diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/test/render.test.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/test/render.test.tsx
index 5d7ad99a7e6..3560ecc0957 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/test/render.test.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/test/render.test.tsx
@@ -121,6 +121,28 @@ describe('App render (Phase 1, themed)', () => {
     expect(frame).toContain('(2 lines)') // output line count (collapsed)
   })
 
+  test('a settled reasoning part collapses to a one-line "Thought: <title>" header (item 6)', async () => {
+    const store = createSessionStore()
+    store.apply({ type: 'gateway.ready' })
+    store.apply({ type: 'message.start' })
+    store.apply({ type: 'reasoning.delta', payload: { text: '**Weighing options**\n\nthe hidden body text here' } })
+    store.apply({ type: 'message.delta', payload: { text: 'Answer.' } })
+    store.apply({ type: 'message.complete' })
+
+    const frame = await captureFrame(
+      () => (
+        <ThemeProvider theme={() => store.state.theme}>
+          <App store={store} />
+        </ThemeProvider>
+      ),
+      { until: 'Thought', width: 72, height: 16 }
+    )
+
+    expect(frame).toContain('Thought') // settled → collapsed header label
+    expect(frame).toContain('Weighing options') // the **bold** title is surfaced
+    expect(frame).not.toContain('hidden body text') // collapsed → body not shown
+  })
+
   test('an approval prompt replaces the composer (blocked) and renders the options', async () => {
     const store = createSessionStore()
     store.apply({ type: 'gateway.ready' })
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/markdown.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/markdown.tsx
index f5829a7bb06..1e982ce3e1c 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/markdown.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/markdown.tsx
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ function syntaxStyleFor(theme: Theme): SyntaxStyle {
   return style
 }
 
-export function Markdown(props: { text: string; streaming?: boolean }) {
+export function Markdown(props: { text: string; streaming?: boolean; fg?: string }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
   // opencode's v2 text path (session-v2.tsx AssistantText): the markdown engine via
   // <code filetype="markdown" streaming>. `drawUnstyledText={false}` avoids the
   // raw→styled flash per delta (the streaming flicker); `streaming` re-tokenizes
-  // incrementally rather than reparsing the whole buffer each repaint.
+  // incrementally rather than reparsing the whole buffer each repaint. `fg`
+  // overrides the base text color (e.g. muted for reasoning bodies — item 6).
   return (
     <code
       filetype="markdown"
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export function Markdown(props: { text: string; streaming?: boolean }) {
       streaming={props.streaming ?? false}
       drawUnstyledText={false}
       conceal
-      fg={theme().color.text}
+      fg={props.fg ?? theme().color.text}
     />
   )
 }
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/messageLine.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/messageLine.tsx
index 620659dd651..8ceb46f355f 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/messageLine.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/messageLine.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { For, Match, Show, Switch } from 'solid-js'
 
 import type { Message } from '../logic/store.ts'
 import { Markdown } from './markdown.tsx'
+import { ReasoningPart } from './reasoningPart.tsx'
 import { useTheme } from './theme.tsx'
 import { ToolPart } from './toolPart.tsx'
 
@@ -59,11 +60,7 @@ export function MessageLine(props: { message: Message }) {
               <Switch>
                 <Match when={part.type === 'tool' && part}>{tool => <ToolPart part={tool()} />}</Match>
                 <Match when={part.type === 'reasoning' && part}>
-                  {r => (
-                    <text>
-                      <span style={{ fg: theme().color.muted }}>{r().text}</span>
-                    </text>
-                  )}
+                  {r => <ReasoningPart text={r().text} streaming={m().streaming ?? false} />}
                 </Match>
                 <Match when={part.type === 'text' && part}>
                   {t => <Markdown text={t().text} streaming={m().streaming ?? false} />}
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/reasoningPart.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/reasoningPart.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..528b69521fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/reasoningPart.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * ReasoningPart — the model's thinking trace, collapsible (item 6; opencode's
+ * ReasoningPart/ReasoningHeader). Auto-EXPANDED while the turn streams (so you
+ * watch it think), then COLLAPSES to a one-line `▶ Thought: <title>` once the
+ * turn settles. Click the header to override either way.
+ *
+ *   ▼ Thinking: <title>        ← live (streaming), body shown
+ *   ▶ Thought: <title>         ← settled (collapsed), click to reopen
+ *   │ <reasoning markdown>     ← dim body in a left-bordered block
+ *
+ * Title is the model's leading `**bold**` line when present (opencode's
+ * reasoningSummary). Dim throughout — it's secondary to the answer.
+ */
+import { createMemo, createSignal, Show } from 'solid-js'
+
+import { Markdown } from './markdown.tsx'
+import { useTheme } from './theme.tsx'
+
+const GUTTER = 2
+
+/** Split a leading `**Title**\n\n body` into {title, body} (opencode reasoningSummary). */
+function reasoningSummary(text: string): { title?: string; body: string } {
+  const s = (text ?? '').replace('[REDACTED]', '').trim()
+  const m = s.match(/^\*\*([^*\n]+)\*\*(?:\r?\n\r?\n|$)/)
+  const title = m?.[1]?.trim()
+  if (!title) return { body: s }
+  return { title, body: s.slice(m![0].length).trimStart() }
+}
+
+export function ReasoningPart(props: { text: string; streaming?: boolean }) {
+  const theme = useTheme()
+  const [override, setOverride] = createSignal<boolean | undefined>(undefined)
+  // live → expanded so you see it think; settled → collapsed. Click overrides.
+  const expanded = () => override() ?? !!props.streaming
+  const summary = createMemo(() => reasoningSummary(props.text))
+  const label = () => (props.streaming ? 'Thinking' : 'Thought')
+
+  return (
+    <Show when={summary().body || summary().title}>
+      <box style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexShrink: 0 }}>
+        <box
+          style={{ flexDirection: 'row', flexShrink: 0 }}
+          onMouseDown={() => setOverride(e => !(e ?? !!props.streaming))}
+        >
+          <box style={{ flexShrink: 0, width: GUTTER }}>
+            <text selectable={false}>
+              <span style={{ fg: theme().color.muted }}>{expanded() ? '▼' : '▶'}</span>
+            </text>
+          </box>
+          <text>
+            <span style={{ fg: theme().color.warn }}>{label()}</span>
+            <Show when={summary().title}>
+              <span style={{ fg: theme().color.muted }}>{`: ${summary().title}`}</span>
+            </Show>
+          </text>
+        </box>
+        <Show when={expanded() && summary().body}>
+          <box
+            style={{ flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0, marginLeft: GUTTER, paddingLeft: 1 }}
+            border={['left']}
+            borderColor={theme().color.border}
+          >
+            <Markdown text={summary().body} streaming={props.streaming ?? false} fg={theme().color.muted} />
+          </box>
+        </Show>
+      </box>
+    </Show>
+  )
+}