diff --git a/ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.test.tsx
index 8c8e6041e26..e7b6728c56f 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/TaskChatThread.test.tsx
@@ -4218,6 +4218,14 @@ describe.each([true, false])("Unanswered question history (conversationMode=%s)"
     expect(pendingIndicator()).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it("links a review request's own document so the person can open what it asks them to review", () => {
+    const review = { ...planReviewInteraction(), id: "draft-review", title: "Review draft", payload: { version: 1, prompt: "Review the unpublished draft.",
+      target: { type: "issue_document", key: "draft", revisionId: "draft-revision-1" } } } as IssueThreadInteraction;
+    render(<TaskChatThread {...props} comments={[]} interactions={[review]} />);
+    const link = takeover()?.querySelector<HTMLAnchorElement>('a[href="#document-draft"]');
+    expect(link?.textContent).toContain("draft");
+  });
+
   it("keeps unrelated approvals and accepted plan history when a plan changes", () => {
     planState.data = planDocument({ latestRevisionId: "revision-4", latestRevisionNumber: 4, updatedAt: new Date("2026-08-23T10:03:00Z") });
     const review = { ...planReviewInteraction(), payload: { version: 1, prompt: "Review another task", target: { type: "issue_document", issueId: "other-task", key: "plan", revisionId: "revision-3" } } } as IssueThreadInteraction;
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatCompactInteractionCard.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatCompactInteractionCard.tsx
index 818da0ad1d3..bbfc6742d85 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatCompactInteractionCard.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatCompactInteractionCard.tsx
@@ -306,7 +306,13 @@ function CompactTarget({
   if (!target || !label) return null;
   const href = target.type === "issue_attachment"
     ? `/api/attachments/${encodeURIComponent(target.attachmentId)}/content`
-    : target.href ? normalizeRequestConfirmationTargetHref(target.href) : null;
+    : target.href ? normalizeRequestConfirmationTargetHref(target.href)
+      // A document on this chat opens in its document panel, like a reply's
+      // `#document-<key>` link, so the person can read what they are asked to review.
+      // Plan reviews keep their header chip; their plan preview opens the plan.
+      : target.type === "issue_document" && target.key !== "plan" && (target.issueId ?? interaction.issueId) === interaction.issueId
+        ? `#document-${encodeURIComponent(target.key)}`
+        : null;
   if (href) {
     return (
       <a