[UI/UX] Non-Technical Activity View: Collapsed Traces, Intent Highlighting, and Hover Inspection
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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 20, 2026
Problem Statement
Non-technical stakeholders and developers monitoring agent activity in VS Code find the chat panel cluttered. Technical labels (e.g. Bash) obscure the high-level functional intent, making progress tracking difficult.
Detailed Feature Request
1. Default Collapsed Traces
- Collapse
INandOUTexecution blocks by default to keep the chat history focused on intent for each bash.
2. Improved Visual Hierarchy
- Highlight Functional Intent: Emphasize human-readable descriptions (e.g. "Inspect the failing search assertion") in a bold highlight color (
#e5c07b). - Dim Technical Labels: Subdue utility badges like
Bashso they do not draw immediate visual focus.
3. Hover-to-Inspect Command Details
- Hide the underlying shell input line during normal reading, still having it as optionally uncollapsible.
- Show the
INbash command dynamically via an inline expansion or tooltip when hovering over the action description.