diff --git a/src/app/tools/MovieRecommenderTool.ts b/src/app/tools/MovieRecommenderTool.ts
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+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { SchemaLlmTool } from '../../core/llm/SchemaLlmTool';
+import type { RunContext } from '../../core/llm/RunContext';
+import type { Movie, MovieSuggestion } from '../models';
+
+export interface RecommendInput {
+  favorites: Movie[];
+  watched: Movie[];
+  library: Movie[];
+  previouslySuggested: Movie[];
+  count: number;
+}
+
+const movieSuggestionSchema = z.object({
+  title: z.string(),
+  year: z.number(),
+  reason: z.string(),
+});
+
+export class MovieRecommenderTool extends SchemaLlmTool<RecommendInput, MovieSuggestion[]> {
+  protected readonly promptName = 'movie-recommender';
+  protected readonly outputSchema = z.array(movieSuggestionSchema);
+
+  protected buildVariables(input: RecommendInput, _ctx: RunContext): Record<string, unknown> {
+    return {
+      count: input.count,
+      favorites: formatMovieList(input.favorites),
+      watched: formatMovieList(input.watched),
+      library: formatMovieList(input.library),
+      previouslySuggested: formatMovieList(input.previouslySuggested),
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+function formatMovieList(movies: Movie[]): string {
+  if (movies.length === 0) return '(none)';
+  return movies.map((m) => `- ${m.name} (${m.year})`).join('\n');
+}
diff --git a/src/app/tools/MovieSearchTool.ts b/src/app/tools/MovieSearchTool.ts
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+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { SchemaLlmTool } from '../../core/llm/SchemaLlmTool';
+import type { RunContext } from '../../core/llm/RunContext';
+import type { MovieSuggestion } from '../models';
+
+export interface SearchInput {
+  query: string;
+  count: number;
+}
+
+const movieSuggestionSchema = z.object({
+  title: z.string(),
+  year: z.number(),
+  reason: z.string(),
+});
+
+export class MovieSearchTool extends SchemaLlmTool<SearchInput, MovieSuggestion[]> {
+  protected readonly promptName = 'movie-search';
+  protected readonly outputSchema = z.array(movieSuggestionSchema);
+
+  protected buildVariables(input: SearchInput, _ctx: RunContext): Record<string, unknown> {
+    return { query: input.query, count: input.count };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/app/tools/MovieRecommenderTool.test.ts b/test/app/tools/MovieRecommenderTool.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { MovieRecommenderTool } from '../../../src/app/tools/MovieRecommenderTool';
+import type { RunContext } from '../../../src/core/llm/RunContext';
+import type { Movie } from '../../../src/app/models';
+
+function makeTool() {
+  return new MovieRecommenderTool(
+    {} as unknown as ConstructorParameters<typeof MovieRecommenderTool>[0],
+    {} as unknown as ConstructorParameters<typeof MovieRecommenderTool>[1]
+  ) as unknown as {
+    buildVariables(input: unknown, ctx: RunContext): Record<string, unknown>;
+    parseOutput(raw: string, ctx: RunContext): unknown;
+  };
+}
+
+const movie = (name: string, year: number): Movie => ({
+  name,
+  year,
+  imdbId: '',
+  tmdbId: '',
+  genres: [],
+  communityRating: 0,
+  isFavorite: false,
+  playCount: 0,
+});
+
+describe('MovieRecommenderTool.buildVariables', () => {
+  it('formats favorites/watched/library/previouslySuggested as readable lists', () => {
+    const tool = makeTool();
+    const variables = tool.buildVariables(
+      {
+        favorites: [movie('Dune', 2021)],
+        watched: [],
+        library: [movie('Arrival', 2016)],
+        previouslySuggested: [],
+        count: 5,
+      },
+      {} as RunContext
+    );
+
+    expect(variables).toEqual({
+      count: 5,
+      favorites: '- Dune (2021)',
+      watched: '(none)',
+      library: '- Arrival (2016)',
+      previouslySuggested: '(none)',
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('MovieRecommenderTool.parseOutput', () => {
+  it('validates suggestions against the movie suggestion schema', () => {
+    const tool = makeTool();
+    const result = tool.parseOutput(
+      '[{"title":"Dune","year":2021,"reason":"sci-fi epic"}]',
+      {} as RunContext
+    );
+    expect(result).toEqual([{ title: 'Dune', year: 2021, reason: 'sci-fi epic' }]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/app/tools/MovieSearchTool.test.ts b/test/app/tools/MovieSearchTool.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { MovieSearchTool } from '../../../src/app/tools/MovieSearchTool';
+import type { RunContext } from '../../../src/core/llm/RunContext';
+
+describe('MovieSearchTool.buildVariables', () => {
+  it('passes the query and requested count through as prompt variables', () => {
+    const tool = new MovieSearchTool(
+      {} as unknown as ConstructorParameters<typeof MovieSearchTool>[0],
+      {} as unknown as ConstructorParameters<typeof MovieSearchTool>[1]
+    ) as unknown as { buildVariables(input: unknown, ctx: RunContext): Record<string, unknown> };
+
+    const variables = tool.buildVariables({ query: 'sci-fi like Blade Runner', count: 5 }, {} as RunContext);
+    expect(variables).toEqual({ query: 'sci-fi like Blade Runner', count: 5 });
+  });
+});