feat: improve tool summary handling and UI enhancements across services and components

- Replaced buildToolSummary with formatToolSummaryFromMap in TeamDataService and TeamProvisioningService to streamline tool summary generation.
- Enhanced JSONL file path handling in TeamDataService to accommodate variations in project directory naming.
- Introduced pendingToolCounts in TeamProvisioningService to accumulate tool usage data for better message context.
- Updated SortableTab and DragOverlayTab components for improved styling and responsiveness.
- Adjusted ClaudeLogsSection to refine log display height for better usability.
- Enhanced TeamDetailView to filter out lead-to-user messages temporarily, improving message clarity.
- Added model selection UI in MemberDraftRow with informative tooltips for user guidance.
- Improved MentionableTextarea with rotating tips to enhance user experience during message composition.

src/main/services/team/TeamDataService.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { getMemberColor } from '@shared/constants/memberColors';
 import { createLogger } from '@shared/utils/logger';
 import { parseNumericSuffixName } from '@shared/utils/teamMemberName';
-import { buildToolSummary } from '@shared/utils/toolSummary';
+import { formatToolSummaryFromMap } from '@shared/utils/toolSummary';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -1424,13 +1424,29 @@ export class TeamDataService {
 
     const projectId = encodePath(config.projectPath);
     const baseDir = extractBaseDir(projectId);
-    const jsonlPath = path.join(getProjectsBasePath(), baseDir, `${config.leadSessionId}.jsonl`);
+    let jsonlPath = path.join(getProjectsBasePath(), baseDir, `${config.leadSessionId}.jsonl`);
 
     try {
       await fs.promises.access(jsonlPath, fs.constants.F_OK);
     } catch {
-      logger.debug(`Lead session JSONL not found: ${jsonlPath}`);
+      // Claude Code encodes underscores as hyphens in project directory names;
-      return [];
+      // our encodePath only handles slashes. Try the underscore-to-hyphen variant.
+      const altBaseDir = baseDir.replace(/_/g, '-');
+      if (altBaseDir !== baseDir) {
+        const altPath = path.join(
+          getProjectsBasePath(),
+          altBaseDir,
+          `${config.leadSessionId}.jsonl`
+        );
+        try {
+          await fs.promises.access(altPath, fs.constants.F_OK);
+          jsonlPath = altPath;
+        } catch {
+          return [];
+        }
+      } else {
+        return [];
+      }
     }
 
     const leadName = config.members?.find((m) => m.agentType === 'team-lead')?.name ?? 'team-lead';
@@ -1441,6 +1457,7 @@ export class TeamDataService {
     const INITIAL_SCAN_BYTES = 256 * 1024; // 256KB
 
     const textsReversed: InboxMessage[] = [];
+    const seenMessageIds = new Set<string>();
     const handle = await fs.promises.open(jsonlPath, 'r');
     try {
       const stat = await handle.stat();
@@ -1487,7 +1504,32 @@ export class TeamDataService {
           const combined = stripAgentBlocks(textParts.join('\n')).trim();
           if (combined.length < MIN_TEXT_LENGTH) continue;
 
-          const toolSummary = buildToolSummary(content as Record<string, unknown>[]);
+          // Count tool_use blocks from following lines (text and tool_use are separate in JSONL).
+          // tool_result (type=user) lines are interleaved between tool_use lines — skip them.
+          const toolCounts = new Map<string, number>();
+          const lookaheadLimit = Math.min(i + 200, lines.length);
+          for (let j = i + 1; j < lookaheadLimit; j++) {
+            const tLine = lines[j]?.trim();
+            if (!tLine) continue;
+            let tMsg: Record<string, unknown>;
+            try {
+              tMsg = JSON.parse(tLine) as Record<string, unknown>;
+            } catch {
+              continue;
+            }
+            if (tMsg.type !== 'assistant') continue; // skip tool_result (type=user) lines
+            const tMessage = (tMsg.message ?? tMsg) as Record<string, unknown>;
+            const tContent = tMessage.content;
+            if (!Array.isArray(tContent)) continue;
+            const tBlocks = tContent as Record<string, unknown>[];
+            if (tBlocks.some((b) => b.type === 'text')) break; // next text = stop
+            for (const b of tBlocks) {
+              if (b.type === 'tool_use' && typeof b.name === 'string') {
+                toolCounts.set(b.name, (toolCounts.get(b.name) ?? 0) + 1);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          const toolSummary = formatToolSummaryFromMap(toolCounts);
 
           // Stable messageId: timestamp + text prefix (survives tail-scan range changes)
           const textPrefix = combined
@@ -1495,6 +1537,10 @@ export class TeamDataService {
             .replace(/[^\p{L}\p{N}]/gu, '')
             .slice(0, 20);
 
+          const messageId = `lead-session-${timestamp}-${textPrefix}`;
+          if (seenMessageIds.has(messageId)) continue;
+          seenMessageIds.add(messageId);
+
           textsReversed.push({
             from: leadName,
             text: combined,
@@ -1502,7 +1548,7 @@ export class TeamDataService {
             read: true,
             source: 'lead_session',
             leadSessionId: config.leadSessionId,
-            messageId: `lead-session-${timestamp}-${textPrefix}`,
+            messageId,
             toolSummary,
           });
           if (textsReversed.length >= MAX_LEAD_TEXTS) break;

src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { getMemberColor } from '@shared/constants/memberColors';
 import { resolveLanguageName } from '@shared/utils/agentLanguage';
 import { isInboxNoiseMessage } from '@shared/utils/inboxNoise';
 import { createLogger } from '@shared/utils/logger';
-import { buildToolSummary } from '@shared/utils/toolSummary';
+import { formatToolSummaryFromMap } from '@shared/utils/toolSummary';
 import { createCliAutoSuffixNameGuard } from '@shared/utils/teamMemberName';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const STDOUT_RING_LIMIT = 64 * 1024;
 const LOG_PROGRESS_THROTTLE_MS = 300;
 const UI_LOGS_TAIL_LIMIT = 128 * 1024;
 const SHELL_ENV_TIMEOUT_MS = 12000;
-const PROBE_CACHE_TTL_MS = 10 * 60_000;
+const PROBE_CACHE_TTL_MS = 36 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const PREFLIGHT_TIMEOUT_MS = 60000;
 const PREFLIGHT_AUTH_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 2000;
 const PREFLIGHT_AUTH_MAX_RETRIES = 2;
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ interface ProvisioningRun {
   } | null;
   /** Monotonic counter for individual lead assistant messages. */
   leadMsgSeq: number;
+  /** Accumulated tool_use counts between text messages (tool name → count). */
+  pendingToolCounts: Map<string, number>;
   /** Throttle timestamp for emitting inbox refresh events for lead text. */
   lastLeadTextEmitMs: number;
   /**
@@ -1745,6 +1747,7 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
         fsPhase: 'waiting_config',
         leadRelayCapture: null,
         leadMsgSeq: 0,
+        pendingToolCounts: new Map(),
         lastLeadTextEmitMs: 0,
         silentUserDmForward: null,
         silentUserDmForwardClearHandle: null,
@@ -2044,6 +2047,7 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
         fsPhase: 'waiting_members',
         leadRelayCapture: null,
         leadMsgSeq: 0,
+        pendingToolCounts: new Map(),
         lastLeadTextEmitMs: 0,
         silentUserDmForward: null,
         silentUserDmForwardClearHandle: null,
@@ -2920,7 +2924,12 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
                 run.request.members.find((m) => m.role?.toLowerCase().includes('lead'))?.name ||
                 'team-lead';
               const messageId = `lead-turn-${run.runId}-${run.leadMsgSeq}`;
-              const toolSummary = buildToolSummary(content ?? []);
+              // Attach accumulated tool counts from preceding tool_use messages, then reset.
+              const toolSummary =
+                run.pendingToolCounts.size > 0
+                  ? formatToolSummaryFromMap(run.pendingToolCounts)
+                  : undefined;
+              run.pendingToolCounts.clear();
               const leadMsg: InboxMessage = {
                 from: leadName,
                 text: cleanText,
@@ -2950,6 +2959,19 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
         }
       }
 
+      // Accumulate tool_use counts from tool-only messages (text + tool_use are separate in stream-json).
+      // These counts will be attached to the next text message as toolSummary.
+      if (run.provisioningComplete) {
+        for (const block of content ?? []) {
+          if (block?.type === 'tool_use' && typeof block.name === 'string') {
+            run.pendingToolCounts.set(
+              block.name as string,
+              (run.pendingToolCounts.get(block.name as string) ?? 0) + 1
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       // Capture SendMessage(to: "user") tool_use blocks from assistant output.
       // Claude Code's internal teamContext may route to "default" instead of the real team
       // (e.g., after session resume when teamContext is lost). We intercept the tool calls

src/renderer/components/layout/SortableTab.tsx

@@ -96,8 +96,15 @@ export const SortableTab = ({
         ? teamColorSet
           ? teamColorSet.badge
           : 'var(--color-surface-overlay)'
-        : 'transparent',
+        : teamColorSet
-    color: isActive || isHovered ? 'var(--color-text)' : 'var(--color-text-muted)',
+          ? teamColorSet.badge
+          : 'transparent',
+    color:
+      isActive || isHovered
+        ? 'var(--color-text)'
+        : teamColorSet
+          ? teamColorSet.text
+          : 'var(--color-text-muted)',
     outline: isSelected ? '1px solid var(--color-border-emphasis)' : 'none',
     outlineOffset: '-1px',
     borderLeft: isActive && teamColorSet ? `2px solid ${teamColorSet.border}` : undefined,
@@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ export const SortableTab = ({
       role="tab"
       tabIndex={0}
       aria-selected={isActive}
-      className="group flex min-w-0 cursor-grab items-center gap-2 rounded-md px-3 py-1.5"
+      className="group flex shrink-0 cursor-grab items-center gap-2 rounded-md px-3 py-1.5"
       style={style}
       onClick={(e) => onTabClick(tab.id, e)}
       onMouseDown={(e) => onMouseDown(tab.id, e)}
@@ -150,7 +157,11 @@ export const SortableTab = ({
           <Pin className="size-3 shrink-0 text-blue-400" />
         </span>
       )}
-      <span className="truncate text-sm">{tab.label}</span>
+      <span
+        className={`${tab.label.length > 20 ? 'max-w-[200px] truncate' : ''} whitespace-nowrap text-sm`}
+      >
+        {tab.label}
+      </span>
       {isTeamTab && (
         <TeamTabSectionNav
           teamName={tab.teamName!}
@@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ export const DragOverlayTab = ({ tab }: { tab: Tab }): React.JSX.Element => {
 
   return (
     <div
-      className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2 rounded-md border-2 px-3 py-1.5"
+      className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2 rounded-md border-2 px-3 py-1.5"
       style={{
         backgroundColor: 'var(--color-surface-raised)',
         borderColor: 'var(--color-accent, #6366f1)',
@@ -198,7 +209,11 @@ export const DragOverlayTab = ({ tab }: { tab: Tab }): React.JSX.Element => {
       }}
     >
       <Icon className="size-4 shrink-0" />
-      <span className="truncate text-sm">{tab.label}</span>
+      <span
+        className={`${tab.label.length > 20 ? 'max-w-[200px] truncate' : ''} whitespace-nowrap text-sm`}
+      >
+        {tab.label}
+      </span>
     </div>
   );
 };

src/renderer/components/layout/TabBar.tsx

@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ export const TabBar = ({ paneId }: TabBarProps): React.JSX.Element => {
           Gives users a reliable window-drag target regardless of how many tabs are open.
           Only applied on the leftmost pane in Electron to match the TabBar drag region logic. */}
       <div
-        className="min-w-[48px] flex-1 self-stretch"
+        className="min-w-[48px] shrink-0 self-stretch"
         style={
           {
             WebkitAppRegion: isElectronMode() && isLeftmostPane ? 'drag' : undefined,

src/renderer/components/team/ClaudeLogsSection.tsx

@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export const ClaudeLogsSection = ({ teamName }: ClaudeLogsSectionProps): React.J
             cliLogsTail={filteredText}
             order="newest-first"
             searchQueryOverride={searchQuery.trim() ? searchQuery : undefined}
-            className="max-h-[320px] p-2"
+            className="max-h-[213px] p-2"
             containerRefCallback={(el) => {
               logContainerRef.current = el;
             }}

src/renderer/components/team/TeamDetailView.tsx

@@ -574,9 +574,24 @@ export const TeamDetailView = ({ teamName }: TeamDetailViewProps): React.JSX.Ele
     return result;
   }, [data, timeWindow, kanbanFilter.selectedOwners]);
 
+  const activeMembers = useMemo(
+    () => (data?.members ?? []).filter((m) => !m.removedAt),
+    [data?.members]
+  );
+
+  const leadMemberName = useMemo(
+    () => activeMembers.find((m) => m.agentType === 'team-lead')?.name,
+    [activeMembers]
+  );
+
   const filteredMessages = useMemo(() => {
     if (!data) return [];
     let list = data.messages;
+    // Temporarily hide lead→user messages from the UI
+    // (notifications and other processing still receive them via data.messages)
+    if (leadMemberName) {
+      list = list.filter((m) => !(m.to?.trim() === 'user' && m.from?.trim() === leadMemberName));
+    }
     if (timeWindow) {
       list = list.filter((m) => {
         const ts = new Date(m.timestamp).getTime();
@@ -603,7 +618,7 @@ export const TeamDetailView = ({ teamName }: TeamDetailViewProps): React.JSX.Ele
       });
     }
     return list;
-  }, [data, timeWindow, messagesFilter, messagesSearchQuery]);
+  }, [data, timeWindow, messagesFilter, messagesSearchQuery, leadMemberName]);
 
   const { readSet, markRead, markAllRead } = useTeamMessagesRead(teamName ?? '');
   const messagesUnreadCount = useMemo(
@@ -627,11 +642,6 @@ export const TeamDetailView = ({ teamName }: TeamDetailViewProps): React.JSX.Ele
     return filterKanbanTasks(filteredTasks, query);
   }, [filteredTasks, kanbanSearch]);
 
-  const activeMembers = useMemo(
-    () => (data?.members ?? []).filter((m) => !m.removedAt),
-    [data?.members]
-  );
-
   const activeTeammateCount = useMemo(
     () => activeMembers.filter((m) => m.agentType !== 'team-lead' && m.name !== 'team-lead').length,
     [activeMembers]

src/renderer/components/team/activity/LeadThoughtsGroup.tsx

@@ -190,16 +190,17 @@ export const LeadThoughtsGroupRow = ({
     return () => observer.disconnect();
   }, [onVisible, thoughts]);
 
-  // Stable ref for auto-scroll trigger: track content changes (new thoughts + text growth)
+  // Auto-scroll via ResizeObserver — fires after CSS animations expand content
-  const newestTextLength = newest.text.length;
-
-  // Auto-scroll to bottom when new thoughts arrive or text grows
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (isUserScrolledUpRef.current) return;
     const el = scrollRef.current;
     if (!el) return;
-    el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;
+    const observer = new ResizeObserver(() => {
-  }, [thoughts.length, newestTextLength]);
+      if (isUserScrolledUpRef.current) return;
+      el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;
+    });
+    observer.observe(el);
+    return () => observer.disconnect();
+  }, []); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- scrollRef is stable
 
   const handleScroll = useCallback(() => {
     const el = scrollRef.current;
@@ -297,6 +298,14 @@ export const LeadThoughtsGroupRow = ({
                   />
                 </div>
               </div>
+              {thought.toolSummary && (
+                <div
+                  className="px-1 pb-0.5 font-mono text-[9px]"
+                  style={{ color: CARD_ICON_MUTED }}
+                >
+                  🔧 {thought.toolSummary}
+                </div>
+              )}
             </div>
           ))}
         </div>

src/renderer/components/team/members/MemberDraftRow.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { RoleSelect } from '@renderer/components/team/RoleSelect';
+import { TeamModelSelector } from '@renderer/components/team/dialogs/TeamModelSelector';
 import { Button } from '@renderer/components/ui/button';
 import { Input } from '@renderer/components/ui/input';
 import { MentionableTextarea } from '@renderer/components/ui/MentionableTextarea';
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import { useDraftPersistence } from '@renderer/hooks/useDraftPersistence';
 import { useFileListCacheWarmer } from '@renderer/hooks/useFileListCacheWarmer';
 import { reconcileChips, removeChipTokenFromText } from '@renderer/utils/chipUtils';
 import { getMemberColor } from '@shared/constants/memberColors';
-import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react';
+import { ChevronDown, ChevronRight, Info } from 'lucide-react';
 
 import type { MemberDraft } from './membersEditorTypes';
 import type { InlineChip } from '@renderer/types/inlineChip';
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export const MemberDraftRow = ({
 }: MemberDraftRowProps): React.JSX.Element => {
   const memberColorSet = getTeamColorSet(getMemberColor(index));
   const [workflowExpanded, setWorkflowExpanded] = useState(false);
+  const [modelExpanded, setModelExpanded] = useState(false);
 
   // Pre-warm file list cache when workflow section is expanded
   useFileListCacheWarmer(workflowExpanded && projectPath ? projectPath : null);
@@ -162,6 +164,19 @@ export const MemberDraftRow = ({
             Workflow
           </Button>
         ) : null}
+        <Button
+          variant="outline"
+          size="sm"
+          className="h-8 shrink-0 gap-1"
+          onClick={() => setModelExpanded((prev) => !prev)}
+        >
+          {modelExpanded ? (
+            <ChevronDown className="size-3.5" />
+          ) : (
+            <ChevronRight className="size-3.5" />
+          )}
+          Model
+        </Button>
         <Button
           variant="outline"
           size="sm"
@@ -200,6 +215,20 @@ export const MemberDraftRow = ({
           />
         </div>
       ) : null}
+      {modelExpanded && (
+        <div className="space-y-2 md:col-span-3">
+          <div className="pointer-events-none opacity-40">
+            <TeamModelSelector value="" onValueChange={() => {}} />
+          </div>
+          <div className="flex items-start gap-2 rounded-md border border-sky-500/20 bg-sky-500/5 px-3 py-2">
+            <Info className="mt-0.5 size-3.5 shrink-0 text-sky-400" />
+            <p className="text-[11px] leading-relaxed text-sky-300">
+              Claude Code doesn&apos;t support per-member model selection yet &mdash; all teammates
+              inherit the team launch model. We plan to solve this via a local proxy.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 };

src/renderer/components/team/messages/MessageComposer.tsx

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export const MessageComposer = ({
   // const leadContext = useStore((s) =>
   //   isLeadAgentRecipient ? s.leadContextByTeam[teamName] : undefined
   // );
-  const supportsAttachments = isLeadRecipient && !!isTeamAlive;
+  const supportsAttachments = isLeadRecipient;
   const canAttach = supportsAttachments && canAddMore;
   const attachmentsBlocked = attachments.length > 0 && !supportsAttachments;
   const canSend =
@@ -263,104 +263,6 @@ export const MessageComposer = ({
       <DropZoneOverlay active={isDragOver && !!canAttach} />
 
       <div className="mb-2 flex items-center gap-2">
-        <Popover open={recipientOpen} onOpenChange={setRecipientOpen}>
-          <PopoverTrigger asChild>
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-[var(--color-border)] px-2.5 py-1 text-xs transition-colors hover:border-[var(--color-border-emphasis)] hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)]"
-            >
-              {recipient ? (
-                <MemberBadge
-                  name={recipient}
-                  color={selectedResolvedColor}
-                  size="sm"
-                  hideAvatar={recipient === 'user'}
-                />
-              ) : (
-                <span className="text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">Select...</span>
-              )}
-              <ChevronDown size={12} className="shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)]" />
-            </button>
-          </PopoverTrigger>
-          <PopoverContent
-            align="start"
-            className="w-56 p-1.5"
-            onOpenAutoFocus={(e) => {
-              e.preventDefault();
-              setRecipientSearch('');
-              setTimeout(() => recipientSearchRef.current?.focus(), 0);
-            }}
-          >
-            {members.length > 5 && (
-              <div className="relative mb-1">
-                <Search
-                  size={12}
-                  className="absolute left-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 text-[var(--color-text-muted)]"
-                />
-                <input
-                  ref={recipientSearchRef}
-                  type="text"
-                  className="w-full rounded-md border border-[var(--color-border)] bg-[var(--color-surface)] py-1 pl-6 pr-2 text-xs text-[var(--color-text)] placeholder:text-[var(--color-text-muted)] focus:border-[var(--color-border-emphasis)] focus:outline-none"
-                  placeholder="Search..."
-                  value={recipientSearch}
-                  onChange={(e) => setRecipientSearch(e.target.value)}
-                />
-              </div>
-            )}
-            <div className="max-h-48 space-y-0.5 overflow-y-auto">
-              {/* eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/function-return-type -- IIFE rendering mixed elements/null */}
-              {(() => {
-                const query = recipientSearch.toLowerCase().trim();
-                const filtered = query
-                  ? members.filter((m) => m.name.toLowerCase().includes(query))
-                  : members;
-                if (filtered.length === 0) {
-                  return (
-                    <div className="px-2 py-3 text-center text-xs text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">
-                      No results
-                    </div>
-                  );
-                }
-                return filtered.map((m) => {
-                  const resolvedColor = colorMap.get(m.name);
-                  const role = formatAgentRole(m.role) ?? formatAgentRole(m.agentType);
-                  const isSelected = m.name === recipient;
-                  return (
-                    <button
-                      key={m.name}
-                      type="button"
-                      className={cn(
-                        'flex w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-md px-2 py-1.5 text-left text-xs transition-colors hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)]',
-                        isSelected && 'bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)]'
-                      )}
-                      onClick={() => {
-                        setRecipient(m.name);
-                        setRecipientOpen(false);
-                        setRecipientSearch('');
-                      }}
-                    >
-                      <MemberBadge
-                        name={m.name}
-                        color={resolvedColor}
-                        size="sm"
-                        hideAvatar={m.name === 'user'}
-                      />
-                      {role ? (
-                        <span className="shrink-0 text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">
-                          {role}
-                        </span>
-                      ) : null}
-                      {isSelected ? (
-                        <Check size={12} className="ml-auto shrink-0 text-blue-400" />
-                      ) : null}
-                    </button>
-                  );
-                });
-              })()}
-            </div>
-          </PopoverContent>
-        </Popover>
-
         {isLeadRecipient ? (
           <>
             <input
@@ -398,11 +300,111 @@ export const MessageComposer = ({
           </>
         ) : null}
 
-        {!isTeamAlive ? (
+        <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-2">
-          <span className="ml-auto text-[10px]" style={{ color: 'var(--warning-text)' }}>
+          {!isTeamAlive ? (
-            Team offline
+            <span className="text-[10px]" style={{ color: 'var(--warning-text)' }}>
-          </span>
+              Team offline
-        ) : null}
+            </span>
+          ) : null}
+
+          <Popover open={recipientOpen} onOpenChange={setRecipientOpen}>
+            <PopoverTrigger asChild>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-[var(--color-border)] px-2.5 py-1 text-xs transition-colors hover:border-[var(--color-border-emphasis)] hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)]"
+              >
+                {recipient ? (
+                  <MemberBadge
+                    name={recipient}
+                    color={selectedResolvedColor}
+                    size="sm"
+                    hideAvatar={recipient === 'user'}
+                  />
+                ) : (
+                  <span className="text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">Select...</span>
+                )}
+                <ChevronDown size={12} className="shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)]" />
+              </button>
+            </PopoverTrigger>
+            <PopoverContent
+              align="end"
+              className="w-56 p-1.5"
+              onOpenAutoFocus={(e) => {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                setRecipientSearch('');
+                setTimeout(() => recipientSearchRef.current?.focus(), 0);
+              }}
+            >
+              {members.length > 5 && (
+                <div className="relative mb-1">
+                  <Search
+                    size={12}
+                    className="absolute left-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 text-[var(--color-text-muted)]"
+                  />
+                  <input
+                    ref={recipientSearchRef}
+                    type="text"
+                    className="w-full rounded-md border border-[var(--color-border)] bg-[var(--color-surface)] py-1 pl-6 pr-2 text-xs text-[var(--color-text)] placeholder:text-[var(--color-text-muted)] focus:border-[var(--color-border-emphasis)] focus:outline-none"
+                    placeholder="Search..."
+                    value={recipientSearch}
+                    onChange={(e) => setRecipientSearch(e.target.value)}
+                  />
+                </div>
+              )}
+              <div className="max-h-48 space-y-0.5 overflow-y-auto">
+                {/* eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/function-return-type -- IIFE rendering mixed elements/null */}
+                {(() => {
+                  const query = recipientSearch.toLowerCase().trim();
+                  const filtered = query
+                    ? members.filter((m) => m.name.toLowerCase().includes(query))
+                    : members;
+                  if (filtered.length === 0) {
+                    return (
+                      <div className="px-2 py-3 text-center text-xs text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">
+                        No results
+                      </div>
+                    );
+                  }
+                  return filtered.map((m) => {
+                    const resolvedColor = colorMap.get(m.name);
+                    const role = formatAgentRole(m.role) ?? formatAgentRole(m.agentType);
+                    const isSelected = m.name === recipient;
+                    return (
+                      <button
+                        key={m.name}
+                        type="button"
+                        className={cn(
+                          'flex w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-md px-2 py-1.5 text-left text-xs transition-colors hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)]',
+                          isSelected && 'bg-[var(--color-surface-raised)]'
+                        )}
+                        onClick={() => {
+                          setRecipient(m.name);
+                          setRecipientOpen(false);
+                          setRecipientSearch('');
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        <MemberBadge
+                          name={m.name}
+                          color={resolvedColor}
+                          size="sm"
+                          hideAvatar={m.name === 'user'}
+                        />
+                        {role ? (
+                          <span className="shrink-0 text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">
+                            {role}
+                          </span>
+                        ) : null}
+                        {isSelected ? (
+                          <Check size={12} className="ml-auto shrink-0 text-blue-400" />
+                        ) : null}
+                      </button>
+                    );
+                  });
+                })()}
+              </div>
+            </PopoverContent>
+          </Popover>
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       <AttachmentPreviewList
@@ -457,9 +459,6 @@ export const MessageComposer = ({
         }
         footerRight={
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-            <span className="text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-muted)] opacity-70">
-              Mention &quot;create a task&quot; to add it to the board
-            </span>
             {sendError ? (
               <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded bg-red-500/10 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] text-red-400">
                 <AlertCircle size={10} className="shrink-0" />

src/renderer/components/ui/MentionableTextarea.tsx

@@ -595,11 +595,30 @@ export const MentionableTextarea = React.forwardRef<HTMLTextAreaElement, Mention
         }
       : style;
 
-    // --- Hint text ---
+    // --- Rotating tips ---
-    const defaultHintText = enableFiles
+    const rotatingTips = React.useMemo(
-      ? 'Use @ to mention team members or search files'
+      () => [
-      : 'Use @ to mention team members';
+        'Tip: Use @ to mention team members or search files',
-    const resolvedHintText = hintText ?? defaultHintText;
+        'Tip: Mention "create a task" to add it to the board',
+        "Tip: Don't overload the team lead with tasks — ask them to delegate to teammates",
+      ],
+      []
+    );
+    const [tipIndex, setTipIndex] = React.useState(0);
+    const [tipVisible, setTipVisible] = React.useState(true);
+
+    React.useEffect(() => {
+      const interval = setInterval(() => {
+        setTipVisible(false);
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          setTipIndex((prev) => (prev + 1) % rotatingTips.length);
+          setTipVisible(true);
+        }, 300);
+      }, 10000);
+      return () => clearInterval(interval);
+    }, [rotatingTips.length]);
+
+    const resolvedHintText = hintText ?? rotatingTips[tipIndex];
     const showHintRow = showHint && (suggestions.length > 0 || enableFiles);
     const showFooter = showHintRow || footerRight;
 
@@ -683,7 +702,12 @@ export const MentionableTextarea = React.forwardRef<HTMLTextAreaElement, Mention
         {showFooter ? (
           <div className="mt-1 flex items-center justify-between">
             {showHintRow ? (
-              <span className="text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">{resolvedHintText}</span>
+              <span
+                className="text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-muted)] transition-opacity duration-300"
+                style={{ opacity: tipVisible ? 1 : 0 }}
+              >
+                {resolvedHintText}
+              </span>
             ) : (
               <span />
             )}

src/shared/utils/toolSummary.ts

@@ -45,3 +45,13 @@ export function formatToolSummary(data: ToolSummaryData): string {
     .join(', ');
   return `${data.total} ${data.total === 1 ? 'tool' : 'tools'} (${parts})`;
 }
+
+/** Format tool summary directly from a Map<toolName, count>. */
+export function formatToolSummaryFromMap(counts: Map<string, number>): string | undefined {
+  const total = Array.from(counts.values()).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+  if (total === 0) return undefined;
+  const parts = Array.from(counts.entries())
+    .map(([name, count]) => (count === 1 ? name : `${count} ${name}`))
+    .join(', ');
+  return `${total} ${total === 1 ? 'tool' : 'tools'} (${parts})`;
+}