diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ShowUiWidgetView.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ShowUiWidgetView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e62f0b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ShowUiWidgetView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import WeatherWidget from './WeatherWidget';
+import PlanWidget from './PlanWidget';
+import StatsWidget from './StatsWidget';
+import LinksWidget from './LinksWidget';
+import type { ShowUiPayload } from './showUiPayload';
+
+/** One switch for every surface that renders a ShowUI payload (chat bubble, pill artifact). */
+function ShowUiWidgetView({ payload }: { payload: ShowUiPayload }): React.ReactElement | null {
+  if (payload.component === 'weather') return <WeatherWidget props={payload.props} />;
+  if (payload.component === 'plan') return <PlanWidget props={payload.props} />;
+  if (payload.component === 'stats') return <StatsWidget props={payload.props} />;
+  if (payload.component === 'links') return <LinksWidget props={payload.props} />;
+  return null;
+}
+
+export default ShowUiWidgetView;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ToolUiBubble.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ToolUiBubble.tsx
index c8567566..292b55aa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ToolUiBubble.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ToolUiBubble.tsx
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import ToolCallBubble from '../tool-bubbles/ToolCallBubble';
 import type { ToolPair } from '../tool-bubbles/ToolCallBubble';
 import { parseShowUiPayload } from './showUiPayload';
-import WeatherWidget from './WeatherWidget';
-import PlanWidget from './PlanWidget';
-import StatsWidget from './StatsWidget';
-import LinksWidget from './LinksWidget';
+import ShowUiWidgetView from './ShowUiWidgetView';
 
 interface ToolUiBubbleProps {
   pair: ToolPair;
@@ -25,10 +22,7 @@ function ToolUiBubble({ pair, sessionId, isPending, suppressReveal }: ToolUiBubb
   }
   return (
     <Box sx={{ my: 1, contain: 'layout style' }} data-select-type="tool-ui" data-select-id={pair.id} data-select-meta={JSON.stringify({ component: payload.component })}>
-      {payload.component === 'weather' && <WeatherWidget props={payload.props} />}
-      {payload.component === 'plan' && <PlanWidget props={payload.props} />}
-      {payload.component === 'stats' && <StatsWidget props={payload.props} />}
-      {payload.component === 'links' && <LinksWidget props={payload.props} />}
+      <ShowUiWidgetView payload={payload} />
     </Box>
   );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/showUiPayload.ts b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/showUiPayload.ts
index 4f13fe1a..21f962ee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/showUiPayload.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/showUiPayload.ts
@@ -68,10 +68,26 @@ export function isShowUiPair(pair: ToolPair): boolean {
   return /(^|__)ShowUI$/.test(tool);
 }
 
+/** Latest ShowUI payload anywhere in a transcript; the collapsed card pins this artifact under its pill. */
+export function extractLatestShowUi(messages: Array<{ role: string; content: any }>): ShowUiPayload | null {
+  for (let i = messages.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    const msg = messages[i];
+    if (msg.role !== 'tool_call') continue;
+    const tool = typeof msg.content === 'object' ? String(msg.content?.tool || '') : '';
+    if (!/(^|__)ShowUI$/.test(tool)) continue;
+    const parsed = parseShowUiInput(msg.content?.input);
+    if (parsed) return parsed;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 /** Strict parse of a ShowUI tool_call's input; null on any mismatch so the caller falls back to the plain bubble. */
 export function parseShowUiPayload(pair: ToolPair): ShowUiPayload | null {
   const content = typeof pair.call.content === 'object' ? pair.call.content : null;
-  const input = content?.input;
+  return parseShowUiInput(content?.input);
+}
+
+function parseShowUiInput(input: unknown): ShowUiPayload | null {
   if (!input || typeof input !== 'object') return null;
   const component = String((input as { component?: unknown }).component || '');
   const props = (input as { props?: unknown }).props;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/AgentCard.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/AgentCard.tsx
index e0a0a1e9..41042f74 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/AgentCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/AgentCard.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import WindowControls from './WindowControls';
 import { useTiledStyle } from './tileZones';
 import AgentNarratorPill from '../desktop/AgentNarratorPill';
 import { extractLatestTodos } from '../desktop/agentTodos';
+import { extractLatestShowUi } from '@/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/showUiPayload';
+import { getWebview } from '@/shared/browserRegistry';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from '@/shared/hooks';
 import { QuestionForm } from '@/app/pages/AgentChat/shell/ApprovalBar';
 import AgentChat from '@/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat';
@@ -691,10 +693,40 @@ const AgentCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
   // Desktop-shell narrator pill: a collapsed card with nothing to ask renders as the minimal pill
   // (live turn label + plan checklist); approvals and drafts keep the full card so their UI has a home.
   const todos = useMemo(() => extractLatestTodos(session.messages || []), [session.messages]);
+  const pillArtifact = useMemo(() => extractLatestShowUi(session.messages || []), [session.messages]);
   const pillMode = !expanded && !hasPending && !isDraft && !tileZone;
   const pillLabel = session.turn_label?.label || displayChatTitle(session);
   const pillRunning = session.status === 'running';
 
+  // f7's collapsed state: a session that spawned a browser shows that window under the pill.
+  const spawnedBrowserId = useAppSelector((s) => {
+    for (const bc of Object.values(s.dashboardLayout.browserCards)) {
+      if (bc.spawned_by === session.id) return bc.browser_id;
+    }
+    return null;
+  });
+  const [browserShot, setBrowserShot] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pillMode || pillArtifact || !spawnedBrowserId) {
+      setBrowserShot(null);
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    let cancelled = false;
+    const capture = (): void => {
+      const wv = getWebview(spawnedBrowserId);
+      const p = wv?.capturePage?.();
+      if (p && typeof (p as Promise<unknown>).then === 'function') {
+        (p as Promise<{ toDataURL(): string }>)
+          .then((img) => { if (!cancelled) setBrowserShot(img.toDataURL()); })
+          .catch(() => undefined);
+      }
+    };
+    capture();
+    // Refresh while the agent is driving so the shot tracks the page; parked cards keep the last frame.
+    const timer = pillRunning ? window.setInterval(capture, 5000) : null;
+    return () => { cancelled = true; if (timer) window.clearInterval(timer); };
+  }, [pillMode, pillArtifact, spawnedBrowserId, pillRunning]);
+
   const noTransition = isDragging || isResizing || (isSelected && !!multiDragDelta);
 
   const mdDx = (!isDragging && isSelected && multiDragDelta) ? multiDragDelta.dx : 0;
@@ -926,6 +958,8 @@ const AgentCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
             label={pillLabel}
             running={pillRunning}
             todos={todos}
+            artifact={pillArtifact}
+            browserShot={browserShot}
             selected={isSelected}
             highlighted={isHighlighted}
           />
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/AgentNarratorPill.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/AgentNarratorPill.tsx
index 6f1d0d59..bf5d8302 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/AgentNarratorPill.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/AgentNarratorPill.tsx
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
 import CheckIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Check';
 import DashboardGlyph from '../canvas/DashboardGlyph';
+import ShowUiWidgetView from '@/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ShowUiWidgetView';
+import type { ShowUiPayload } from '@/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/showUiPayload';
 import type { AgentTodoItem } from './agentTodos';
 
 interface AgentNarratorPillProps {
   label: string;
   running: boolean;
   todos: AgentTodoItem[] | null;
+  artifact: ShowUiPayload | null;
+  browserShot: string | null;
   selected: boolean;
   highlighted: boolean;
 }
@@ -17,8 +21,8 @@ const GLASS = 'rgba(24,14,32,0.8)';
 const GLASS_BLUR = 'blur(18px) saturate(150%)';
 const MAX_VISIBLE_TODOS = 4;
 
-/** Collapsed running agent as the desktop narrator pill, with its live plan hanging below. */
-function AgentNarratorPill({ label, running, todos, selected, highlighted }: AgentNarratorPillProps): React.ReactElement {
+/** Collapsed agent as the desktop narrator pill; below it, the best artifact wins: widget > browser shot > plan > Thinking. */
+function AgentNarratorPill({ label, running, todos, artifact, browserShot, selected, highlighted }: AgentNarratorPillProps): React.ReactElement {
   const visibleTodos = (todos || []).slice(0, MAX_VISIBLE_TODOS);
   const hiddenCount = (todos?.length || 0) - visibleTodos.length;
   const ring = selected || highlighted ? { outline: '2px solid #3b82f6', outlineOffset: '2px' } : undefined;
@@ -48,7 +52,16 @@ function AgentNarratorPill({ label, running, todos, selected, highlighted }: Age
         </Typography>
       </Box>
 
-      {visibleTodos.length > 0 ? (
+      {artifact ? (
+        <ShowUiWidgetView payload={artifact} />
+      ) : browserShot ? (
+        <Box
+          component="img"
+          src={browserShot}
+          alt=""
+          sx={{ width: 300, display: 'block', borderRadius: '10px', boxShadow: '0 10px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.35)' }}
+        />
+      ) : visibleTodos.length > 0 ? (
         <Box
           sx={{
             borderRadius: '16px',