diff --git a/crates/goose/src/providers/formats/databricks.rs b/crates/goose/src/providers/formats/databricks.rs
index 8b3290e6..6f0d8548 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/providers/formats/databricks.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/providers/formats/databricks.rs
@@ -246,15 +246,12 @@ pub fn format_tools(tools: &[Tool]) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Value>> {
             return Err(anyhow!("Duplicate tool name: {}", tool.name));
         }
 
-        let mut description = tool.description.clone();
-        description.truncate(1024);
-
-        // OpenAI's tool description max str len is 1024
         result.push(json!({
             "type": "function",
             "function": {
                 "name": tool.name,
-                "description": description,
+                // do not silently truncate description
+                "description": tool.description,
                 "parameters": tool.input_schema,
             }
         }));
diff --git a/crates/goose/src/providers/formats/openai.rs b/crates/goose/src/providers/formats/openai.rs
index 59b70662..b05626fd 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/providers/formats/openai.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/providers/formats/openai.rs
@@ -202,15 +202,12 @@ pub fn format_tools(tools: &[Tool]) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Value>> {
             return Err(anyhow!("Duplicate tool name: {}", tool.name));
         }
 
-        let mut description = tool.description.clone();
-        description.truncate(1024);
-
-        // OpenAI's tool description max str len is 1024
         result.push(json!({
             "type": "function",
             "function": {
                 "name": tool.name,
-                "description": description,
+                // do not silently truncate description
+                "description": tool.description,
                 "parameters": tool.input_schema,
             }
         }));