diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd5d7f2c..ce7b0b9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.9.8] — 2026-05-11
+
+Single-line follow-up to v0.9.7's MCP shim work. v0.9.7 surfaced probe failures, added an `AGENTMEMORY_FORCE_PROXY=1` escape hatch, and shipped `AGENTMEMORY_DEBUG=1` — but the *local-mode* `tools/list` branch was still returning only 4 tools when an agentmemory server was unreachable, not the documented 7-tool `IMPLEMENTED_TOOLS` set the shim's `InMemoryKV` actually backs. v0.9.8 fixes that.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`@agentmemory/mcp` local-mode `tools/list` now exposes all 7 `IMPLEMENTED_TOOLS`, not the 4-tool intersection with `ESSENTIAL_TOOLS`.** The local-fallback branch in `src/mcp/standalone.ts` filtered `getVisibleTools()` through `IMPLEMENTED_TOOLS`, but `getVisibleTools()` honors the shim process's own `AGENTMEMORY_TOOLS` env var (unset → "core" → 8 `ESSENTIAL_TOOLS`). The intersection of `ESSENTIAL_TOOLS` (8) and `IMPLEMENTED_TOOLS` (7) is exactly 4 tools: `memory_save`, `memory_recall`, `memory_smart_search`, `memory_sessions`. Those four were the only ones MCP clients saw when no agentmemory server was reachable — even though the shim's `InMemoryKV` implements all seven (the four above plus `memory_export`, `memory_audit`, `memory_governance_delete`). The filter source was wrong: the shim dispatches by `IMPLEMENTED_TOOLS`, not by `ESSENTIAL_TOOLS`, so a server-tier env var should never have shaped the shim's local-fallback list. Switched to `getAllTools().filter((t) => IMPLEMENTED_TOOLS.has(t.name))`, which picks the same 7 names from the unfiltered universe regardless of `AGENTMEMORY_TOOLS`. Refactored the `tools/list` handler into an exported `handleToolsList()` for direct testability, and added a regression test asserting the local-fallback path returns exactly the 7 names under both unset and `core` modes. Verified live via stdio against a downed server: shim now returns 7 names (was 4). (#283, closes [#234](https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/issues/234))
+
+### Changed
+
+- `@agentmemory/mcp` package version bumped from 0.9.7 → 0.9.8 to lockstep with the main package.
+
 ## [0.9.7] — 2026-05-11
 
 Four follow-up fixes to v0.9.6 reported live by [@jcalfee](https://github.com/jcalfee) ([#234](https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/issues/234)) and [@satabd](https://github.com/satabd) ([#278](https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/issues/278)): the `@agentmemory/mcp` shim gained probe diagnostics and an escape hatch for clients that can reach the server via a non-default route, the Docker compose stack now persists state across `docker compose down` (the volume binding was unused due to a working-directory mismatch in the engine config), a cosmetic `which iii` stderr leak was suppressed, and the engine container's log output is now bounded so a crash/restart spam loop can no longer fill the host disk.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c99db69c..65eff891 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@agentmemory/agentmemory",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "description": "Persistent memory for AI coding agents, powered by iii-engine's three primitives",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.mjs",
diff --git a/packages/mcp/package.json b/packages/mcp/package.json
index f5b0d386..be45cf72 100644
--- a/packages/mcp/package.json
+++ b/packages/mcp/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@agentmemory/mcp",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "description": "Standalone MCP server for agentmemory — thin shim that re-exposes @agentmemory/agentmemory's MCP entrypoint",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index bd123a43..669e84a1 100644
--- a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agentmemory",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "description": "Persistent memory for AI coding agents -- captures tool usage, compresses via LLM, injects context into future sessions. 12 hooks, 51 MCP tools, 4 skills, real-time viewer.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Rohit Ghumare",
diff --git a/src/functions/export-import.ts b/src/functions/export-import.ts
index 5e0fcf5f..9d29ca20 100644
--- a/src/functions/export-import.ts
+++ b/src/functions/export-import.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export function registerExportImportFunction(sdk: ISdk, kv: StateKV): void {
       const strategy = data.strategy || "merge";
       const importData = data.exportData;
 
-      const supportedVersions = new Set(["0.3.0", "0.4.0", "0.5.0", "0.6.0", "0.6.1", "0.7.0", "0.7.2", "0.7.3", "0.7.4", "0.7.5", "0.7.6", "0.7.7", "0.7.9", "0.8.0", "0.8.1", "0.8.2", "0.8.3", "0.8.4", "0.8.5", "0.8.6", "0.8.7", "0.8.8", "0.8.9", "0.8.10", "0.8.11", "0.8.12", "0.8.13", "0.9.0", "0.9.1", "0.9.2", "0.9.3", "0.9.4", "0.9.5", "0.9.6", "0.9.7"]);
+      const supportedVersions = new Set(["0.3.0", "0.4.0", "0.5.0", "0.6.0", "0.6.1", "0.7.0", "0.7.2", "0.7.3", "0.7.4", "0.7.5", "0.7.6", "0.7.7", "0.7.9", "0.8.0", "0.8.1", "0.8.2", "0.8.3", "0.8.4", "0.8.5", "0.8.6", "0.8.7", "0.8.8", "0.8.9", "0.8.10", "0.8.11", "0.8.12", "0.8.13", "0.9.0", "0.9.1", "0.9.2", "0.9.3", "0.9.4", "0.9.5", "0.9.6", "0.9.7", "0.9.8"]);
       if (!supportedVersions.has(importData.version)) {
         return {
           success: false,
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 6385058d..ca454250 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export interface ExportPagination {
 }
 
 export interface ExportData {
-  version: "0.3.0" | "0.4.0" | "0.5.0" | "0.6.0" | "0.6.1" | "0.7.0" | "0.7.2" | "0.7.3" | "0.7.4" | "0.7.5" | "0.7.6" | "0.7.7" | "0.7.9" | "0.8.0" | "0.8.1" | "0.8.2" | "0.8.3" | "0.8.4" | "0.8.5" | "0.8.6" | "0.8.7" | "0.8.8" | "0.8.9" | "0.8.10" | "0.8.11" | "0.8.12" | "0.8.13" | "0.9.0" | "0.9.1" | "0.9.2" | "0.9.3" | "0.9.4" | "0.9.5" | "0.9.6" | "0.9.7";
+  version: "0.3.0" | "0.4.0" | "0.5.0" | "0.6.0" | "0.6.1" | "0.7.0" | "0.7.2" | "0.7.3" | "0.7.4" | "0.7.5" | "0.7.6" | "0.7.7" | "0.7.9" | "0.8.0" | "0.8.1" | "0.8.2" | "0.8.3" | "0.8.4" | "0.8.5" | "0.8.6" | "0.8.7" | "0.8.8" | "0.8.9" | "0.8.10" | "0.8.11" | "0.8.12" | "0.8.13" | "0.9.0" | "0.9.1" | "0.9.2" | "0.9.3" | "0.9.4" | "0.9.5" | "0.9.6" | "0.9.7" | "0.9.8";
   exportedAt: string;
   sessions: Session[];
   observations: Record<string, CompressedObservation[]>;
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index b4f684d9..fa17bf63 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = "0.9.7";
+export const VERSION = "0.9.8";
diff --git a/test/export-import.test.ts b/test/export-import.test.ts
index 4e8de918..f0c5ebd3 100644
--- a/test/export-import.test.ts
+++ b/test/export-import.test.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe("Export/Import Functions", () => {
   it("export produces valid ExportData structure", async () => {
     const result = (await sdk.trigger("mem::export", {})) as ExportData;
 
-    expect(result.version).toBe("0.9.7");
+    expect(result.version).toBe("0.9.8");
     expect(result.exportedAt).toBeDefined();
     expect(result.sessions.length).toBe(1);
     expect(result.sessions[0].id).toBe("ses_1");