diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/AskUiBubble.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/AskUiBubble.tsx
index 300a3655..1c51f56a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/AskUiBubble.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/AskUiBubble.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
+import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
 import InputBase from '@mui/material/InputBase';
 import IconButton from '@mui/material/IconButton';
 import ArrowUpwardRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ArrowUpwardRounded';
@@ -116,8 +117,28 @@ function AskUiBubble({ pair, sessionId, isPending, suppressReveal }: AskUiBubble
     );
   }
 
+  // The vendored choice contracts carry no question field, so agents' title/description props silently vanish and the user sees options with no question; render them as a host header instead (ENG-227).
+  const rawProps = (payload.props ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const questionTitle: string = [rawProps.title, rawProps.question, rawProps.prompt, rawProps.heading]
+    .find((v): v is string => typeof v === 'string' && v.trim().length > 0) ?? '';
+  const questionDesc: string = typeof rawProps.description === 'string' && rawProps.description !== questionTitle
+    ? rawProps.description : '';
   return (
     <Box sx={{ my: 1, contain: 'layout style' }} data-select-type="tool-ui-ask" data-select-id={pair.id} data-select-meta={JSON.stringify({ component: payload.name })}>
+      {(questionTitle || questionDesc) && (
+        <Box sx={{ mb: 0.75, px: 0.5 }}>
+          {questionTitle && (
+            <Typography sx={{ fontSize: '0.9375rem', fontWeight: 600, color: 'text.primary', lineHeight: 1.35 }}>
+              {questionTitle}
+            </Typography>
+          )}
+          {questionDesc && (
+            <Typography sx={{ fontSize: '0.8125rem', color: 'text.secondary', mt: 0.25, lineHeight: 1.4 }}>
+              {questionDesc}
+            </Typography>
+          )}
+        </Box>
+      )}
       <VendoredToolUi name={payload.name} props={payload.props} extraProps={extraProps} />
       {waiting && FREE_TEXT_COMPONENTS.has(payload.name) && (
         <Box
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ShowUiWidgetView.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ShowUiWidgetView.tsx
index 488e05fa..02604329 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ShowUiWidgetView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/tool-ui/ShowUiWidgetView.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,24 @@ function ShowUiWidgetView({ payload, ambient }: { payload: ShowUiPayload; ambien
   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} />;
-  if (payload.component === 'vendored') return <VendoredToolUi name={payload.name} props={payload.props} quietFail={ambient} />;
+  if (payload.component === 'vendored') {
+    // The vendored contracts carry no question/title field, so agent-supplied ones silently vanish and a choice widget renders with no visible question; surface them as a host header (ENG-227).
+    const raw = (payload.props ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const title = [raw.title, raw.question, raw.prompt, raw.heading]
+      .find((v): v is string => typeof v === 'string' && v.trim().length > 0) ?? '';
+    const desc = typeof raw.description === 'string' && raw.description !== title ? raw.description : '';
+    const widget = <VendoredToolUi name={payload.name} props={payload.props} quietFail={ambient} />;
+    if (!title && !desc) return widget;
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <div style={{ marginBottom: 6, paddingLeft: 4, paddingRight: 4 }}>
+          {title && <div style={{ fontSize: '0.9375rem', fontWeight: 600, lineHeight: 1.35 }}>{title}</div>}
+          {desc && <div style={{ fontSize: '0.8125rem', opacity: 0.72, marginTop: 2, lineHeight: 1.4 }}>{desc}</div>}
+        </div>
+        {widget}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
   return null;
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
index 259cf411..1810ac86 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
@@ -1466,42 +1466,6 @@ const BrowserCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
 
         {/* Right side controls */}
         <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.25, px: 0.5, flexShrink: 0 }}>
-          {/* Agent activity badge */}
-          {agentActive && (
-            <Box
-              sx={{
-                display: 'inline-flex',
-                alignItems: 'center',
-                gap: 0.5,
-                px: 0.75,
-                py: 0.25,
-                borderRadius: '6px',
-                bgcolor: `${accentColor}18`,
-                animation: 'badge-fade-in 0.25s ease-out',
-                '@keyframes badge-fade-in': {
-                  '0%': { opacity: 0, transform: 'scale(0.85)' },
-                  '100%': { opacity: 1, transform: 'scale(1)' },
-                },
-              }}
-            >
-              <Box
-                sx={{
-                  width: 6,
-                  height: 6,
-                  borderRadius: '50%',
-                  bgcolor: accentColor,
-                  animation: 'badge-dot-pulse 1.4s ease-in-out infinite',
-                  '@keyframes badge-dot-pulse': {
-                    '0%, 100%': { opacity: 0.5, transform: 'scale(0.8)' },
-                    '50%': { opacity: 1, transform: 'scale(1.3)' },
-                  },
-                }}
-              />
-              <Typography sx={{ fontSize: '0.625rem', fontWeight: 600, color: accentColor, lineHeight: 1 }}>
-                AI
-              </Typography>
-            </Box>
-          )}
 
         </Box>
       </Box>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/Tools.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/Tools.tsx
index c173a800..3e584288 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/Tools.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/Tools.tsx
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ const Tools: React.FC<ToolsProps> = ({ onBrowseConnectors, expandToolId }) => {
         <ToolsAddMenu
           devMode={!!devMode}
           onBrowseConnectors={onBrowseConnectors}
-          onOpenCreate={a.openCreate}
           onOpenRegistry={a.openRegistryBrowser}
           onSnackbar={(message, severity) => a.setSnackbar({ open: true, message, severity: severity === 'error' ? 'error' : undefined })}
         />
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/dialogs/ToolsAddMenu.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/dialogs/ToolsAddMenu.tsx
index 7a491073..63e91a66 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/dialogs/ToolsAddMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/dialogs/ToolsAddMenu.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import Button from '@mui/material/Button';
 import Menu from '@mui/material/Menu';
 import MenuItem from '@mui/material/MenuItem';
 import AddIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Add';
-import BuildIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Build';
 import KeyboardArrowDownIcon from '@mui/icons-material/KeyboardArrowDown';
 import StorefrontIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Storefront';
 import AddLinkIcon from '@mui/icons-material/AddLink';
@@ -13,13 +12,12 @@ import AddCustomConnectorDialog from '../../Directory/dialogs/AddCustomConnector
 interface Props {
   devMode: boolean;
   onBrowseConnectors?: () => void;
-  onOpenCreate: () => void;
   onOpenRegistry: () => void;
   onSnackbar: (message: string, severity: 'success' | 'error') => void;
 }
 
 // The Tools page's Add button (claude.ai's Connectors-page grammar) plus the custom-connector dialog it opens.
-const ToolsAddMenu: React.FC<Props> = ({ devMode, onBrowseConnectors, onOpenCreate, onOpenRegistry, onSnackbar }) => {
+const ToolsAddMenu: React.FC<Props> = ({ devMode, onBrowseConnectors, onOpenRegistry, onSnackbar }) => {
   const c = useClaudeTokens();
   const [menuAnchor, setMenuAnchor] = useState<null | HTMLElement>(null);
   const [customConnectorOpen, setCustomConnectorOpen] = useState(false);
@@ -51,10 +49,6 @@ const ToolsAddMenu: React.FC<Props> = ({ devMode, onBrowseConnectors, onOpenCrea
           <AddLinkIcon sx={{ fontSize: 16, color: c.text.tertiary }} />
           Add custom connector
         </MenuItem>
-        <MenuItem onClick={() => { closeMenu(); onOpenCreate(); }} sx={{ color: c.text.primary, fontSize: '0.875rem', gap: 1.5, '&:hover': { bgcolor: c.bg.secondary } }}>
-          <BuildIcon sx={{ fontSize: 16, color: c.text.tertiary }} />
-          Create Custom
-        </MenuItem>
         {devMode && (
           <MenuItem onClick={() => { closeMenu(); onOpenRegistry(); }} sx={{ color: c.text.primary, fontSize: '0.875rem', gap: 1.5, '&:hover': { bgcolor: c.bg.secondary } }}>
             <StorefrontIcon sx={{ fontSize: 16, color: c.text.tertiary }} />