diff --git a/hosts/ocaml/bin/mcp_tree.ml b/hosts/ocaml/bin/mcp_tree.ml
index 1ee4d348..0a20a911 100644
--- a/hosts/ocaml/bin/mcp_tree.ml
+++ b/hosts/ocaml/bin/mcp_tree.ml
@@ -200,6 +200,38 @@ let setup_env () =
     | _ -> Nil);
   (* use — module declaration, no-op at eval time, metadata for static analysis *)
   bind "use" (fun _args -> Nil);
+  (* Capability-based evaluation contexts *)
+  let cap_stack : string list ref = ref [] in
+  bind "with-capabilities" (fun args -> match args with
+    | [List caps; body] ->
+      let cap_set = List.filter_map (fun v -> match v with
+        | Symbol s | String s -> Some s | _ -> None) caps in
+      let prev = !cap_stack in
+      cap_stack := cap_set;
+      (* body can be a lambda (call it) or an expression (eval it) *)
+      let result = try
+        match body with
+        | Lambda _ -> Sx_ref.cek_call body Nil
+        | _ -> body
+      with exn -> cap_stack := prev; raise exn in
+      cap_stack := prev;
+      result
+    | _ -> Nil);
+  bind "current-capabilities" (fun _args ->
+    if !cap_stack = [] then Nil
+    else List (List.map (fun s -> String s) !cap_stack));
+  bind "has-capability?" (fun args -> match args with
+    | [String cap] ->
+      if !cap_stack = [] then Bool true  (* no restriction *)
+      else Bool (List.mem cap !cap_stack)
+    | _ -> Bool true);
+  bind "require-capability!" (fun args -> match args with
+    | [String cap] ->
+      if !cap_stack = [] then Nil  (* no restriction *)
+      else if List.mem cap !cap_stack then Nil
+      else raise (Eval_error (Printf.sprintf
+        "Capability '%s' not available. Current: %s" cap (String.concat ", " !cap_stack)))
+    | _ -> Nil);
   bind "trim" (fun args -> match args with
     | [String s] -> String (String.trim s) | _ -> String "");
   bind "split" (fun args -> match args with