diff --git a/src/CohereProvider.php b/src/CohereProvider.php
index 1d97609..5db3f42 100644
--- a/src/CohereProvider.php
+++ b/src/CohereProvider.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 use PapiAI\Core\Role;
 use PapiAI\Core\StreamChunk;
 use PapiAI\Core\ToolCall;
+use PapiAI\Core\ToolChoice;
 
 /**
  * Cohere API provider for PapiAI.
@@ -62,13 +63,14 @@ public function __construct(
      * Send a chat completion request to the Cohere v2 API.
      *
      * @param array<Message> $messages Conversation messages
-     * @param array<string, mixed> $options Options including model, maxTokens, temperature, stopSequences, and tools
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $options Options including model, maxTokens, temperature, stopSequences,
+     *   tools, and toolChoice ("auto", "none" or "required"; naming a specific tool is not supported here)
      *
      * @return Response Parsed response with text, tool calls, and usage
      *
      * @throws AuthenticationException When the API key is invalid
      * @throws RateLimitException      When rate limits are exceeded
-     * @throws ProviderException       When the API returns an error
+     * @throws ProviderException       When the API returns an error, or toolChoice names a specific tool
      */
     public function chat(array $messages, array $options = []): Response
     {
@@ -248,6 +250,29 @@ private function buildPayload(array $messages, array $options): array
             $payload['tools'] = $this->convertTools($options['tools']);
         }
 
+        // Forced tool choice. Cohere v2 takes uppercase REQUIRED or NONE, and has no mechanism for
+        // forcing one *named* tool, so that case fails loudly rather than quietly downgrading to
+        // "some tool". Omitting the field is how Cohere spells auto: the documented default is that
+        // the model chooses freely, and there is no AUTO value to send.
+        // Note: tool_choice needs command-r7b or newer, so an older model will reject it upstream.
+        if (isset($options['toolChoice'])) {
+            $choice = ToolChoice::fromOption($options['toolChoice'], $options['tools'] ?? []);
+
+            if ($choice->forcesSpecificTool()) {
+                throw new ProviderException(
+                    sprintf(
+                        'Cohere cannot force a specific tool; tool_choice accepts only REQUIRED or NONE. Use "required" to insist on a tool call, or drop to a provider that supports naming "%s".',
+                        (string) $choice->toolName,
+                    ),
+                    $this->getName(),
+                );
+            }
+
+            if (!empty($options['tools']) && !$choice->isAuto()) {
+                $payload['tool_choice'] = $choice->mode === ToolChoice::NONE ? 'NONE' : 'REQUIRED';
+            }
+        }
+
         return $payload;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/CohereToolChoiceTest.php b/tests/Unit/CohereToolChoiceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41e1cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/CohereToolChoiceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of PapiAI,
+ * A simple but powerful PHP library for building AI agents.
+ *
+ * (c) Marcello Duarte <marcello.duarte@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use PapiAI\Cohere\CohereProvider;
+use PapiAI\Core\Exception\ProviderException;
+use PapiAI\Core\Message;
+
+/**
+ * Captures the request payload so tool-choice mapping can be asserted without HTTP.
+ */
+class TestableCohereToolChoiceProvider extends CohereProvider
+{
+    public array $lastPayload = [];
+
+    protected function request(array $payload): array
+    {
+        $this->lastPayload = $payload;
+
+        return ['message' => ['content' => [['text' => 'ok']]], 'finish_reason' => 'COMPLETE'];
+    }
+}
+
+describe('CohereProvider tool choice', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+        $this->provider = new TestableCohereToolChoiceProvider('test-api-key');
+        $this->tools = [
+            ['name' => 'get_weather', 'description' => 'Weather', 'parameters' => ['type' => 'object']],
+        ];
+        $this->chat = fn (array $options) => $this->provider->chat([Message::user('hi')], $options);
+    });
+
+    it('uses Cohere\'s uppercase spellings', function () {
+        ($this->chat)(['tools' => $this->tools, 'toolChoice' => 'required']);
+        expect($this->provider->lastPayload['tool_choice'])->toBe('REQUIRED');
+
+        ($this->chat)(['tools' => $this->tools, 'toolChoice' => 'none']);
+        expect($this->provider->lastPayload['tool_choice'])->toBe('NONE');
+    });
+
+    it('sends nothing for auto, which is how Cohere spells the default', function () {
+        // Cohere has no AUTO value: the documented behaviour is that omitting the field lets the
+        // model choose. Sending an invented value would be rejected upstream.
+        ($this->chat)(['tools' => $this->tools, 'toolChoice' => 'auto']);
+
+        expect($this->provider->lastPayload)->not->toHaveKey('tool_choice');
+    });
+
+    it('emits nothing when toolChoice is absent (backward compatible)', function () {
+        ($this->chat)(['tools' => $this->tools]);
+
+        expect($this->provider->lastPayload)->not->toHaveKey('tool_choice');
+    });
+
+    it('refuses to fake forcing a specific tool', function () {
+        // Cohere's tool_choice cannot name a tool. Downgrading to REQUIRED would satisfy the request
+        // shape while breaking the caller's guarantee, so it fails loudly instead.
+        expect(fn () => ($this->chat)(['tools' => $this->tools, 'toolChoice' => ['name' => 'get_weather']]))
+            ->toThrow(ProviderException::class, 'cannot force a specific tool');
+    });
+
+    it('names the tool it could not force, so the message is actionable', function () {
+        expect(fn () => ($this->chat)(['tools' => $this->tools, 'toolChoice' => ['name' => 'get_weather']]))
+            ->toThrow(ProviderException::class, 'get_weather');
+    });
+
+    it('fails before any HTTP call', function () {
+        try {
+            ($this->chat)(['tools' => $this->tools, 'toolChoice' => ['name' => 'get_weather']]);
+        } catch (ProviderException) {
+            // expected
+        }
+
+        expect($this->provider->lastPayload)->toBe([]);
+    });
+
+    it('throws for an unknown toolChoice value', function () {
+        expect(fn () => ($this->chat)(['tools' => $this->tools, 'toolChoice' => 'always']))
+            ->toThrow(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+    });
+
+    it('throws when required is asked for with no tools declared', function () {
+        expect(fn () => ($this->chat)(['toolChoice' => 'required']))
+            ->toThrow(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+    });
+});