diff --git a/runtime/agents/specialists.py b/runtime/agents/specialists.py
index 344853f2..75fd6088 100644
--- a/runtime/agents/specialists.py
+++ b/runtime/agents/specialists.py
@@ -24,19 +24,19 @@ class SpecialistConfig:
 SPECIALISTS: dict[SpecialistId, SpecialistConfig] = {
     "ops": SpecialistConfig(
         specialist_id="ops",
-        expert_name="network_ops",
+        expert_name="network_ops+memory",
         default_tool_tags=None,
     ),
     "generalist": SpecialistConfig(
         specialist_id="generalist",
-        expert_name="generalist+workspace+productivity",
+        expert_name="generalist+workspace+productivity+memory",
         default_tool_tags=None,
     ),
     "image": SpecialistConfig(
         specialist_id="image",
         # image specialist currently reuses generalist expert tool registry,
         # including image_edit tool.
-        expert_name="generalist",
+        expert_name="generalist+memory",
         default_tool_tags=None,
     ),
     "memory": SpecialistConfig(
diff --git a/tests/test_specialists_registry.py b/tests/test_specialists_registry.py
index 6993790f..4ddf665b 100644
--- a/tests/test_specialists_registry.py
+++ b/tests/test_specialists_registry.py
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ def test_agent_role_ids_uses_runtime_discovery(monkeypatch) -> None:
     got = specialists_mod.agent_role_ids()
     assert got[0] == specialists_mod.MANAGER_AGENT_ID
     assert "qa" in set(got)
+
+
+def test_builtin_specialists_include_memory_tools() -> None:
+    assert "memory" in specialists_mod.expert_name_for_specialist("generalist")
+    assert "memory" in specialists_mod.expert_name_for_specialist("ops")
+    assert "memory" in specialists_mod.expert_name_for_specialist("image")