diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs
index c42ceb057e..f7fb383e17 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs
@@ -573,6 +573,9 @@ pub async fn confirm_team_snapshot_import(
             provider: member.definition.provider.clone(),
             persona_source_version: None,
             env_vars: std::collections::BTreeMap::new(),
+            // MCP configuration is local-only, never part of a shared team snapshot.
+            // Imported instances therefore inherit no local override.
+            mcp_servers: Vec::new(),
             start_on_app_launch: false,
             auto_restart_on_config_change: true,
             runtime_pid: None,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs
index d7d2c39c39..039119a12c 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ fn team_export_with_instance_and_memory_level_uses_supplied_entries() {
         source_team: None,
         source_team_persona_slug: None,
         env_vars: Default::default(),
+        mcp_servers: vec![],
         respond_to: None,
         respond_to_allowlist: vec![],
         parallelism: None,
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ fn team_export_with_instance_and_memory_level_uses_supplied_entries() {
         provider: None,
         persona_source_version: None,
         env_vars: Default::default(),
+        mcp_servers: vec![],
         start_on_app_launch: false,
         auto_restart_on_config_change: true,
         runtime_pid: None,
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ fn team_import_definitions_are_built_for_all_members() {
         definition.id.len() == 36
             && definition.source_team.is_none()
             && definition.env_vars.is_empty()
+            && definition.mcp_servers.is_empty()
             && definition.respond_to_allowlist.is_empty()
     }));
     assert_eq!(definitions[0].system_prompt, "Alice prompt");
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_hash/tests.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_hash/tests.rs
index 342ef05f75..ebe52f8220 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_hash/tests.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_hash/tests.rs
@@ -152,12 +152,14 @@ fn buzz_agent_mcp_edit_changes_hash_but_other_runtime_ignores_it() {
         spawn_config_hash(
             &buzz_agent,
             &[],
+            &[],
             "wss://ws.example",
             &GlobalAgentConfig::default()
         ),
         spawn_config_hash(
             &edited,
             &[],
+            &[],
             "wss://ws.example",
             &GlobalAgentConfig::default()
         )
@@ -171,12 +173,14 @@ fn buzz_agent_mcp_edit_changes_hash_but_other_runtime_ignores_it() {
         spawn_config_hash(
             &goose,
             &[],
+            &[],
             "wss://ws.example",
             &GlobalAgentConfig::default()
         ),
         spawn_config_hash(
             &goose_edited,
             &[],
+            &[],
             "wss://ws.example",
             &GlobalAgentConfig::default()
         )
@@ -196,12 +200,14 @@ fn definition_mcp_edit_changes_buzz_agent_hash_without_becoming_agent_override()
         spawn_config_hash(
             &record,
             &[persona],
+            &[],
             "wss://ws.example",
             &GlobalAgentConfig::default()
         ),
         spawn_config_hash(
             &record,
             &[edited_persona],
+            &[],
             "wss://ws.example",
             &GlobalAgentConfig::default()
         )