diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/contrib.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/contrib.ts
index 893f5174c200..b7cba9d89e6f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/contrib.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/contrib.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
  * through the SAME registry schema as every other surface (statusbar, titlebar,
  * panes, layouts):
  *
- *   render areas (`render`):  composer.top      — banner strip above the input
- *                             composer.bottom   — row below the input grid
- *                             composer.leading  — inline after the "+" menu
- *                             composer.actions  — inline before the model pill
+ *   render areas (`render`):  composer.top       — banner strip above the input
+ *                             composer.bottom    — row below the input grid
+ *                             composer.underside — floating strip BELOW the
+ *                                                  whole composer (no chrome)
+ *                             composer.leading   — inline after the "+" menu
+ *                             composer.actions   — inline before the model pill
  *
- *   data kinds (`data`):      composer.middleware   (ComposerMiddleware)
- *                             composer.attachments  (ComposerAttachmentProvider)
+ *   data kinds (`data`):      composer.middleware    (ComposerMiddleware)
+ *                             composer.attachments   (ComposerAttachmentProvider)
+ *                             composer.microActions  (ComposerMicroActionProvider)
  *
  * Core keeps ownership of the transcript, input, and submit engine — these
  * seams AUGMENT the composer, they never replace it. Middleware runs as an
@@ -17,17 +20,23 @@
  * draft, pass it through, or cancel the send by returning null.
  */
 
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+
 import { useContributions } from '@/contrib/react/use-contributions'
 import { registry } from '@/contrib/registry'
+import type { TodoItem } from '@/lib/todos'
 import type { ComposerAttachment } from '@/store/composer'
+import type { ComposerAction } from '@/store/composer-actions'
 
 export const COMPOSER_AREAS = {
   top: 'composer.top',
   bottom: 'composer.bottom',
+  underside: 'composer.underside',
   leading: 'composer.leading',
   actions: 'composer.actions',
   middleware: 'composer.middleware',
-  attachments: 'composer.attachments'
+  attachments: 'composer.attachments',
+  microActions: 'composer.microActions'
 } as const
 
 export interface ComposerDraft {
@@ -92,3 +101,42 @@ export function useComposerAttachmentProviders(): Array<ComposerAttachmentProvid
     .map(c => ({ key: `${c.source ?? 'core'}:${c.id}`, ...(c.data as ComposerAttachmentProvider) }))
     .filter(p => Boolean(p.label && p.run))
 }
+
+/**
+ * Payload of a `composer.microActions` data contribution — the pill strip at
+ * the top of the composer's overlay lane.
+ *
+ * `resolve` is called with the live session context and returns the badges to
+ * show right now, or `[]` for "nothing from me". Returning a list rather than
+ * a static badge is what lets a provider be conditional ("only while idle",
+ * "only with unfinished tasks") without a reactive `when()`, which the
+ * registry deliberately doesn't offer.
+ */
+export interface ComposerMicroActionProvider {
+  resolve: (ctx: ComposerMicroActionContext) => ComposerAction[]
+}
+
+/** What a micro-action provider gets to branch on. Deliberately small: every
+ *  field here is a standing compatibility promise to the plugins using it. */
+export interface ComposerMicroActionContext {
+  /** A turn is currently running in this session. */
+  busy: boolean
+  sessionId: string
+  /** Live todo list for the session (empty when there is none). */
+  todos: readonly TodoItem[]
+}
+
+/** Micro-action providers, memoised against the registry's own stable
+ *  snapshot — the strip re-resolves on every composer render, so a fresh array
+ *  here would defeat that. */
+export function useComposerMicroActionProviders(): ComposerMicroActionProvider[] {
+  const contributions = useContributions(COMPOSER_AREAS.microActions)
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () =>
+      contributions
+        .map(c => c.data as ComposerMicroActionProvider)
+        .filter(p => typeof p?.resolve === 'function'),
+    [contributions]
+  )
+}
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/composer-actions.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/composer-actions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b181a45f3be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/composer-actions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { atom } from 'nanostores'
+
+/**
+ * Composer micro actions — the floating pill strip at the top of the composer's
+ * overlay lane.
+ *
+ * A badge is a label and a `run`; what it does is entirely the registrar's
+ * business. Core ships none — the strip is a seam, filled by contributions to
+ * the `composer.microActions` area (see `composer/contrib.ts`).
+ *
+ * Session-scoped like every other stack feed: keyed by RUNTIME session id, and
+ * written immutably per key so `useSessionSlice` bails out on other sessions'
+ * churn.
+ */
+export interface ComposerAction {
+  /** Stable within a session; also the render key. */
+  id: string
+  label: string
+  /** Codicon name rendered before the label. */
+  icon?: string
+  disabled?: boolean
+  /** What the badge does. Anything: submit a prompt, open a pane, call the
+   *  gateway. Receives the session it was registered for. */
+  run: (sessionId: string) => Promise<void> | void
+}
+
+export const $composerActionsBySession = atom<Record<string, ComposerAction[]>>({})
+
+/**
+ * Two badge sets that would render identically.
+ *
+ * `run` is excluded on purpose: it's a fresh closure on every resolve, so
+ * including it would make every comparison false and defeat the bail-out
+ * below. The invariant that buys: a provider must not change what `run` DOES
+ * without also changing a visible field.
+ */
+const same = (a: readonly ComposerAction[], b: readonly ComposerAction[]) =>
+  a.length === b.length &&
+  a.every((x, i) => {
+    const y = b[i]!
+
+    return x.id === y.id && x.label === y.label && x.icon === y.icon && x.disabled === y.disabled
+  })
+
+/**
+ * Publish this session's badge set.
+ *
+ * A no-op resolve must not write: providers are re-resolved on every composer
+ * render, and an equal-but-fresh array would re-render the stack on every
+ * keystroke. An unchanged set keeps its previous reference, so the store stays
+ * quiet.
+ */
+export function setComposerActions(sid: string, actions: ComposerAction[]) {
+  const current = $composerActionsBySession.get()
+
+  if (!sid || (current[sid] ? same(current[sid], actions) : actions.length === 0)) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const next = { ...current }
+
+  if (actions.length > 0) {
+    next[sid] = actions
+  } else {
+    delete next[sid]
+  }
+
+  $composerActionsBySession.set(next)
+}