diff --git a/python/deepagents/src/temporalio/deepagents/_activity.py b/python/deepagents/src/temporalio/deepagents/_activity.py
index b14d1726..63c60824 100644
--- a/python/deepagents/src/temporalio/deepagents/_activity.py
+++ b/python/deepagents/src/temporalio/deepagents/_activity.py
@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ def __call__(self, argument: Any) -> Any:
         return self._factory()
 
 
+# Binding options that a provider's ``bind_tools`` converts to its own format
+# (Anthropic turns ``"any"`` into ``{"type": "any"}``, OpenAI into
+# ``"required"``). Passing them to ``.bind()`` instead skips that conversion.
+_TOOL_BIND_KWARGS = ("tool_choice", "parallel_tool_calls")
+
+
 def _default_model_provider(model_name: str) -> Any:
     """Build a chat model from a name string with LLM-SDK retries disabled.
 
@@ -295,10 +301,14 @@ def __init__(
 
     def _build_bound_model(self, input: ModelActivityInput) -> Any:
         model = self._model_provider(input.model_name)
+        bind_kwargs = dict(input.bind_kwargs)
         if input.tool_schemas:
-            model = model.bind_tools(input.tool_schemas)
-        if input.bind_kwargs:
-            model = model.bind(**input.bind_kwargs)
+            tool_kwargs = {
+                k: bind_kwargs.pop(k) for k in _TOOL_BIND_KWARGS if k in bind_kwargs
+            }
+            model = model.bind_tools(input.tool_schemas, **tool_kwargs)
+        if bind_kwargs:
+            model = model.bind(**bind_kwargs)
         return model
 
     @activity.defn(name=INVOKE_MODEL)
diff --git a/python/deepagents/tests/test_model_activity.py b/python/deepagents/tests/test_model_activity.py
index c58456e7..bac5118d 100644
--- a/python/deepagents/tests/test_model_activity.py
+++ b/python/deepagents/tests/test_model_activity.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -74,6 +75,73 @@ def test_model_binding_preserves_kwargs_with_tools(bind_kwargs: dict[str, Any])
     assert bound.kwargs == {"tools": tool_schemas, **bind_kwargs}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "tool_kwargs",
+    [
+        {"tool_choice": "any"},
+        {"parallel_tool_calls": False},
+        {"tool_choice": "any", "parallel_tool_calls": False},
+    ],
+)
+def test_tool_options_go_to_bind_tools(tool_kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    # Providers convert these options only inside bind_tools, so the activity
+    # must pass them there; other options still go through .bind().
+    tool_schemas = [
+        {
+            "type": "function",
+            "function": {"name": "lookup", "parameters": {"type": "object"}},
+        }
+    ]
+    other_kwargs = {"stop": ["Observation:"]}
+    model = Mock(wraps=_ToolBindingModel(responses=["answer"]))
+    activities = DeepAgentActivities(model_provider=lambda _: model)
+
+    bound = activities._build_bound_model(
+        ModelActivityInput(
+            model_name="fake:model",
+            messages=[],
+            tool_schemas=tool_schemas,
+            bind_kwargs={**tool_kwargs, **other_kwargs},
+        )
+    )
+
+    model.bind_tools.assert_called_once_with(tool_schemas, **tool_kwargs)
+    assert bound.kwargs == {"tools": tool_schemas, **tool_kwargs, **other_kwargs}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("tool_kwargs", "expected"),
+    [
+        ({"tool_choice": "any"}, {"tool_choice": {"type": "any"}}),
+        (
+            {"parallel_tool_calls": False},
+            {"tool_choice": {"type": "auto", "disable_parallel_tool_use": True}},
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_tool_options_use_provider_format(
+    tool_kwargs: dict[str, Any], expected: dict[str, Any]
+) -> None:
+    # create_agent binds tool_choice="any" for structured output; the provider's
+    # bind_tools must convert it, as it does without Temporal.
+    langchain_anthropic = pytest.importorskip("langchain_anthropic")
+    chat_model = langchain_anthropic.ChatAnthropic(model="test-model", api_key="test")
+    tool = {
+        "type": "function",
+        "function": {"name": "lookup", "parameters": {"type": "object"}},
+    }
+    messages = [HumanMessage(content="hi")]
+    binding = TemporalModel(model="provider:model").bind_tools([tool], **tool_kwargs)
+    activity_input = binding.bound._build_input(messages, None, **binding.kwargs)
+    activities = DeepAgentActivities(model_provider=lambda _: chat_model)
+
+    model = activities._build_bound_model(activity_input)
+    payload = model.bound._get_request_payload(messages, **model.kwargs)
+
+    keys = ("tool_choice", "parallel_tool_calls")
+    assert {k: payload[k] for k in keys if k in payload} == expected
+
+
 @workflow.defn
 class ModelWorkflow:
     @workflow.run