diff --git a/packages/react/src/model-config/useAssistantTool.tsx b/packages/react/src/model-config/useAssistantTool.tsx
index f2f878c36..2ff4cdfdb 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/model-config/useAssistantTool.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/model-config/useAssistantTool.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { useAssistantContext } from "../context/AssistantContext";
-import type { Tool } from "../utils/ModelConfigTypes";
+import type { ToolWithName } from "../utils/ModelConfigTypes";
 
-export const useAssistantTool = <T,>(tool: Tool<T>) => {
+export const useAssistantTool = <T,>(tool: ToolWithName<T>) => {
   const { useModelConfig } = useAssistantContext();
   const registerModelConfigProvider = useModelConfig(
     (s) => s.registerModelConfigProvider,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/utils/ModelConfigTypes.ts b/packages/react/src/utils/ModelConfigTypes.ts
index e34e8c714..4097b9204 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/utils/ModelConfigTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/utils/ModelConfigTypes.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 import type { z } from "zod";
 
 export type Tool<TArgs> = {
-  name: string;
   description: string;
   parameters: z.ZodSchema<TArgs>;
   execute: (args: TArgs) => Promise<unknown>; // TODO return type
 };
 
+export type ToolWithName<TArgs> = Tool<TArgs> & {
+  name: string;
+};
+
 export type ModelConfig = {
   priority?: number;
   system?: string;