diff --git a/.changeset/clean-tools-schema.md b/.changeset/clean-tools-schema.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30c7ecce6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-tools-schema.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"eve": patch
+---
+
+Ignore OpenAPI `default` and `example` annotations whose values conflict with the declared schema type, so models are not prompted to submit invalid tool input.
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/runtime/connections/openapi-client.test.ts b/packages/eve/src/runtime/connections/openapi-client.test.ts
index 9e9150a0a3..0499cf10a8 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/runtime/connections/openapi-client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/runtime/connections/openapi-client.test.ts
@@ -703,6 +703,66 @@ describe("OpenApiConnectionClient", () => {
     expect(props.mix?.type).toEqual(["string", "null"]);
   });
 
+  it("drops default and example values that contradict their schema type", async () => {
+    const spec: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      openapi: "3.0.3",
+      info: { title: "T", version: "1" },
+      paths: {
+        "/things": {
+          post: {
+            operationId: "createThing",
+            requestBody: {
+              content: {
+                "application/json": {
+                  schema: {
+                    type: "object",
+                    properties: {
+                      hasAttachments: {
+                        type: "boolean",
+                        default: "false",
+                        example: "false",
+                      },
+                      sendCopy: { type: "boolean", default: true, example: false },
+                      note: { type: "string", nullable: true, default: null, example: null },
+                      metadata: {
+                        type: "object",
+                        default: { type: "invoice", nullable: true },
+                        example: { type: "credit-note", nullable: false },
+                      },
+                      untyped: { default: "false", example: "false" },
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+            responses: { "200": { description: "ok" } },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const client = new OpenApiConnectionClient(makeConnection({ spec }));
+    const createThing = (await client.getToolMetadata()).find((m) => m.name === "createThing");
+    const properties = (
+      createThing!.inputSchema as {
+        properties: { body: { properties: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>> } };
+      }
+    ).properties.body.properties;
+
+    expect(properties.hasAttachments).toEqual({ type: "boolean" });
+    expect(properties.sendCopy).toEqual({ type: "boolean", default: true, example: false });
+    expect(properties.note).toEqual({
+      type: ["string", "null"],
+      default: null,
+      example: null,
+    });
+    expect(properties.metadata).toEqual({
+      type: "object",
+      default: { type: "invoice", nullable: true },
+      example: { type: "credit-note", nullable: false },
+    });
+    expect(properties.untyped).toEqual({ default: "false", example: "false" });
+  });
+
   it("keeps operations whose input schemas cannot be locally validated", async () => {
     const spec: Record<string, unknown> = {
       openapi: "3.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/runtime/connections/openapi-schema.ts b/packages/eve/src/runtime/connections/openapi-schema.ts
index 97395cd97f..60e1d2fb4a 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/runtime/connections/openapi-schema.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/runtime/connections/openapi-schema.ts
@@ -104,10 +104,14 @@ export function derefSchema(
   }
   const result: Record<string, unknown> = {};
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(node)) {
-    result[key] = derefSchema(document, value, depth + 1, seen);
+    result[key] =
+      key === "default" || key === "example"
+        ? value
+        : derefSchema(document, value, depth + 1, seen);
   }
   normalizeSchemaType(result);
   normalizeNullable(result);
+  normalizeSchemaAnnotations(result);
   return result;
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +181,44 @@ function normalizeNullable(schema: Record<string, unknown>): void {
   }
 }
 
+/** Drops model-facing annotations that contradict the node's effective type. */
+function normalizeSchemaAnnotations(schema: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  const type = schema.type;
+  if (typeof type !== "string" && !isArray(type)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  for (const keyword of ["default", "example"] as const) {
+    if (keyword in schema && !matchesSchemaType(schema[keyword], type)) {
+      delete schema[keyword];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function matchesSchemaType(value: unknown, type: string | readonly unknown[]): boolean {
+  const types = typeof type === "string" ? [type] : type;
+  return types.some((entry) => {
+    switch (entry) {
+      case "string":
+        return typeof value === "string";
+      case "number":
+        return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value);
+      case "integer":
+        return typeof value === "number" && Number.isInteger(value);
+      case "boolean":
+        return typeof value === "boolean";
+      case "object":
+        return isObject(value);
+      case "array":
+        return isArray(value);
+      case "null":
+        return value === null;
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 /** Resolves a local JSON pointer ref (`#/components/...`) against the document. */
 function resolveRef(document: Record<string, unknown>, ref: string): unknown {
   if (!ref.startsWith("#/")) {