diff --git a/scripts/check-task-chat-motion.mjs b/scripts/check-task-chat-motion.mjs
index a885de07c10..4cc7898b211 100644
--- a/scripts/check-task-chat-motion.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-task-chat-motion.mjs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const repoRoot = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
 const SCAN_DIRS = ["ui/src/components/task-chat"];
 const SCAN_FILES = [
   "ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.tsx",
+  "ui/src/components/PropertiesPanel.tsx",
   "ui/src/components/TaskChatRedesignGate.tsx",
   "ui/src/pages/TaskChatLab.tsx",
   "ui/src/components/issue-properties/IssuePropertiesPlansTab.tsx",
diff --git a/ui/src/components/PropertiesPanel.tsx b/ui/src/components/PropertiesPanel.tsx
index 6cad68da0ef..bccfa40691a 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/PropertiesPanel.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/PropertiesPanel.tsx
@@ -47,19 +47,6 @@ export function PropertiesPanel() {
  * variant. Everything below renders only when the flag is ON.
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-/**
- * Portal target in the redesigned pane's header bar: hosted content (the
- * Properties | Plan | Artifacts tab strip) renders here, left of the window
- * controls. See IssueProperties' flag-ON shell.
- */
-export const PROPERTIES_PANE_HEADER_SLOT_ID = "properties-pane-header-slot";
-/**
- * Portal target pinned below the pane's scroll area: hosted content (the plan
- * confirmation action bar) renders here so it stays visible while the pane
- * body scrolls.
- */
-export const PROPERTIES_PANE_FOOTER_SLOT_ID = "properties-pane-footer-slot";
-
 const WIDTH_STORAGE_KEY = "taskChatRedesign.propertiesPaneWidth";
 const DEFAULT_PANE_WIDTH = 322;
 const MIN_PANE_WIDTH = 260;
@@ -353,17 +340,9 @@ function ResizablePropertiesPanel({
           className={cn("flex-1 flex flex-col min-h-0", isFixed && "w-full")}
           style={isFixed ? undefined : { width, minWidth: width }}
         >
-          {/* The slot hosts whatever IssueProperties portals in — the tab strip
-              when Plan/Artifacts have content, else a plain "Properties" title;
-              window controls sit right. Vertical padding lives on the controls
-              cluster, not the bar, so the tab strip can stretch to the border
-              and its active underline hugs the header's bottom line. */}
-          <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 px-4 border-b border-border">
-            <div
-              id={PROPERTIES_PANE_HEADER_SLOT_ID}
-              className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center self-stretch"
-            />
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-1 py-2">
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2 border-b border-border">
+            <span className="text-sm font-medium">Properties</span>
+            <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
               <Button
                 variant="ghost"
                 size="icon-xs"
@@ -391,7 +370,6 @@ function ResizablePropertiesPanel({
               {panelContent}
             </div>
           </ScrollArea>
-          <div id={PROPERTIES_PANE_FOOTER_SLOT_ID} className="shrink-0" />
         </div>
       </aside>
     </>
diff --git a/ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.tsx b/ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.tsx
index 81d0fa5b8a3..65ab4e31a32 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState, type ComponentProps } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ComponentProps } from "react";
 import { IssueChatThread } from "@/components/IssueChatThread";
 import { useLiveRunTranscripts, type RunTranscriptSource } from "@/components/transcript/useLiveRunTranscripts";
 import { commentsToTaskChatItems } from "@/components/task-chat/task-chat-adapter";
 import {
+  buildTurnSummary,
   deriveRunStatusLabel,
   isTerminalRunStatus,
   transcriptToTaskChatItems,
 } from "@/components/task-chat/transcript-adapter";
-import type { TaskChatItem } from "@/components/task-chat/task-chat-model";
+import type {
+  TaskChatItem,
+  TaskChatTurnChildItem,
+  TaskChatTurnItem,
+} from "@/components/task-chat/task-chat-model";
 import { TaskChatThreadView } from "@/components/task-chat/TaskChatThreadView";
 import { TaskChatComposer } from "@/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer";
 
@@ -25,8 +30,15 @@ export type TaskChatThreadProps = ComponentProps<typeof IssueChatThread>;
  *   - the live run transcript (useLiveRunTranscripts, the same poll+websocket
  *     source the current thread uses) → the in-flight turn streams
  *     thinking → tool → diff → responding, capped by a live "running" status
- *     pill. Only the non-terminal run streams; once it finishes its output
- *     lands as a comment. flag-OFF remains byte-for-byte IssueChatThread.
+ *     pill.
+ *
+ * Run activity is grouped into TaskChatTurnItem: the in-flight run renders as
+ * an unsettled (expanded) turn; when it terminates the same turn id flips
+ * settled, so TaskChatTurn plays the ~--motion-turn-fold collapse down to the
+ * one-line "✓ Worked · …" summary (runs already terminal at mount collapse
+ * instantly). Settled turns interleave before the run's first comment
+ * (comment.runId linkage) — activity above, the agent's reply bubble below.
+ * flag-OFF remains byte-for-byte IssueChatThread.
  */
 export function TaskChatThread(props: TaskChatThreadProps) {
   const {
@@ -46,6 +58,12 @@ export function TaskChatThread(props: TaskChatThreadProps) {
     linkedRuns,
     liveRuns,
     activeRun,
+    onAttachImage,
+    imageUploadHandler,
+    enableReassign,
+    reassignOptions,
+    currentAssigneeValue,
+    issueStatus,
   } = props;
 
   const commentItems = useMemo(
@@ -104,30 +122,126 @@ export function TaskChatThread(props: TaskChatThreadProps) {
     return () => window.clearInterval(id);
   }, [liveRun]);
 
+  // Runs observed non-terminal while mounted: their turns ANIMATE the fold when
+  // they settle. Runs already terminal at mount collapse instantly.
+  const liveSeenRef = useRef<Set<string>>(new Set());
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (liveRun) liveSeenRef.current.add(liveRun.id);
+  }, [liveRun]);
+
+  // Each terminal run's turn anchors immediately before the run's first
+  // comment (its reply bubble), via the comment.runId linkage.
+  const firstCommentIdByRun = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map<string, string>();
+    for (const comment of comments) {
+      if (comment.deletedAt || !comment.runId || !comment.id) continue;
+      if (!map.has(comment.runId)) map.set(comment.runId, comment.id);
+    }
+    return map;
+  }, [comments]);
+
+  const linkedRunMetaById = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map<string, NonNullable<TaskChatThreadProps["linkedRuns"]>[number]>();
+    for (const run of linkedRuns ?? []) map.set(run.runId, run);
+    return map;
+  }, [linkedRuns]);
+
   const items = useMemo<TaskChatItem[]>(() => {
-    if (!liveRun) return commentItems;
-    const entries = transcriptByRun.get(liveRun.id) ?? [];
-    const turn = transcriptToTaskChatItems(entries, {
-      runId: liveRun.id,
-      agentName: liveRun.agentName,
-      running: true,
-    });
-    const startedAt = liveRun.startedAt ? new Date(liveRun.startedAt).getTime() : null;
-    const elapsedMs = startedAt != null ? Math.max(0, Date.now() - startedAt) : undefined;
-    const queued = liveRun.status === "queued";
-    const status = queued ? { label: "Queued", detail: "Waiting to start" } : deriveRunStatusLabel(entries);
-    const statusItem: TaskChatItem = {
-      id: `${liveRun.id}:status`,
-      kind: "status",
-      status: "running",
-      label: status.label,
-      detail: status.detail,
-      elapsedMs,
-    };
-    return [...commentItems, ...turn, statusItem];
+    // Settled turns for every terminal run whose transcript we have. The
+    // transcript's assistant text is excluded — it already landed as the run's
+    // comment bubble; the turn holds the activity (thinking/tools/diffs).
+    const settledTurns: { turn: TaskChatTurnItem; anchorCommentId: string | null; order: number }[] = [];
+    for (const source of runs) {
+      if (!isTerminalRunStatus(source.status)) continue;
+      if (liveRun && source.id === liveRun.id) continue;
+      const entries = transcriptByRun.get(source.id) ?? [];
+      if (entries.length === 0) continue;
+      const meta = linkedRunMetaById.get(source.id);
+      const started = meta?.startedAt ? new Date(meta.startedAt).getTime() : NaN;
+      const finished = meta?.finishedAt ? new Date(meta.finishedAt).getTime() : NaN;
+      const durationMs =
+        Number.isFinite(started) && Number.isFinite(finished)
+          ? Math.max(0, finished - started)
+          : undefined;
+      const children = transcriptToTaskChatItems(entries, {
+        runId: source.id,
+        agentName: meta?.agentName,
+        running: false,
+      }).filter((it): it is TaskChatTurnChildItem => it.kind !== "turn" && it.kind !== "message");
+      if (children.length === 0) continue;
+      settledTurns.push({
+        turn: {
+          id: `${source.id}:turn`,
+          kind: "turn",
+          settled: true,
+          animateFold: liveSeenRef.current.has(source.id),
+          items: children,
+          summary: buildTurnSummary(entries, {
+            durationMs,
+            failed: source.status !== "succeeded",
+          }),
+        },
+        anchorCommentId: firstCommentIdByRun.get(source.id) ?? null,
+        order: meta?.createdAt ? new Date(meta.createdAt).getTime() : 0,
+      });
+    }
+    settledTurns.sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order);
+
+    const turnsByAnchor = new Map<string, TaskChatTurnItem[]>();
+    const unanchored: TaskChatTurnItem[] = [];
+    for (const { turn, anchorCommentId } of settledTurns) {
+      if (anchorCommentId) {
+        const list = turnsByAnchor.get(anchorCommentId) ?? [];
+        list.push(turn);
+        turnsByAnchor.set(anchorCommentId, list);
+      } else {
+        unanchored.push(turn);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const out: TaskChatItem[] = [];
+    for (const item of commentItems) {
+      const preceding = turnsByAnchor.get(item.id);
+      if (preceding) out.push(...preceding);
+      out.push(item);
+    }
+    out.push(...unanchored);
+
+    if (liveRun) {
+      const entries = transcriptByRun.get(liveRun.id) ?? [];
+      const children = transcriptToTaskChatItems(entries, {
+        runId: liveRun.id,
+        agentName: liveRun.agentName,
+        running: true,
+      }).filter((it): it is TaskChatTurnChildItem => it.kind !== "turn");
+      if (children.length > 0) {
+        out.push({
+          id: `${liveRun.id}:turn`,
+          kind: "turn",
+          settled: false,
+          items: children,
+          summary: buildTurnSummary(entries),
+        });
+      }
+      const startedAt = liveRun.startedAt ? new Date(liveRun.startedAt).getTime() : null;
+      const elapsedMs = startedAt != null ? Math.max(0, Date.now() - startedAt) : undefined;
+      const queued = liveRun.status === "queued";
+      const status = queued
+        ? { label: "Queued", detail: "Waiting to start" }
+        : deriveRunStatusLabel(entries);
+      out.push({
+        id: `${liveRun.id}:status`,
+        kind: "status",
+        status: "running",
+        label: status.label,
+        detail: status.detail,
+        elapsedMs,
+      });
+    }
+    return out;
     // `tick` is intentionally a dependency so elapsed advances each second.
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [commentItems, liveRun, transcriptByRun, tick]);
+  }, [commentItems, runs, liveRun, transcriptByRun, linkedRunMetaById, firstCommentIdByRun, tick]);
 
   return (
     <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col" data-testid="task-chat-thread">
@@ -147,6 +261,12 @@ export function TaskChatThread(props: TaskChatThreadProps) {
             onWorkModeChange={onWorkModeChange}
             disabled={Boolean(composerDisabledReason)}
             disabledReason={composerDisabledReason}
+            onAttachImage={onAttachImage}
+            onImageUpload={imageUploadHandler}
+            enableReassign={enableReassign}
+            reassignOptions={reassignOptions}
+            currentAssigneeValue={currentAssigneeValue}
+            issueStatus={issueStatus}
           />
           {footer}
         </div>
diff --git a/ui/src/components/issue-properties/IssueProperties.tsx b/ui/src/components/issue-properties/IssueProperties.tsx
index 7ec2298b658..3e7209e8120 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/issue-properties/IssueProperties.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/issue-properties/IssueProperties.tsx
@@ -2456,14 +2456,14 @@ export function IssueProperties({
   // Flag OFF (or non-redesign hosts): today's stacked pane, byte-for-byte.
   if (!taskChatRedesignEnabled) return propertiesBody;
 
-  // Flag ON: wrap the same body in a Properties | Plans | Artifacts tab shell.
-  // Plans/Artifacts get their real content in a later step; the shell itself is
-  // the deliverable here, and the Properties tab is unchanged.
+  // Flag ON: wrap the same body in a Properties | Plan | Artifacts tab shell
+  // (v5 decision: singular "Plan", Docs merged into Artifacts). The Properties
+  // tab is unchanged.
   return (
     <Tabs defaultValue="properties" className="flex min-h-0 flex-col gap-3">
       <TabsList variant="line" className="w-full justify-start gap-1">
         <TabsTrigger value="properties">Properties</TabsTrigger>
-        <TabsTrigger value="plans">Plans</TabsTrigger>
+        <TabsTrigger value="plans">Plan</TabsTrigger>
         <TabsTrigger value="artifacts">Artifacts</TabsTrigger>
       </TabsList>
       <TabsContent value="properties">{propertiesBody}</TabsContent>
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatBubble.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatBubble.tsx
index 454de31084b..1c8e82a319e 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatBubble.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatBubble.tsx
@@ -5,10 +5,21 @@ interface TaskChatBubbleProps {
   item: TaskChatMessageItem;
 }
 
+/** Brand agent-gradient count (mirrors AgentCapsule's token pairs in index.css). */
+const GRADIENT_COUNT = 10;
+
+function capsuleGradient(index: number | undefined): string {
+  const n = Math.trunc(index ?? 1);
+  const idx = ((((n - 1) % GRADIENT_COUNT) + GRADIENT_COUNT) % GRADIENT_COUNT) + 1;
+  return `linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--agent-${idx}a), var(--agent-${idx}b))`;
+}
+
 /**
  * Author-typed message row — the primary legibility signal. Human messages sit
  * right in a solid accent bubble; agent messages sit left in a neutral card
- * bubble with an author header; system notices are centered and recede.
+ * bubble with a capsule-avatar author header (textless vertical brand-gradient
+ * capsule + name · mode chip, per the v3/v6 prototype decisions); system
+ * notices are centered and recede.
  */
 export function TaskChatBubble({ item }: TaskChatBubbleProps) {
   if (item.author === "system") {
@@ -23,7 +34,16 @@ export function TaskChatBubble({ item }: TaskChatBubbleProps) {
   return (
     <div className={cn("tc-enter-bubble flex w-full flex-col gap-1", isHuman ? "items-end" : "items-start")}>
       {!isHuman && item.authorName ? (
-        <span className="px-1 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground">{item.authorName}</span>
+        <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5 px-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          <span
+            aria-hidden="true"
+            data-testid="task-chat-agent-capsule"
+            className="inline-block h-5 w-2.5 shrink-0 rounded-full"
+            style={{ background: capsuleGradient(item.agentGradient) }}
+          />
+          <span className="font-medium">{item.authorName}</span>
+          {item.modeLabel ? <span className="font-normal">· {item.modeLabel}</span> : null}
+        </span>
       ) : null}
       <div
         className={cn(
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer.test.tsx
index 215580b0886..193088b92b5 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer.test.tsx
@@ -4,281 +4,72 @@ import type { ReactElement } from "react";
 import { flushSync } from "react-dom";
 import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { buildAgentMentionHref, buildSkillMentionHref } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 import { TaskChatComposer } from "./TaskChatComposer";
 
-/**
- * MDXEditor-in-jsdom weight (mirrors MarkdownEditor.test.tsx): the real editor
- * is mocked with a contenteditable bridge — typing is simulated by setting
- * textContent and dispatching an input event, imperative setMarkdown /
- * insertMarkdown mutate the same content, and imagePlugin's config is captured
- * so the inline upload handler can be exercised directly.
- */
-const mdxEditorMockState = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  imagePluginOptions: null as { imageUploadHandler?: (file: File) => Promise<string> } | null,
-}));
-
-vi.mock("@mdxeditor/editor", async () => {
-  const React = await import("react");
-
-  function setForwardedRef<T>(ref: React.ForwardedRef<T | null>, value: T | null) {
-    if (typeof ref === "function") {
-      ref(value);
-      return;
-    }
-    if (ref) {
-      (ref as React.MutableRefObject<T | null>).current = value;
-    }
-  }
-
-  interface MockHandle {
-    setMarkdown: (value: string) => void;
-    insertMarkdown: (value: string) => void;
-    focus: (callback?: () => void) => void;
-  }
-
-  const MDXEditor = React.forwardRef(function MockMDXEditor(
-    {
-      markdown,
-      onChange,
-      readOnly,
-    }: {
-      markdown: string;
-      onChange?: (value: string) => void;
-      readOnly?: boolean;
-    },
-    forwardedRef: React.ForwardedRef<MockHandle | null>,
-  ) {
-    const editableRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-    const contentRef = React.useRef(markdown);
-    const onChangeRef = React.useRef(onChange);
-    onChangeRef.current = onChange;
-
-    const handle = React.useMemo<MockHandle>(() => ({
-      setMarkdown: (value: string) => {
-        contentRef.current = value;
-        if (editableRef.current) editableRef.current.textContent = value;
-      },
-      insertMarkdown: (value: string) => {
-        const next = contentRef.current ? `${contentRef.current}${value}` : value;
-        contentRef.current = next;
-        if (editableRef.current) editableRef.current.textContent = next;
-        onChangeRef.current?.(next);
-      },
-      focus: (callback?: () => void) => {
-        editableRef.current?.focus();
-        callback?.();
-      },
-    }), []);
-
-    React.useEffect(() => {
-      if (editableRef.current && contentRef.current) {
-        editableRef.current.textContent = contentRef.current;
-      }
-      setForwardedRef(forwardedRef, handle);
-      return () => setForwardedRef(forwardedRef, null);
-    }, [forwardedRef, handle]);
-
-    return (
-      <div
-        ref={editableRef}
-        data-testid="mdx-editor"
-        contentEditable={!readOnly}
-        suppressContentEditableWarning
-        onInput={(e) => {
-          const next = e.currentTarget.textContent ?? "";
-          contentRef.current = next;
-          onChangeRef.current?.(next);
-        }}
-      />
-    );
-  });
-
-  return {
-    CodeMirrorEditor: () => null,
-    MDXEditor,
-    codeBlockPlugin: () => ({}),
-    codeMirrorPlugin: () => ({}),
-    createRootEditorSubscription$: Symbol("createRootEditorSubscription$"),
-    headingsPlugin: () => ({}),
-    imagePlugin: (options: { imageUploadHandler?: (file: File) => Promise<string> }) => {
-      mdxEditorMockState.imagePluginOptions = options;
-      return {};
-    },
-    linkDialogPlugin: () => ({}),
-    linkPlugin: () => ({}),
-    listsPlugin: () => ({}),
-    markdownShortcutPlugin: () => ({}),
-    quotePlugin: () => ({}),
-    realmPlugin: (plugin: unknown) => plugin,
-    tablePlugin: () => ({}),
-    thematicBreakPlugin: () => ({}),
-  };
-});
-
-vi.mock("../../lib/mention-deletion", () => ({
-  mentionDeletionPlugin: () => ({}),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("../../lib/paste-normalization", () => ({
-  pasteNormalizationPlugin: () => ({}),
-}));
-
-const SLASH_HREF = buildSkillMentionHref("skill-1", "deploy");
-
-vi.mock("../../context/EditorAutocompleteContext", () => ({
-  useEditorAutocomplete: () => ({
-    slashCommands: [
-      {
-        id: "skill:skill-1",
-        kind: "skill",
-        skillId: "skill-1",
-        key: "deploy",
-        name: "Deploy",
-        slug: "deploy",
-        description: null,
-        href: SLASH_HREF,
-        aliases: ["deploy", "Deploy"],
-      },
-    ],
-  }),
-}));
-
 let container: HTMLDivElement;
 let root: Root | null = null;
-let originalRangeRect: typeof Range.prototype.getBoundingClientRect;
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   container = document.createElement("div");
   document.body.appendChild(container);
   root = createRoot(container);
-  mdxEditorMockState.imagePluginOptions = null;
-  // jsdom ranges have zero-size rects; the mention menu measures the caret.
-  originalRangeRect = Range.prototype.getBoundingClientRect;
-  Range.prototype.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
-    x: 32, y: 24, width: 12, height: 18, top: 24, right: 44, bottom: 42, left: 32,
-    toJSON: () => ({}),
-  });
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
   flushSync(() => root?.unmount());
   root = null;
   container.remove();
-  Range.prototype.getBoundingClientRect = originalRangeRect;
-  window.getSelection()?.removeAllRanges();
 });
 
 function render(ui: ReactElement) {
   flushSync(() => root!.render(ui));
 }
 
+function setTextareaValue(textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement, value: string) {
+  const nativeSetter = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
+    window.HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype,
+    "value",
+  )!.set!;
+  flushSync(() => {
+    nativeSetter.call(textarea, value);
+    textarea.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+  });
+}
+
+function pressEnter(textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement) {
+  flushSync(() => {
+    textarea.dispatchEvent(
+      new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "Enter", bubbles: true, cancelable: true }),
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 async function flushAsync() {
   await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
 }
 
-function editable() {
-  return container.querySelector<HTMLDivElement>('[data-testid="mdx-editor"]')!;
+function input() {
+  return container.querySelector<HTMLTextAreaElement>('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-input"]')!;
 }
 
 function sendButton() {
   return container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-send"]')!;
 }
 
-/** Simulate typing: set the contenteditable's text and fire an input event. */
-function typeText(value: string) {
-  const el = editable();
-  flushSync(() => {
-    el.textContent = value;
-    el.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
-  });
-}
-
-function pressKey(
-  key: string,
-  modifiers: { metaKey?: boolean; ctrlKey?: boolean; shiftKey?: boolean } = {},
-) {
-  flushSync(() => {
-    editable().dispatchEvent(
-      new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key, ...modifiers, bubbles: true, cancelable: true }),
-    );
-  });
-}
-
-function pasteFiles(files: File[]) {
-  const paste = new Event("paste", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
-  Object.defineProperty(paste, "clipboardData", { value: { files, types: ["Files"] } });
-  flushSync(() => {
-    editable().dispatchEvent(paste);
-  });
-  return paste;
-}
-
-/** Place the caret at the end of the editable's first text node and announce it. */
-async function placeCaretAtEnd() {
-  const textNode = editable().firstChild;
-  expect(textNode?.nodeType).toBe(Node.TEXT_NODE);
-  const selection = window.getSelection();
-  const range = document.createRange();
-  range.setStart(textNode!, textNode!.textContent!.length);
-  range.collapse(true);
-  selection?.removeAllRanges();
-  selection?.addRange(range);
-  flushSync(() => {
-    document.dispatchEvent(new Event("selectionchange"));
-  });
-  // Mention detection defers via requestAnimationFrame after input events.
-  await flushAsync();
-  await flushAsync();
-}
-
-function autocompleteOption(matchText: string) {
-  const menu = document.body.querySelector('[data-testid="mention-autocomplete-menu"]');
-  expect(menu).toBeTruthy();
-  const option = Array.from(menu!.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('button[type="button"]'))
-    .find((node) => node.textContent?.includes(matchText));
-  expect(option).toBeTruthy();
-  return option!;
-}
-
 describe("TaskChatComposer", () => {
-  it("submits the trimmed body on Cmd+Enter and clears the draft", async () => {
+  it("submits the trimmed body on Enter and clears the draft", async () => {
     const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={onAdd} workMode="standard" />);
 
     expect(sendButton().disabled).toBe(true);
-    typeText("  hello there  ");
+    setTextareaValue(input(), "  hello there  ");
     expect(sendButton().disabled).toBe(false);
 
-    pressKey("Enter", { metaKey: true });
+    pressEnter(input());
     await flushAsync();
 
     expect(onAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello there", undefined, undefined);
-    expect(editable().textContent).toBe("");
-  });
-
-  it("submits on Ctrl+Enter", async () => {
-    const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={onAdd} workMode="standard" />);
-
-    typeText("hello");
-    pressKey("Enter", { ctrlKey: true });
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    expect(onAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith("hello", undefined, undefined);
-  });
-
-  it("does not submit on plain Enter or Shift+Enter (newline stays with the editor)", async () => {
-    const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={onAdd} workMode="standard" />);
-
-    typeText("line one");
-    pressKey("Enter");
-    pressKey("Enter", { shiftKey: true });
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    expect(onAdd).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(editable().textContent).toBe("line one");
+    expect(input().value).toBe("");
   });
 
   it("cycles the pending mode with Shift+Tab and applies it on submit", async () => {
@@ -292,12 +83,16 @@ describe("TaskChatComposer", () => {
     expect(chip.getAttribute("data-pending-work-mode")).toBe("standard");
     expect(chip.textContent).toContain("Agent");
 
-    pressKey("Tab", { shiftKey: true });
+    flushSync(() => {
+      input().dispatchEvent(
+        new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "Tab", shiftKey: true, bubbles: true, cancelable: true }),
+      );
+    });
     expect(chip.getAttribute("data-pending-work-mode")).toBe("planning");
     expect(chip.textContent).toContain("Plan");
 
-    typeText("do the plan");
-    pressKey("Enter", { metaKey: true });
+    setTextareaValue(input(), "do the plan");
+    pressEnter(input());
     await flushAsync();
 
     expect(onWorkModeChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith("planning");
@@ -315,8 +110,8 @@ describe("TaskChatComposer", () => {
       />,
     );
 
-    typeText("wake up");
-    pressKey("Enter", { metaKey: true });
+    setTextareaValue(input(), "wake up");
+    pressEnter(input());
     await flushAsync();
 
     expect(onAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith("wake up", true, undefined);
@@ -336,234 +131,25 @@ describe("TaskChatComposer", () => {
     expect(container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-attach"]')).not.toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("wires the editor's inline image upload to onAttachImage and returns the attachment URL", async () => {
+  it("uploads pasted files via onAttachImage and inserts the reference into the draft", async () => {
     const onAttachImage = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
       contentPath: "/attachments/shot.png",
       originalFilename: "shot.png",
     });
     render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={vi.fn()} workMode="standard" onAttachImage={onAttachImage} />);
 
-    const handler = mdxEditorMockState.imagePluginOptions?.imageUploadHandler;
-    expect(handler).toBeTypeOf("function");
-
     const file = new File(["png-bytes"], "shot.png", { type: "image/png" });
-    await expect(handler!(file)).resolves.toBe("/attachments/shot.png");
-    expect(onAttachImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(file);
-    // Inline images do not go through the attachment chip row.
-    expect(container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-attachments"]')).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it("does not register the image plugin without an upload handler", () => {
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={vi.fn()} workMode="standard" />);
-    expect(mdxEditorMockState.imagePluginOptions).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it("attaches pasted non-image files to the chip row and posts a link reference", async () => {
-    const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    const onAttachImage = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-      contentPath: "/attachments/notes.txt",
-      originalFilename: "notes.txt",
-    });
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={onAdd} workMode="standard" onAttachImage={onAttachImage} />);
-
-    const file = new File(["plain"], "notes.txt", { type: "text/plain" });
-    const paste = pasteFiles([file]);
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    // The all-non-image paste is swallowed before the editor sees it.
-    expect(paste.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
-    expect(onAttachImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(file);
-    const chips = container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-attachments"]');
-    expect(chips?.textContent).toContain("notes.txt");
-    // base/attachment chip: kind · size description and a settled state.
-    expect(chips?.textContent).toContain("Text · 5 B");
-    expect(chips?.querySelector('[data-slot="attachment"]')?.getAttribute("data-state")).toBe("done");
-
-    // The editor stays prose-only; the reference rides along at submit time,
-    // and an attached chip alone is enough to enable send.
-    expect(editable().textContent ?? "").not.toContain("notes.txt");
-    const send = container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-send"]')!;
-    expect(send.disabled).toBe(false);
-    flushSync(() => send.click());
-    await flushAsync();
-    expect(onAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      "[notes.txt](/attachments/notes.txt)",
-      undefined,
-      undefined,
-    );
-    // Chips clear once the message posts.
-    expect(container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-attachments"]')).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it("appends file references after typed prose on submit", async () => {
-    const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    const onAttachImage = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-      contentPath: "/attachments/notes.txt",
-      originalFilename: "notes.txt",
-    });
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={onAdd} workMode="standard" onAttachImage={onAttachImage} />);
-
-    typeText("Please review this.");
-    pasteFiles([new File(["plain"], "notes.txt", { type: "text/plain" })]);
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    const send = container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-send"]')!;
-    flushSync(() => send.click());
-    await flushAsync();
-    expect(onAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      "Please review this.\n\n[notes.txt](/attachments/notes.txt)",
-      undefined,
-      undefined,
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("blocks send while a file upload is pending, then includes the file once it lands", async () => {
-    const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    let resolveUpload!: (value: { contentPath: string; originalFilename: string }) => void;
-    const onAttachImage = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(
-      new Promise<{ contentPath: string; originalFilename: string }>((resolve) => {
-        resolveUpload = resolve;
-      }),
-    );
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={onAdd} workMode="standard" onAttachImage={onAttachImage} />);
-
-    typeText("Here is the file.");
-    pasteFiles([new File(["plain"], "notes.txt", { type: "text/plain" })]);
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    // Text alone would enable send, but the in-flight upload must hold it —
-    // otherwise the comment posts without the file the user selected.
-    expect(sendButton().disabled).toBe(true);
-    pressKey("Enter", { metaKey: true });
-    await flushAsync();
-    expect(onAdd).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-    resolveUpload({ contentPath: "/attachments/notes.txt", originalFilename: "notes.txt" });
-    await flushAsync();
-    expect(sendButton().disabled).toBe(false);
-    flushSync(() => sendButton().click());
-    await flushAsync();
-    expect(onAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      "Here is the file.\n\n[notes.txt](/attachments/notes.txt)",
-      undefined,
-      undefined,
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("blocks send while a failed attachment chip remains, then sends after it is removed", async () => {
-    const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    const onAttachImage = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("Too large"));
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={onAdd} workMode="standard" onAttachImage={onAttachImage} />);
-
-    typeText("Here is the file.");
-    pasteFiles([new File(["plain"], "notes.txt", { type: "text/plain" })]);
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    // Text alone would enable send, but the failed chip must hold it —
-    // otherwise the comment posts without the file and the error chip clears.
-    expect(sendButton().disabled).toBe(true);
-    pressKey("Enter", { metaKey: true });
-    await flushAsync();
-    expect(onAdd).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-    const remove = container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Remove notes.txt"]');
-    flushSync(() => remove!.click());
-    expect(sendButton().disabled).toBe(false);
-    flushSync(() => sendButton().click());
-    await flushAsync();
-    expect(onAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Here is the file.", undefined, undefined);
-  });
-
-  it("removes an attachment chip via its remove button", async () => {
-    const onAttachImage = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-      contentPath: "/attachments/notes.txt",
-      originalFilename: "notes.txt",
-    });
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={vi.fn()} workMode="standard" onAttachImage={onAttachImage} />);
-
-    pasteFiles([new File(["plain"], "notes.txt", { type: "text/plain" })]);
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    const remove = container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="Remove notes.txt"]');
-    expect(remove).not.toBeNull();
-    flushSync(() => remove!.click());
-    expect(container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-attachments"]')).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it("shows an error-state chip when a non-image upload fails", async () => {
-    const onAttachImage = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("Too large"));
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={vi.fn()} workMode="standard" onAttachImage={onAttachImage} />);
-
-    pasteFiles([new File(["plain"], "notes.txt", { type: "text/plain" })]);
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    const chips = container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-attachments"]');
-    expect(chips?.querySelector('[data-slot="attachment"]')?.getAttribute("data-state")).toBe("error");
-    expect(chips?.textContent).toContain("Too large");
-  });
-
-  it("leaves pasted images to the editor's image plugin (no chip, paste not swallowed)", async () => {
-    const onAttachImage = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-      contentPath: "/attachments/notes.txt",
-      originalFilename: "notes.txt",
-    });
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={vi.fn()} workMode="standard" onAttachImage={onAttachImage} />);
-
-    const image = new File(["png-bytes"], "shot.png", { type: "image/png" });
-    const text = new File(["plain"], "notes.txt", { type: "text/plain" });
-    const paste = pasteFiles([image, text]);
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    // Mixed paste: the non-image is chipped, the image flows through untouched.
-    expect(paste.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
-    const chips = container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-attachments"]')!;
-    expect(chips.textContent).toContain("notes.txt");
-    expect(chips.textContent).not.toContain("shot.png");
-    expect(onAttachImage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(onAttachImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(text);
-  });
-
-  it("inserts an @-mention from the autocomplete menu and posts it", async () => {
-    const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    render(
-      <TaskChatComposer
-        onAdd={onAdd}
-        workMode="standard"
-        mentions={[{ id: "agent:a1", kind: "agent", name: "Clippy", agentId: "a1" }]}
-      />,
-    );
-
-    typeText("@Cl");
-    await placeCaretAtEnd();
-
-    const option = autocompleteOption("Clippy");
+    const paste = new Event("paste", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+    Object.defineProperty(paste, "clipboardData", { value: { files: [file] } });
     flushSync(() => {
-      option.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent("mousedown", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true }));
+      input().dispatchEvent(paste);
     });
     await flushAsync();
 
-    const expected = `[@Clippy](${buildAgentMentionHref("a1", null)}) `;
-    expect(editable().textContent).toBe(expected);
-
-    pressKey("Enter", { metaKey: true });
-    await flushAsync();
-    expect(onAdd).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected.trim(), undefined, undefined);
-  });
-
-  it("inserts a /-command from the autocomplete menu", async () => {
-    const onAdd = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    render(<TaskChatComposer onAdd={onAdd} workMode="standard" />);
-
-    typeText("/dep");
-    await placeCaretAtEnd();
-
-    const option = autocompleteOption("/deploy");
-    flushSync(() => {
-      option.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent("mousedown", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true }));
-    });
-    await flushAsync();
-
-    expect(editable().textContent).toBe(`[/deploy](${SLASH_HREF}) `);
+    expect(onAttachImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(file);
+    expect(input().value).toContain("![shot.png](/attachments/shot.png)");
+    const chips = container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-composer-attachments"]');
+    expect(chips?.textContent).toContain("shot.png");
   });
 
   it("shows the assignee combobox only when reassign is enabled, with the current label", () => {
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer.tsx
index 4b0bddb639b..f8a4928f42b 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatComposer.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,99 @@
-import { useState } from "react";
+import {
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+  type ChangeEvent,
+  type ClipboardEvent as ReactClipboardEvent,
+  type CSSProperties,
+  type DragEvent as ReactDragEvent,
+} from "react";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
-import { Check, ChevronDown, Send } from "lucide-react";
-import { Popover, PopoverContent, PopoverTrigger } from "@/components/ui/popover";
-import { workModeMetaFor, workModeMetaList } from "@/lib/work-mode-meta";
-import type { IssueWorkMode } from "@paperclipai/shared";
+import { AlertTriangle, Check, ChevronDown, Loader2, Plus, Send } from "lucide-react";
+import {
+  DropdownMenu,
+  DropdownMenuContent,
+  DropdownMenuItem,
+  DropdownMenuTrigger,
+} from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu";
+import { nextWorkMode, workModeMetaFor, workModeMetaList } from "@/lib/work-mode-meta";
+import type { InlineEntityOption } from "@/components/InlineEntitySelector";
+import type { IssueAttachment, IssueWorkMode } from "@paperclipai/shared";
+
+/** Structurally identical to IssueChatThread's module-private CommentReassignment. */
+interface CommentReassignment {
+  assigneeAgentId: string | null;
+  assigneeUserId: string | null;
+}
 
 interface TaskChatComposerProps {
-  onAdd: (body: string) => Promise<void> | void;
+  onAdd: (body: string, reopen?: boolean, reassignment?: CommentReassignment) => Promise<void> | void;
   workMode: IssueWorkMode;
   onWorkModeChange?: (mode: IssueWorkMode) => Promise<void> | void;
   disabled?: boolean;
   disabledReason?: string | null;
   placeholder?: string;
+  /** Preferred upload path: attaches the file to the task (mirrors legacy). */
+  onAttachImage?: (file: File) => Promise<IssueAttachment | void>;
+  /** Fallback upload path: returns a URL for inline image markdown. */
+  onImageUpload?: (file: File) => Promise<string>;
+  enableReassign?: boolean;
+  reassignOptions?: InlineEntityOption[];
+  currentAssigneeValue?: string;
+  issueStatus?: string;
+}
+
+/** Per-mode hue token (see ui/src/index.css `--tc-mode-*`). */
+const MODE_HUE: Partial<Record<IssueWorkMode, string>> = {
+  standard: "var(--tc-mode-agent)",
+  planning: "var(--tc-mode-plan)",
+  ask: "var(--tc-mode-ask)",
+};
+
+function modeHue(mode: IssueWorkMode): string {
+  return MODE_HUE[mode] ?? "var(--tc-mode-agent)";
+}
+
+const MODE_DESCRIPTION: Partial<Record<IssueWorkMode, string>> = {
+  standard: "Make changes and run work",
+  planning: "Draft a plan before acting",
+  ask: "Answer questions only, no changes",
+};
+
+type ComposerAttachment = {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  status: "uploading" | "attached" | "error";
+  error?: string;
+};
+
+/** Local duplicate of IssueChatThread's module-private helper (same rule). */
+function shouldImplicitlyReopenComment(issueStatus: string | undefined, assigneeValue: string) {
+  const resumesToTodo = issueStatus === "done" || issueStatus === "cancelled" || issueStatus === "blocked";
+  return resumesToTodo && assigneeValue.startsWith("agent:");
+}
+
+function parseAssigneeValue(value: string): CommentReassignment | undefined {
+  if (value.startsWith("agent:")) {
+    const id = value.slice("agent:".length);
+    return id ? { assigneeAgentId: id, assigneeUserId: null } : undefined;
+  }
+  if (value.startsWith("user:")) {
+    const id = value.slice("user:".length);
+    return id ? { assigneeAgentId: null, assigneeUserId: id } : undefined;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function hasFilePayload(evt: ReactDragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
+  return Array.from(evt.dataTransfer?.types ?? []).includes("Files");
 }
 
 /**
- * Lightweight composer for the redesigned thread. Covers the baseline
- * essentials: optimistic send (delegates to the existing onAdd mutation, which
- * already echoes locally) and the three modes — Agent / Plan / Ask — reusing
- * the app's work-mode metadata. The selected mode is applied on submit, mirroring
- * the existing composer's semantics. Advanced affordances (attachments, reassign,
- * mentions, drafts) are deferred; they're demonstrated on the legacy composer and
- * layered on post-baseline.
+ * Composer for the redesigned thread (v7 spec): textarea over a 32px comp-bar
+ * of [attach] [mode chip] … [assignee] [send]. The mode chip is a status-chip
+ * rectangle carrying the pending mode's hue; the composer chrome itself stays
+ * neutral. Shift+Tab cycles modes; the picked mode is applied on submit.
+ * Attachments upload via `onAttachImage` (or the inline `onImageUpload`
+ * fallback) from the + button, paste, or drag-drop.
  */
 export function TaskChatComposer({
   onAdd,
@@ -30,24 +102,140 @@ export function TaskChatComposer({
   disabled = false,
   disabledReason,
   placeholder = "Reply",
+  onAttachImage,
+  onImageUpload,
+  enableReassign = false,
+  reassignOptions,
+  currentAssigneeValue = "",
+  issueStatus,
 }: TaskChatComposerProps) {
   const [body, setBody] = useState("");
   const [submitting, setSubmitting] = useState(false);
   const [pendingMode, setPendingMode] = useState<IssueWorkMode>(workMode);
-  const [menuOpen, setMenuOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [pendingAssignee, setPendingAssignee] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [attachments, setAttachments] = useState<ComposerAttachment[]>([]);
+  const [isDragOver, setIsDragOver] = useState(false);
+  const dragDepthRef = useRef(0);
+  const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
+
   const modeMeta = workModeMetaFor(pendingMode);
-  const ModeIcon = modeMeta.icon;
+  const canAcceptFiles = Boolean(onAttachImage || onImageUpload);
+  const showAssignee = Boolean(enableReassign && reassignOptions && reassignOptions.length > 0);
+  const assigneeValue = pendingAssignee ?? currentAssigneeValue;
+  const assigneeLabel =
+    reassignOptions?.find((o) => o.id === assigneeValue)?.label ?? "Unassigned";
+
+  function insertReference(name: string, url: string, asImage: boolean) {
+    const safeName = name.replace(/[[\]]/g, "\\$&");
+    const markdown = asImage ? `![${safeName}](${url})` : `[${safeName}](${url})`;
+    setBody((prev) => (prev ? `${prev}\n\n${markdown}` : markdown));
+  }
+
+  async function attachFile(file: File) {
+    const id = `${file.name}:${file.size}:${file.lastModified}:${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
+    setAttachments((prev) => [...prev, { id, name: file.name, status: "uploading" }]);
+    try {
+      if (onAttachImage) {
+        const attachment = await onAttachImage(file);
+        const name = attachment?.originalFilename ?? file.name;
+        if (attachment?.contentPath) {
+          insertReference(name, attachment.contentPath, file.type.startsWith("image/"));
+        }
+        setAttachments((prev) =>
+          prev.map((item) => (item.id === id ? { ...item, name, status: "attached" } : item)),
+        );
+      } else if (onImageUpload && file.type.startsWith("image/")) {
+        const url = await onImageUpload(file);
+        insertReference(file.name, url, true);
+        setAttachments((prev) =>
+          prev.map((item) => (item.id === id ? { ...item, status: "attached" } : item)),
+        );
+      } else {
+        setAttachments((prev) =>
+          prev.map((item) =>
+            item.id === id
+              ? { ...item, status: "error", error: "This file type cannot be attached here" }
+              : item,
+          ),
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      setAttachments((prev) =>
+        prev.map((item) =>
+          item.id === id
+            ? { ...item, status: "error", error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Upload failed" }
+            : item,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function attachFiles(files: Iterable<File>) {
+    for (const file of files) {
+      await attachFile(file);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function handleFileInputChange(evt: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
+    const files = evt.target.files;
+    if (files && files.length > 0) void attachFiles(Array.from(files));
+    evt.target.value = "";
+  }
+
+  function handlePaste(evt: ReactClipboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) {
+    if (!canAcceptFiles) return;
+    const files = Array.from(evt.clipboardData?.files ?? []);
+    if (files.length === 0) return;
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    void attachFiles(files);
+  }
+
+  function handleFileDragEnter(evt: ReactDragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
+    if (!canAcceptFiles || !hasFilePayload(evt)) return;
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    dragDepthRef.current += 1;
+    setIsDragOver(true);
+  }
+
+  function handleFileDragOver(evt: ReactDragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
+    if (!canAcceptFiles || !hasFilePayload(evt)) return;
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    evt.dataTransfer.dropEffect = "copy";
+  }
+
+  function handleFileDragLeave(evt: ReactDragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
+    if (!canAcceptFiles || !hasFilePayload(evt)) return;
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    dragDepthRef.current = Math.max(0, dragDepthRef.current - 1);
+    if (dragDepthRef.current === 0) setIsDragOver(false);
+  }
+
+  function handleFileDrop(evt: ReactDragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
+    if (!canAcceptFiles || !hasFilePayload(evt)) return;
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    dragDepthRef.current = 0;
+    setIsDragOver(false);
+    const files = evt.dataTransfer?.files;
+    if (files && files.length > 0) void attachFiles(Array.from(files));
+  }
 
   async function submit() {
     const trimmed = body.trim();
     if (!trimmed || submitting || disabled) return;
+
+    const hasReassignment = showAssignee && assigneeValue !== currentAssigneeValue;
+    const reassignment = hasReassignment ? parseAssigneeValue(assigneeValue) : undefined;
+    const reopen = shouldImplicitlyReopenComment(issueStatus, assigneeValue) ? true : undefined;
+
     setSubmitting(true);
     setBody("");
     try {
       if (pendingMode !== workMode && onWorkModeChange) {
         await onWorkModeChange(pendingMode);
       }
-      await onAdd(trimmed);
+      await onAdd(trimmed, reopen, reassignment);
+      setAttachments([]);
+      setPendingAssignee(null);
     } catch {
       setBody(trimmed); // restore on failure
     } finally {
@@ -58,9 +246,13 @@ export function TaskChatComposer({
   return (
     <div
       className={cn(
-        "rounded-xl border bg-card p-2 shadow-(--shadow-extract-7)",
-        modeMeta.classes.container || "border-border",
+        "rounded-xl border border-border bg-card p-2 shadow-(--shadow-extract-7)",
+        isDragOver && "ring-2 ring-primary/40",
       )}
+      onDragEnter={handleFileDragEnter}
+      onDragOver={handleFileDragOver}
+      onDragLeave={handleFileDragLeave}
+      onDrop={handleFileDrop}
     >
       <textarea
         value={body}
@@ -69,63 +261,152 @@ export function TaskChatComposer({
           if (e.key === "Enter" && !e.shiftKey) {
             e.preventDefault();
             void submit();
+            return;
+          }
+          if (e.key === "Tab" && e.shiftKey) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            setPendingMode((mode) => nextWorkMode(mode));
           }
         }}
+        onPaste={handlePaste}
         disabled={disabled}
         placeholder={disabled ? (disabledReason ?? "Composer disabled") : placeholder}
         rows={2}
         className="w-full resize-none bg-transparent px-1 py-1 text-sm outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground disabled:opacity-60"
         data-testid="task-chat-composer-input"
       />
+
+      {attachments.length > 0 ? (
+        <div className="mb-1 flex flex-wrap gap-1 px-1" data-testid="task-chat-composer-attachments">
+          {attachments.map((attachment) => (
+            <span
+              key={attachment.id}
+              className={cn(
+                "inline-flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-md border px-2 py-0.5 text-xs",
+                attachment.status === "error"
+                  ? "border-destructive/50 bg-destructive/10 text-destructive"
+                  : "border-border bg-muted/30 text-muted-foreground",
+              )}
+            >
+              {attachment.status === "uploading" ? (
+                <Loader2 className="h-3 w-3 shrink-0 animate-spin" aria-hidden />
+              ) : attachment.status === "error" ? (
+                <AlertTriangle className="h-3 w-3 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
+              ) : (
+                <Check className="h-3 w-3 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
+              )}
+              <span className="max-w-40 truncate font-medium text-foreground">{attachment.name}</span>
+              <span className="shrink-0">
+                ·{" "}
+                {attachment.status === "uploading"
+                  ? "Uploading…"
+                  : attachment.status === "error"
+                    ? (attachment.error ?? "Upload failed")
+                    : "Attached"}
+              </span>
+            </span>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      ) : null}
+
       <div className="mt-1 flex items-center gap-2">
-        <Popover open={menuOpen} onOpenChange={setMenuOpen}>
-          <PopoverTrigger asChild>
+        {canAcceptFiles ? (
+          <>
+            <input
+              ref={fileInputRef}
+              type="file"
+              accept="image/*"
+              className="hidden"
+              onChange={handleFileInputChange}
+            />
             <button
               type="button"
-              className={cn(
-                "flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md border px-2 py-1 text-xs font-medium transition-colors",
-                modeMeta.classes.chip,
-              )}
-              disabled={!onWorkModeChange}
+              onClick={() => fileInputRef.current?.click()}
+              disabled={disabled}
+              title="Attach file"
+              aria-label="Attach file"
+              className="flex h-8 w-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-border text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground disabled:opacity-50"
+              data-testid="task-chat-composer-attach"
             >
-              <ModeIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-              {modeMeta.shortLabel}
-              <ChevronDown className="h-3 w-3" />
+              <Plus className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden />
             </button>
-          </PopoverTrigger>
-          <PopoverContent align="start" className="w-44 p-1">
+          </>
+        ) : null}
+
+        <DropdownMenu>
+          <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              disabled={disabled || !onWorkModeChange}
+              className="status-chip flex h-8 shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border px-2.5 text-xs font-medium transition-colors disabled:opacity-50"
+              style={{ "--sc": modeHue(pendingMode) } as CSSProperties}
+              data-testid="task-chat-composer-mode"
+              data-pending-work-mode={pendingMode}
+            >
+              {modeMeta.shortLabel}
+              <ChevronDown className="h-3 w-3" aria-hidden />
+            </button>
+          </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+          <DropdownMenuContent align="start" className="w-60">
             {workModeMetaList().map((m) => {
               const Icon = m.icon;
+              const selected = m.value === pendingMode;
               return (
-                <button
+                <DropdownMenuItem
                   key={m.value}
-                  type="button"
-                  onClick={() => {
-                    setPendingMode(m.value);
-                    setMenuOpen(false);
-                  }}
-                  className={cn(
-                    "flex w-full items-center gap-2 rounded px-2 py-1.5 text-left text-sm hover:bg-accent",
-                    m.classes.menuItem,
-                  )}
+                  onSelect={() => setPendingMode(m.value)}
+                  style={
+                    selected
+                      ? { backgroundColor: `color-mix(in srgb, ${modeHue(m.value)} 12%, transparent)` }
+                      : undefined
+                  }
                 >
-                  <Icon className="h-4 w-4" />
-                  <span className="flex-1">{m.label}</span>
-                  {m.value === pendingMode ? <Check className="h-3.5 w-3.5" /> : null}
-                </button>
+                  <Icon className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0" style={{ color: modeHue(m.value) }} aria-hidden />
+                  <span className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col">
+                    <span className="font-medium">{m.label}</span>
+                    <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{MODE_DESCRIPTION[m.value] ?? ""}</span>
+                  </span>
+                  {selected ? <Check className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0" aria-hidden /> : null}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
               );
             })}
-          </PopoverContent>
-        </Popover>
+          </DropdownMenuContent>
+        </DropdownMenu>
+
+        <div className="flex-1" />
+
+        {showAssignee ? (
+          <DropdownMenu>
+            <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                disabled={disabled}
+                className="flex h-8 min-w-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border border-border px-2.5 text-xs font-medium text-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent disabled:opacity-50"
+                data-testid="task-chat-composer-assignee"
+              >
+                <span className="max-w-40 truncate">{assigneeLabel}</span>
+                <ChevronDown className="h-3 w-3 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" aria-hidden />
+              </button>
+            </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+            <DropdownMenuContent align="end" className="w-56">
+              {(reassignOptions ?? []).map((option) => (
+                <DropdownMenuItem key={option.id} onSelect={() => setPendingAssignee(option.id)}>
+                  <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate">{option.label}</span>
+                  {option.id === assigneeValue ? <Check className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0" aria-hidden /> : null}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
+              ))}
+            </DropdownMenuContent>
+          </DropdownMenu>
+        ) : null}
 
         <button
           type="button"
           onClick={() => void submit()}
           disabled={disabled || submitting || body.trim().length === 0}
-          className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md bg-primary px-3 py-1 text-xs font-medium text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/90 disabled:opacity-50"
+          className="flex h-8 shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md bg-primary px-3 text-xs font-medium text-primary-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-primary/90 disabled:opacity-50"
           data-testid="task-chat-composer-send"
         >
-          <Send className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+          <Send className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden />
           {submitting ? "Sending…" : "Send"}
         </button>
       </div>
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatThreadView.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatThreadView.tsx
index 5fdd31ed2c4..6581096ae68 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatThreadView.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatThreadView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import type { TaskChatItem } from "./task-chat-model";
+import { TaskChatTurn } from "./TaskChatTurn";
 import { TaskChatBubble } from "./TaskChatBubble";
 import { TaskChatMarker } from "./TaskChatMarker";
 import { TaskChatStatusPill } from "./TaskChatStatusPill";
@@ -38,6 +39,13 @@ function renderItem(
       );
     case "usage":
       return <TaskChatUsageReadout item={item} />;
+    case "turn":
+      return (
+        <TaskChatTurn
+          item={item}
+          renderChild={(child) => renderItem(child, onApprovalDecision)}
+        />
+      );
     default: {
       // Exhaustiveness guard: a new item kind must add a branch above.
       const _never: never = item;
@@ -70,12 +78,16 @@ export function TaskChatThreadView({
 
   // Include a cheap content signature so streaming growth (text lengthening
   // without the item count changing) still advances the auto-follow key.
-  const contentKey = items.reduce((acc, it) => {
-    if (it.kind === "message") return acc + it.text.length;
-    if (it.kind === "thinking") return acc + it.lines.reduce((n, l) => n + l.length, 0);
-    if (it.kind === "tool") return acc + (it.diff?.lines?.length ?? 0) + (it.status === "completed" ? 1 : 0);
-    return acc + 1;
-  }, items.length);
+  const signatureOf = (it: TaskChatItem): number => {
+    if (it.kind === "message") return it.text.length;
+    if (it.kind === "thinking") return it.lines.reduce((n, l) => n + l.length, 0);
+    if (it.kind === "tool") return (it.diff?.lines?.length ?? 0) + (it.status === "completed" ? 1 : 0);
+    if (it.kind === "turn") {
+      return it.settled ? 1 : it.items.reduce((n, child) => n + signatureOf(child), it.items.length);
+    }
+    return 1;
+  };
+  const contentKey = items.reduce((acc, it) => acc + signatureOf(it), items.length);
 
   return <TaskMessageScroller contentKey={contentKey}>{body}</TaskMessageScroller>;
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatTurn.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatTurn.test.tsx
index 1ec01cf23bc..790930c1e3b 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatTurn.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatTurn.test.tsx
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 
-import { act } from "react";
 import { flushSync } from "react-dom";
 import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { TaskChatTurn, turnSummaryText } from "./TaskChatTurn";
 import { buildTurnSummary } from "./transcript-adapter";
 import type { TranscriptEntry } from "@/adapters";
-import type {
-  TaskChatStatusItem,
-  TaskChatToolStatus,
-  TaskChatTurnChildItem,
-  TaskChatTurnItem,
-} from "./task-chat-model";
-
-const tool = (id: string, status: TaskChatToolStatus = "completed"): TaskChatTurnChildItem => ({
-  id,
-  kind: "tool",
-  name: "Read",
-  status,
-});
+import type { TaskChatTurnItem } from "./task-chat-model";
 
 const SETTLED: TaskChatTurnItem = {
   id: "t1",
@@ -29,26 +16,6 @@ const SETTLED: TaskChatTurnItem = {
   items: [{ id: "c1", kind: "tool", name: "read auth.ts", status: "completed" }],
 };
 
-// Non-generic label so the header shows it verbatim (no whimsy substitution).
-const LIVE_STATUS: TaskChatStatusItem = {
-  id: "t1:status",
-  kind: "status",
-  status: "working",
-  label: "Editing files",
-  detail: "Edit · server/src/routes/auth.ts",
-  toolName: "Edit",
-};
-
-const parentRowTurn = (
-  children: TaskChatTurnChildItem[],
-  status: TaskChatStatusItem = LIVE_STATUS,
-): TaskChatTurnItem => ({
-  ...SETTLED,
-  settled: false,
-  liveStatus: status,
-  items: children,
-});
-
 describe("turnSummaryText", () => {
   it("joins the known parts with dots", () => {
     expect(turnSummaryText(SETTLED.summary)).toBe("Worked · 38s · 3 tools · +34 −3 · 12.3k tokens");
@@ -113,14 +80,10 @@ describe("TaskChatTurn", () => {
   const fold = () => container.querySelector(".tc-turn-fold");
   const summaryBtn = () =>
     container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="task-chat-turn-summary"]');
-  const liveHeaderBtn = () =>
-    container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="task-chat-live-turn"]');
 
   it("renders a settled turn folded with its summary line", () => {
     renderTurn(SETTLED);
-    // Label and mono metrics are adjacent spans (v7 runsum grammar).
-    expect(summaryBtn()?.textContent).toContain("Worked");
-    expect(summaryBtn()?.textContent).toContain("38s · 3 tools · +34 −3 · 12.3k tokens");
+    expect(summaryBtn()?.textContent).toContain("Worked · 38s");
     expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("true");
   });
 
@@ -130,134 +93,15 @@ describe("TaskChatTurn", () => {
     expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("false");
   });
 
-  it("a headerless live turn renders expanded with no summary line", () => {
+  it("renders a live turn expanded with no summary line", () => {
     renderTurn({ ...SETTLED, settled: false });
     expect(summaryBtn()).toBeNull();
-    expect(liveHeaderBtn()).toBeNull();
     expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("false");
   });
 
-  it("a headerless live turn folds when it settles while mounted", () => {
+  it("folds when the item settles while mounted", () => {
     renderTurn({ ...SETTLED, settled: false });
     renderTurn({ ...SETTLED, animateFold: true });
     expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("true");
   });
-
-  it("collapses a live parent-row turn to its single status line", () => {
-    renderTurn(parentRowTurn([tool("a"), tool("b"), tool("c", "in_progress")]));
-    const header = liveHeaderBtn();
-    expect(header?.textContent).toContain("Editing files…");
-    expect(header?.textContent).toContain("Edit · server/src/routes/auth.ts");
-    expect(header?.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
-    // All activity is folded behind it — no rows visible, no summary line.
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("true");
-    expect(summaryBtn()).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it("flashes the in-flight tool state through the header", () => {
-    renderTurn(parentRowTurn([tool("a")]));
-    expect(liveHeaderBtn()?.textContent).toContain("Editing files…");
-    renderTurn(
-      parentRowTurn([tool("a")], { ...LIVE_STATUS, label: "Reading a file", detail: "Read · auth.ts", toolName: "Read" }),
-    );
-    expect(liveHeaderBtn()?.textContent).toContain("Reading a file…");
-    expect(liveHeaderBtn()?.textContent).toContain("Read · auth.ts");
-  });
-
-  it("expands to the nested chronological history on click", () => {
-    renderTurn(parentRowTurn([tool("a"), tool("b")]));
-    flushSync(() => liveHeaderBtn()!.click());
-    expect(liveHeaderBtn()?.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("false");
-    expect(fold()?.textContent).toContain("a");
-    expect(fold()?.textContent).toContain("b");
-  });
-
-  it("appends new rows live while expanded and re-collapses on click", () => {
-    renderTurn(parentRowTurn([tool("a")]));
-    flushSync(() => liveHeaderBtn()!.click());
-    renderTurn(parentRowTurn([tool("a"), tool("b", "in_progress")]));
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("false");
-    expect(fold()?.textContent).toContain("b");
-    flushSync(() => liveHeaderBtn()!.click());
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("true");
-  });
-
-  it("keeps the interstitial row outside the expand button's hover target (PAP-376)", () => {
-    // act() so the held-line effect state (useHeldSelfTalk) flushes.
-    act(() => {
-      renderTurn(
-        parentRowTurn([tool("a")], { ...LIVE_STATUS, selfTalk: "Streaming an update." }),
-      );
-    });
-    const btn = liveHeaderBtn();
-    expect(btn).not.toBeNull();
-    // The button (hover + click target) wraps ONLY the gerund status line;
-    // the interstitial text renders above it, outside the button.
-    expect(btn?.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-interstitial-row"]')).toBeNull();
-    expect(btn?.textContent).not.toContain("Streaming an update.");
-    const row = container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-interstitial-row"]');
-    expect(row?.textContent).toContain("Streaming an update.");
-    // Expanding still works from the status line alone.
-    flushSync(() => btn!.click());
-    expect(liveHeaderBtn()?.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("false");
-  });
-
-  it("renders the status line without an expand affordance while there is no activity", () => {
-    renderTurn(parentRowTurn([]));
-    expect(liveHeaderBtn()).toBeNull();
-    expect(container.textContent).toContain("Editing files…");
-  });
-
-  it("morphs a collapsed parent row into the settled summary in place", () => {
-    renderTurn(parentRowTurn([tool("a")]));
-    renderTurn({ ...SETTLED, animateFold: true, items: [tool("a")] });
-    expect(liveHeaderBtn()).toBeNull();
-    expect(summaryBtn()?.textContent).toContain("Worked");
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("true");
-  });
-
-  it("keeps the expand state across the settle morph", () => {
-    renderTurn(parentRowTurn([tool("a")]));
-    flushSync(() => liveHeaderBtn()!.click());
-    renderTurn({ ...SETTLED, animateFold: true, items: [tool("a")] });
-    expect(summaryBtn()?.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("false");
-  });
-
-  it("rides the `leading` slot on the header row, anchored above the fold (PAP-413)", () => {
-    flushSync(() => {
-      root.render(
-        <TaskChatTurn
-          item={SETTLED}
-          leading={<div data-testid="turn-lead">actions</div>}
-          renderChild={(c) => <span>{c.id}</span>}
-        />,
-      );
-    });
-    const lead = container.querySelector('[data-testid="turn-lead"]');
-    expect(lead).not.toBeNull();
-    // It sits beside the summary button on the header row — NOT inside the
-    // expandable fold — so expanding the tool history can't drag it down.
-    expect(fold()?.contains(lead!)).toBe(false);
-    expect(summaryBtn()).not.toBeNull();
-    // Expanding still works and the leading slot stays put outside the fold.
-    flushSync(() => summaryBtn()!.click());
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("false");
-    expect(fold()?.contains(lead!)).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("leads the settled summary with the bubble timestamp when attached (round 9)", () => {
-    flushSync(() => {
-      root.render(
-        <TaskChatTurn item={SETTLED} timestampPrefix="2:34 PM" renderChild={(c) => <span>{c.id}</span>} />,
-      );
-    });
-    // "2:34 PM · ✓ Worked · …" — timestamp first, always visible, and the
-    // expand affordance still works from the same line.
-    expect(summaryBtn()?.textContent).toMatch(/^2:34 PM·Worked/);
-    flushSync(() => summaryBtn()!.click());
-    expect(fold()?.getAttribute("data-folded")).toBe("false");
-  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatTurn.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatTurn.tsx
index d66426a7431..be5d720d3c3 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatTurn.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatTurn.tsx
@@ -1,30 +1,16 @@
 import { useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
-import { Check, ChevronRight, X } from "lucide-react";
+import { Check, ChevronDown, X } from "lucide-react";
 import type { TaskChatTurnItem, TaskChatTurnChildItem } from "./task-chat-model";
-import { TaskChatStatusPill } from "./TaskChatStatusPill";
 
 interface TaskChatTurnProps {
   item: TaskChatTurnItem;
   renderChild: (child: TaskChatTurnChildItem) => ReactNode;
-  /**
-   * When the settled turn is attached to its reply bubble (round 9), the
-   * bubble's timestamp leads the summary line — "2:34 PM · ✓ Worked · 38s" —
-   * always visible, in the slot the hover-only timestamp used to occupy.
-   */
-  timestampPrefix?: string;
-  /**
-   * Content rendered on the header row, leading the summary line (PAP-413: the
-   * copy/👍/👎 action cluster). It sits beside the summary button — NOT inside
-   * the expandable fold — so it stays anchored to the summary line when the
-   * tool history expands beneath it, instead of drifting to the fold's center.
-   */
-  leading?: ReactNode;
 }
 
-/** Metric segments after the label: "38s · 3 tools · +34 −3 · 12.3k tokens". */
-export function turnSummaryMetrics(summary: TaskChatTurnItem["summary"]): string {
-  const parts: string[] = [];
+/** "✓ Worked · 38s · 3 tools · +34 −3 · 12.3k tokens" (parts omitted when unknown). */
+export function turnSummaryText(summary: TaskChatTurnItem["summary"]): string {
+  const parts: string[] = [summary.failed ? "Stopped" : "Worked"];
   if (summary.durationLabel) parts.push(summary.durationLabel);
   if (summary.toolCount > 0) parts.push(`${summary.toolCount} tool${summary.toolCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}`);
   if (summary.added > 0 || summary.removed > 0) parts.push(`+${summary.added} −${summary.removed}`);
@@ -32,103 +18,51 @@ export function turnSummaryMetrics(summary: TaskChatTurnItem["summary"]): string
   return parts.join(" · ");
 }
 
-/** "✓ Worked · 38s · 3 tools · +34 −3 · 12.3k tokens" (parts omitted when unknown). */
-export function turnSummaryText(summary: TaskChatTurnItem["summary"]): string {
-  const metrics = turnSummaryMetrics(summary);
-  const label = summary.failed ? "Stopped" : "Worked";
-  return metrics ? `${label} · ${metrics}` : label;
-}
-
 /**
- * One agent turn's activity behind a single expandable header row.
+ * One agent turn's activity, foldable to a one-line summary once settled.
  *
- * While the turn is live and carries `liveStatus`, that status line (whimsy or
- * taxonomy gerund + elapsed + tokens) IS the turn: one parent row, collapsed
- * by default, owning all activity (PAP-354). Expanding nests the chronological
- * tool/thinking history underneath — each row keeping its own expand — and new
- * rows append live while open. On settle the header morphs in place into the
- * "✓ Worked · …" summary, preserving the expand state, so the running line
- * reads as being replaced by the summary in the same slot.
- *
- * Both directions of the fold reuse the .tc-turn-fold grid-rows motion
- * (--motion-turn-fold, zeroed under prefers-reduced-motion). The fold class
- * only transitions on state CHANGE, so first paint in the folded state (e.g. a
- * turn that loads already settled) never animates. A live turn without
- * `liveStatus` (harness fixtures) renders its children expanded with no header
- * and folds when it settles.
+ * While the turn is live it renders fully interleaved with no summary line.
+ * When it settles the activity folds behind a "✓ Worked · …" line — animated
+ * (grid-rows via .tc-turn-fold, --motion-turn-fold) when the settle happens
+ * on-screen, instant for turns that load already settled (the fold class only
+ * transitions on state CHANGE, so first paint in the folded state never
+ * animates). Clicking the summary folds/unfolds with the same motion.
+ * prefers-reduced-motion zeroes the transition in CSS.
  */
-export function TaskChatTurn({ item, renderChild, timestampPrefix, leading }: TaskChatTurnProps) {
-  const parentRow = !item.settled && item.liveStatus != null;
-  // Parent-row live turns and settled turns start as their one-line header;
-  // only the headerless legacy live turn starts expanded.
-  const [open, setOpen] = useState(() => !item.settled && item.liveStatus == null);
+export function TaskChatTurn({ item, renderChild }: TaskChatTurnProps) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(!item.settled);
   const [prevSettled, setPrevSettled] = useState(item.settled);
-  const [wasParentRow, setWasParentRow] = useState(parentRow);
 
-  // Render-adjusted state (not effects) so transitions land in the same
-  // commit — no flash of the wrong fold state.
-  if (parentRow && !wasParentRow) setWasParentRow(true);
-  // Live → settled while mounted: a parent-row turn keeps its expand state
-  // (the header morphs in place); a headerless expanded turn folds (animated
-  // via CSS unless reduced motion).
+  // Live → settled transition observed while mounted: fold (animated via CSS
+  // unless reduced motion). Adjusted during render (not in an effect) so the
+  // fold state lands in the same commit — no unfolded flash. Turns mounted
+  // already-settled start folded via the useState initializers.
   if (item.settled !== prevSettled) {
     setPrevSettled(item.settled);
-    if (item.settled && !wasParentRow) setOpen(false);
+    if (item.settled) setOpen(false);
   }
 
-  const expandable = item.items.length > 0;
-  const folded = (item.settled || parentRow) && !open;
+  const folded = item.settled && !open;
   const SummaryIcon = item.summary.failed ? X : Check;
 
-  const header = item.settled ? (
-    <button
-      type="button"
-      onClick={() => setOpen((o) => !o)}
-      aria-expanded={open}
-      className="group flex items-center gap-2 px-1 py-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
-      data-testid="task-chat-turn-summary"
-    >
-      {timestampPrefix ? (
-        <>
-          <span className="text-(length:--text-micro)">{timestampPrefix}</span>
-          <span aria-hidden className="text-(length:--text-micro)">·</span>
-        </>
-      ) : null}
-      <SummaryIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0" />
-      <span>{item.summary.failed ? "Stopped" : "Worked"}</span>
-      {turnSummaryMetrics(item.summary) ? (
-        <span className="font-mono text-(length:--text-micro)">{turnSummaryMetrics(item.summary)}</span>
-      ) : null}
-      <ChevronRight className={cn("h-3 w-3 shrink-0 transition-transform", open ? "rotate-90" : null)} />
-    </button>
-  ) : parentRow ? (
-    // The pill renders the expand button itself, wrapped around only the
-    // gerund status line — the interstitial row above stays outside the
-    // hover/click target (PAP-376). Without activity there is no
-    // chevron/button.
-    <TaskChatStatusPill
-      item={item.liveStatus!}
-      chevronOpen={expandable ? open : undefined}
-      onToggle={expandable ? () => setOpen((o) => !o) : undefined}
-    />
-  ) : null;
-
   return (
     <div data-testid="task-chat-turn" data-settled={item.settled ? "true" : "false"}>
-      {leading ? (
-        // Actions ride the header row (items-center matches them to the summary
-        // line), and the fold below is a separate sibling — so expanding the
-        // tool history never moves the actions off the summary line (PAP-413).
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-          {leading}
-          {header}
-        </div>
-      ) : (
-        header
-      )}
+      {item.settled ? (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={() => setOpen((o) => !o)}
+          aria-expanded={open}
+          className="group flex items-center gap-1.5 px-1 py-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
+          data-testid="task-chat-turn-summary"
+        >
+          <SummaryIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0" />
+          <span>{turnSummaryText(item.summary)}</span>
+          <ChevronDown className={cn("h-3 w-3 shrink-0 transition-transform", open ? "rotate-180" : null)} />
+        </button>
+      ) : null}
       <div className="tc-turn-fold" data-folded={folded ? "true" : "false"} aria-hidden={folded}>
         <div>
-          <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 pt-1">
+          <div className="flex flex-col gap-3 pt-1">
             {item.items.map((child) => (
               <div key={child.id}>{renderChild(child)}</div>
             ))}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskMessageScroller.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskMessageScroller.tsx
index 629b08ce078..eb839e0e450 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskMessageScroller.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskMessageScroller.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ import { ArrowDown } from "lucide-react";
 
 const PIN_THRESHOLD_PX = 48;
 
+/** Visibility lifecycle of the scroll-to-latest pill. */
+type PillPhase = "hidden" | "in" | "out";
+
+/**
+ * True when animations are disabled (prefers-reduced-motion, or environments
+ * without matchMedia such as jsdom). In that case the pill's exit animation
+ * never fires animationend, so we must unmount immediately.
+ */
+function motionDisabled(): boolean {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined" || typeof window.matchMedia !== "function") return true;
+  return window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
+}
+
 interface TaskMessageScrollerProps {
   children: ReactNode;
   /** Value that changes whenever content that could grow the thread updates. */
@@ -15,16 +28,33 @@ interface TaskMessageScrollerProps {
  * Scroll container that owns the redesign's auto-follow vs. hold-position rule.
  *
  * Explicit rule: while the viewport is pinned to the bottom (within a small
- * threshold) new content auto-follows; the moment the user scrolls up we hold
- * their position and surface a "Jump to latest" affordance instead of yanking
- * them down. Scrolling is INSTANT (not smooth) so a scroll listener cannot
- * unpin mid-animation — a known stick-to-bottom failure mode. No reflow/jump is
- * introduced during streaming because we only ever scroll when already pinned.
+ * threshold) new content auto-follows with INSTANT scroll; the moment the user
+ * scrolls up we hold their position and surface a scroll-to-latest pill
+ * instead of yanking them down.
+ *
+ * Re-follow is easing-aware: clicking the pill glides down smoothly, and while
+ * that glide is in flight (`easingRef`) the scroll handler must not unpin —
+ * the smooth scroll fires intermediate scroll events that would otherwise
+ * re-show the pill mid-glide (the known stick-to-bottom failure mode). Arrival
+ * within the pin threshold re-pins and hides the pill; a wheel/touch during
+ * the glide cancels it and treats the user as unpinned. Content-driven follow
+ * while pinned stays instant, so no reflow/jump happens during streaming.
  */
 export function TaskMessageScroller({ children, contentKey, className }: TaskMessageScrollerProps) {
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const pinnedRef = useRef(true);
-  const [showJump, setShowJump] = useState(false);
+  const easingRef = useRef(false);
+  const [pillPhase, setPillPhase] = useState<PillPhase>("hidden");
+
+  const showPill = useCallback(() => {
+    setPillPhase("in");
+  }, []);
+
+  const hidePill = useCallback(() => {
+    // Keep rendering through the exit animation; unmount on animationend.
+    // Without animations (reduced motion / no matchMedia) unmount immediately.
+    setPillPhase((phase) => (phase === "hidden" ? phase : motionDisabled() ? "hidden" : "out"));
+  }, []);
 
   const isPinned = useCallback(() => {
     const el = ref.current;
@@ -40,9 +70,60 @@ export function TaskMessageScroller({ children, contentKey, className }: TaskMes
 
   const handleScroll = useCallback(() => {
     const pinned = isPinned();
+    if (easingRef.current) {
+      // Smooth re-follow in flight: intermediate scroll events must not
+      // unpin/re-show the pill. Only act once we arrive within the threshold.
+      if (pinned) {
+        easingRef.current = false;
+        pinnedRef.current = true;
+        hidePill();
+      }
+      return;
+    }
     pinnedRef.current = pinned;
-    setShowJump(!pinned);
-  }, [isPinned]);
+    if (pinned) hidePill();
+    else showPill();
+  }, [isPinned, hidePill, showPill]);
+
+  const handleJumpToLatest = useCallback(() => {
+    const el = ref.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    if (isPinned()) {
+      // Already at (or within threshold of) the bottom: no glide needed.
+      pinnedRef.current = true;
+      hidePill();
+      return;
+    }
+    easingRef.current = true;
+    if (typeof el.scrollTo === "function") {
+      el.scrollTo({ top: el.scrollHeight, behavior: "smooth" });
+    } else {
+      // Environments without scrollTo (older jsdom): fall back to instant.
+      el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;
+      easingRef.current = false;
+      pinnedRef.current = true;
+      hidePill();
+    }
+  }, [isPinned, hidePill]);
+
+  // A user gesture during the smooth glide cancels the re-follow: stop
+  // treating scroll events as easing and consider the user unpinned.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = ref.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    const cancelEasing = () => {
+      if (!easingRef.current) return;
+      easingRef.current = false;
+      pinnedRef.current = false;
+      showPill();
+    };
+    el.addEventListener("wheel", cancelEasing, { passive: true });
+    el.addEventListener("touchstart", cancelEasing, { passive: true });
+    return () => {
+      el.removeEventListener("wheel", cancelEasing);
+      el.removeEventListener("touchstart", cancelEasing);
+    };
+  }, [showPill]);
 
   // Follow new content only when already pinned; otherwise hold position.
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
@@ -64,18 +145,22 @@ export function TaskMessageScroller({ children, contentKey, className }: TaskMes
       >
         {children}
       </div>
-      {showJump ? (
+      {pillPhase !== "hidden" ? (
         <button
           type="button"
-          onClick={() => {
-            scrollToBottom();
-            pinnedRef.current = true;
-            setShowJump(false);
+          aria-label="Scroll to latest"
+          onClick={handleJumpToLatest}
+          onAnimationEnd={() => {
+            if (pillPhase === "out") setPillPhase("hidden");
           }}
-          className="tc-enter-status absolute bottom-3 left-1/2 flex -translate-x-1/2 items-center gap-1 rounded-full border border-border bg-card px-3 py-1 text-xs shadow-sm hover:bg-accent/50"
+          // The tc-scroll-pill-* keyframes carry the translate(-50%) X-centering
+          // (fill: both keeps it after the animation) — no -translate-x-1/2 here.
+          className={cn(
+            "absolute bottom-3 left-1/2 flex size-8 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-border bg-background shadow-sm hover:bg-muted",
+            pillPhase === "out" ? "tc-scroll-pill-out" : "tc-scroll-pill-in",
+          )}
         >
-          <ArrowDown className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-          Jump to latest
+          <ArrowDown className="h-4 w-4" />
         </button>
       ) : null}
     </div>
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/motion-tokens.ts b/ui/src/components/task-chat/motion-tokens.ts
index 5a29557c802..de723a482b0 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/motion-tokens.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/motion-tokens.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export const MOTION_TOKENS: MotionTokenDef[] = [
   { name: "--motion-ease-out-expo", group: "Easing", kind: "easing" },
   { name: "--motion-ease-standard", group: "Easing", kind: "easing" },
   { name: "--motion-ease-out", group: "Easing", kind: "easing" },
+  { name: "--motion-ease-scroll-pill-in", group: "Easing", kind: "easing" },
+  { name: "--motion-ease-scroll-pill-out", group: "Easing", kind: "easing" },
 
   // Duration primitives
   { name: "--motion-duration-instant", group: "Durations", kind: "time", min: 0, max: 1000, step: 10 },
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@ export const MOTION_TOKENS: MotionTokenDef[] = [
   { name: "--motion-plan-check", group: "States", kind: "time", min: 0, max: 1500, step: 10 },
   { name: "--motion-count-tween", group: "States", kind: "time", min: 0, max: 1500, step: 10 },
   { name: "--motion-streaming-cursor-blink", group: "States", kind: "time", min: 0, max: 3000, step: 20 },
+  { name: "--motion-turn-fold", group: "States", kind: "time", min: 0, max: 1500, step: 10 },
+  { name: "--motion-scroll-pill-enter", group: "States", kind: "time", min: 0, max: 1500, step: 10 },
+  { name: "--motion-scroll-pill-exit", group: "States", kind: "time", min: 0, max: 1500, step: 10 },
+  { name: "--motion-pane-glide", group: "States", kind: "time", min: 0, max: 1500, step: 10 },
 ];
 
 /** Common easing presets offered by the tweak panel's easing picker. */
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-adapter.ts b/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-adapter.ts
index ca3fca09f2b..5313adb8884 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-adapter.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-adapter.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ function effectiveAgentId(comment: IssueChatComment): string | null {
   return comment.authorAgentId ?? comment.derivedAuthorAgentId ?? null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Deterministic agent-id → brand gradient index (1–10) for the capsule avatar,
+ * so a given agent always renders the same capsule colors.
+ */
+export function agentGradientIndex(agentId: string): number {
+  let hash = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < agentId.length; i++) hash = (hash * 31 + agentId.charCodeAt(i)) | 0;
+  return (Math.abs(hash) % 10) + 1;
+}
+
 function authorKind(comment: IssueChatComment): TaskChatAuthorKind {
   if (effectiveAgentId(comment)) return "agent";
   if (comment.authorType === "user") return "human";
@@ -44,9 +54,11 @@ export function commentsToTaskChatItems(
     if (comment.deletedAt) continue;
     const kind = authorKind(comment);
     let authorName: string | undefined;
+    let agentGradient: number | undefined;
     if (kind === "agent") {
       const agentId = effectiveAgentId(comment);
       authorName = (agentId && ctx.agentMap?.get(agentId)?.name) || "Agent";
+      agentGradient = agentId ? agentGradientIndex(agentId) : undefined;
     } else if (kind === "human") {
       authorName =
         (comment.authorUserId && ctx.userLabelMap?.get(comment.authorUserId)) || undefined;
@@ -65,6 +77,7 @@ export function commentsToTaskChatItems(
       text: comment.body,
       timestamp: formatTimestamp(comment.createdAt),
       optimistic,
+      agentGradient,
     });
   }
   return items;
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-fixtures.ts b/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-fixtures.ts
index 0145c31ce9a..797c4990f67 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-fixtures.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-fixtures.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function buildScenario(id: TaskChatStateId): TaskChatScenario {
         surface: "thread",
         items: [
           ...exchangePrefix(),
-          { id: "m-agent-1", kind: "message", author: "agent", authorName: AGENT, text: "On it — I'll add a token-bucket limiter and wire it into the login route.", timestamp: "2:31 PM" },
+          { id: "m-agent-1", kind: "message", author: "agent", authorName: AGENT, agentGradient: 3, modeLabel: "Agent mode", text: "On it — I'll add a token-bucket limiter and wire it into the login route.", timestamp: "2:31 PM" },
         ],
       };
     case "thinking":
@@ -113,8 +113,19 @@ export function buildScenario(id: TaskChatStateId): TaskChatScenario {
       return {
         surface: "thread",
         items: [
-          { id: "th-done", kind: "thinking", collapsed: true, summaryLabel: "Worked for 38s · 3 tools · +34 −3", lines: ["Read auth.ts", "Added rate-limiter util", "Wired into POST /login"] },
-          { id: "m-done", kind: "message", author: "agent", authorName: AGENT, text: "Done — added a per-account token-bucket limiter and wired it into the login route. Tests pass.", timestamp: "2:34 PM" },
+          ...exchangePrefix(),
+          {
+            id: "turn-done",
+            kind: "turn",
+            settled: true,
+            summary: { durationLabel: "38s", toolCount: 3, added: 34, removed: 3, tokensLabel: "12.3k tokens" },
+            items: [
+              { id: "th-done", kind: "thinking", lines: ["Read auth.ts", "Added rate-limiter util", "Wired into POST /login"] },
+              { id: "tool-done-1", kind: "tool", name: "read server/src/routes/auth.ts", toolKind: "read", status: "completed" },
+              { id: "tool-done-2", kind: "tool", name: "edit server/src/routes/auth.ts", toolKind: "edit", status: "completed", diff: { path: "server/src/routes/auth.ts", added: 34, removed: 3 } },
+            ],
+          },
+          { id: "m-done", kind: "message", author: "agent", authorName: AGENT, agentGradient: 3, modeLabel: "Agent mode", text: "Done — added a per-account token-bucket limiter and wired it into the login route. Tests pass.", timestamp: "2:34 PM" },
         ],
       };
     case "awaiting-approval":
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-model.ts b/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-model.ts
index da9d26e7a94..7d9cde4a60e 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-model.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-model.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ export interface TaskChatMessageItem {
   streaming?: boolean;
   /** Optimistic local echo state (matches IssueChatComment.clientStatus). */
   optimistic?: "pending" | "queued";
+  /**
+   * Per-message mode tag ("Agent mode" / "Plan mode" / "Ask mode"). Shown as a
+   * chip in the agent header and under a sent human bubble (v6 decision).
+   */
+  modeLabel?: string;
+  /** Brand agent-gradient index (1–10) for the capsule avatar header. */
+  agentGradient?: number;
 }
 
 /** Collapsed chain-of-thought (ACP agent_thought_chunk). */
@@ -135,7 +142,8 @@ export interface TaskChatUsageItem {
   usage: TaskChatTokenUsage;
 }
 
-export type TaskChatItem =
+/** Items a turn can group — everything except another turn. */
+export type TaskChatTurnChildItem =
   | TaskChatMessageItem
   | TaskChatThinkingItem
   | TaskChatToolItem
@@ -143,6 +151,42 @@ export type TaskChatItem =
   | TaskChatMarkerItem
   | TaskChatUsageItem;
 
+/**
+ * One agent turn's activity (thinking/tools/diffs) grouped so a finished turn
+ * can fold into a one-line expandable summary ("✓ Worked · 38s · 3 tools ·
+ * +34 −3"). While `settled` is false the children render fully interleaved;
+ * on the live → settled transition the fold animates (~ --motion-turn-fold),
+ * while turns that load already-settled collapse instantly.
+ */
+export interface TaskChatTurnItem {
+  id: string;
+  kind: "turn";
+  items: TaskChatTurnChildItem[];
+  settled: boolean;
+  /** Animate the fold when settling (false = collapse instantly, e.g. history). */
+  animateFold?: boolean;
+  summary: {
+    /** e.g. "38s" — omitted when unknown. */
+    durationLabel?: string;
+    toolCount: number;
+    added: number;
+    removed: number;
+    /** e.g. "12.3k tokens" — omitted when unknown. */
+    tokensLabel?: string;
+    /** Failed/interrupted turns get a ✗ affordance instead of ✓. */
+    failed?: boolean;
+  };
+}
+
+export type TaskChatItem =
+  | TaskChatMessageItem
+  | TaskChatThinkingItem
+  | TaskChatToolItem
+  | TaskChatStatusItem
+  | TaskChatMarkerItem
+  | TaskChatUsageItem
+  | TaskChatTurnItem;
+
 /** A structured plan entry (ACP PlanEntry) for the Plans tab. */
 export interface TaskChatPlanEntry {
   id: string;
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/transcript-adapter.ts b/ui/src/components/task-chat/transcript-adapter.ts
index 353396bf787..c60572f6588 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/transcript-adapter.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/transcript-adapter.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type {
   TaskChatDiff,
   TaskChatItem,
   TaskChatToolItem,
+  TaskChatTurnItem,
 } from "./task-chat-model";
 
 const TERMINAL_STATUSES = new Set([
@@ -167,6 +168,60 @@ export function transcriptToTaskChatItems(
   return items;
 }
 
+function formatDurationLabel(ms: number): string | undefined {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(ms) || ms <= 0) return undefined;
+  const totalSec = Math.round(ms / 1000);
+  if (totalSec < 1) return "1s";
+  if (totalSec < 60) return `${totalSec}s`;
+  const min = Math.floor(totalSec / 60);
+  const sec = totalSec % 60;
+  return sec === 0 ? `${min}m` : `${min}m ${sec}s`;
+}
+
+function formatTokensLabel(tokens: number): string | undefined {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(tokens) || tokens <= 0) return undefined;
+  const label = tokens >= 1000 ? `${(tokens / 1000).toFixed(1)}k` : `${tokens}`;
+  return `${label} tokens`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Aggregate a turn's transcript into the folded one-line summary
+ * ("✓ Worked · 38s · 3 tools · +34 −3 · 12.3k tokens"). Duration prefers the
+ * caller-supplied run duration and falls back to the transcript's ts span.
+ */
+export function buildTurnSummary(
+  entries: readonly TranscriptEntry[],
+  opts: { durationMs?: number; failed?: boolean } = {},
+): TaskChatTurnItem["summary"] {
+  let toolCount = 0;
+  let added = 0;
+  let removed = 0;
+  let tokens = 0;
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    if (entry.kind === "tool_call") toolCount += 1;
+    else if (entry.kind === "diff") {
+      if (entry.changeType === "add") added += 1;
+      else if (entry.changeType === "remove") removed += 1;
+    } else if (entry.kind === "result") {
+      tokens += (entry.inputTokens || 0) + (entry.outputTokens || 0);
+    }
+  }
+  let durationMs = opts.durationMs;
+  if (durationMs == null && entries.length >= 2) {
+    const first = Date.parse(entries[0].ts);
+    const last = Date.parse(entries[entries.length - 1].ts);
+    if (Number.isFinite(first) && Number.isFinite(last)) durationMs = last - first;
+  }
+  return {
+    durationLabel: durationMs != null ? formatDurationLabel(durationMs) : undefined,
+    toolCount,
+    added,
+    removed,
+    tokensLabel: formatTokensLabel(tokens),
+    failed: opts.failed || undefined,
+  };
+}
+
 /** Human-readable label for the live status pill from the tail of a transcript. */
 export function deriveRunStatusLabel(entries: readonly TranscriptEntry[]): {
   label: string;
diff --git a/ui/src/index.css b/ui/src/index.css
index 4bed83f28dc..0b6be5653fa 100644
--- a/ui/src/index.css
+++ b/ui/src/index.css
@@ -235,6 +235,19 @@
   --motion-plan-check: var(--motion-duration-fast);
   --motion-count-tween: var(--motion-duration-slow);
   --motion-streaming-cursor-blink: 1.1s;
+  --motion-turn-fold: 380ms;            /* finished-turn activity folding into its summary line */
+  --motion-scroll-pill-enter: 200ms;    /* scroll-to-latest pill entry */
+  --motion-scroll-pill-exit: 400ms;     /* scroll-to-latest pill exit */
+  --motion-ease-scroll-pill-in: cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
+  --motion-ease-scroll-pill-out: cubic-bezier(0.7, 0, 0.84, 0);
+  --motion-pane-glide: 320ms;           /* properties-pane maximize/restore glide */
+
+  /* Composer mode-chip hues (v5–v7 decisions): agent + plan reuse the task
+     status hues; ask is the v5 blue. Consumed as `--sc` seeds through the
+     .status-chip color-mix recipe. */
+  --tc-mode-agent: var(--status-task-backlog);
+  --tc-mode-plan: var(--status-task-todo);
+  --tc-mode-ask: #3b82f6;
 }
 
 .dark {
@@ -506,6 +519,10 @@
     --motion-approval-pulse: 0ms;
     --motion-plan-entry-stagger: 0ms;
     --motion-streaming-cursor-blink: 0ms;
+    --motion-turn-fold: 0ms;
+    --motion-scroll-pill-enter: 0ms;
+    --motion-scroll-pill-exit: 0ms;
+    --motion-pane-glide: 0ms;
   }
 }
 
@@ -549,6 +566,35 @@
 .tc-cursor { animation: tc-cursor-blink var(--motion-streaming-cursor-blink) step-end infinite; }
 .tc-enter-plan-entry { animation: tc-fade-rise var(--motion-plan-check) var(--motion-ease-out-expo) both; }
 
+/* Scroll-to-latest pill (stock shadcn MessageScrollerButton motion, tokenized).
+   The pill is centered with translateX(-50%), so the keyframes carry the X
+   offset through the whole transform. */
+@keyframes tc-pill-in {
+  from { opacity: 0; transform: translate(-50%, 8px) scale(0.9); }
+  to { opacity: 1; transform: translate(-50%, 0) scale(1); }
+}
+@keyframes tc-pill-out {
+  from { opacity: 1; transform: translate(-50%, 0) scale(1); }
+  to { opacity: 0; transform: translate(-50%, 8px) scale(0.9); }
+}
+.tc-scroll-pill-in { animation: tc-pill-in var(--motion-scroll-pill-enter) var(--motion-ease-scroll-pill-in) both; }
+.tc-scroll-pill-out { animation: tc-pill-out var(--motion-scroll-pill-exit) var(--motion-ease-scroll-pill-out) both; }
+
+/* Finished-turn fold: grid-rows 1fr→0fr animates height without measuring;
+   the single grid child must be overflow-hidden for 0fr to clip. */
+.tc-turn-fold {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-rows: 1fr;
+  transition: grid-template-rows var(--motion-turn-fold) var(--motion-ease-standard),
+    opacity var(--motion-turn-fold) var(--motion-ease-standard);
+}
+.tc-turn-fold[data-folded="true"] { grid-template-rows: 0fr; opacity: 0; }
+.tc-turn-fold > * { overflow: hidden; min-height: 0; }
+
+/* Properties-pane maximize/restore glide (left animates between docked and
+   sidebar-flush while the pane is position:fixed). */
+.tc-pane-glide { transition: left var(--motion-pane-glide) var(--motion-ease-standard); }
+
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
   .tc-enter-bubble,
   .tc-enter-marker,
@@ -556,7 +602,14 @@
   .tc-enter-status,
   .tc-enter-cot-line,
   .tc-reveal-diff,
+  .tc-scroll-pill-in,
+  .tc-scroll-pill-out,
   .tc-enter-plan-entry { animation: none; }
+  .tc-turn-fold,
+  .tc-pane-glide { transition: none; }
+  /* The pill keyframes carry the X-centering; with animation:none restore it. */
+  .tc-scroll-pill-in,
+  .tc-scroll-pill-out { transform: translate(-50%, 0); }
   .tc-approval { animation: none; box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px hsl(var(--primary) / 0.18); }
   .tc-cursor { animation: none; opacity: 1; }
 }