diff --git a/src/mcplocal/src/http/project-mcp-endpoint.ts b/src/mcplocal/src/http/project-mcp-endpoint.ts
index 9627a79..eae0a91 100644
--- a/src/mcplocal/src/http/project-mcp-endpoint.ts
+++ b/src/mcplocal/src/http/project-mcp-endpoint.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
 import { StreamableHTTPServerTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/streamableHttp.js';
 import type { JSONRPCMessage } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js';
 import { McpRouter } from '../router.js';
+import { ResponsePaginator } from '../llm/pagination.js';
 import { refreshProjectUpstreams } from '../discovery.js';
 import type { McpdClient } from './mcpd-client.js';
 import type { JsonRpcRequest } from '../types.js';
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ export function registerProjectMcpEndpoint(app: FastifyInstance, mcpdClient: Mcp
     const router = existing?.router ?? new McpRouter();
     await refreshProjectUpstreams(router, mcpdClient, projectName, authToken);
 
+    // Wire pagination support (no LLM provider for now — simple index fallback)
+    router.setPaginator(new ResponsePaginator(null));
+
     // Configure prompt resources with SA-scoped client for RBAC
     const saClient = mcpdClient.withHeaders({ 'X-Service-Account': `project:${projectName}` });
     router.setPromptConfig(saClient, projectName);
diff --git a/src/mcplocal/src/llm/index.ts b/src/mcplocal/src/llm/index.ts
index a9dcebe..79fcdb5 100644
--- a/src/mcplocal/src/llm/index.ts
+++ b/src/mcplocal/src/llm/index.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ export { FilterCache, DEFAULT_FILTER_CACHE_CONFIG } from './filter-cache.js';
 export type { FilterCacheConfig } from './filter-cache.js';
 export { FilterMetrics } from './metrics.js';
 export type { FilterMetricsSnapshot } from './metrics.js';
+export { ResponsePaginator, DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CONFIG, PAGINATION_INDEX_SYSTEM_PROMPT } from './pagination.js';
+export type { PaginationConfig, PaginationIndex, PageSummary, PaginatedToolResponse } from './pagination.js';
diff --git a/src/mcplocal/src/llm/pagination.ts b/src/mcplocal/src/llm/pagination.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8256b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mcplocal/src/llm/pagination.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import type { ProviderRegistry } from '../providers/registry.js';
+import { estimateTokens } from './token-counter.js';
+
+// --- Configuration ---
+
+export interface PaginationConfig {
+  /** Character threshold above which responses get paginated (default 80_000) */
+  sizeThreshold: number;
+  /** Characters per page (default 40_000) */
+  pageSize: number;
+  /** Max cached results (LRU eviction) (default 64) */
+  maxCachedResults: number;
+  /** TTL for cached results in ms (default 300_000 = 5 min) */
+  ttlMs: number;
+  /** Max tokens for the LLM index generation call (default 2048) */
+  indexMaxTokens: number;
+}
+
+export const DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CONFIG: PaginationConfig = {
+  sizeThreshold: 80_000,
+  pageSize: 40_000,
+  maxCachedResults: 64,
+  ttlMs: 300_000,
+  indexMaxTokens: 2048,
+};
+
+// --- Cache Entry ---
+
+interface PageInfo {
+  /** 0-based page index */
+  index: number;
+  /** Start character offset in the raw string */
+  startChar: number;
+  /** End character offset (exclusive) */
+  endChar: number;
+  /** Approximate token count */
+  estimatedTokens: number;
+}
+
+interface CachedResult {
+  resultId: string;
+  toolName: string;
+  raw: string;
+  pages: PageInfo[];
+  index: PaginationIndex;
+  createdAt: number;
+}
+
+// --- Index Types ---
+
+export interface PageSummary {
+  page: number;
+  startChar: number;
+  endChar: number;
+  estimatedTokens: number;
+  summary: string;
+}
+
+export interface PaginationIndex {
+  resultId: string;
+  toolName: string;
+  totalSize: number;
+  totalTokens: number;
+  totalPages: number;
+  pageSummaries: PageSummary[];
+  indexType: 'smart' | 'simple';
+}
+
+// --- The MCP response format ---
+
+export interface PaginatedToolResponse {
+  content: Array<{
+    type: 'text';
+    text: string;
+  }>;
+}
+
+// --- LLM Prompt ---
+
+export const PAGINATION_INDEX_SYSTEM_PROMPT = `You are a document indexing assistant. Given a large tool response split into pages, generate a concise summary for each page describing what data it contains.
+
+Rules:
+- For each page, write 1-2 sentences describing the key content
+- Be specific: mention entity names, IDs, counts, or key fields visible on that page
+- If it's JSON, describe the structure and notable entries
+- If it's text, describe the topics covered
+- Output valid JSON only: an array of objects with "page" (1-based number) and "summary" (string)
+- Example output: [{"page": 1, "summary": "Configuration nodes and global settings (inject, debug, function nodes 1-15)"}, {"page": 2, "summary": "HTTP request nodes and API integrations (nodes 16-40)"}]`;
+
+/**
+ * Handles transparent pagination of large MCP tool responses.
+ *
+ * When a tool response exceeds the size threshold, it is cached and an
+ * index is returned instead. The LLM can then request specific pages
+ * via _page/_resultId parameters on subsequent tool calls.
+ *
+ * If an LLM provider is available, the index includes AI-generated
+ * per-page summaries. Otherwise, simple byte-range descriptions are used.
+ */
+export class ResponsePaginator {
+  private cache = new Map<string, CachedResult>();
+  private readonly config: PaginationConfig;
+
+  constructor(
+    private providers: ProviderRegistry | null,
+    config: Partial<PaginationConfig> = {},
+  ) {
+    this.config = { ...DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CONFIG, ...config };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a raw response string should be paginated.
+   */
+  shouldPaginate(raw: string): boolean {
+    return raw.length >= this.config.sizeThreshold;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Paginate a large response: cache it and return the index.
+   * Returns null if the response is below threshold.
+   */
+  async paginate(toolName: string, raw: string): Promise<PaginatedToolResponse | null> {
+    if (!this.shouldPaginate(raw)) return null;
+
+    const resultId = randomUUID();
+    const pages = this.splitPages(raw);
+    let index: PaginationIndex;
+
+    try {
+      index = await this.generateSmartIndex(resultId, toolName, raw, pages);
+    } catch {
+      index = this.generateSimpleIndex(resultId, toolName, raw, pages);
+    }
+
+    // Store in cache
+    this.evictExpired();
+    this.evictLRU();
+    this.cache.set(resultId, {
+      resultId,
+      toolName,
+      raw,
+      pages,
+      index,
+      createdAt: Date.now(),
+    });
+
+    return this.formatIndexResponse(index);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Serve a specific page from cache.
+   * Returns null if the resultId is not found (cache miss / expired).
+   */
+  getPage(resultId: string, page: number | 'all'): PaginatedToolResponse | null {
+    this.evictExpired();
+    const entry = this.cache.get(resultId);
+    if (!entry) return null;
+
+    if (page === 'all') {
+      return {
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text: entry.raw }],
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Pages are 1-based in the API
+    const pageInfo = entry.pages[page - 1];
+    if (!pageInfo) {
+      return {
+        content: [{
+          type: 'text',
+          text: `Error: page ${String(page)} is out of range. This result has ${String(entry.pages.length)} pages (1-${String(entry.pages.length)}).`,
+        }],
+      };
+    }
+
+    const pageContent = entry.raw.slice(pageInfo.startChar, pageInfo.endChar);
+    return {
+      content: [{
+        type: 'text',
+        text: `[Page ${String(page)}/${String(entry.pages.length)} of result ${resultId}]\n\n${pageContent}`,
+      }],
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a tool call has pagination parameters (_page / _resultId).
+   * Returns the parsed pagination request, or null if not a pagination request.
+   */
+  static extractPaginationParams(
+    args: Record<string, unknown>,
+  ): { resultId: string; page: number | 'all' } | null {
+    const resultId = args['_resultId'];
+    const pageParam = args['_page'];
+    if (typeof resultId !== 'string' || pageParam === undefined) return null;
+
+    if (pageParam === 'all') return { resultId, page: 'all' };
+
+    const page = Number(pageParam);
+    if (!Number.isInteger(page) || page < 1) return null;
+
+    return { resultId, page };
+  }
+
+  // --- Private methods ---
+
+  private splitPages(raw: string): PageInfo[] {
+    const pages: PageInfo[] = [];
+    let offset = 0;
+    let pageIndex = 0;
+
+    while (offset < raw.length) {
+      const end = Math.min(offset + this.config.pageSize, raw.length);
+      // Try to break at a newline boundary if we're not at the end
+      let breakAt = end;
+      if (end < raw.length) {
+        const lastNewline = raw.lastIndexOf('\n', end);
+        if (lastNewline > offset) {
+          breakAt = lastNewline + 1;
+        }
+      }
+
+      pages.push({
+        index: pageIndex,
+        startChar: offset,
+        endChar: breakAt,
+        estimatedTokens: estimateTokens(raw.slice(offset, breakAt)),
+      });
+
+      offset = breakAt;
+      pageIndex++;
+    }
+
+    return pages;
+  }
+
+  private async generateSmartIndex(
+    resultId: string,
+    toolName: string,
+    raw: string,
+    pages: PageInfo[],
+  ): Promise<PaginationIndex> {
+    const provider = this.providers?.getActive();
+    if (!provider) {
+      return this.generateSimpleIndex(resultId, toolName, raw, pages);
+    }
+
+    // Build a prompt with page previews (first ~500 chars of each page)
+    const previews = pages.map((p, i) => {
+      const preview = raw.slice(p.startChar, Math.min(p.startChar + 500, p.endChar));
+      const truncated = p.endChar - p.startChar > 500 ? '\n[...]' : '';
+      return `--- Page ${String(i + 1)} (chars ${String(p.startChar)}-${String(p.endChar)}, ~${String(p.estimatedTokens)} tokens) ---\n${preview}${truncated}`;
+    }).join('\n\n');
+
+    const result = await provider.complete({
+      messages: [
+        { role: 'system', content: PAGINATION_INDEX_SYSTEM_PROMPT },
+        { role: 'user', content: `Tool: ${toolName}\nTotal size: ${String(raw.length)} chars, ${String(pages.length)} pages\n\n${previews}` },
+      ],
+      maxTokens: this.config.indexMaxTokens,
+      temperature: 0,
+    });
+
+    const summaries = JSON.parse(result.content) as Array<{ page: number; summary: string }>;
+
+    return {
+      resultId,
+      toolName,
+      totalSize: raw.length,
+      totalTokens: estimateTokens(raw),
+      totalPages: pages.length,
+      indexType: 'smart',
+      pageSummaries: pages.map((p, i) => ({
+        page: i + 1,
+        startChar: p.startChar,
+        endChar: p.endChar,
+        estimatedTokens: p.estimatedTokens,
+        summary: summaries.find((s) => s.page === i + 1)?.summary ?? `Page ${String(i + 1)}`,
+      })),
+    };
+  }
+
+  private generateSimpleIndex(
+    resultId: string,
+    toolName: string,
+    raw: string,
+    pages: PageInfo[],
+  ): PaginationIndex {
+    return {
+      resultId,
+      toolName,
+      totalSize: raw.length,
+      totalTokens: estimateTokens(raw),
+      totalPages: pages.length,
+      indexType: 'simple',
+      pageSummaries: pages.map((p, i) => ({
+        page: i + 1,
+        startChar: p.startChar,
+        endChar: p.endChar,
+        estimatedTokens: p.estimatedTokens,
+        summary: `Page ${String(i + 1)}: characters ${String(p.startChar)}-${String(p.endChar)} (~${String(p.estimatedTokens)} tokens)`,
+      })),
+    };
+  }
+
+  private formatIndexResponse(index: PaginationIndex): PaginatedToolResponse {
+    const lines = [
+      `This response is too large to return directly (${String(index.totalSize)} chars, ~${String(index.totalTokens)} tokens).`,
+      `It has been split into ${String(index.totalPages)} pages.`,
+      '',
+      'To retrieve a specific page, call this same tool again with additional arguments:',
+      `  "_resultId": "${index.resultId}"`,
+      `  "_page": <page_number>       (1-${String(index.totalPages)})`,
+      '  "_page": "all"               (returns the full response)',
+      '',
+      `--- Page Index${index.indexType === 'smart' ? ' (AI-generated summaries)' : ''} ---`,
+    ];
+
+    for (const page of index.pageSummaries) {
+      lines.push(`  Page ${String(page.page)}: ${page.summary}`);
+    }
+
+    return {
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: lines.join('\n') }],
+    };
+  }
+
+  private evictExpired(): void {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    for (const [id, entry] of this.cache) {
+      if (now - entry.createdAt > this.config.ttlMs) {
+        this.cache.delete(id);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private evictLRU(): void {
+    while (this.cache.size >= this.config.maxCachedResults) {
+      const oldest = this.cache.keys().next();
+      if (oldest.done) break;
+      this.cache.delete(oldest.value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Exposed for testing. */
+  get cacheSize(): number {
+    return this.cache.size;
+  }
+
+  /** Clear all cached results. */
+  clearCache(): void {
+    this.cache.clear();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/mcplocal/src/router.ts b/src/mcplocal/src/router.ts
index 1e60d1b..d03c772 100644
--- a/src/mcplocal/src/router.ts
+++ b/src/mcplocal/src/router.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { UpstreamConnection, JsonRpcRequest, JsonRpcResponse, JsonRpcNotification } from './types.js';
 import type { LlmProcessor } from './llm/processor.js';
+import { ResponsePaginator } from './llm/pagination.js';
 import type { McpdClient } from './http/mcpd-client.js';
 
 export interface RouteContext {
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ export class McpRouter {
   private mcpdClient: McpdClient | null = null;
   private projectName: string | null = null;
   private mcpctlResourceContents = new Map<string, string>();
+  private paginator: ResponsePaginator | null = null;
+
+  setPaginator(paginator: ResponsePaginator): void {
+    this.paginator = paginator;
+  }
 
   setLlmProcessor(processor: LlmProcessor): void {
     this.llmProcessor = processor;
@@ -399,14 +405,36 @@ export class McpRouter {
       return this.handleProposePrompt(request, context);
     }
 
+    // Intercept pagination page requests before routing to upstream
+    const toolArgs = (params?.['arguments'] ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    if (this.paginator) {
+      const paginationReq = ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams(toolArgs);
+      if (paginationReq) {
+        const pageResult = this.paginator.getPage(paginationReq.resultId, paginationReq.page);
+        if (pageResult) {
+          return { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: request.id, result: pageResult };
+        }
+        return {
+          jsonrpc: '2.0',
+          id: request.id,
+          result: {
+            content: [{
+              type: 'text',
+              text: 'Cached result not found (expired or invalid _resultId). Please re-call the tool without _resultId/_page to get a fresh result.',
+            }],
+          },
+        };
+      }
+    }
+
     // If no processor or tool shouldn't be processed, route directly
     if (!this.llmProcessor || !toolName || !this.llmProcessor.shouldProcess('tools/call', toolName)) {
-      return this.routeNamespacedCall(request, 'name', this.toolToServer);
+      const response = await this.routeNamespacedCall(request, 'name', this.toolToServer);
+      return this.maybePaginate(toolName, response);
     }
 
     // Preprocess request params
-    const toolParams = (params?.['arguments'] ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
-    const processed = await this.llmProcessor.preprocessRequest(toolName, toolParams);
+    const processed = await this.llmProcessor.preprocessRequest(toolName, toolArgs);
     const processedRequest: JsonRpcRequest = processed.optimized
       ? { ...request, params: { ...params, arguments: processed.params } }
       : request;
@@ -414,6 +442,10 @@ export class McpRouter {
     // Route to upstream
     const response = await this.routeNamespacedCall(processedRequest, 'name', this.toolToServer);
 
+    // Paginate if response is large (skip LLM filtering for paginated responses)
+    const paginated = await this.maybePaginate(toolName, response);
+    if (paginated !== response) return paginated;
+
     // Filter response
     if (response.error) return response;
     const filtered = await this.llmProcessor.filterResponse(toolName, response);
@@ -423,6 +455,21 @@ export class McpRouter {
     return response;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * If the response is large enough, paginate it and return the index instead.
+   */
+  private async maybePaginate(toolName: string | undefined, response: JsonRpcResponse): Promise<JsonRpcResponse> {
+    if (!this.paginator || !toolName || response.error) return response;
+
+    const raw = JSON.stringify(response.result);
+    if (!this.paginator.shouldPaginate(raw)) return response;
+
+    const paginated = await this.paginator.paginate(toolName, raw);
+    if (!paginated) return response;
+
+    return { jsonrpc: '2.0', id: response.id, result: paginated };
+  }
+
   private async handleProposePrompt(request: JsonRpcRequest, context?: RouteContext): Promise<JsonRpcResponse> {
     if (!this.mcpdClient || !this.projectName) {
       return {
diff --git a/src/mcplocal/tests/pagination.test.ts b/src/mcplocal/tests/pagination.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99098f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mcplocal/tests/pagination.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { ResponsePaginator, DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CONFIG } from '../src/llm/pagination.js';
+import type { ProviderRegistry } from '../src/providers/registry.js';
+import type { LlmProvider } from '../src/providers/types.js';
+
+function makeProvider(response: string): ProviderRegistry {
+  const provider: LlmProvider = {
+    name: 'test',
+    isAvailable: () => true,
+    complete: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ content: response }),
+  };
+  return {
+    getActive: () => provider,
+    register: vi.fn(),
+    setActive: vi.fn(),
+    listProviders: () => [{ name: 'test', available: true, active: true }],
+  } as unknown as ProviderRegistry;
+}
+
+function makeLargeString(size: number, pattern = 'x'): string {
+  return pattern.repeat(size);
+}
+
+function makeLargeStringWithNewlines(size: number, lineLen = 100): string {
+  const lines: string[] = [];
+  let total = 0;
+  let lineNum = 0;
+  while (total < size) {
+    const line = `line-${String(lineNum).padStart(5, '0')} ${'x'.repeat(lineLen - 15)}`;
+    lines.push(line);
+    total += line.length + 1; // +1 for newline
+    lineNum++;
+  }
+  return lines.join('\n');
+}
+
+describe('ResponsePaginator', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  // --- shouldPaginate ---
+
+  describe('shouldPaginate', () => {
+    it('returns false for strings below threshold', () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null);
+      expect(paginator.shouldPaginate('short string')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false for strings just below threshold', () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null);
+      const str = makeLargeString(DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CONFIG.sizeThreshold - 1);
+      expect(paginator.shouldPaginate(str)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns true for strings at threshold', () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null);
+      const str = makeLargeString(DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CONFIG.sizeThreshold);
+      expect(paginator.shouldPaginate(str)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('returns true for strings above threshold', () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null);
+      const str = makeLargeString(DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CONFIG.sizeThreshold + 1000);
+      expect(paginator.shouldPaginate(str)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('respects custom threshold', () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100 });
+      expect(paginator.shouldPaginate('x'.repeat(99))).toBe(false);
+      expect(paginator.shouldPaginate('x'.repeat(100))).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  // --- paginate (no LLM) ---
+
+  describe('paginate without LLM', () => {
+    it('returns null for small responses', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null);
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', 'small response');
+      expect(result).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('paginates large responses with simple index', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = makeLargeStringWithNewlines(200);
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(result!.content).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result!.content[0]!.type).toBe('text');
+
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      expect(text).toContain('too large to return directly');
+      expect(text).toContain('_resultId');
+      expect(text).toContain('_page');
+      expect(text).not.toContain('AI-generated summaries');
+    });
+
+    it('includes correct page count in index', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(200);
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      // 200 chars / 50 per page = 4 pages
+      expect(text).toContain('4 pages');
+      expect(text).toContain('Page 1:');
+      expect(text).toContain('Page 4:');
+    });
+
+    it('caches the result for later page retrieval', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(200);
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(paginator.cacheSize).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('includes page instructions with _resultId and _page', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(200);
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      expect(text).toContain('"_resultId"');
+      expect(text).toContain('"_page"');
+      expect(text).toContain('"all"');
+    });
+  });
+
+  // --- paginate (with LLM) ---
+
+  describe('paginate with LLM', () => {
+    it('generates smart index when provider available', async () => {
+      const summaries = JSON.stringify([
+        { page: 1, summary: 'Configuration nodes and global settings' },
+        { page: 2, summary: 'HTTP request nodes and API integrations' },
+      ]);
+      const registry = makeProvider(summaries);
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(registry, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 60 });
+      const raw = makeLargeStringWithNewlines(150);
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('node-red/get_flows', raw);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      expect(text).toContain('AI-generated summaries');
+      expect(text).toContain('Configuration nodes and global settings');
+      expect(text).toContain('HTTP request nodes and API integrations');
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to simple index on LLM failure', async () => {
+      const provider: LlmProvider = {
+        name: 'test',
+        isAvailable: () => true,
+        complete: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('LLM unavailable')),
+      };
+      const registry = {
+        getActive: () => provider,
+        register: vi.fn(),
+        setActive: vi.fn(),
+        listProviders: () => [{ name: 'test', available: true, active: true }],
+      } as unknown as ProviderRegistry;
+
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(registry, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(200);
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      // Should NOT contain AI-generated label
+      expect(text).not.toContain('AI-generated summaries');
+      expect(text).toContain('Page 1:');
+    });
+
+    it('sends page previews to LLM, not full content', async () => {
+      const completeFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        content: JSON.stringify([
+          { page: 1, summary: 'test' },
+          { page: 2, summary: 'test2' },
+          { page: 3, summary: 'test3' },
+        ]),
+      });
+      const provider: LlmProvider = {
+        name: 'test',
+        isAvailable: () => true,
+        complete: completeFn,
+      };
+      const registry = {
+        getActive: () => provider,
+        register: vi.fn(),
+        setActive: vi.fn(),
+        listProviders: () => [{ name: 'test', available: true, active: true }],
+      } as unknown as ProviderRegistry;
+
+      // Use a large enough string (3000 chars, pages of 1000) so previews (500 per page) are smaller than raw
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(registry, { sizeThreshold: 2000, pageSize: 1000 });
+      const raw = makeLargeStringWithNewlines(3000);
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(completeFn).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      const call = completeFn.mock.calls[0]![0]!;
+      const userMsg = call.messages.find((m: { role: string }) => m.role === 'user');
+      // Should contain page preview markers
+      expect(userMsg.content).toContain('Page 1');
+      // The LLM prompt should be significantly smaller than the full content
+      // (each page sends ~500 chars preview, not full 1000 chars)
+      expect(userMsg.content.length).toBeLessThan(raw.length);
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to simple when no active provider', async () => {
+      const registry = {
+        getActive: () => null,
+        register: vi.fn(),
+        setActive: vi.fn(),
+        listProviders: () => [],
+      } as unknown as ProviderRegistry;
+
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(registry, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(200);
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      expect(text).not.toContain('AI-generated summaries');
+    });
+  });
+
+  // --- getPage ---
+
+  describe('getPage', () => {
+    it('returns specific page content', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'AAAA'.repeat(25) + 'BBBB'.repeat(25); // 200 chars total
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      // Extract resultId from cache (there should be exactly 1 entry)
+      expect(paginator.cacheSize).toBe(1);
+
+      // We need the resultId — get it from the index response
+      const indexResult = await paginator.paginate('test/tool2', 'C'.repeat(200));
+      const text = indexResult!.content[0]!.text;
+      const match = /"_resultId": "([^"]+)"/.exec(text);
+      expect(match).not.toBeNull();
+      const resultId = match![1]!;
+
+      const page1 = paginator.getPage(resultId, 1);
+      expect(page1).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(page1!.content[0]!.text).toContain('Page 1/');
+      expect(page1!.content[0]!.text).toContain('C');
+    });
+
+    it('returns full content with _page=all', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'D'.repeat(200);
+      const indexResult = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+      const match = /"_resultId": "([^"]+)"/.exec(indexResult!.content[0]!.text);
+      const resultId = match![1]!;
+
+      const allPages = paginator.getPage(resultId, 'all');
+      expect(allPages).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(allPages!.content[0]!.text).toBe(raw);
+    });
+
+    it('returns null for unknown resultId (cache miss)', () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null);
+      const result = paginator.getPage('nonexistent-id', 1);
+      expect(result).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('returns error for out-of-range page', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(200);
+      const indexResult = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+      const match = /"_resultId": "([^"]+)"/.exec(indexResult!.content[0]!.text);
+      const resultId = match![1]!;
+
+      const page999 = paginator.getPage(resultId, 999);
+      expect(page999).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(page999!.content[0]!.text).toContain('out of range');
+    });
+
+    it('returns null after TTL expiry', async () => {
+      const now = Date.now();
+      vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(now);
+
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50, ttlMs: 1000 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(200);
+      const indexResult = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+      const match = /"_resultId": "([^"]+)"/.exec(indexResult!.content[0]!.text);
+      const resultId = match![1]!;
+
+      // Within TTL — should work
+      expect(paginator.getPage(resultId, 1)).not.toBeNull();
+
+      // Past TTL — should be null
+      vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(now + 1001);
+      expect(paginator.getPage(resultId, 1)).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  // --- extractPaginationParams ---
+
+  describe('extractPaginationParams', () => {
+    it('returns null when no pagination params', () => {
+      expect(ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ query: 'test' })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('returns null when only _resultId (no _page)', () => {
+      expect(ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ _resultId: 'abc' })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('returns null when only _page (no _resultId)', () => {
+      expect(ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ _page: 1 })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('extracts numeric page', () => {
+      const result = ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ _resultId: 'abc-123', _page: 2 });
+      expect(result).toEqual({ resultId: 'abc-123', page: 2 });
+    });
+
+    it('extracts _page=all', () => {
+      const result = ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ _resultId: 'abc-123', _page: 'all' });
+      expect(result).toEqual({ resultId: 'abc-123', page: 'all' });
+    });
+
+    it('rejects negative page numbers', () => {
+      expect(ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ _resultId: 'abc', _page: -1 })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('rejects zero page number', () => {
+      expect(ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ _resultId: 'abc', _page: 0 })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('rejects non-integer page numbers', () => {
+      expect(ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ _resultId: 'abc', _page: 1.5 })).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('requires string resultId', () => {
+      expect(ResponsePaginator.extractPaginationParams({ _resultId: 123, _page: 1 })).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  // --- Cache management ---
+
+  describe('cache management', () => {
+    it('evicts expired entries on paginate', async () => {
+      const now = Date.now();
+      vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(now);
+
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50, ttlMs: 1000 });
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool1', 'x'.repeat(200));
+      expect(paginator.cacheSize).toBe(1);
+
+      // Advance past TTL and paginate again
+      vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(now + 1001);
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool2', 'y'.repeat(200));
+      // Old entry evicted, new one added
+      expect(paginator.cacheSize).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('evicts LRU at capacity', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50, maxCachedResults: 2 });
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool1', 'A'.repeat(200));
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool2', 'B'.repeat(200));
+      expect(paginator.cacheSize).toBe(2);
+
+      // Third entry should evict the first
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool3', 'C'.repeat(200));
+      expect(paginator.cacheSize).toBe(2);
+    });
+
+    it('clearCache removes all entries', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool1', 'x'.repeat(200));
+      await paginator.paginate('test/tool2', 'y'.repeat(200));
+      expect(paginator.cacheSize).toBe(2);
+
+      paginator.clearCache();
+      expect(paginator.cacheSize).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  // --- Page splitting ---
+
+  describe('page splitting', () => {
+    it('breaks at newline boundaries', async () => {
+      // Create content where a newline falls within the page boundary
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 60 });
+      const lines = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, i) => `line${String(i).padStart(3, '0')} ${'x'.repeat(20)}`);
+      const raw = lines.join('\n');
+      // raw is ~269 chars
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      // Pages should break at newline boundaries, not mid-line
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      const match = /"_resultId": "([^"]+)"/.exec(text);
+      const resultId = match![1]!;
+
+      const page1 = paginator.getPage(resultId, 1);
+      expect(page1).not.toBeNull();
+      // Page content should end at a newline boundary (no partial lines)
+      const pageText = page1!.content[0]!.text;
+      // Remove the header line
+      const contentStart = pageText.indexOf('\n\n') + 2;
+      const pageContent = pageText.slice(contentStart);
+      // Content should contain complete lines
+      expect(pageContent).toMatch(/line\d{3}/);
+    });
+
+    it('handles content without newlines', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 50 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(200); // No newlines at all
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      expect(text).toContain('4 pages'); // 200/50 = 4
+    });
+
+    it('handles content that fits exactly in one page at threshold', async () => {
+      const paginator = new ResponsePaginator(null, { sizeThreshold: 100, pageSize: 100 });
+      const raw = 'x'.repeat(100); // Exactly at threshold and page size
+      const result = await paginator.paginate('test/tool', raw);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+      const text = result!.content[0]!.text;
+      expect(text).toContain('1 pages');
+    });
+  });
+});