diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/logic/store.ts b/ui-opentui/src/logic/store.ts
index 77dcfec6202..2a496e71161 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/logic/store.ts
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/logic/store.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ export interface ToolPartState {
   argsText?: string
   /** Structured args from `tool.complete` (always sent) — the per-tool renderers read these. */
   args?: Record<string, unknown>
+  /** Structured RESULT object from `tool.complete` (dict results only) — per-tool
+   *  renderers extract payload fields (read_file `content`, search `matches`,
+   *  clarify Q&A, skill_view name/description). The display string `resultText`
+   *  can't serve this: `normalizeOutput` un-escapes literal `\n` inside JSON
+   *  string values, so a stringified dict result no longer JSON.parses. Same
+   *  raw-result redaction tradeoff as the unlimited-cap substitution above. */
+  result?: Record<string, unknown>
   /** Tool wall-clock seconds (gateway `duration_s`), shown dim in the header. */
   duration?: number
   /** Local Date.now() stamped on `tool.start` — drives the live elapsed tick
@@ -791,6 +798,11 @@ export function createSessionStore() {
               part.diffUnified = diffUnified
               part.diffStats = diffStats(diffUnified)
             }
+            // structured dict results feed the per-tool renderers (read_file
+            // content, search matches, clarify Q&A, skill_view description).
+            const resultObj = event.payload['result']
+            if (resultObj && typeof resultObj === 'object' && !Array.isArray(resultObj))
+              part.result = resultObj as Record<string, unknown>
             // argsPreview (from tool.start `context`) is intentionally NOT overwritten.
             if (argsObj && typeof argsObj === 'object') {
               // structured args feed the per-tool renderers (labeled fields, bash command).
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/logic/toolOutput.ts b/ui-opentui/src/logic/toolOutput.ts
index 94e97871e73..888f59dd326 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/logic/toolOutput.ts
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/logic/toolOutput.ts
@@ -56,15 +56,21 @@ export function normalizeOutput(text: string): string {
  * failed); otherwise return `raw` unchanged. (Gotcha §8 — strip the envelope.)
  */
 /**
- * When the gateway tail-caps a LARGE result it serialises the whole
- * `{"output": "...", "exit_code": 0, "error": null}` envelope first, so the
- * surviving tail ends mid-string with the envelope close (`…", "exit_code": 0,
- * "error": null}`) — and, if the head survived, opens with `{"output": "`. The
- * fragment can't be JSON.parsed, so peel those affixes off conservatively (only
- * the exact gateway shape; real output won't end this way). Item 2 polish.
+ * When the gateway tail-caps a LARGE result it serialises the whole envelope
+ * first, so the surviving tail ends mid-string with the envelope close — and,
+ * if the head survived, opens with the envelope's prefix up to `"output": "`.
+ * The fragment can't be JSON.parsed, so peel those affixes off conservatively
+ * (only the exact gateway shapes; real output won't end this way). Two shapes
+ * observed live (v6fix wire capture):
+ *   terminal/process: `{"output": "…", "exit_code": 0, "error": null}`
+ *   execute_code:     `{"status": "success", "output": "…",
+ *                       "tool_calls_made": 0, "duration_seconds": 0.21[, "error": "…"]}`
+ * The tail anchors on the first trailing key (`exit_code`/`tool_calls_made`)
+ * then allows the remaining envelope keys in any order. Items 2 + 6.
  */
-const ENVELOPE_HEAD = /^\s*\{\s*"output"\s*:\s*"/
-const ENVELOPE_TAIL = /"\s*,\s*"exit_code"\s*:\s*-?\d+(?:\s*,\s*"error"\s*:\s*(?:null|"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"))?\s*\}\s*$/
+const ENVELOPE_HEAD = /^\s*\{\s*(?:"status"\s*:\s*"[^"]*"\s*,\s*)?"output"\s*:\s*"/
+const ENVELOPE_TAIL =
+  /"\s*,\s*"(?:exit_code|tool_calls_made)"\s*:\s*-?\d+(?:\s*,\s*"(?:error|status|duration_seconds|exit_code|tool_calls_made)"\s*:\s*(?:null|-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?|"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"))*\s*\}\s*$/
 
 function unwrapEnvelopeFragment(s: string): string {
   const tail = ENVELOPE_TAIL.test(s)
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/test/toolContent.test.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/test/toolContent.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c1dbee21ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/test/toolContent.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+/**
+ * Per-tool content renderers (direct user feedback round, items 1–7):
+ * clarify Q/A (never JSON), skill_view name-only, search_files pattern +
+ * results-only, read_file content extraction. Each `result` payload is the
+ * REAL wire shape captured live (v6fix tee of `python -m tui_gateway.entry`
+ * stdout); frame tests go through the real App tree + mouse expansion.
+ * The native `<code>` visuals (Tree-sitter colors) belong to the live smoke —
+ * here we only assert the text content/wiring.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+import { createSessionStore, type ToolPartState } from '../logic/store.ts'
+import { App } from '../view/App.tsx'
+import { ThemeProvider } from '../view/theme.tsx'
+import { clarifyQA, clarifyRenderer } from '../view/tools/clarifyTool.tsx'
+import { readContentOf, readRenderer, stripLineNumbers } from '../view/tools/readTool.tsx'
+import { patternOf, searchRenderer, searchResultLines } from '../view/tools/searchTool.tsx'
+import { skillInfoOf, skillRenderer } from '../view/tools/skillTool.tsx'
+import { renderProbe, type RenderProbe } from './lib/render.ts'
+
+type Store = ReturnType<typeof createSessionStore>
+
+function seedTool(store: Store, start: Record<string, unknown>, complete: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  store.apply({ type: 'gateway.ready' })
+  store.apply({ type: 'message.start' })
+  store.apply({ type: 'tool.start', payload: start })
+  store.apply({ type: 'tool.complete', payload: complete })
+  store.apply({ type: 'message.complete' })
+}
+
+async function mountApp(store: Store, width = 100, height = 24): Promise<RenderProbe> {
+  return renderProbe(
+    () => (
+      <ThemeProvider theme={() => store.state.theme}>
+        <App store={store} />
+      </ThemeProvider>
+    ),
+    { width, height }
+  )
+}
+
+async function clickHeader(probe: RenderProbe, name: string): Promise<void> {
+  const frame = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes(name))
+  const rows = frame.split('\n')
+  const y = rows.findIndex(line => line.includes(name))
+  expect(y).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
+  const x = (rows[y] ?? '').indexOf(name)
+  await probe.click(x, y)
+}
+
+/** A settled part straight from a wire-shaped tool.complete payload. */
+function partFrom(store: Store, id: string): ToolPartState {
+  const last = store.state.messages[store.state.messages.length - 1]
+  const part = last?.parts?.find((p): p is ToolPartState => p.type === 'tool' && p.id === id)
+  expect(part).toBeDefined()
+  return part as ToolPartState
+}
+
+describe('clarify renderer — Q/A, never JSON (item 4)', () => {
+  // REAL wire shape (v6fix live capture, tools/clarify_tool.py json.dumps).
+  const COMPLETE = {
+    args: { choices: ['red', 'green', 'blue'], question: 'Which color do you prefer?' },
+    duration_s: 30.7,
+    name: 'clarify',
+    result: {
+      choices_offered: ['red', 'green', 'blue'],
+      question: 'Which color do you prefer?',
+      user_response: 'green'
+    },
+    result_text:
+      '{"question": "Which color do you prefer?", "choices_offered": ["red", "green", "blue"], "user_response": "green"}',
+    tool_id: 'c1'
+  }
+
+  test('clarifyQA extracts the pair from the real result shape', () => {
+    const store = createSessionStore()
+    seedTool(store, { name: 'clarify', tool_id: 'c1' }, COMPLETE)
+    const part = partFrom(store, 'c1')
+    expect(clarifyQA(part)).toEqual([{ answer: 'green', question: 'Which color do you prefer?' }])
+    expect(clarifyRenderer.subtitle(part)).toBe('Which color do you prefer?: green')
+    expect(clarifyRenderer.expandable(part)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  test('frame: collapsed `q: a` subtitle; expanded `User answered:` rows; NO JSON anywhere', async () => {
+    const store = createSessionStore()
+    seedTool(store, { context: 'Which color do you prefer?', name: 'clarify', tool_id: 'c1' }, COMPLETE)
+    const probe = await mountApp(store)
+    try {
+      const collapsed = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('clarify'))
+      expect(collapsed).toContain('Which color do you prefer?: green') // compact q: a
+      expect(collapsed).not.toContain('{"')
+
+      await clickHeader(probe, 'clarify')
+      const expanded = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('User answered:'))
+      expect(expanded).toContain('User answered:')
+      expect(expanded).toContain('· Which color do you prefer?: green')
+      // THE acceptance gate: the JSON result never reaches the frame
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('{"')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('user_response')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('choices_offered')
+    } finally {
+      probe.destroy()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('no extractable Q/A (capped/garbled result) → header only, never the raw text', () => {
+    const part: ToolPartState = {
+      id: 'c2',
+      name: 'clarify',
+      resultText: '{"question": "Which col', // gateway-capped mid-JSON
+      state: 'complete',
+      type: 'tool'
+    }
+    expect(clarifyQA(part)).toEqual([])
+    expect(clarifyRenderer.expandable(part)).toBe(false) // no body → no JSON ever
+  })
+})
+
+describe('skill_view renderer — WHICH skill, not its contents (item 5)', () => {
+  // REAL wire shape (v6fix live capture, trimmed to the read keys + content).
+  const COMPLETE = {
+    args: { name: 'plan' },
+    duration_s: 0.02,
+    name: 'skill_view',
+    result: {
+      content: '---\nname: plan\n---\n# Plan mode\n\nMANY KB OF SKILL BODY…',
+      description: 'Plan mode: write an actionable markdown plan.',
+      linked_files: null,
+      name: 'plan',
+      success: true,
+      tags: ['planning']
+    },
+    tool_id: 'k1'
+  }
+
+  test('skillInfoOf: name + one-line description from the real shape', () => {
+    const store = createSessionStore()
+    seedTool(store, { name: 'skill_view', tool_id: 'k1' }, COMPLETE)
+    const part = partFrom(store, 'k1')
+    expect(skillInfoOf(part)).toEqual({
+      description: 'Plan mode: write an actionable markdown plan.',
+      name: 'plan'
+    })
+    expect(skillRenderer.subtitle(part)).toBe('plan')
+    expect(skillRenderer.lines?.(part)).toHaveLength(2)
+  })
+
+  test('a linked-file view names the file it loaded', () => {
+    const part: ToolPartState = {
+      args: { file_path: 'references/api.md', name: 'opentui' },
+      id: 'k2',
+      name: 'skill_view',
+      result: { content: '…file body…', file: 'references/api.md', name: 'opentui', success: true },
+      state: 'complete',
+      type: 'tool'
+    }
+    expect(skillRenderer.subtitle(part)).toBe('opentui · references/api.md')
+    expect(skillRenderer.expandable(part)).toBe(false) // no description → header says it all
+  })
+
+  test('frame: collapsed shows the name; expanded shows name + description, NEVER the contents', async () => {
+    const store = createSessionStore()
+    seedTool(store, { context: 'plan', name: 'skill_view', tool_id: 'k1' }, COMPLETE)
+    const probe = await mountApp(store)
+    try {
+      const collapsed = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('skill_view'))
+      expect(collapsed).toContain('skill_view')
+      expect(collapsed).toContain('plan')
+      expect(collapsed).not.toContain('SKILL BODY')
+
+      await clickHeader(probe, 'skill_view')
+      const expanded = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('Plan mode'))
+      expect(expanded).toContain('skill') // labeled name row
+      expect(expanded).toContain('Plan mode: write an actionable markdown plan.')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('SKILL BODY') // full contents suppressed
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('{"') // and never JSON
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('linked_files')
+    } finally {
+      probe.destroy()
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+describe('search_files renderer — pattern + results only (item 2)', () => {
+  // REAL wire shape (v6fix live capture, SearchResult.to_dict content mode).
+  const COMPLETE = {
+    args: { path: 'ui-opentui/src', pattern: 'syntaxStyleFor' },
+    duration_s: 0.1,
+    name: 'search_files',
+    result: {
+      matches: [
+        {
+          content: 'export function syntaxStyleFor(theme: Theme): SyntaxStyle {',
+          line: 56,
+          path: 'src/view/markdown.tsx'
+        },
+        { content: '      syntaxStyle={syntaxStyleFor(theme())}', line: 73, path: 'src/view/markdown.tsx' }
+      ],
+      total_count: 2
+    },
+    tool_id: 's1'
+  }
+
+  test('searchResultLines shapes grep-style rows from the real result (and files/counts modes)', () => {
+    const store = createSessionStore()
+    seedTool(store, { name: 'search_files', tool_id: 's1' }, COMPLETE)
+    const part = partFrom(store, 's1')
+    expect(patternOf(part)).toBe('syntaxStyleFor')
+    expect(searchResultLines(part)).toEqual([
+      'src/view/markdown.tsx:56: export function syntaxStyleFor(theme: Theme): SyntaxStyle {',
+      'src/view/markdown.tsx:73:       syntaxStyle={syntaxStyleFor(theme())}'
+    ])
+    expect(searchRenderer.subtitle(part)).toBe('syntaxStyleFor')
+    // files mode
+    expect(searchResultLines({ ...part, result: { files: ['a.py', 'b.py'], total_count: 2 } })).toEqual([
+      'a.py',
+      'b.py'
+    ])
+    // count mode + truncated note
+    expect(searchResultLines({ ...part, result: { counts: { 'a.py': 3 }, total_count: 3, truncated: true } })).toEqual([
+      'a.py: 3',
+      '… results truncated'
+    ])
+    // zero matches is still an answer
+    expect(searchResultLines({ ...part, result: { total_count: 0 } })).toEqual(['no matches'])
+  })
+
+  test('frame: pattern subtitle; expanded = result rows; context/output_mode/path never shown', async () => {
+    const store = createSessionStore()
+    const complete = {
+      ...COMPLETE,
+      args: { context: 2, output_mode: 'content', path: 'ui-opentui/src', pattern: 'syntaxStyleFor', target: 'content' }
+    }
+    seedTool(store, { context: 'syntaxStyleFor', name: 'search_files', tool_id: 's1' }, complete)
+    const probe = await mountApp(store, 120)
+    try {
+      const collapsed = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('search_files'))
+      expect(collapsed).toContain('syntaxStyleFor') // the pattern IS the subtitle
+
+      await clickHeader(probe, 'search_files')
+      const expanded = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('markdown.tsx:56'))
+      expect(expanded).toContain('src/view/markdown.tsx:56: export function syntaxStyleFor')
+      expect(expanded).toContain('src/view/markdown.tsx:73:')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('output_mode') // noise fields suppressed…
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('context')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('target')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('total_count') // …and never the JSON envelope
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('{"')
+    } finally {
+      probe.destroy()
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+describe('read_file content extraction (items 1 + 7 logic)', () => {
+  test('readContentOf reads the dict result; stripLineNumbers peels uniform N| prefixes only', () => {
+    const part: ToolPartState = {
+      args: { limit: 50, offset: 1, path: '/p/x.py' },
+      id: 'r1',
+      name: 'read_file',
+      result: { content: '1|import os\n2|\n3|print(os.sep)', file_size: 30, total_lines: 3 },
+      state: 'complete',
+      type: 'tool'
+    }
+    expect(readContentOf(part)).toBe('1|import os\n2|\n3|print(os.sep)')
+    expect(stripLineNumbers(readContentOf(part) ?? '')).toBe('import os\n\nprint(os.sep)')
+    expect(readRenderer.expandable(part)).toBe(true)
+    expect(readRenderer.lines?.(part)).toEqual(['import os', '', 'print(os.sep)'])
+    // mixed content (not every line prefixed) stays verbatim — no false stripping
+    expect(stripLineNumbers('1|a\nplain line')).toBe('1|a\nplain line')
+    // a resumed part with only (mangled) result_text falls back gracefully
+    const resumed: ToolPartState = {
+      id: 'r2',
+      name: 'read_file',
+      resultText: '…tail…',
+      state: 'complete',
+      type: 'tool'
+    }
+    expect(readContentOf(resumed)).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(readRenderer.expandable(resumed)).toBe(true) // output fallback still expandable
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/test/toolOutput.test.ts b/ui-opentui/src/test/toolOutput.test.ts
index de05841fc3f..b300190ef67 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/test/toolOutput.test.ts
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/test/toolOutput.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,40 @@ describe('stripToolEnvelope', () => {
     // real output that merely mentions exit_code is NOT mangled
     expect(stripToolEnvelope('the exit_code was 0 here')).toBe('the exit_code was 0 here')
   })
+  test('unwraps the execute_code envelope — REAL wire shape from the v6fix live capture (item 6)', () => {
+    // {"status", "output", "tool_calls_made", "duration_seconds"} — the stdout
+    // lives under `output`, with leading keys before it (unlike terminal's).
+    expect(
+      stripToolEnvelope(
+        '{"status": "success", "output": "1\\n4\\n9\\n16\\n25\\n", "tool_calls_made": 0, "duration_seconds": 0.23}'
+      )
+    ).toBe('1\n4\n9\n16\n25\n')
+    // error runs append the honest [error] suffix
+    expect(
+      stripToolEnvelope(
+        '{"status": "error", "output": "boom", "tool_calls_made": 0, "duration_seconds": 0.5, "error": "Script exited with code 1"}'
+      )
+    ).toBe('boom\n[error] Script exited with code 1')
+  })
+  test('peels a TAIL-capped execute_code envelope fragment (item 6 — resume/finite-cap path)', () => {
+    // gateway tail-cap cut the head: the surviving fragment ends with the
+    // execute_code envelope close (real shape: tool_calls_made + duration_seconds)
+    expect(
+      stripToolEnvelope(
+        'metric_row_119 = 1547\\nmetric_row_120 = 1560\\n", "tool_calls_made": 0, "duration_seconds": 0.21}'
+      )
+    ).toBe('metric_row_119 = 1547\nmetric_row_120 = 1560\n')
+    // …with a trailing error string too
+    expect(
+      stripToolEnvelope(
+        'tail line\\n", "tool_calls_made": 2, "duration_seconds": 1.5, "error": "Script exited with code 1"}'
+      )
+    ).toBe('tail line\n')
+    // head survived, tail cut → strip the execute_code prefix up to the output
+    expect(stripToolEnvelope('{"status": "success", "output": "line1\nline2')).toBe('line1\nline2')
+    // real output that merely mentions tool_calls_made is NOT mangled
+    expect(stripToolEnvelope('made 3 tool_calls_made: 0 mentions here')).toBe('made 3 tool_calls_made: 0 mentions here')
+  })
   test('un-double-escapes literal \\n when they dominate (item 7 verbose tail)', () => {
     // double-escaped output (literal backslash-n) → real newlines
     expect(stripToolEnvelope('a\\nb\\nc')).toBe('a\nb\nc')
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/test/tools.test.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/test/tools.test.tsx
index 6ea7a9a8260..330b81e4d34 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/test/tools.test.tsx
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/test/tools.test.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { App } from '../view/App.tsx'
 import { reasoningLabelStyle } from '../view/reasoningPart.tsx'
 import { ThemeProvider } from '../view/theme.tsx'
 import { toolNameStyle } from '../view/toolPart.tsx'
-import { BashToolBody, commandOf } from '../view/tools/bashTool.tsx'
+import { BashToolBody, commandFitsHeader, commandOf } from '../view/tools/bashTool.tsx'
 import { diffOutputPlan, FileToolBody } from '../view/tools/fileTool.tsx'
 import { renderProbe, type RenderProbe } from './lib/render.ts'
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('bash tool renderer — command + full output (Epic 2.4)', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  test('expanded shows the $ command and the FULL (short) output', async () => {
+  test('one-liner that fits the header: expanded body SKIPS the $ echo — just the output (item 3)', async () => {
     const store = createSessionStore()
     seedTool(
       store,
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ describe('bash tool renderer — command + full output (Epic 2.4)', () => {
     try {
       await clickHeader(probe, 'terminal')
       const expanded = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('alpha.txt'))
-      expect(expanded).toContain('$ ls') // the invocation, prompt-prefixed
-      expect(expanded).toContain('output') // section label
+      expect(expanded).toContain('ls') // the command stays visible — in the HEADER
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('$ ls') // …so the body does NOT echo it (item 3)
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('output') // no section label without an echo above it
       expect(expanded).toContain('alpha.txt') // full output…
       expect(expanded).toContain('beta.txt')
       expect(expanded).toContain('gamma.txt') // …down to the last line
@@ -181,6 +182,48 @@ describe('bash tool renderer — command + full output (Epic 2.4)', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  test('multi-line command: expanded body KEEPS the $ echo (the header could not show it)', async () => {
+    const store = createSessionStore()
+    seedTool(
+      store,
+      { tool_id: 'b2m', name: 'terminal' },
+      {
+        tool_id: 'b2m',
+        name: 'terminal',
+        args: { command: 'for f in *.txt; do\n  wc -l "$f"\ndone' },
+        result_text: '3 alpha.txt'
+      }
+    )
+
+    const probe = await mountApp(store)
+    try {
+      await clickHeader(probe, 'terminal')
+      const expanded = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('3 alpha.txt'))
+      expect(expanded).toContain('$ for f in *.txt; do') // first command line, prompt-prefixed
+      expect(expanded).toContain('wc -l "$f"') // continuation line
+      expect(expanded).toContain('output') // section label separates echo from output
+      expect(expanded).toContain('3 alpha.txt')
+    } finally {
+      probe.destroy()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('commandFitsHeader: single-line within width fits; truncated / multi-line / failed do not', () => {
+    const part = (over: Partial<ToolPartState>): ToolPartState => ({
+      type: 'tool',
+      id: 'cf',
+      name: 'terminal',
+      state: 'complete',
+      ...over
+    })
+    // header columns = width - name.length (see view/toolPart.tsx subWidth math)
+    expect(commandFitsHeader(part({ args: { command: 'ls -la' } }), 40)).toBe(true)
+    expect(commandFitsHeader(part({ args: { command: 'x'.repeat(40) } }), 40)).toBe(false) // truncated
+    expect(commandFitsHeader(part({ args: { command: 'a\nb' } }), 40)).toBe(false) // multi-line
+    // a failed header shows the ERROR, not the command → body must echo it
+    expect(commandFitsHeader(part({ args: { command: 'false' }, error: 'exit 1' }), 40)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   test('long output with an explicit =200 cap restored gets the honest "+N more lines" note', async () => {
     // Output is UNCAPPED by default now — restore the old 200-line cap explicitly.
     const prev = process.env.HERMES_TUI_TOOL_OUTPUT_LINES
@@ -205,7 +248,6 @@ describe('bash tool renderer — command + full output (Epic 2.4)', () => {
     )
     try {
       const frame = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('+50 more lines'))
-      expect(frame).toContain('$ for i in range(250): print(i)')
       expect(frame).toContain('line-001') // the cap keeps the HEAD of the output
       expect(frame).toContain('line-200') // …up to the restored cap
       expect(frame).not.toContain('line-201') // the rest is honestly elided
@@ -280,7 +322,7 @@ describe('file tool renderer — relative path + diff stats (Epic 2.3)', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  test('read_file gets NO diff body — expanded falls back to labeled fields + output', async () => {
+  test('read_file: relpath subtitle; expanded = CONTENT only — limit/offset suppressed (items 1+7)', async () => {
     const store = createSessionStore()
     store.apply({ type: 'session.info', payload: { cwd: '/home/u/proj' } })
     seedTool(
@@ -289,22 +331,31 @@ describe('file tool renderer — relative path + diff stats (Epic 2.3)', () => {
       {
         tool_id: 'f2',
         name: 'read_file',
-        args: { path: '/home/u/proj/notes.md', limit: 50 },
-        result_text: '1|# Notes\n2|hello'
+        args: { limit: 50, offset: 1, path: '/home/u/proj/notes.py' },
+        // REAL wire shape (v6fix capture): a dict result whose `content`
+        // carries the `N|`-prefixed lines; result_text mirrors it as JSON.
+        result: { content: '1|# Notes\n2|hello = 1', file_size: 18, total_lines: 2, truncated: false },
+        result_text: '{"content": "1|# Notes\\n2|hello = 1", "total_lines": 2, "file_size": 18, "truncated": false}'
       }
     )
 
     const probe = await mountApp(store)
     try {
       const collapsed = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('read_file'))
-      expect(collapsed).toContain('notes.md') // relpath subtitle
+      expect(collapsed).toContain('notes.py') // relpath subtitle
       expect(collapsed).not.toContain('+0') // no diff → no stats summary
+      expect(collapsed).toContain('(2 lines)') // honest count: the CONTENT lines
 
       await clickHeader(probe, 'read_file')
-      const expanded = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('limit'))
-      expect(expanded).toContain('path') // default labeled fields…
-      expect(expanded).toContain('50')
-      expect(expanded).toContain('# Notes') // …and the output body
+      const expanded = await probe.waitForFrame(f => f.includes('# Notes'))
+      expect(expanded).toContain('# Notes') // the content, through the native <code>
+      expect(expanded).toContain('hello = 1')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('1|') // line-number prefixes stripped
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('limit') // noise arg-fields suppressed…
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('offset')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('50')
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('total_lines') // …and never the JSON envelope
+      expect(expanded).not.toContain('{"')
       expect(expanded).not.toContain('@@') // never a diff
     } finally {
       probe.destroy()
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/toolPart.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/toolPart.tsx
index 2e088c996cd..94b0711d492 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/view/toolPart.tsx
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/toolPart.tsx
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ export function ToolPart(props: { part: ToolPartState }) {
   // Per-tool renderer (re-dispatches if the name settles on tool.complete).
   const renderer = () => rendererFor(props.part.name)
   const bodyWidth = () => Math.max(20, dims().width - GUTTER - 4)
-  const lines = () => resultLines(props.part)
+  // "(N lines)" counts what the renderer's body will actually show (per-tool
+  // `lines`, e.g. read_file's content), not the raw resultText.
+  const lines = () => renderer().lines?.(props.part) ?? resultLines(props.part)
   const running = () => props.part.state === 'running'
   // Expandable when the renderer says there's a body to reveal beyond the header.
   const collapsible = () => !running() && renderer().expandable(props.part)
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/bashTool.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/bashTool.tsx
index 33733c850fb..364388d816e 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/bashTool.tsx
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/bashTool.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
  * BashTool — renderer for the shell-ish tools `terminal`, `execute_code` and
  * `process` (Epic 2.4). Collapsed: the COMMAND BEING INVOKED, verbatim, on one
  * line (the shell truncates to width; expanding reveals the rest). Expanded:
- * the full command (`$ `-prefixed, multi-line safe) and the FULL output —
- * uncapped by default (HERMES_TUI_TOOL_OUTPUT_LINES restores a cap, e.g.
- * `=200`) with the honest omitted / "+N more lines" notes from
+ * the full output — uncapped by default (HERMES_TUI_TOOL_OUTPUT_LINES restores
+ * a cap, e.g. `=200`) with the honest omitted / "+N more lines" notes from
  * `logic/toolOutput.ts` (via the shared ToolOutputBlock).
  *
+ * The command echo is shown only when the header could NOT (feedback item 3:
+ * "the dropdown header and the info below it is mostly the same for one-liner
+ * commands") — i.e. multi-line or header-truncated commands. When echoed,
+ * terminal/process keep the `$ `-prefixed plain lines (bash output stays
+ * plain), while execute_code's `code` argument goes through the shared
+ * Tree-sitter CodeBlock as Python (item 7 — the tool's schema has a single
+ * `code` arg and is always Python).
+ *
  * Arg keys verified against the Python tool schemas:
  *   terminal     → `command`                 (tools/terminal_tool.py TERMINAL_SCHEMA)
  *   execute_code → `code`                    (tools/code_execution_tool.py)
@@ -18,6 +25,7 @@ import { createMemo, For, Show } from 'solid-js'
 import type { ToolPartState } from '../../logic/store.ts'
 import { truncate } from '../../logic/toolOutput.ts'
 import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
+import { CodeBlock } from './codeBlock.tsx'
 import { defaultSubtitle, resultLines, structuredArgs, ToolOutputBlock } from './defaultTool.tsx'
 import type { ToolBodyProps, ToolRenderer } from './registry.tsx'
 
@@ -40,29 +48,55 @@ export function commandOf(part: ToolPartState): string {
   return part.argsPreview ?? ''
 }
 
-/** Expanded body: the full `$ command`, then the full (capped) output. */
+/**
+ * True when the collapsed header already shows the WHOLE command (item 3) —
+ * single line AND untruncated. Mirrors the header math in `view/toolPart.tsx`:
+ * the subtitle gets `bodyWidth - name - 2` columns while the Body gets
+ * `bodyWidth - 2`, so the header's subtitle width is `width - name.length`.
+ * A failed part's header shows the ERROR instead of the command, so the body
+ * must echo it again.
+ */
+export function commandFitsHeader(part: ToolPartState, width: number): boolean {
+  if (part.error) return false
+  const cmd = commandOf(part)
+  if (cmd.includes('\n')) return false
+  const flat = cmd.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
+  return flat.length <= Math.max(1, width - part.name.length)
+}
+
+/** Expanded body: the command echo (only when the header truncated it), then
+ *  the full (capped) output. */
 export function BashToolBody(props: ToolBodyProps) {
   const theme = useTheme()
   const command = createMemo(() => commandOf(props.part).replace(/\s+$/, ''))
+  const echo = createMemo(() => Boolean(command()) && !commandFitsHeader(props.part, props.width))
   return (
     <box style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
-      <Show when={command()}>
-        <For each={command().split('\n')}>
-          {(line, i) => (
-            <box style={{ flexDirection: 'row', flexShrink: 0 }}>
-              {/* `$ ` prompt glyph (continuation lines indent under it) — chrome */}
-              <text selectable={false}>
-                <span style={{ fg: theme().color.accent }}>{i() === 0 ? '$ ' : '  '}</span>
-              </text>
-              {/* the command itself is copyable content */}
-              <text selectionBg={theme().color.selectionBg}>
-                <span style={{ fg: theme().color.text }}>{truncate(line, Math.max(1, props.width - 2))}</span>
-              </text>
-            </box>
-          )}
-        </For>
+      <Show when={echo()}>
+        <Show
+          when={props.part.name === 'execute_code'}
+          fallback={
+            <For each={command().split('\n')}>
+              {(line, i) => (
+                <box style={{ flexDirection: 'row', flexShrink: 0 }}>
+                  {/* `$ ` prompt glyph (continuation lines indent under it) — chrome */}
+                  <text selectable={false}>
+                    <span style={{ fg: theme().color.accent }}>{i() === 0 ? '$ ' : '  '}</span>
+                  </text>
+                  {/* the command itself is copyable content */}
+                  <text selectionBg={theme().color.selectionBg}>
+                    <span style={{ fg: theme().color.text }}>{truncate(line, Math.max(1, props.width - 2))}</span>
+                  </text>
+                </box>
+              )}
+            </For>
+          }
+        >
+          {/* execute_code's code argument — Tree-sitter highlighted (item 7) */}
+          <CodeBlock content={command()} filetype="python" />
+        </Show>
       </Show>
-      <ToolOutputBlock part={props.part} width={props.width} label={Boolean(command())} />
+      <ToolOutputBlock part={props.part} width={props.width} label={echo()} />
     </box>
   )
 }
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/clarifyTool.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/clarifyTool.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4522a686091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/clarifyTool.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * ClarifyTool — renderer for `clarify` (feedback item 4: "c'mon lol i see
+ * output in json xD" — the settled clarify part rendered its raw JSON result,
+ * a north-star violation).
+ *
+ * Wire shape (verified live, v6fix capture + tools/clarify_tool.py):
+ *   args   → {"question": "…", "choices": ["…"]?}
+ *   result → {"question": "…", "choices_offered": ["…"]|null, "user_response": "…"}
+ *
+ * Collapsed: compact `question: answer`. Expanded (the user's sketch):
+ *   User answered:
+ *   · <question>: <answer>
+ * One `·` line per Q/A — a clarify result carries one pair today; the renderer
+ * maps whatever pairs it finds so a future multi-question result stays right.
+ * NEVER JSON: when no Q/A can be extracted there is no body (header only).
+ */
+import { createMemo, For, Show } from 'solid-js'
+
+import type { ToolPartState } from '../../logic/store.ts'
+import { truncate } from '../../logic/toolOutput.ts'
+import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
+import { defaultSubtitle, structuredResult } from './defaultTool.tsx'
+import type { ToolBodyProps, ToolRenderer } from './registry.tsx'
+
+export interface ClarifyQA {
+  question: string
+  answer: string
+}
+
+/** The Q/A pairs from the settled result (today: exactly one), else []. */
+export function clarifyQA(part: ToolPartState): ClarifyQA[] {
+  const r = structuredResult(part)
+  if (!r) return []
+  const question = typeof r['question'] === 'string' ? r['question'].trim() : ''
+  const answer = typeof r['user_response'] === 'string' ? r['user_response'].trim() : ''
+  if (!question || !answer) return []
+  return [{ answer, question }]
+}
+
+/** Expanded body: `User answered:` + one `· question: answer` row per pair. */
+export function ClarifyToolBody(props: ToolBodyProps) {
+  const theme = useTheme()
+  const qa = createMemo(() => clarifyQA(props.part))
+  return (
+    <Show when={qa().length > 0}>
+      <box style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
+        {/* section label — chrome, not content */}
+        <text selectable={false}>
+          <span style={{ fg: theme().color.label }}>User answered:</span>
+        </text>
+        <For each={qa()}>
+          {({ question, answer }) => (
+            <text selectionBg={theme().color.selectionBg}>
+              <span style={{ fg: theme().color.muted }}>{'· '}</span>
+              <span style={{ fg: theme().color.text }}>
+                {truncate(`${question}: ${answer}`, Math.max(1, props.width - 2))}
+              </span>
+            </text>
+          )}
+        </For>
+      </box>
+    </Show>
+  )
+}
+
+export const clarifyRenderer: ToolRenderer = {
+  Body: ClarifyToolBody,
+  // Only the extracted Q/A is worth expanding — never the JSON result.
+  expandable: part => clarifyQA(part).length > 0,
+  // Honest "(N lines)": label + one row per pair.
+  lines: part => {
+    const qa = clarifyQA(part)
+    return qa.length > 0 ? ['User answered:', ...qa.map(p => `· ${p.question}: ${p.answer}`)] : []
+  },
+  // Collapsed: compact `question: answer` once settled; the question while running.
+  subtitle: part => {
+    const qa = clarifyQA(part)
+    const first = qa[0]
+    if (first) return `${first.question}: ${first.answer}`.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
+    return defaultSubtitle(part)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/codeBlock.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/codeBlock.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c12c5127e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/codeBlock.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * CodeBlock — shared Tree-sitter-highlighted source block for tool bodies
+ * (item 7): read_file output (filetype from the path extension), execute_code's
+ * `code` argument (always Python), and write_file content when shown without a
+ * diff. Uses the NATIVE `<code>` renderable (CodeRenderable) with the shared
+ * theme-derived `syntaxStyleFor` — the same style instance as markdown text and
+ * the file-tool `<diff>`, so highlighting is consistent across the transcript.
+ *
+ * Unknown filetype → `filetype` stays undefined and the renderable draws plain
+ * text (`drawUnstyledText` keeps content visible even before/without a
+ * grammar). `conceal` is OFF: tool bodies show SOURCE verbatim (concealment is
+ * for prose markdown, not for a file the user asked to see). No height — like
+ * the file-tool diff it sizes to content so it never scrolls internally
+ * against the transcript's outer scrollbox. Headless caveat: highlighting
+ * settles async; tests pin wiring/logic, visuals belong to the live smoke.
+ */
+import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
+import { syntaxStyleFor } from '../markdown.tsx'
+
+export function CodeBlock(props: { content: string; filetype?: string | undefined }) {
+  const theme = useTheme()
+  return (
+    <code
+      content={props.content}
+      // exactOptionalPropertyTypes: CodeOptions.filetype is `string`, so an
+      // unknown filetype OMITS the prop entirely (plain-text fallback).
+      {...(props.filetype !== undefined && { filetype: props.filetype })}
+      syntaxStyle={syntaxStyleFor(theme())}
+      conceal={false}
+      drawUnstyledText
+      wrapMode="word"
+      width="100%"
+      fg={theme().color.text}
+      selectable
+      selectionBg={theme().color.selectionBg}
+    />
+  )
+}
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/defaultTool.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/defaultTool.tsx
index 7ef655e89c4..51488fccbd9 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/defaultTool.tsx
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/defaultTool.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,28 @@ export function structuredArgs(part: ToolPartState): Record<string, unknown> | u
   return part.args
 }
 
+/**
+ * The tool's structured RESULT object — `part.result` (the raw dict shipped on
+ * tool.complete, captured by the store) first; falls back to parsing
+ * `part.resultText` when it still looks like intact JSON (covers resumed
+ * sessions, which hydrate result_text only). NOTE the fallback is best-effort:
+ * the store's normalizeOutput un-escapes literal `\n` inside JSON string
+ * values, so multi-line payloads (read_file content, skill_view content) only
+ * survive via `part.result`.
+ */
+export function structuredResult(part: ToolPartState): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
+  if (part.result) return part.result
+  const s = (part.resultText ?? '').trim()
+  if (!s.startsWith('{')) return undefined
+  try {
+    const o: unknown = JSON.parse(s)
+    if (o && typeof o === 'object' && !Array.isArray(o)) return o as Record<string, unknown>
+  } catch {
+    /* capped/mangled JSON — no structured result */
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
 function isPrimitive(v: unknown): v is string | number | boolean {
   return typeof v === 'string' || typeof v === 'number' || typeof v === 'boolean'
 }
@@ -77,11 +99,18 @@ function fieldValue(v: unknown): string {
   return `(${n} field${n === 1 ? '' : 's'})`
 }
 
-/** Labeled key→value rows for the expanded args (NEVER raw JSON). */
-export function argFields(part: ToolPartState): Array<[string, string]> {
+/**
+ * Labeled key→value rows for the expanded args (NEVER raw JSON). `omit` is the
+ * per-tool NOISE-FIELD suppression hook (items 1 + 2): a renderer passes the
+ * arg keys its expanded view shouldn't repeat (read_file's limit/offset,
+ * search_files' context/output_mode, keys already shown as the subtitle).
+ */
+export function argFields(part: ToolPartState, omit?: readonly string[]): Array<[string, string]> {
   const obj = structuredArgs(part)
   if (!obj) return []
-  const entries = Object.entries(obj).map(([k, v]): [string, string] => [k, fieldValue(v)])
+  const entries = Object.entries(obj)
+    .filter(([k]) => !omit?.includes(k))
+    .map(([k, v]): [string, string] => [k, fieldValue(v)])
   // A single field whose value is already the header's primary-arg preview adds
   // nothing over the header (e.g. terminal's `command`) — hide it (kept from
   // the pre-registry render's redundancy rule).
@@ -141,10 +170,11 @@ export function ToolOutputBlock(props: { part: ToolPartState; width: number; lab
   )
 }
 
-/** Expanded body: labeled arg fields, then the (capped) output block. */
-export function DefaultToolBody(props: ToolBodyProps) {
+/** Expanded body: labeled arg fields, then the (capped) output block.
+ *  `omitFields` = the per-tool noise-field suppression list (see argFields). */
+export function DefaultToolBody(props: ToolBodyProps & { omitFields?: readonly string[] }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
-  const fields = createMemo(() => argFields(props.part))
+  const fields = createMemo(() => argFields(props.part, props.omitFields))
   return (
     <box style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
       <Show when={fields().length > 0}>
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/fileTool.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/fileTool.tsx
index c51504e3ad8..5da6010cc3a 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/fileTool.tsx
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/fileTool.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 /**
- * FileTool — renderer for the file tools `write_file`, `patch`, `read_file` and
- * `skill_manage` (Epic 2.3). Collapsed: the file path RELATIVE to the session
- * cwd, plus a themed `+N −M` change summary (rendered by the shell from
- * `stats`). Expanded: the FULL unified diff (gateway `diff_unified`, 512KB-
- * capped) through the NATIVE `<diff>` renderable — unified view (the transcript
- * is column-constrained), word-wrapped, line-numbered, themed. Multi-file diffs
- * are split per file (DiffRenderable parses only the FIRST file of a multi-file
- * diff) with a path label above each section. `read_file` (or any run without a
- * diff) falls back to the default labeled fields + output body.
+ * FileTool — renderer for the file-EDIT tools `write_file`, `patch` and
+ * `skill_manage` (Epic 2.3; `read_file` has its own renderer, readTool.tsx).
+ * Collapsed: the file path RELATIVE to the session cwd, plus a themed `+N −M`
+ * change summary (rendered by the shell from `stats`). Expanded: the FULL
+ * unified diff (gateway `diff_unified`, 512KB-capped) through the NATIVE
+ * `<diff>` renderable — unified view (the transcript is column-constrained),
+ * word-wrapped, line-numbered, themed. Multi-file diffs are split per file
+ * (DiffRenderable parses only the FIRST file of a multi-file diff) with a path
+ * label above each section. A run without a diff falls back to the default
+ * labeled fields + output body — except write_file, whose `content` arg shows
+ * as a highlighted CodeBlock (item 7).
  *
  * Arg keys verified against the Python tool schemas (tools/file_tools.py
  * READ_FILE_SCHEMA / WRITE_FILE_SCHEMA / PATCH_SCHEMA: `path`;
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ import { type DiffFileSection, relativizePath, splitUnifiedDiff } from '../../lo
 import type { ToolPartState } from '../../logic/store.ts'
 import { syntaxStyleFor } from '../markdown.tsx'
 import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
+import { CodeBlock } from './codeBlock.tsx'
 import { DefaultToolBody, defaultRenderer, defaultSubtitle, structuredArgs, ToolOutputBlock } from './defaultTool.tsx'
 import type { ToolBodyProps, ToolRenderer } from './registry.tsx'
 
@@ -169,12 +172,35 @@ function DiffNotes(props: { notes: Array<[string, string]> }) {
   )
 }
 
-/** Expanded body: per-file native diffs (+ non-redundant output), else default. */
+/** write_file's `content` arg, when it's a real string (structuredArgs first). */
+function writeContentOf(part: ToolPartState): string | undefined {
+  if (part.name !== 'write_file') return undefined
+  const c = structuredArgs(part)?.['content']
+  return typeof c === 'string' && c.trim() ? c : undefined
+}
+
+/** No-diff fallback body: write_file shows its CONTENT highlighted (item 7 —
+ *  the labeled-field flattening was useless for source); others stay default. */
+function FileFallbackBody(props: ToolBodyProps) {
+  const content = createMemo(() => writeContentOf(props.part))
+  return (
+    <Show when={content()} fallback={<DefaultToolBody part={props.part} width={props.width} />}>
+      {c => (
+        <box style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <CodeBlock content={c().replace(/\s+$/, '')} filetype={pathToFiletype(filePathOf(props.part))} />
+          <ToolOutputBlock part={props.part} width={props.width} label />
+        </box>
+      )}
+    </Show>
+  )
+}
+
+/** Expanded body: per-file native diffs (+ non-redundant output), else fallback. */
 export function FileToolBody(props: ToolBodyProps) {
   const files = createMemo(() => (props.part.diffUnified ? splitUnifiedDiff(props.part.diffUnified) : []))
   const plan = createMemo(() => diffOutputPlan(props.part))
   return (
-    <Show when={files().length > 0} fallback={<DefaultToolBody part={props.part} width={props.width} />}>
+    <Show when={files().length > 0} fallback={<FileFallbackBody {...props} />}>
       <box style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
         <For each={files()}>{file => <FileDiff file={file} label={files().length > 1} cwd={props.cwd} />}</For>
         <Show when={notesOf(plan())}>{notes => <DiffNotes notes={notes()} />}</Show>
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/readTool.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/readTool.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..031ac424cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/readTool.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+ * ReadTool — renderer for `read_file` (feedback items 1 + 7: "limit and offset
+ * not rlly needed as separate lines. just show path and output").
+ *
+ * Collapsed: the cwd-relative path (subtitle, like the other file tools).
+ * Expanded: ONLY the file content — no labeled arg rows (the path is already
+ * the subtitle; limit/offset are call mechanics, not content) — rendered
+ * through the native `<code>` renderable with the filetype derived from the
+ * path extension (Tree-sitter highlighting; unknown extension → plain text).
+ *
+ * Wire shape (verified live, v6fix capture): the read_file result is a JSON
+ * dict `{"content": "1|line…", "total_lines": N, "file_size": N, …}` whose
+ * `content` carries `N|`-prefixed lines (tools/file_operations.py
+ * `f"{i}|{line}"`). The prefixes are stripped before highlighting (they'd
+ * break the grammar parse); when a content payload isn't available (resumed
+ * session with only mangled result_text, error results) the body falls back to
+ * the default labeled-fields renderer with the noise fields suppressed.
+ */
+import { pathToFiletype } from '@opentui/core'
+import { createMemo, Show } from 'solid-js'
+
+import { relativizePath } from '../../logic/diff.ts'
+import type { ToolPartState } from '../../logic/store.ts'
+import { CodeBlock } from './codeBlock.tsx'
+import { DefaultToolBody, defaultSubtitle, resultLines, structuredResult } from './defaultTool.tsx'
+import { filePathOf } from './fileTool.tsx'
+import type { ToolBodyProps, ToolRenderer } from './registry.tsx'
+
+/** Arg keys the expanded view suppresses (item 1): the path is the collapsed
+ *  subtitle; limit/offset are pagination mechanics, not content. */
+export const READ_NOISE_FIELDS = ['path', 'offset', 'limit'] as const
+
+/** The file content from the structured result (string, non-empty), else undefined. */
+export function readContentOf(part: ToolPartState): string | undefined {
+  const c = structuredResult(part)?.['content']
+  return typeof c === 'string' && c.length > 0 ? c : undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Strip the read tool's `N|` line-number prefixes (only when EVERY non-empty
+ * line carries one — genuine file content that happens to contain `12|x` lines
+ * mixed with unprefixed ones is left verbatim). Highlighting needs the bare
+ * source; the prefixes also make mouse-copy of the body paste-able.
+ */
+export function stripLineNumbers(content: string): string {
+  const lines = content.split('\n')
+  const prefixed = /^\d+\|/
+  if (!lines.some(l => l.length > 0)) return content
+  if (!lines.every(l => l.length === 0 || prefixed.test(l))) return content
+  return lines.map(l => l.replace(prefixed, '')).join('\n')
+}
+
+/** Expanded body: the highlighted file content only (fallback: default fields
+ *  minus the noise keys + output). */
+export function ReadToolBody(props: ToolBodyProps) {
+  const content = createMemo(() => readContentOf(props.part))
+  return (
+    <Show
+      when={content()}
+      fallback={<DefaultToolBody part={props.part} width={props.width} omitFields={READ_NOISE_FIELDS} />}
+    >
+      {c => <CodeBlock content={stripLineNumbers(c())} filetype={pathToFiletype(filePathOf(props.part))} />}
+    </Show>
+  )
+}
+
+export const readRenderer: ToolRenderer = {
+  Body: ReadToolBody,
+  // Content (or any output) is hidden behind the header → worth expanding.
+  expandable: part => Boolean(readContentOf(part)) || resultLines(part).length > 0,
+  // Honest "(N lines)": count the content the body actually shows.
+  lines: part => {
+    const c = readContentOf(part)
+    return c ? stripLineNumbers(c).replace(/\s+$/, '').split('\n') : resultLines(part)
+  },
+  // The target path, relative to the session cwd (file-tool house rule).
+  subtitle: (part, cwd) => relativizePath(filePathOf(part), cwd) || defaultSubtitle(part)
+}
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/registry.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/registry.tsx
index 60a8bafc721..3ce74836c2b 100644
--- a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/registry.tsx
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/registry.tsx
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ import type { Component } from 'solid-js'
 import type { DiffStats } from '../../logic/diff.ts'
 import type { ToolPartState } from '../../logic/store.ts'
 import { bashRenderer } from './bashTool.tsx'
+import { clarifyRenderer } from './clarifyTool.tsx'
 import { defaultRenderer } from './defaultTool.tsx'
 import { fileRenderer } from './fileTool.tsx'
+import { readRenderer } from './readTool.tsx'
+import { searchRenderer } from './searchTool.tsx'
+import { skillRenderer } from './skillTool.tsx'
 
 /** Props every tool Body receives: the part + usable content columns. */
 export interface ToolBodyProps {
@@ -40,23 +44,39 @@ export interface ToolRenderer {
   stats?: (part: ToolPartState) => DiffStats | undefined
   /** Whether the part has expandable content beyond the header (when settled). */
   expandable: (part: ToolPartState) => boolean
+  /** The lines the expanded body will actually show — drives the honest
+   *  "(N lines)" header count. Defaults to the raw resultText lines. */
+  lines?: (part: ToolPartState) => string[]
   /** The expanded body, rendered inside the shared left-bordered frame. */
   Body: Component<ToolBodyProps>
 }
 
 const TOOLS: Record<string, ToolRenderer> = {
+  // clarify (item 4): collapsed = `question: answer`; expanded = `User
+  // answered:` + `· q: a` rows — NEVER the raw JSON result.
+  clarify: clarifyRenderer,
   // delegate_task: default labeled fields + the Ink-parity monitor hint
   // (ui-tui/src/components/thinking.tsx — "(/agents to monitor)").
   delegate_task: { ...defaultRenderer, hint: () => '(/agents to monitor)' },
-  // shell-ish tools (Epic 2.4): collapsed = the command verbatim; expanded = full output.
+  // shell-ish tools (Epic 2.4): collapsed = the command verbatim; expanded =
+  // full output (+ the command echo only when the header truncated it, item 3;
+  // execute_code's code arg is Tree-sitter highlighted, item 7).
   execute_code: bashRenderer,
   process: bashRenderer,
   terminal: bashRenderer,
-  // file tools (Epic 2.3): collapsed = cwd-relative path + `+N −M`; expanded =
-  // the FULL native diff (write_file/patch/skill_manage) or labeled fields (read_file).
+  // file-edit tools (Epic 2.3): collapsed = cwd-relative path + `+N −M`;
+  // expanded = the FULL native diff.
   patch: fileRenderer,
-  read_file: fileRenderer,
+  // read_file (items 1 + 7): collapsed = relpath; expanded = highlighted
+  // content only (limit/offset suppressed).
+  read_file: readRenderer,
+  // search_files (item 2): collapsed = the pattern; expanded = grep-style
+  // result lines only (context/output_mode/… suppressed).
+  search_files: searchRenderer,
   skill_manage: fileRenderer,
+  // skill_view (item 5): WHICH skill was loaded (+ one-line description) —
+  // never the full skill contents.
+  skill_view: skillRenderer,
   write_file: fileRenderer
 }
 
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/searchTool.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/searchTool.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..401fcc8c298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/searchTool.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/**
+ * SearchTool — renderer for `search_files` (feedback item 2: "context,
+ * output_mode kinda not needed — just pattern and output").
+ *
+ * Collapsed: the PATTERN (arg key verified against tools/file_tools.py
+ * SEARCH_FILES_SCHEMA — required `pattern`). Expanded: ONLY the results, shaped
+ * as grep-style lines — no labeled arg rows (context/output_mode/limit/offset/
+ * path/target/file_glob are call mechanics the user didn't ask to re-read).
+ *
+ * Wire shape (verified live + tools/file_operations.py SearchResult.to_dict):
+ *   content mode → {"total_count": N, "matches": [{path, line, content}…]}
+ *   files mode   → {"total_count": N, "files": ["…"]}
+ *   count mode   → {"total_count": N, "counts": {"path": N}}
+ *   any mode     → optional "truncated": true
+ * Fallback (no structured result): default labeled fields minus the noise keys.
+ */
+import { createMemo, For, Show } from 'solid-js'
+
+import type { ToolPartState } from '../../logic/store.ts'
+import { truncate } from '../../logic/toolOutput.ts'
+import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
+import { DefaultToolBody, defaultSubtitle, resultLines, structuredArgs, structuredResult } from './defaultTool.tsx'
+import type { ToolBodyProps, ToolRenderer } from './registry.tsx'
+
+/** Arg keys the expanded view suppresses (item 2): pattern is the subtitle;
+ *  the rest are search mechanics, not results. */
+export const SEARCH_NOISE_FIELDS = [
+  'pattern',
+  'context',
+  'output_mode',
+  'target',
+  'path',
+  'file_glob',
+  'limit',
+  'offset'
+] as const
+
+/** The search pattern, via structuredArgs (redacted args_text precedence). */
+export function patternOf(part: ToolPartState): string {
+  const p = structuredArgs(part)?.['pattern']
+  return typeof p === 'string' ? p.trim() : ''
+}
+
+/** Grep-style result lines from the structured result, else undefined. */
+export function searchResultLines(part: ToolPartState): string[] | undefined {
+  const r = structuredResult(part)
+  if (!r) return undefined
+  const out: string[] = []
+  const matches = r['matches']
+  if (Array.isArray(matches)) {
+    for (const m of matches) {
+      if (!m || typeof m !== 'object') continue
+      const o = m as Record<string, unknown>
+      const path = typeof o['path'] === 'string' ? o['path'] : ''
+      const line = typeof o['line'] === 'number' ? o['line'] : undefined
+      const content = typeof o['content'] === 'string' ? o['content'].replace(/\s+$/, '') : ''
+      out.push(`${path}${line === undefined ? '' : `:${line}`}: ${content}`)
+    }
+  }
+  const files = r['files']
+  if (Array.isArray(files)) for (const f of files) if (typeof f === 'string') out.push(f)
+  const counts = r['counts']
+  if (counts && typeof counts === 'object' && !Array.isArray(counts))
+    for (const [path, n] of Object.entries(counts)) out.push(`${path}: ${String(n)}`)
+  if (out.length === 0) {
+    // a structured result with no result rows IS the answer: nothing matched
+    if (typeof r['total_count'] === 'number') return ['no matches']
+    return undefined
+  }
+  if (r['truncated'] === true) out.push('… results truncated')
+  return out
+}
+
+/** Expanded body: the result lines only (fallback: default fields minus noise). */
+export function SearchToolBody(props: ToolBodyProps) {
+  const theme = useTheme()
+  const lines = createMemo(() => searchResultLines(props.part))
+  return (
+    <Show
+      when={lines()}
+      fallback={<DefaultToolBody part={props.part} width={props.width} omitFields={SEARCH_NOISE_FIELDS} />}
+    >
+      {rows => (
+        <box style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <For each={rows()}>
+            {row => (
+              <text selectionBg={theme().color.selectionBg}>
+                <span style={{ fg: theme().color.muted }}>{truncate(row, Math.max(1, props.width))}</span>
+              </text>
+            )}
+          </For>
+        </box>
+      )}
+    </Show>
+  )
+}
+
+export const searchRenderer: ToolRenderer = {
+  Body: SearchToolBody,
+  // Any result rows (or raw output) are hidden behind the header.
+  expandable: part => (searchResultLines(part)?.length ?? 0) > 0 || resultLines(part).length > 0,
+  // Honest "(N lines)": the rows the body actually shows.
+  lines: part => searchResultLines(part) ?? resultLines(part),
+  // The pattern, verbatim (it already IS the gateway preview for search_files).
+  subtitle: part => patternOf(part) || defaultSubtitle(part)
+}
diff --git a/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/skillTool.tsx b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/skillTool.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9a4163daec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-opentui/src/view/tools/skillTool.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * SkillTool — renderer for `skill_view` (feedback item 5: "don't show the
+ * skill output — just show WHICH skill was loaded"). The result is a JSON dict
+ * whose `content` is the ENTIRE skill body (often many KB) — pure noise in the
+ * transcript (the agent consumed it, the user only needs the fact of the load).
+ *
+ * Collapsed: `skill_view <name>` (plus the linked file path when the call
+ * loaded one). Expanded: the name + its one-line description (cheap: the
+ * result already carries `description`); the full contents stay suppressed.
+ *
+ * Wire shape (verified live, v6fix capture + tools/skills_tool.py):
+ *   args   → {"name": "…", "file_path"?: "references/…"}
+ *   result → {"success": true, "name": "…", "description": "…", "content": …}
+ *   (file view → {"success": true, "name": "…", "file": "…", "content": …})
+ */
+import { createMemo, Show } from 'solid-js'
+
+import type { ToolPartState } from '../../logic/store.ts'
+import { truncate } from '../../logic/toolOutput.ts'
+import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
+import { defaultSubtitle, structuredArgs, structuredResult } from './defaultTool.tsx'
+import type { ToolBodyProps, ToolRenderer } from './registry.tsx'
+
+export interface SkillInfo {
+  name: string
+  /** Linked file loaded by this call (args `file_path` / result `file`), if any. */
+  file?: string
+  /** One-line description from the result (main SKILL.md views only). */
+  description?: string
+}
+
+/** Which skill (and optional linked file) this call loaded. */
+export function skillInfoOf(part: ToolPartState): SkillInfo | undefined {
+  const args = structuredArgs(part)
+  const result = structuredResult(part)
+  const name =
+    (typeof result?.['name'] === 'string' && result['name'].trim()) ||
+    (typeof args?.['name'] === 'string' && args['name'].trim()) ||
+    ''
+  if (!name) return undefined
+  const info: SkillInfo = { name }
+  const file = args?.['file_path'] ?? result?.['file']
+  if (typeof file === 'string' && file.trim()) info.file = file.trim()
+  const description = result?.['description']
+  if (typeof description === 'string' && description.trim()) info.description = description.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
+  return info
+}
+
+/** Expanded body: name (+ linked file) and the one-line description — never the contents. */
+export function SkillToolBody(props: ToolBodyProps) {
+  const theme = useTheme()
+  const info = createMemo(() => skillInfoOf(props.part))
+  return (
+    <Show when={info()}>
+      {i => (
+        <box style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <text selectionBg={theme().color.selectionBg}>
+            {/* field label — chrome-colored, value is the content */}
+            <span style={{ fg: theme().color.label }}>skill</span>
+            <span style={{ fg: theme().color.text }}>
+              {`  ${truncate(i().name + (i().file ? ` · ${i().file ?? ''}` : ''), Math.max(1, props.width - 7))}`}
+            </span>
+          </text>
+          <Show when={i().description}>
+            <text selectionBg={theme().color.selectionBg}>
+              <span style={{ fg: theme().color.muted }}>
+                {truncate(i().description ?? '', Math.max(1, props.width))}
+              </span>
+            </text>
+          </Show>
+        </box>
+      )}
+    </Show>
+  )
+}
+
+export const skillRenderer: ToolRenderer = {
+  Body: SkillToolBody,
+  // Only the name/description summary is worth expanding — never the contents.
+  expandable: part => Boolean(skillInfoOf(part)?.description),
+  // Honest "(N lines)": what the body actually shows (suppresses the JSON count).
+  lines: part => {
+    const i = skillInfoOf(part)
+    if (!i) return []
+    return i.description ? [i.name, i.description] : [i.name]
+  },
+  // Collapsed: WHICH skill was loaded (+ the linked file when one was).
+  subtitle: part => {
+    const i = skillInfoOf(part)
+    if (!i) return defaultSubtitle(part)
+    return i.file ? `${i.name} · ${i.file}` : i.name
+  }
+}