diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/toolsService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/toolsService.ts
index 6d56bd46..0d32db3c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/toolsService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/toolsService.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@ const validateStr = (argName: string, value: unknown) => {
 const validateURI = (uriStr: unknown) => {
 	if (uriStr === null) throw new Error(`Invalid LLM output: uri was null.`)
 	if (typeof uriStr !== 'string') throw new Error(`Invalid LLM output format: Provided uri must be a string, but it's a(n) ${typeof uriStr}. Full value: ${JSON.stringify(uriStr)}.`)
-	const uri = URI.file(uriStr)
-	return uri
+	
+	// Try to parse as full URI first (for remote schemes like ssh://, wsl://, etc.)
+	try {
+		const uri = URI.parse(uriStr)
+		return uri
+	} catch (e) {
+		// If parsing as URI fails, treat as file path (backwards compatibility)
+		const uri = URI.file(uriStr)
+		return uri
+	}
 }
 
 const validateOptionalURI = (uriStr: unknown) => {