diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d2cca44..af298a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ tempfile = "3"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time"] }
 wiremock = "0.6"
 
+# Standalone TinyCortex development still uses the pinned nested submodule.
+# Cargo ignores dependency-local patches when TinyCortex is consumed by a host,
+# allowing that host's crates.io patch to select its canonical TinyAgents copy.
+[patch.crates-io]
+tinyagents = { path = "vendor/tinyagents" }
+
 [[test]]
 name = "composio_sync_mock"
 required-features = ["sync"]