diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.ts
index b31849b19..e0c77361c 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.ts
@@ -30,44 +30,42 @@ const facetViewSchema = z.strictObject({
   kind: z.literal("facet"),
   facet: z.enum(["mitigations", "linkage"]),
 });
-const itemSelectorSchema = z.union([
-  z.strictObject({ index: z.number().int().nonnegative() }),
-  z.strictObject({ name: z.string() }),
-  z.strictObject({
-    path: z
-      .string()
-      .describe(
-        "Exact observed module path or original source-map reference from a module page; an empty reference is valid.",
-      ),
-  }),
-  z.strictObject({ node_id: prefixedDigestSchema("jag_node") }),
+const indexSelectorSchema = z.strictObject({
+  index: z.number().int().nonnegative(),
+});
+const nameSelectorSchema = z.strictObject({ name: z.string() });
+const pathSelectorSchema = z.strictObject({
+  path: z
+    .string()
+    .describe(
+      "Exact observed module path or original source-map reference from a module page; an empty reference is valid.",
+    ),
+});
+const nodeIdSelectorSchema = z.strictObject({
+  node_id: prefixedDigestSchema("jag_node"),
+});
+const moduleItemViewSchema = z.strictObject({
+  kind: z.literal("item"),
+  collection: z.literal("modules"),
+  selector: z.union([pathSelectorSchema, nodeIdSelectorSchema]),
+});
+const sectionOrSymbolItemViewSchema = z.strictObject({
+  kind: z.literal("item"),
+  collection: z.enum(["sections", "symbols"]),
+  selector: z.union([indexSelectorSchema, nameSelectorSchema]),
+});
+/**
+ * The collection-specific selector alternatives are expressed in the owning
+ * contract so the advertised JSON Schema preserves them: modules accept
+ * path/node_id, sections and symbols accept index/name. Refinement-only
+ * constraints do not survive JSON Schema conversion, so the advertised
+ * schema previously accepted combinations that runtime input validation
+ * rejects.
+ */
+const itemViewSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("collection", [
+  moduleItemViewSchema,
+  sectionOrSymbolItemViewSchema,
 ]);
-const itemViewSchema = z
-  .strictObject({
-    kind: z.literal("item"),
-    collection: z.enum(["sections", "symbols", "modules"]),
-    selector: itemSelectorSchema,
-  })
-  .superRefine((value, context) => {
-    const selector = value.selector;
-    if (value.collection === "modules") {
-      if (!("path" in selector) && !("node_id" in selector))
-        context.addIssue({
-          code: "custom",
-          path: ["selector"],
-          message:
-            "Module items are selected by exact path or node_id, not index or name.",
-        });
-      return;
-    }
-    if (!("index" in selector) && !("name" in selector))
-      context.addIssue({
-        code: "custom",
-        path: ["selector"],
-        message:
-          "Section and symbol items are selected by index or exact name, not path or node_id.",
-      });
-  });
 const pageViewSchema = z.strictObject({
   kind: z.literal("page"),
   collection: z.enum(["sections", "symbols", "modules"]),
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/toolSchemaValidity.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/toolSchemaValidity.test.ts
index 1a27826d8..6855f8188 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/toolSchemaValidity.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/toolSchemaValidity.test.ts
@@ -460,6 +460,95 @@ it(
   advertiseAndEnforceProcessEnvironmentKeyConstraint,
 );
 
+const advertiseAndEnforceItemSelectorCollectionConstraints =
+  async (): Promise<void> => {
+    const contract = TOOL_CONTRACTS.find(
+      ({ name }) => name === "inspect_analysis_view",
+    );
+    if (contract === undefined)
+      throw new Error("inspect_analysis_view contract was not registered");
+
+    const server = new McpServer({
+      name: "item-selector-schema",
+      version: "0",
+    });
+    server.registerTool(
+      contract.name,
+      toolRegistrationOptions(contract),
+      async () => ({
+        content: [],
+      }),
+    );
+    const client = new Client({ name: "item-selector-schema", version: "0" });
+    const [clientTransport, serverTransport] =
+      InMemoryTransport.createLinkedPair();
+    try {
+      await server.connect(serverTransport);
+      await client.connect(clientTransport);
+      const advertised = (await client.listTools()).tools.find(
+        ({ name }) => name === contract.name,
+      );
+      if (advertised === undefined)
+        throw new Error("inspect_analysis_view tool was not advertised");
+
+      const validate = new Ajv2020({
+        strict: false,
+        validateFormats: false,
+      }).compile(advertised.inputSchema);
+      const source = {
+        kind: "retained-evidence",
+        evidence_id: `ev_${"a".repeat(64)}`,
+      };
+      const itemInput = (collection: string, selector: unknown) => ({
+        source,
+        view: { kind: "item", collection, selector },
+      });
+      const nodeId = `jag_node_${"b".repeat(64)}`;
+      // Collection-specific selector constraints must survive JSON Schema
+      // conversion: the advertised schema rejects exactly what runtime
+      // input validation rejects.
+      const invalid: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, unknown]> = [
+        ["modules", { index: 0 }],
+        ["modules", { name: "entry" }],
+        ["sections", { path: "/src/entry.js" }],
+        ["symbols", { node_id: nodeId }],
+      ];
+      const valid: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, unknown]> = [
+        ["modules", { path: "/src/entry.js" }],
+        ["modules", { node_id: nodeId }],
+        ["sections", { index: 0 }],
+        ["sections", { name: ".text" }],
+        ["symbols", { index: 0 }],
+        ["symbols", { name: "main" }],
+      ];
+      for (const [collection, selector] of invalid) {
+        const input = itemInput(collection, selector);
+        const label = `${collection}/${Object.keys(selector as object)[0]}`;
+        expect(contract.inputSchema.safeParse(input).success, label).toBe(
+          false,
+        );
+        expect(validate(input), `advertised schema rejects ${label}`).toBe(
+          false,
+        );
+      }
+      for (const [collection, selector] of valid) {
+        const input = itemInput(collection, selector);
+        const label = `${collection}/${Object.keys(selector as object)[0]}`;
+        expect(contract.inputSchema.safeParse(input).success, label).toBe(true);
+        expect(validate(input), `advertised schema accepts ${label}`).toBe(
+          true,
+        );
+      }
+    } finally {
+      await Promise.allSettled([client.close(), server.close()]);
+    }
+  };
+
+it(
+  "advertises and enforces the item selector collection constraints",
+  advertiseAndEnforceItemSelectorCollectionConstraints,
+);
+
 describe("MCP process input JSON Schema", () => {
   it("advertises process strings without weakening terminal input", async () => {
     const server = new McpServer({