diff --git a/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/ActiveSubAgentTile.tsx b/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/ActiveSubAgentTile.tsx
index 30f0897ea..61b3a20d2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/ActiveSubAgentTile.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/ActiveSubAgentTile.tsx
@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ function ActiveSubAgentRow({
   const isRunning = item?.state !== "completed" || payload?.status === "running" || workflowIsLive;
   if (registrationOnly || !item || !payload?.name) return null;
 
-  const display = deriveToolDisplay(payload);
+  // The dock groups rows under kind headers (Subagents/Crossagents), so the
+  // per-row "Agent:"/"Crossagent:" prefix would just repeat the header.
+  const display = deriveToolDisplay(payload, { bareAgentTitle: true });
   const args =
     payload.args && typeof payload.args === "object" && !Array.isArray(payload.args)
       ? (payload.args as Record<string, unknown>)
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/SubAgentOverlay.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/SubAgentOverlay.test.tsx
index 9f35f2fc7..25b8b052f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/SubAgentOverlay.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/SubAgentOverlay.test.tsx
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ describe("SubAgentContent", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText("Background tasks")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Close subagents panel" })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Close Crossagents panel" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // Rows sit under the kind header, so they keep the bare label.
+    expect(screen.getByText("Codex · GPT-5.5")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/^Crossagent:/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it("renders child messages through the main timeline parser", async () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/toolDisplay.test.ts b/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/toolDisplay.test.ts
index 794f622ed..d4bc66d3b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/toolDisplay.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/toolDisplay.test.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,33 @@ describe("deriveToolDisplay", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("drops the kind prefix from bare agent titles used by grouped docks", () => {
+    const crossagent = makePayload({
+      name: "Drive collection closures — Factory Droid · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Droid Core) - High",
+      isCrossagent: true,
+    });
+    expect(deriveToolDisplay(crossagent).title).toBe(
+      "Crossagent: Drive collection closures — Factory Droid · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Droid Core) - High",
+    );
+    expect(deriveToolDisplay(crossagent, { bareAgentTitle: true }).title).toBe(
+      "Drive collection closures — Factory Droid · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Droid Core) - High",
+    );
+
+    const subagent = makePayload({
+      name: "probe worker alpha",
+      isSubAgent: true,
+      args: { subagent_type: "general-purpose" },
+    });
+    expect(deriveToolDisplay(subagent, { bareAgentTitle: true }).title).toBe("probe worker alpha");
+
+    const claudeTask = makePayload({
+      name: "Task",
+      isSubAgent: true,
+      args: { subagent_type: "general-purpose" },
+    });
+    expect(deriveToolDisplay(claudeTask, { bareAgentTitle: true }).title).toBe("general-purpose");
+  });
+
   it("recognizes Claude Workflow tool calls as background work", () => {
     const payload = makePayload({
       name: "Workflow",
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/toolDisplay.ts b/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/toolDisplay.ts
index b163da160..d60b52a07 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/toolDisplay.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/thread/ChatPane/parts/items/toolDisplay.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,19 @@ export {
 } from "@/shared/toolCallClassification";
 export { isWorkflowTool };
 
-export function deriveToolDisplay(payload: ToolCallPayload): ToolDisplay {
+export interface ToolDisplayOptions {
+  /**
+   * Omit the "Agent:"/"Crossagent:" kind prefix from delegated-agent titles —
+   * rows already grouped under a kind header (e.g. the Crossagents dock)
+   * would just repeat the header on every item.
+   */
+  bareAgentTitle?: boolean;
+}
+
+export function deriveToolDisplay(
+  payload: ToolCallPayload,
+  options?: ToolDisplayOptions,
+): ToolDisplay {
   const args = readArgsObject(payload);
 
   const mcp = parseMcpName(payload);
@@ -118,7 +130,7 @@ export function deriveToolDisplay(payload: ToolCallPayload): ToolDisplay {
     };
   }
 
-  const claude = mapClaudeRawTool(payload.name, args);
+  const claude = mapClaudeRawTool(payload.name, args, options);
   if (claude) return claude;
 
   if (payload.isSubAgent === true || payload.isCrossagent === true) {
@@ -127,6 +139,7 @@ export function deriveToolDisplay(payload: ToolCallPayload): ToolDisplay {
         preferFallback: payload.title !== undefined,
         isCrossagent: payload.isCrossagent === true,
         isResume: payload.isSubAgentResume === true,
+        ...(options?.bareAgentTitle ? { bare: true } : {}),
         ...(payload.subAgentType ? { subAgentType: payload.subAgentType } : {}),
       }),
       Icon: Bot,
@@ -142,6 +155,7 @@ export function deriveToolDisplay(payload: ToolCallPayload): ToolDisplay {
 function mapClaudeRawTool(
   name: string,
   args: Record<string, unknown> | undefined,
+  options?: ToolDisplayOptions,
 ): ToolDisplay | null {
   switch (name) {
     case "Read":
@@ -156,7 +170,14 @@ function mapClaudeRawTool(
       return withPath("List", args, ["path"], FolderSearch);
     case "Task":
     case "Agent":
-      return { title: formatAgentTitle(args), Icon: Bot };
+      return {
+        title: formatAgentTitle(
+          args,
+          undefined,
+          options?.bareAgentTitle ? { bare: true } : undefined,
+        ),
+        Icon: Bot,
+      };
     case "BashOutput":
       return { title: titleWithValue(i18n._(msg`Bash output`), args, "bash_id"), Icon: Terminal };
     case "KillBash":
@@ -339,6 +360,7 @@ function formatAgentTitle(
     preferFallback?: boolean;
     isCrossagent?: boolean;
     isResume?: boolean;
+    bare?: boolean;
     subAgentType?: string;
   },
 ): string {
@@ -357,6 +379,10 @@ function formatAgentTitle(
     }
     return subagent ? i18n._(msg`Agent Resume: ${subagent}`) : i18n._(msg`Agent Resume`);
   }
+  if (options?.bare) {
+    if (description) return description;
+    return subagent ?? (options.isCrossagent ? i18n._(msg`Crossagent`) : i18n._(msg`Agent`));
+  }
   if (options?.isCrossagent) {
     if (description) {
       return subagent