diff --git a/.changeset/widen-chat-readable-lane.md b/.changeset/widen-chat-readable-lane.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3d40fe1412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/widen-chat-readable-lane.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"kilo-code": patch
+---
+
+Widen the sidebar chat readable lane from 78ch to 88ch so tools and content use a little more screen space.
diff --git a/packages/kilo-docs/public/img/screenshot-tests/kilo-vscode/visual-regression/agentmanager/readable-chat-1280-chromium-linux.png b/packages/kilo-docs/public/img/screenshot-tests/kilo-vscode/visual-regression/agentmanager/readable-chat-1280-chromium-linux.png
index 5fb536a7cef..728ac2a1843 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-docs/public/img/screenshot-tests/kilo-vscode/visual-regression/agentmanager/readable-chat-1280-chromium-linux.png
+++ b/packages/kilo-docs/public/img/screenshot-tests/kilo-vscode/visual-regression/agentmanager/readable-chat-1280-chromium-linux.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:3a645eecb71442d1ffde6febbcaa67054d1e048ea7f24b7e6837b3a2bb635aea
-size 51100
+oid sha256:e6ecf78a0bcfaebdb945c3caacb8e32155fe2f6e4017f766e129dd0d17ad8fab
+size 51349
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/styles/chat-layout.css b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/styles/chat-layout.css
index 8668506cbcc..0a254a18785 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/styles/chat-layout.css
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/styles/chat-layout.css
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   min-height: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
   container: chat / inline-size;
-  --chat-readable-width: 78ch;
+  --chat-readable-width: 88ch;
   --chat-gutter: clamp(16px, 4cqi, 48px);
   --chat-scrollbar-width: 10px;
 }