diff --git a/packages/pkg-list-jails.txt b/packages/pkg-list-jails.txt
index ae437df3..18f9d917 100644
--- a/packages/pkg-list-jails.txt
+++ b/packages/pkg-list-jails.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ bash
 git
 rsync
 curl
+# jq — JSON processor for the MCP tool path. Mirrors the entry in
+# Colibri packaging/freebsd/agent-jail-bootstrap.sh.
+jq
 
 # agent-jail (Colibri agent-jail-bootstrap.sh baseline)
 # python312 is our application Python. System deps (npm-node24 etc.) pull
diff --git a/packages/pkg-list-live-operator.txt b/packages/pkg-list-live-operator.txt
index 224a3b3e..2f726810 100644
--- a/packages/pkg-list-live-operator.txt
+++ b/packages/pkg-list-live-operator.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ bash
 zsh
 ohmyzsh
 git
+# jq — JSON processor on PATH for the MCP tool path (parsing colibri-mcp /
+# external MCP JSON-RPC output). Keep in sync with pkg-list-jails.txt and
+# Colibri packaging/freebsd/agent-jail-bootstrap.sh.
+jq
 # Live rebuild lane: lets the running USB rebuild and redeploy the agent stack
 # without a full ISO rebuild for every small service/runtime iteration.
 #   rust + pkgconf -> Colibri (Rust control plane)