diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e57532c25c..3fda7dcda2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "base64 0.22.1",
+ "buzz-runtime-support",
  "dirs",
  "fs2",
  "getrandom 0.4.3",
@@ -1110,6 +1111,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "buzz-core",
  "buzz-persona",
+ "buzz-runtime-support",
  "buzz-sdk",
  "buzz-ws-client",
  "bytes",
@@ -1507,6 +1509,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "buzz-runtime-support"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "reqwest 0.13.4",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "buzz-sdk"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d27c63d234..05a70cc7d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/buzz-audit",
     "crates/buzz-acp",
     "crates/buzz-agent",
+    "crates/buzz-runtime-support",
     "crates/sprig",
     "crates/buzz-test-client",
     "crates/buzz-ws-client",
diff --git a/crates/buzz-agent/Cargo.toml b/crates/buzz-agent/Cargo.toml
index 91a024a38b..7c50471644 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/buzz-agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ name = "auth-worker"
 path = "tests/bin/auth_worker.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+buzz-runtime-support = { path = "../buzz-runtime-support" }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "io-std", "io-util", "sync", "process", "time", "net"] }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/buzz-agent/src/catalog.rs b/crates/buzz-agent/src/catalog.rs
index 38152b3f90..1386f7dcd7 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-agent/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-agent/src/catalog.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ async fn discover_databricks_models_with_token_source(
     cfg: &Config,
     token_source: Arc<dyn TokenSource>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<ModelEntry>, AgentError> {
-    discover_databricks_models_with_client(cfg, token_source, &Client::new()).await
+    let client = crate::sandbox_runtime::http_builder()?
+        .build()
+        .map_err(|e| AgentError::Llm(format!("catalog http: {e}")))?;
+    discover_databricks_models_with_client(cfg, token_source, &client).await
 }
 
 pub(crate) async fn discover_databricks_models_with_client(
diff --git a/crates/buzz-agent/src/lib.rs b/crates/buzz-agent/src/lib.rs
index 2c9c0f2036..8e03d63f10 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-agent/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-agent/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mod llm;
 mod mcp;
 pub mod model_capabilities;
 mod permission;
+pub mod sandbox_runtime;
 pub mod types;
 mod wire;
 
diff --git a/crates/buzz-agent/src/llm.rs b/crates/buzz-agent/src/llm.rs
index afe8b87ede..1bf35bdf23 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-agent/src/llm.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-agent/src/llm.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const LLM_CONNECT_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(
 
 impl Llm {
     pub fn new(cfg: &Config) -> Result<Self, AgentError> {
-        let http = Client::builder()
+        let http = crate::sandbox_runtime::http_builder()?
             .connect_timeout(LLM_CONNECT_TIMEOUT)
             // No client-level read_timeout: we apply a per-request total
             // timeout via RequestBuilder::timeout() so that escalated budgets
diff --git a/crates/buzz-agent/src/mcp.rs b/crates/buzz-agent/src/mcp.rs
index c9f1c92488..fad4dd0330 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-agent/src/mcp.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-agent/src/mcp.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ const PASSTHROUGH_ENV: &[&str] = &[
     // Explicit Buzz-owned OAuth root for named demo builds. The agent may spawn
     // auth-capable child tools after clearing its ambient environment.
     "BUZZ_AGENT_CONFIG_DIR",
+    // Read-only launcher trust snapshot; do not forward the auth-broker capability.
+    "BUZZ_SANDBOX_TLS_ROOTS",
     // SSH — required for git clone/push over SSH (git@github.com:...)
     "SSH_AUTH_SOCK",
     "SSH_AGENT_PID",
diff --git a/crates/buzz-agent/src/sandbox_runtime.rs b/crates/buzz-agent/src/sandbox_runtime.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..712c9e2f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/buzz-agent/src/sandbox_runtime.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+//! Local TLS verification for agents started by trusted external launchers.
+use crate::AgentError;
+#[cfg(test)]
+use std::{path::Path, sync::Arc};
+
+/// Path to the immutable certificate snapshot supplied by the launcher.
+pub const ROOTS_ENV: &str = "BUZZ_SANDBOX_TLS_ROOTS";
+
+/// Native trust is captured before confinement. Verification remains enabled,
+/// using rustls locally instead of macOS trustd (which can bypass network policy).
+pub fn http_builder() -> Result<reqwest::ClientBuilder, AgentError> {
+    buzz_runtime_support::tls::http_builder().map_err(|e| AgentError::Llm(e.to_string()))
+}
+#[cfg(test)]
+fn builder_with_roots(
+    builder: reqwest::ClientBuilder,
+    path: &Path,
+) -> Result<reqwest::ClientBuilder, AgentError> {
+    buzz_runtime_support::tls::builder_with_roots(builder, path)
+        .map_err(|e| AgentError::Llm(e.to_string()))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use reqwest::StatusCode;
+    #[test]
+    fn missing_trust_snapshot_fails_closed() {
+        assert!(builder_with_roots(
+            reqwest::Client::builder(),
+            Path::new("/nonexistent/sandbox-certs.json")
+        )
+        .is_err());
+    }
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snapshot_verifier_accepts_trusted_cert_and_rejects_wrong_hostname() {
+        use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+        let cert = rcgen::generate_simple_self_signed(vec!["localhost".into()]).unwrap();
+        let der = cert.cert.der().clone();
+        let key = tokio_rustls::rustls::pki_types::PrivatePkcs8KeyDer::from(
+            cert.signing_key.serialize_der(),
+        );
+        let config = tokio_rustls::rustls::ServerConfig::builder_with_provider(Arc::new(
+            tokio_rustls::rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider(),
+        ))
+        .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
+        .unwrap()
+        .with_no_client_auth()
+        .with_single_cert(vec![der.clone()], key.into())
+        .unwrap();
+        let acceptor = tokio_rustls::TlsAcceptor::from(Arc::new(config));
+        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+        let port = listener.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+        let task = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            loop {
+                let (socket, _) = listener.accept().await.unwrap();
+                let acceptor = acceptor.clone();
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    if let Ok(mut stream) = acceptor.accept(socket).await {
+                        let mut buffer = [0; 4096];
+                        let _ = stream.read(&mut buffer).await;
+                        let _ = stream.write_all(b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 2\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\nok").await;
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        });
+        let file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(
+            file.path(),
+            serde_json::to_vec(&vec![der.as_ref().to_vec()]).unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let client = builder_with_roots(reqwest::Client::builder().no_proxy(), file.path())
+            .unwrap()
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            client
+                .get(format!("https://localhost:{port}"))
+                .send()
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .status(),
+            StatusCode::OK
+        );
+        assert!(client
+            .get(format!("https://127.0.0.1:{port}"))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .is_err());
+        let untrusted = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .no_proxy()
+            .tls_certs_only(Vec::<reqwest::Certificate>::new())
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(untrusted
+            .get(format!("https://localhost:{port}"))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .is_err());
+        task.abort();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/buzz-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/buzz-cli/Cargo.toml
index 59d1bb2cee..4df54bab49 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/buzz-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ name = "buzz"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+buzz-runtime-support = { path = "../buzz-runtime-support" }
 # CLI argument parsing — derive macros + env var support (BUZZ_API_TOKEN auto-wired)
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 
diff --git a/crates/buzz-cli/src/client.rs b/crates/buzz-cli/src/client.rs
index 54441f55cc..bab7d5d47c 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-cli/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-cli/src/client.rs
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@ impl BuzzClient {
         auth_tag: Option<Tag>,
         auth_tag_json: Option<String>,
     ) -> Result<Self, CliError> {
-        let http = reqwest::Client::builder()
+        let http = buzz_runtime_support::tls::http_builder()
+            .map_err(|e| CliError::Other(e.to_string()))?
             .timeout(env_duration_secs("BUZZ_TIMEOUT_SECS", 30))
             .connect_timeout(env_duration_secs("BUZZ_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS", 15))
             .build()
@@ -917,7 +918,8 @@ impl BuzzClient {
         let body = serde_json::to_vec(body).map_err(|e| CliError::Other(e.to_string()))?;
         let auth = sign_nip98(&self.keys, "POST", &url, Some(&body))?;
         let unknown = |detail: String| CliError::DeliveryUnknown(detail);
-        let http = reqwest::Client::builder()
+        let http = buzz_runtime_support::tls::http_builder()
+            .map_err(|e| CliError::Other(e.to_string()))?
             .redirect(reqwest::redirect::Policy::none())
             .timeout(env_duration_secs("BUZZ_TIMEOUT_SECS", 30))
             .connect_timeout(env_duration_secs("BUZZ_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS", 15))
@@ -1336,7 +1338,8 @@ impl BuzzClient {
     pub async fn download_media(&self, input: &str) -> Result<bytes::Bytes, CliError> {
         let url = media_url_from_input(&self.relay_url, input)?;
         // Use a dedicated client: 120 s timeout, no redirect forwarding.
-        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+        let client = buzz_runtime_support::tls::http_builder()
+            .map_err(|e| CliError::Other(e.to_string()))?
             .timeout(Duration::from_secs(120))
             // Do not forward Authorization or x-auth-tag to redirect targets.
             .redirect(reqwest::redirect::Policy::none())
diff --git a/crates/buzz-runtime-support/Cargo.toml b/crates/buzz-runtime-support/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0f5b81d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/buzz-runtime-support/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "buzz-runtime-support"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
+reqwest.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/buzz-runtime-support/src/lib.rs b/crates/buzz-runtime-support/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1c7dbea7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/buzz-runtime-support/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#![deny(unsafe_code)]
+//! Generic trusted-launcher support for confined clients.
+pub mod tls;
diff --git a/crates/buzz-runtime-support/src/tls.rs b/crates/buzz-runtime-support/src/tls.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cf1dd1aeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/buzz-runtime-support/src/tls.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//! Local certificate verification for protected agents and their CLI helpers.
+use std::path::Path;
+/// Optional launcher-owned certificate snapshot path.
+pub const ROOTS_ENV: &str = "BUZZ_SANDBOX_TLS_ROOTS";
+/// Use ordinary platform trust unless an explicit launcher snapshot is configured.
+pub fn http_builder() -> Result<reqwest::ClientBuilder, anyhow::Error> {
+    let builder = reqwest::Client::builder();
+    match std::env::var_os(ROOTS_ENV) {
+        None => Ok(builder),
+        Some(path) => builder_with_roots(builder, Path::new(&path)),
+    }
+}
+/// Restrict verification to a nonempty DER certificate snapshot; invalid input fails closed.
+pub fn builder_with_roots(
+    builder: reqwest::ClientBuilder,
+    path: &Path,
+) -> Result<reqwest::ClientBuilder, anyhow::Error> {
+    let fail = || anyhow::anyhow!("invalid sandbox TLS trust snapshot");
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(path).map_err(|_| fail())?;
+    if bytes.len() > 8 * 1024 * 1024 {
+        return Err(fail());
+    }
+    let roots: Vec<Vec<u8>> = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).map_err(|_| fail())?;
+    if roots.is_empty() {
+        return Err(fail());
+    }
+    let certs = roots
+        .iter()
+        .map(|der| reqwest::Certificate::from_der(der))
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+        .map_err(|_| fail())?;
+    Ok(builder.tls_certs_only(certs))
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 9568b6083e..6d1a6e953d 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "base64 0.22.1",
+ "buzz-runtime-support",
  "dirs",
  "fs2",
  "getrandom 0.4.3",
@@ -1252,6 +1253,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "buzz-runtime-support"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "reqwest 0.13.4",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "buzz-sdk"
 version = "0.1.0"