From 68ce4ab517d613c6db7c8894cb935eab39c0a53e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Love <brian@liveloveapp.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:42:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(chat): hide message actions on content-less messages
 (compact subagent cards)
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A subagent delegation renders as its own assistant message whose only content is
the subagent card (no assistant text). It was still getting the full message-
actions toolbar (regenerate/copy/thumbs up/down) — pure whitespace, since there
is nothing to copy/regenerate/rate — which bloated the stream.

Gate <chat-message-actions> on the message having copyable text (`content.trim()`).
Subagent cards and bare tool-call messages now render compact; real answers keep
their actions.

Verified live in examples/ag-ui (research subagent): the delegation card's actions
toolbar is gone; the answer message retains exactly one actions toolbar.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts   | 23 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts b/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
index d6253951..75a3ac3b 100644
--- a/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
+++ b/libs/chat/src/lib/compositions/chat/chat.component.ts
@@ -248,14 +248,21 @@ export function isPinned(
                       />
                     }
                   }
-                  <chat-message-actions
-                    chatMessageControls
-                    [content]="content"
-                    [disabled]="agent().isLoading()"
-                    (regenerate)="onRegenerate(i)"
-                    (rate)="onRate(message, $event)"
-                    (contentCopied)="onCopy(message, $event)"
-                  />
+                  <!-- Only show message actions when there is copyable assistant
+                       text. Content-less messages (a bare tool call or a subagent
+                       delegation card) have nothing to copy/regenerate/rate, so the
+                       actions panel is pure whitespace there — suppress it to keep
+                       the stream compact. -->
+                  @if (content.trim()) {
+                    <chat-message-actions
+                      chatMessageControls
+                      [content]="content"
+                      [disabled]="agent().isLoading()"
+                      (regenerate)="onRegenerate(i)"
+                      (rate)="onRate(message, $event)"
+                      (contentCopied)="onCopy(message, $event)"
+                    />
+                  }
                 </chat-message>
               </ng-template>