diff --git a/src/kiro_crew/slack/events_home_tab.py b/src/kiro_crew/slack/events_home_tab.py
index 32d7f35dc4c..f6f185d3f02 100644
--- a/src/kiro_crew/slack/events_home_tab.py
+++ b/src/kiro_crew/slack/events_home_tab.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ async def _publish_home_tab(orch: GatewayOrchestrator, user_id: str) -> None:
             # aggregate of the launch predicate over every scope, so a server
             # switched off in the shared config -- or muted by a non-boolean
             # ``disabled`` -- is not advertised as a capability here.
-            servers = [s for s in list_servers() if not s.disabled]
+            servers = [s for s in await asyncio.to_thread(list_servers) if not s.disabled]
             skills = await asyncio.to_thread(lambda: _get_skills_loader().list_skills())
 
             # Slack caps a single section's text at 3000 chars. MCP servers and
diff --git a/test/test_slack_home_tab.py b/test/test_slack_home_tab.py
index d12b31972af..057eec8652a 100644
--- a/test/test_slack_home_tab.py
+++ b/test/test_slack_home_tab.py
@@ -911,6 +911,43 @@ def get_loader():
         loader.close()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_home_tab_mcp_server_listing_runs_off_loop(monkeypatch):
+    """``list_servers`` reads the agent config, ``mcp.json`` and every
+    provider's global config (``~/.claude.json`` is routinely megabytes), so
+    opening the Home tab must not run it on the event loop thread. The
+    disabled filter still applies to what the worker thread returns."""
+    import threading
+
+    loop_thread = threading.get_ident()
+    threads = []
+
+    def list_servers():
+        threads.append(threading.get_ident())
+        return [
+            SimpleNamespace(name="builder-mcp", disabled=False),
+            SimpleNamespace(name="figma", disabled=True),
+        ]
+
+    loader = MagicMock()
+    loader.list_skills.return_value = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(events_mod, "list_servers", list_servers)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(events_mod, "_get_skills_loader", lambda: loader)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(events_mod, "is_yolo_mode", lambda: False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("kiro_crew.sso_status.get_sso_status_line", AsyncMock(return_value="ready"))
+    orch = _make_orch(slack=SimpleNamespace(views_publish=AsyncMock()))
+
+    await _publish_home_tab(orch, "U123")
+
+    orch.slack.views_publish.assert_awaited_once()
+    assert len(threads) == 1
+    assert threads[0] != loop_thread
+    text = str(orch.slack.views_publish.call_args[1]["view"]["blocks"])
+    assert "MCP Integrations (1)" in text
+    assert "builder-mcp" in text
+    assert "figma" not in text
+
+
 @dataclass
 class FakeCronJobTZ:
     """A cron job that carries its own timezone, like the real CronJob."""