValidCharacters_Succeeds()
+    {
+        const string AllValidChars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_.-";
+
+        Validate(AllValidChars);
+
+        foreach (char c in AllValidChars)
+        {
+            Validate($"{c}");
+            Validate($"tool{c}name");
+            Validate($"{c}toolname");
+            Validate($"toolname{c}");
+        }
+
+        static void Validate(string toolName)
+        {
+            var tool = McpServerTool.Create(() => "result", new McpServerToolCreateOptions { Name = toolName });
+            Assert.Equal(toolName, tool.ProtocolTool.Name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void WithInvalidCharacters_Throws()
+    {
+        Validate("café");
+        Validate("tööl");
+        Validate("🔧tool");
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
+        {
+            char c = (char)i;
+            if (c is not (>= 'a' and <= 'z')
+                 and not (>= 'A' and <= 'Z')
+                 and not (>= '0' and <= '9')
+                 and not ('_' or '-' or '.'))
+            {
+                Validate($"{c}");
+                Validate($"tool{c}name");
+                Validate($"{c}toolname");
+                Validate($"toolname{c}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        static void Validate(string toolName)
+        {
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => McpServerTool.Create(() => "result", new McpServerToolCreateOptions { Name = toolName }));
+            Assert.Contains(toolName, ex.Message, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(1)]
+    [InlineData(10)]
+    [InlineData(127)]
+    [InlineData(128)]
+    public void WithValidLengths_Succeeds(int length)
+    {
+        string validName = new('a', length);
+        var tool = McpServerTool.Create(() => "result", new McpServerToolCreateOptions { Name = validName });
+        Assert.Equal(validName, tool.ProtocolTool.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0)]
+    [InlineData(129)]
+    [InlineData(130)]
+    public void WithInvalidLengths_ThrowsArgumentException(int length)
+    {
+        string invalidName = new('a', length);
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => McpServerTool.Create(() => "result", new McpServerToolCreateOptions { Name = invalidName }));
+        Assert.Contains(invalidName, ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void UsingAttribute_ValidatesToolName()
+    {
+        var validTool = McpServerTool.Create([McpServerTool(Name = "valid_tool")] () => "result");
+        Assert.Equal("valid_tool", validTool.ProtocolTool.Name);
+
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => McpServerTool.Create([McpServerTool(Name = "invalid@tool")] () => "result"));
+        Assert.Contains("invalid@tool", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void UsingAttributeWithInvalidCharacters_ThrowsArgumentException()
+    {
+        var validTool = McpServerTool.Create([McpServerTool(Name = "tool")] () => "result");
+        Assert.Equal("tool", validTool.ProtocolTool.Name);
+
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => McpServerTool.Create([McpServerTool(Name = "tööl")] () => "result"));
+        Assert.Contains("tööl", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FromMethodInfo_ValidatesToolName()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(nameof(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa), McpServerTool.Create(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa).ProtocolTool.Name);
+
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => McpServerTool.Create(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa));
+        Assert.Contains(nameof(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa), ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FromAIFunction_ValidatesToolName()
+    {
+        var validTool = McpServerTool.Create(AIFunctionFactory.Create(() => "result", new AIFunctionFactoryOptions { Name = "valid_ai" }));
+        Assert.Equal("valid_ai", validTool.ProtocolTool.Name);
+
+        var invalidFunction = AIFunctionFactory.Create(() => "result", new AIFunctionFactoryOptions { Name = "invalid ai" });
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => McpServerTool.Create(invalidFunction));
+        Assert.Contains("invalid ai", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FromNullAIFunctionName_ThrowsArgumentNullException()
+    {
+        AIFunction f = new NullNameAIFunction();
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => McpServerTool.Create(f));
+    }
+
+    private static void aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa() { }
+
+    private static void aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa() { }
+
+    private sealed class NullNameAIFunction : AIFunction
+    {
+        public override string Name => null!;
+
+        protected override ValueTask<object?> InvokeCoreAsync(AIFunctionArguments arguments, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
+    }
+}