diff --git a/docs/admin-guide.md b/docs/admin-guide.md
index cf57c731..c3ee312f 100644
--- a/docs/admin-guide.md
+++ b/docs/admin-guide.md
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ famstack uses the 420xx range to avoid conflicts with anything you might already
 
 | Port | Service |
 |------|---------|
+| 42000 | core (link resolver) |
 | 42010 | photos (Immich) |
 | 42020 | docs (Paperless-ngx) |
 | 42030 | messages (Element web) |
diff --git a/docs/agent/ops.md b/docs/agent/ops.md
index 16b07923..2afdf650 100644
--- a/docs/agent/ops.md
+++ b/docs/agent/ops.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Refuse without explicit, scoped human approval:
 
 | Port | Stacklet | Service |
 |---|---|---|
+| 42000 | core | Link resolver for `/go/*` (tool endpoints are internal to the `stack` network) |
 | 42010 | photos | Immich web + API |
 | 42020 | docs | Paperless-ngx |
 | 42030 | messages | Element web |
diff --git a/stacklets/core/caddy.snippet b/stacklets/core/caddy.snippet
index 714f4569..d59e561d 100644
--- a/stacklets/core/caddy.snippet
+++ b/stacklets/core/caddy.snippet
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 # persistent-link resolver under /go/. A dashboard / welcome page can take
 # over `/` later; for now home just answers a friendly placeholder.
 #
-# Only /go/* is forwarded to the tools server. That server ALSO exposes ops
-# and AI-tool endpoints (/logs, /tools/*) that must never be reachable from
-# the public home — they stay internal (container-to-container, plus localhost
-# in port mode). Scoping the route here is what keeps them off the front door.
+# Only /go/* is forwarded to the tools server, and to its public listener
+# (8001), which serves the links and nothing else. Its internal listener
+# (8000) serves search, logs and status to the stack's containers and must
+# never be the target of a route from outside.
 #
 # The /go prefix mirrors core's LINK_PREFIX env (default "go"); if you move
 # the namespace, change both.
 
 {$STACK_DOMAIN} {
     handle /go/* {
-        reverse_proxy stack-core-tools:8000
+        reverse_proxy stack-core-tools:8001
     }
     handle {
         respond "famstack — home server" 200
diff --git a/stacklets/core/docker-compose.yml b/stacklets/core/docker-compose.yml
index a25cf567..b4d0f138 100644
--- a/stacklets/core/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/stacklets/core/docker-compose.yml
@@ -78,13 +78,21 @@ services:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     env_file:
       - .env
+    # Started by server.py itself, which opens both listeners (access.py).
+    # Set here as well as in the Dockerfile so an existing image picks it
+    # up without a rebuild.
+    command: ["python", "server.py"]
     ports:
-      - "${PORT_BIND_IP:-127.0.0.1}:42000:8000"
+      # Only the public listener is published, and it serves only the /go
+      # links. The stack's containers use the internal one,
+      # stack-core-tools:8000, which serves everything.
+      - "${PORT_BIND_IP:-127.0.0.1}:42000:8001"
     volumes:
       # Live like the bot-runner: the Dockerfile COPYs these so the image
       # runs standalone, but a bind mount means an edit + restart takes
       # effect without a rebuild. Keep in sync with tools-server/Dockerfile.
       - ./tools-server/server.py:/app/server.py:ro
+      - ./tools-server/access.py:/app/access.py:ro
       - ./tools-server/resolver.py:/app/resolver.py:ro
       - ./tools-server/capture_index.py:/app/capture_index.py:ro
       # The brain projection, read-only: `/go/capture/<id>` finds where a
diff --git a/stacklets/core/tools-server/Dockerfile b/stacklets/core/tools-server/Dockerfile
index a8dd444c..24395f82 100644
--- a/stacklets/core/tools-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/stacklets/core/tools-server/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY server.py .
+COPY access.py .
 COPY resolver.py .
 COPY capture_index.py .
 
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ COPY capture_index.py .
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" --uid 1000 tools
 USER tools
 
-# Uvicorn on port 8000 inside the container, mapped to 42000 on host
-CMD ["uvicorn", "server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
+# Two listeners (access.py): 8000 for the stack's containers, never
+# published, and 8001, published as 42000, which serves only the links.
+CMD ["python", "server.py"]
diff --git a/stacklets/core/tools-server/access.py b/stacklets/core/tools-server/access.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de957128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stacklets/core/tools-server/access.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""What the tools server answers on which listener.
+
+The server listens twice. The internal listener is never published: only the
+stack's containers reach it, over the Docker network, and it serves
+everything. The public listener is the published port (42000). Docker's port
+forwarding gives every request through it the same source address, whether
+it comes from this Mac or from a phone on the Wi-Fi, so an address says
+nothing about who is calling. The listener does.
+
+On the public listener only the persistent links (`/<prefix>/...`) exist,
+because family members' browsers open them. Search, logs and status are for
+the stack's containers.
+
+Pure: no web framework, so the rule is tested on its own.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+INTERNAL_PORT = 8000
+PUBLIC_PORT = 8001
+
+
+def serves(listener_port: int | None, path: str, link_prefix: str = "go") -> bool:
+    """Whether a request on `listener_port` for `path` is answered.
+
+    Only the internal listener is trusted by name; any other port counts as
+    the network, so a listener added later is closed until said otherwise.
+    """
+    if listener_port == INTERNAL_PORT:
+        return True
+    return path.startswith(f"/{link_prefix}/")
diff --git a/stacklets/core/tools-server/server.py b/stacklets/core/tools-server/server.py
index 54825a92..3a9731bb 100644
--- a/stacklets/core/tools-server/server.py
+++ b/stacklets/core/tools-server/server.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 Each tool wraps an existing service API (Paperless, Immich) or the
 famstack TCP API for host-side CLI control. No business logic here —
 just translation between what the LLM needs and what the services provide.
+
+It listens twice (see access.py): an internal port for the stack's own
+containers, and the published port, which serves only the persistent links.
 """
 
 import json
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, RedirectResponse
 
+from access import INTERNAL_PORT, PUBLIC_PORT, serves
 from capture_index import find_capture
 from resolver import build_redirect
 
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@
 BRAIN_DIR = Path("/brain")
 
 
+
 app = FastAPI(
     title="famstack Tools",
     description="Family server tools for AI assistants — search documents, find photos, check server status.",
@@ -66,6 +71,19 @@
 )
 
 
+@app.middleware("http")
+async def links_only_from_the_network(request, call_next):
+    """Answer the published port with the links and nothing else. A path
+    that is not served there gets the same 404 as one that does not exist,
+    so the network cannot tell which endpoints the server has. The listener
+    a request arrived on is in the ASGI scope; without one it counts as the
+    network."""
+    listener = (request.scope.get("server") or (None, None))[1]
+    if not serves(listener, request.url.path, LINK_PREFIX):
+        return JSONResponse({"detail": "Not Found"}, status_code=404)
+    return await call_next(request)
+
+
 def _error(msg: str, status: int = 503) -> JSONResponse:
     return JSONResponse({"error": msg}, status_code=status)
 
@@ -310,3 +328,21 @@ async def search_photos(query: str, limit: int = 10):
             "description": asset.get("exifInfo", {}).get("description", ""),
         })
     return {"query": query, "count": len(results), "results": results}
+
+
+# ── Serving ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def _listen(port: int) -> socket.socket:
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    sock.bind(("0.0.0.0", port))
+    return sock
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # One server on both sockets, so each request's scope names the
+    # listener it came in on, which is what the access rule reads.
+    import uvicorn
+
+    uvicorn.Server(uvicorn.Config(app, log_level="info")).run(
+        sockets=[_listen(INTERNAL_PORT), _listen(PUBLIC_PORT)])
diff --git a/tests/unit/stacklets/test_core_tools_access.py b/tests/unit/stacklets/test_core_tools_access.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7075c1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/stacklets/test_core_tools_access.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"""What the core tools server answers, and to whom.
+
+The tools server answers document search, photo search, logs and server
+status for the stack's own containers (Open WebUI's tool calls), and the
+family's persistent links (`/go/...`) for every browser in the house. Its
+published port is on the LAN in port mode, and Docker's port forwarding
+shows every request through it with the same address, whether it comes
+from this Mac or from any phone on the Wi-Fi. So the server tells callers
+apart by the listener a request arrives on, never by address:
+
+- the internal listener is reachable only over the Docker network and
+  serves everything
+- the published listener serves the links and nothing else
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+_REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent.parent
+sys.path.insert(0, str(_REPO_ROOT / "stacklets" / "core" / "tools-server"))
+
+from access import INTERNAL_PORT, PUBLIC_PORT, serves  # noqa: E402
+
+PRIVATE = ("/tools/documents/search", "/tools/photos/search", "/tools/stack/status",
+           "/logs", "/openapi.json", "/docs", "/")
+
+
+def test_the_stacks_own_containers_get_everything():
+    for path in PRIVATE:
+        assert serves(INTERNAL_PORT, path)
+
+
+def test_the_network_gets_the_family_links():
+    for path in ("/go/docs/42", "/go/topic/family/camping/todo", "/go/person/lisa"):
+        assert serves(PUBLIC_PORT, path)
+
+
+def test_the_network_gets_nothing_else():
+    for path in PRIVATE:
+        assert not serves(PUBLIC_PORT, path)
+
+
+def test_a_path_that_only_starts_like_a_link_is_not_one():
+    assert not serves(PUBLIC_PORT, "/gopher")
+    assert not serves(PUBLIC_PORT, "/go")  # the bare prefix resolves nothing
+
+
+def test_the_link_prefix_follows_its_setting():
+    assert serves(PUBLIC_PORT, "/l/docs/42", link_prefix="l")
+    assert not serves(PUBLIC_PORT, "/go/docs/42", link_prefix="l")
+
+
+def test_an_unknown_listener_is_treated_as_the_network():
+    # Fail closed: only the internal listener is trusted by name.
+    assert not serves(9999, "/tools/stack/status")
+    assert not serves(None, "/logs")