diff --git a/src/agents/function_schema.py b/src/agents/function_schema.py
index dd97ed2b30..e2b4039e22 100644
--- a/src/agents/function_schema.py
+++ b/src/agents/function_schema.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 # griffelib exposes the `griffe` package at runtime but currently does not ship typing markers.
 from griffe import Docstring, DocstringSectionKind  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, create_model
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, create_model
 from pydantic.fields import FieldInfo
 
 from .exceptions import UserError
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@
 from .tool_context import ToolContext
 
 
+class _ToolArgsBaseModel(BaseModel):
+    """Base for dynamically generated tool-argument models.
+
+    ``protected_namespaces=()`` disables Pydantic's ``model_`` guard so a tool may declare
+    parameters whose names collide with ``BaseModel`` members (for example ``model_dump`` or
+    ``model_validate``) without raising at tool-definition time. The runtime call layer reads
+    argument values from instance ``__dict__`` rather than by attribute access, so a field that
+    shadows a model member is still resolved correctly.
+    """
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(protected_namespaces=())
+
+
 @dataclass
 class FuncSchema:
     """
@@ -470,7 +483,18 @@ def function_schema(
                 )
 
     # 3. Dynamically build a Pydantic model
-    dynamic_model = create_model(f"{func_name}_args", __base__=BaseModel, **fields)
+    #
+    # ``model_config`` cannot be a field name: ``create_model`` interprets a ``model_config``
+    # keyword as the model's configuration, not a field, which otherwise fails with an opaque
+    # ``TypeError`` deep inside Pydantic. Reject it with an actionable error. Other names that
+    # collide with ``BaseModel`` members (``model_dump``, ``model_validate``, ...) are handled by
+    # ``_ToolArgsBaseModel`` disabling the protected-namespace guard.
+    if "model_config" in fields:
+        raise UserError(
+            "Tool parameter 'model_config' is not supported because Pydantic reserves that name "
+            "for model configuration. Rename the parameter (for example to 'config')."
+        )
+    dynamic_model = create_model(f"{func_name}_args", __base__=_ToolArgsBaseModel, **fields)
 
     # 4. Build JSON schema from that model
     json_schema = dynamic_model.model_json_schema()
diff --git a/tests/test_function_schema.py b/tests/test_function_schema.py
index 0b7550fcf0..c18794a535 100644
--- a/tests/test_function_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_function_schema.py
@@ -131,6 +131,37 @@ def test_to_call_args_does_not_shadow_pydantic_model_fields_set():
     assert result == "hello:42"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "param_name",
+    ["model_dump", "model_dump_json", "model_validate", "model_validate_json", "model_json_schema"],
+)
+def test_parameter_named_like_a_basemodel_method_is_supported(param_name: str) -> None:
+    """A tool parameter that shadows a ``BaseModel`` method must not crash at definition time."""
+    namespace: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    exec(
+        f"def tool({param_name}: int, query: str) -> str:\n"
+        f"    return f'{{{param_name}}}:{{query}}'",
+        namespace,
+    )
+    tool = namespace["tool"]
+
+    func_schema = function_schema(tool, use_docstring_info=False, strict_json_schema=False)
+    parsed = func_schema.params_pydantic_model.model_validate({param_name: 7, "query": "q"})
+
+    args, kwargs_dict = func_schema.to_call_args(parsed)
+    assert tool(*args, **kwargs_dict) == "7:q"
+
+
+def test_parameter_named_model_config_raises_actionable_error() -> None:
+    """``model_config`` is reserved by ``create_model``; surface a clear error, not a TypeError."""
+
+    def tool(model_config: str) -> str:
+        return model_config
+
+    with pytest.raises(UserError, match="model_config"):
+        function_schema(tool, use_docstring_info=False, strict_json_schema=False)
+
+
 def varargs_function(x: int, *numbers: float, flag: bool = False, **kwargs: Any):
     return x, numbers, flag, kwargs