diff --git a/webviews/scripts/design-tokens-baseline.jsonl b/webviews/scripts/design-tokens-baseline.jsonl
index e41a06ed5119..6e99fefe9ab4 100644
--- a/webviews/scripts/design-tokens-baseline.jsonl
+++ b/webviews/scripts/design-tokens-baseline.jsonl
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/modelPicker.css","kind":"spacing","property":"padding","values":{"6px":1,"4px var(--ui-row-padding-inline) 2px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/multiplayer/multiplayer.css","kind":"duration","property":"animation","values":{"cv-typing-wave 1.2s ease-in-out infinite":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/multiplayer/multiplayer.css","kind":"spacing","property":"margin-left","values":{"-6px":1}}
-{"file":"agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css","kind":"height","property":"height","values":{"8px":1,"6px":2,"16px":1,"34px":1}}
+{"file":"agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css","kind":"height","property":"height","values":{"8px":1,"6px":2,"16px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css","kind":"spacing","property":"gap","values":{"2px":1,"1px":1,"5px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css","kind":"spacing","property":"margin-bottom","values":{"2px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css","kind":"spacing","property":"margin-top","values":{"1px":1,"2px":1}}
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/prototype/prototype.css","kind":"spacing","property":"right","values":{"-2px":1,"72px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/prototype/prototype.css","kind":"spacing","property":"top","values":{"2px":1,"92px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/question/questionCard.css","kind":"height","property":"min-height","values":{"calc(var(--ds-control-primary, 32px) + var(--ds-space-1, 4px))":1}}
-{"file":"agent-session/acpmux/question/questionCard.css","kind":"spacing","property":"margin-top","values":{"3px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionEnded.gallery.css","kind":"spacing","property":"padding","values":{"2px 0 2px 10px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/QuickModelMenu.gallery.tsx","kind":"spacing","property":"padding-top","values":{"280px":1,"400px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/replay/replay.css","kind":"font-weight","property":"font-weight","values":{"500":2}}
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/styles.css","kind":"easing","property":"animation","values":{"acpmux-chief-card-in var(--cmux-motion-quick) cubic-bezier(.22,.7,.28,1) both":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/styles.css","kind":"easing","property":"transition","values":{"background-color var(--acpmux-motion-hover) ease-out,color var(--acpmux-motion-hover) ease-out,box-shadow var(--acpmux-motion-hover) ease-out":1,"opacity var(--acpmux-motion-hover) ease-out":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/styles.css","kind":"font-weight","property":"font-weight","values":{"500":4,"650":2,"700":1}}
-{"file":"agent-session/acpmux/styles.css","kind":"height","property":"height","values":{"16px":4,"7px":1,".5px":1,"48px":1,"18px":1,"22px":6,"40px":3,"1px":1,"26px":5,"34px":1,"30px":1,"12px":1,"8px":2,"36px":1,"180px":2,"360px":1,"6px":2,"164px":1,"42px":1,"68px":1,"56px":3,"max(var(--ui-row-height,28px),calc(96px * var(--cmux-interface-scale,1)))":1,"44px":1,"17px":1,"21px":1,"5px":1}}
+{"file":"agent-session/acpmux/styles.css","kind":"height","property":"height","values":{"16px":4,"7px":1,".5px":1,"48px":1,"18px":1,"22px":6,"40px":3,"1px":1,"26px":5,"34px":1,"30px":1,"12px":1,"8px":2,"36px":1,"180px":2,"360px":1,"6px":1,"164px":1,"42px":1,"68px":1,"56px":3,"max(var(--ui-row-height,28px),calc(96px * var(--cmux-interface-scale,1)))":1,"44px":1,"17px":1,"21px":1,"5px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/styles.css","kind":"height","property":"min-height","values":{"34px":2,"38px":1,"calc(var(--ds-control-row) + var(--ds-space-3) + 4 * var(--cmux-hairline,.5px))":1,"30px":1,"16px":1,"128px":1,"36px":1,"58px":1,"48px":1,"46px":1,"56px":1,"44px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/styles.css","kind":"radius","property":"border-radius","values":{"22px":1,"14px":1,"3px":4,"5px":1,"9px":1,"48px":2,"24px":2,"20px":1}}
 {"file":"agent-session/acpmux/styles.css","kind":"spacing","property":"bottom","values":{"2px":1,"calc(100% + 6px)":2}}
diff --git a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css
index 9b92fab9a7f6..9b1081249efa 100644
--- a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css
+++ b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/needsYou/needsYou.css
@@ -422,18 +422,21 @@
   box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, var(--agent-text) 40%, transparent);
 }
 
-/* The Needs your input pill: Jump to latest's glass (tint, rim, hover wash), widened to a small-radius rect,
-   a little larger than Claude's (Leo 2026-10-20). */
+/* The Needs your input pill: Jump to latest's glass (tint, rim, hover wash), widened to a capsule.
+   It reads as the question card's pill (QuestionCard.tsx .acpmux-question-status) and Claude
+   desktop's: the Needs you dot, the words in the mark's colour at regular weight, a muted chevron
+   (Leo 2026-11-05, of the bold block it was: "kind of ugly"). */
 .acpmux-jump-latest.acpmux-needs-you-pill {
   display: inline-flex;
   gap: var(--ds-space-2);
   width: auto;
-  height: 34px;
+  height: var(--ds-control-primary);
   padding: 0 var(--ds-space-3);
-  border-radius: var(--ds-radius-popup);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  color: var(--acpmux-needs-you-mark);
   font-family: var(--font-ui);
   font-size: var(--text-control);
-  font-weight: var(--weight-emphasis, 600);
+  font-weight: var(--weight-regular);
   white-space: nowrap;
   letter-spacing: var(--text-control--letter-spacing);
 }
diff --git a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.gallery.css b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.gallery.css
index 2811e77d5e07..0d08b7617599 100644
--- a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.gallery.css
+++ b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.gallery.css
@@ -31,3 +31,47 @@
   content: "\2713  ";
   color: var(--agent-soft, var(--agent-text));
 }
+
+/* Leo 2026-11-05, of the pill, option rows and custom answer: "kind of ugly". Three looks of the
+   restyle over the same card; "capsule" ships (styles.css, questionCard.css). Outline rings the
+   pill the way Claude desktop's live-line pill does and rules the rows full width with an underlined
+   custom answer; bare drops the pill's capsule to the dot and words, fills the chosen radio with the
+   accent and keeps the custom answer as a soft filled row. */
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="outline"] .acpmux-question-status-pill {
+  background: none;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, var(--acpmux-question-input) 55%, transparent);
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="outline"] .acpmux-question-rows {
+  padding: 0;
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="outline"] .acpmux-question-row {
+  padding: 12px;
+  border-radius: 0;
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="outline"] .acpmux-question-row + .acpmux-question-row {
+  box-shadow: inset 0 var(--cmux-hairline, 0.5px) 0 var(--acpmux-question-edge);
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="outline"] .acpmux-question-other textarea {
+  border-radius: 0;
+  background: none;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 var(--acpmux-question-edge);
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="bare"] .acpmux-question-status-pill {
+  padding: 0;
+  background: none;
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="bare"] .acpmux-question-mark[data-chosen]:not([data-multi]) {
+  border-color: var(--agent-accent, var(--agent-text));
+  background: var(--agent-accent, var(--agent-text));
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="bare"] .acpmux-question-mark[data-chosen]:not([data-multi])::after {
+  background: var(--agent-on-accent, var(--acpmux-base));
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="bare"] .acpmux-question-row.acpmux-question-other[data-row-editing] {
+  background-color: var(--acpmux-question-highlight);
+}
+.acpmux-question-visual-gallery[data-question-look="bare"] .acpmux-question-other textarea {
+  padding: 0;
+  background: none;
+  box-shadow: none;
+}
diff --git a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.gallery.tsx b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.gallery.tsx
index c3ef26a8e23d..38075bf3473e 100644
--- a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.gallery.tsx
+++ b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.gallery.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Props = {
   question: AgentQuestion;
   onReply(reply: QuestionReply): void | Promise<unknown>;
   otherText?: string;
-  look?: "compact" | "inset" | "quiet";
+  look?: "compact" | "inset" | "quiet" | "capsule" | "outline" | "bare";
   /// The answered card's look (QuestionCard.gallery.css): `stacked` ships.
   answeredLook?: AnsweredLook;
 };
@@ -271,6 +271,32 @@ export default componentEntry({
     ],
   },
   variants: {
+    // Leo 2026-11-05, of the Needs your input pill, the option rows and the custom answer: "kind of
+    // ugly". Three restyles on the card he showed (two options, a typed custom answer); capsule ships.
+    "restyle-capsule": {
+      ...variant(
+        pendingOther,
+        "Shipped: one capsule tinted with the mark holding the Needs you dot (as the floating pill), regular-weight question and options, the typed custom answer in a quiet hairline field, Skip and Submit with outlined keycaps (esc, ⌘ ↩) as the permission card's.",
+        "do whatever's reasonable",
+      ),
+      props: { ...variant(pendingOther, "", "do whatever's reasonable").props, look: "capsule" },
+    },
+    "restyle-outline": {
+      ...variant(
+        pendingOther,
+        "Alternative: the pill ringed instead of tinted, full-width ruled rows, the custom answer underlined.",
+        "do whatever's reasonable",
+      ),
+      props: { ...variant(pendingOther, "", "do whatever's reasonable").props, look: "outline" },
+    },
+    "restyle-bare": {
+      ...variant(
+        pendingOther,
+        "Alternative: the dot and words with no capsule, the chosen radio filled with the accent, the custom answer a soft filled row.",
+        "do whatever's reasonable",
+      ),
+      props: { ...variant(pendingOther, "", "do whatever's reasonable").props, look: "bare" },
+    },
     "visual-compact": {
       ...variant(pendingSingle, "Compact rules: tighter rows and footer, with full-width hairlines."),
       props: { ...variant(pendingSingle, "").props, look: "compact" },
diff --git a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.tsx b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.tsx
index d0d8771fcad4..5afb474ad618 100644
--- a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.tsx
+++ b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/QuestionCard.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   type CardInput,
   type CardState,
 } from "./cardState";
+import "../needsYou/needsYou.css";
 import { HtmlPreview } from "./HtmlPreview";
 import { inlineText, plainText } from "./inlineText";
 import {
@@ -101,7 +102,9 @@ export const QuestionCard = memo(function QuestionCard({
 type ReplyHandler = (reply: QuestionReply) => void | Promise<unknown>;
 
 /// The pill over a pending card. Folding hides the card but keeps it mounted, so the person's
-/// picks and Other text survive; the ask stays pending until answered or skipped.
+/// picks and Other text survive; the ask stays pending until answered or skipped. It draws as Claude
+/// desktop's "Needs your input" (Leo 2026-11-05, of the old amber block: "kind of ugly"): the one
+/// Needs you dot (needsYou.css), the words and the fold chevron on one capsule tinted with the mark, as JumpPill's.
 function PendingAsk({ question, onReply }: { question: AgentQuestion; onReply: ReplyHandler }) {
   const t = useT();
   const cardId = useId();
@@ -115,9 +118,11 @@ function PendingAsk({ question, onReply }: { question: AgentQuestion; onReply: R
         aria-controls={cardId}
         onClick={() => setOpen((shown) => !shown)}
       >
-        <span className="acpmux-question-status-dot" aria-hidden="true" />
-        {t("question.needsInput")}
-        <ChevronDown size={12} className="acpmux-question-status-chevron" />
+        <span className="acpmux-question-status-pill">
+          <span className="acpmux-needs-you-dot" aria-hidden="true" />
+          {t("question.needsInput")}
+          <ChevronDown size={12} className="acpmux-question-status-chevron" />
+        </span>
       </button>
       <PendingQuestion id={cardId} hidden={!open} question={question} onReply={onReply} />
     </div>
@@ -630,7 +635,10 @@ function PendingQuestion({
             onClick={() => dispatch({ type: "submit" })}
           >
             {t("question.submit")}
-            <Keycap>⌘↩</Keycap>
+            <span className="acpmux-question-keys">
+              <Keycap>⌘</Keycap>
+              <Keycap>↩</Keycap>
+            </span>
           </button>
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/questionCard.css b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/questionCard.css
index 28f47b4399b1..7236ce24f53a 100644
--- a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/questionCard.css
+++ b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/question/questionCard.css
@@ -39,17 +39,25 @@
   align-items: flex-start;
 }
 .acpmux-question-other .acpmux-question-mark {
-  margin-top: 3px;
+  margin-top: var(--ds-space-1);
+}
+/* The custom answer while it is typed (Leo 2026-11-05, of the filled block it was: "kind of ugly"):
+   the row keeps no fill and the words sit in a quiet field, a hairline ring that firms up while it
+   has the keyboard, so it reads as a place to type rather than a selected option. */
+.acpmux-question-row.acpmux-question-other[data-row-editing] {
+  background-color: transparent;
 }
 .acpmux-question-other :is(input, textarea) {
   flex: 1;
   min-width: 0;
   min-height: var(--ds-control-compact, 24px);
   box-sizing: border-box;
-  padding: 0;
+  padding: var(--ds-space-1) var(--ds-space-2);
   border: 0;
+  border-radius: var(--ds-radius-control);
   outline: none;
-  background: none;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--agent-text) 4%, transparent);
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 var(--cmux-hairline, 0.5px) var(--acpmux-question-edge);
   color: var(--agent-text);
   font: inherit;
   line-height: var(--text-control--line-height, 18px);
@@ -61,6 +69,9 @@
   overflow-y: auto;
   overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 }
+.acpmux-question-other :is(input, textarea):focus {
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, var(--agent-text) 35%, transparent);
+}
 .acpmux-question-other :is(input, textarea)::placeholder {
   color: var(--agent-muted);
 }
@@ -69,8 +80,7 @@
   justify-content: flex-end;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 8px;
-  padding: 8px 12px;
-  box-shadow: inset 0 var(--cmux-hairline, 0.5px) 0 var(--acpmux-question-edge);
+  padding: 4px 12px 12px;
 }
 /* A yes-or-no ask (model.ts consentChoice), as ChatGPT's consent card draws it: the question with
    one muted line of what Allow does under it, then its two buttons with their keys, Allow filled. */
@@ -92,8 +102,3 @@
   align-items: center;
   gap: 8px;
 }
-.acpmux-question-skip .acpmux-keycap {
-  margin: 0;
-  opacity: 0.7;
-  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
-}
diff --git a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/styles.css b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/styles.css
index 02935712712b..22d33d7d8f07 100644
--- a/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/styles.css
+++ b/webviews/src/agent-session/acpmux/styles.css
@@ -811,25 +811,26 @@ button.acpmux-edited-file:hover{background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 4
 .acpmux-switch-notice{display:block;padding:0 var(--cv-inset,max(18px,calc((100% - 760px)/2))) 6px;color:var(--agent-muted);font-size:12px;line-height:16px}
 .acpmux-newtab-folder-ask{position:relative;z-index:var(--layer-raised,2);padding-top:8px}
 .acpmux-folder-choice-button{padding:0;border:0;background:none;color:var(--agent-accent,inherit);font:inherit;text-decoration:underline;cursor:default}
-/* Agent question card (question/QuestionCard.tsx), after the Claude app's (Leo 2026-10-19): an amber "Needs your input" pill over a rounded card whose header strip is the question; radio (or checkbox) rows with a bold label and a muted description, divided by hairlines; Other types inline; Skip and Submit (⌘↩) at the bottom right. The app's gray language otherwise: the highlighted row is a soft fill, Submit is the text color inverted. Previews sit beside the list and wrap under it when narrow. appearance.borders none drops the edge (--acpmux-question-edge). */
+/* Agent question card (question/QuestionCard.tsx), after the Claude app's (Leo 2026-10-19; restyled 2026-11-05 after "kind of ugly"): a "Needs your input" capsule tinted with the mark, holding the Needs you dot over a rounded card whose header strip is the question in regular weight; radio (or checkbox) rows with a regular label and a muted description; Other types inline in a quiet field; Skip and Submit with outlined keycaps (esc, ⌘ ↩) at the bottom right, as the permission card's. The app's gray language otherwise: the highlighted row is a soft fill, Submit is the text color inverted. Previews sit beside the list and wrap under it when narrow. appearance.borders none drops the edge (--acpmux-question-edge). */
 /* Needs your input: one mark for a chat that waits on the user, on every surface (the question card's pill, the Needs you dot, badge and pill, the sidebar and Chief dock marks, the status lines). It is the theme's attention colour, which the app sends as --agent-warning (AgentPaneTheme.swift, tokens.attention), the same Palette.attention the native sidebar, tabs and priority rows draw; never the accent, which a grey-accent theme turns into the idle grey. test/needs-input-mark-color.test.ts reads every surface. */
 :root,.acpmux-shell,.ui-positioner{--acpmux-needs-you-mark:var(--agent-warning,var(--agent-accent,var(--agent-text)))}
 .acpmux-shell,.ui-positioner{--acpmux-question-bg:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 5%,var(--agent-page-bg,var(--acpmux-base)));--acpmux-question-strip:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 8%,var(--agent-page-bg,var(--acpmux-base)));--acpmux-question-edge:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 12%,transparent);--acpmux-question-hover:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 5%,transparent);--acpmux-question-highlight:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 8%,transparent);--acpmux-question-input:var(--acpmux-needs-you-mark)}
 :root[data-borders=none] .acpmux-shell{--acpmux-question-edge:transparent}
 .acpmux-question-ask{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:flex-start;gap:var(--ds-space-2);min-width:0}
-.acpmux-question-status{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:var(--ds-space-2);height:var(--ds-control-compact);padding:0 var(--ds-space-2);border:0;border-radius:var(--ds-radius-control);background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--acpmux-question-input) 14%,transparent);color:var(--acpmux-question-input);font:inherit;font-size:var(--text-detail);font-weight:var(--weight-emphasis);letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
-.acpmux-question-status:hover{background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--acpmux-question-input) 20%,transparent)}
-.acpmux-question-status:focus-visible{outline:2px solid color-mix(in srgb,var(--acpmux-question-input) 55%,transparent);outline-offset:1px}
-.acpmux-question-status-dot{width:6px;height:6px;border-radius:50%;background:currentColor}
-.acpmux-question-status-chevron{opacity:.8}
+.acpmux-question-status{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;min-height:var(--ds-control-compact);padding:0;border:0;background:none;color:var(--acpmux-question-input);font:inherit;font-size:var(--text-detail);font-weight:var(--weight-regular);letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
+.acpmux-question-status-pill{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:var(--ds-space-2);height:var(--ds-control-icon);padding:0 var(--ds-space-1) 0 var(--ds-space-2);box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:999px;background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--acpmux-question-input) 16%,transparent);line-height:var(--ds-control-icon)}
+.acpmux-question-status:hover .acpmux-question-status-pill{background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--acpmux-question-input) 24%,transparent)}
+.acpmux-question-status:focus-visible{outline:none}
+.acpmux-question-status:focus-visible .acpmux-question-status-pill{outline:2px solid color-mix(in srgb,var(--acpmux-question-input) 55%,transparent);outline-offset:1px}
+.acpmux-question-status-chevron{opacity:.7}
 .acpmux-question-status[aria-expanded=false] .acpmux-question-status-chevron{transform:rotate(-90deg)}
 fieldset.acpmux-question{align-self:stretch;display:flex;flex-direction:column;margin:0;min-inline-size:0;padding:0;overflow:hidden;border:var(--cmux-hairline, 0.5px) solid var(--acpmux-question-edge);border-radius:var(--grid-cards-radius);background:var(--acpmux-question-bg);color:var(--agent-text);font:inherit}
 fieldset.acpmux-question[hidden]{display:none}
 .acpmux-question[aria-busy=true]{opacity:.65}
 .acpmux-question-head{display:flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:var(--ds-space-2);float:left;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;padding:var(--ds-space-3);border-bottom:var(--cmux-hairline, 0.5px) solid var(--acpmux-question-edge);background:var(--acpmux-question-strip)}
 .acpmux-question-head+*{clear:both}
-.acpmux-question-prompt{flex:1;min-width:0;font-size:var(--text-body);line-height:var(--text-body--line-height);font-weight:var(--weight-emphasis);overflow-wrap:anywhere;letter-spacing:var(--text-body--letter-spacing)}
-.acpmux-question-chip{flex:none;max-width:40%;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;margin-top:1px;padding:0 var(--ds-space-2);border-radius:var(--ds-radius-control);background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 10%,transparent);color:var(--agent-soft,var(--agent-text));font-size:var(--text-caption);line-height:var(--text-caption--line-height);font-weight:var(--weight-emphasis);letter-spacing:var(--text-caption--letter-spacing)}
+.acpmux-question-prompt{flex:1;min-width:0;font-size:var(--text-body);line-height:var(--text-body--line-height);font-weight:var(--weight-regular);overflow-wrap:anywhere;letter-spacing:var(--text-body--letter-spacing)}
+.acpmux-question-chip{flex:none;max-width:40%;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;margin-top:1px;padding:0 var(--ds-space-2);border-radius:var(--ds-radius-control);background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 10%,transparent);color:var(--agent-soft,var(--agent-text));font-size:var(--text-caption);line-height:var(--text-caption--line-height);font-weight:var(--weight-regular);letter-spacing:var(--text-caption--letter-spacing)}
 .acpmux-question-tabs{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:var(--ds-space-1);padding:var(--ds-space-2) var(--ds-space-3) 0}
 .acpmux-question-tab{max-width:100%;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;padding:calc(var(--ds-space-1) / 2) var(--ds-space-2);border:0;border-radius:var(--ds-radius-control);background:transparent;color:var(--agent-muted);font:inherit;font-size:var(--text-caption);line-height:var(--text-caption--line-height);letter-spacing:var(--text-caption--letter-spacing)}
 .acpmux-question-tab[data-answered]::before{content:"";display:inline-block;width:5px;height:5px;margin:0 5px 1px 0;border-radius:50%;background:currentColor;vertical-align:middle}
@@ -839,7 +840,7 @@ fieldset.acpmux-question[hidden]{display:none}
 .acpmux-question[data-preview] .acpmux-question-body{padding-right:var(--ds-space-3)}
 .acpmux-question-tab:focus-visible,.acpmux-question-actions button:focus-visible{outline:2px solid color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 40%,transparent);outline-offset:-2px}
 .acpmux-question-text{flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:2px;min-width:0}
-.acpmux-question-label{line-height:19px;font-weight:var(--weight-emphasis);overflow-wrap:anywhere}
+.acpmux-question-label{line-height:19px;font-weight:var(--weight-regular);overflow-wrap:anywhere}
 .acpmux-question-detail{color:var(--agent-muted);font-size:var(--text-detail);line-height:var(--text-detail--line-height);overflow-wrap:anywhere;letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
 /* Inline marks in a question, an option or its description (question/inlineText.tsx): code as the transcript's inline code, a tint behind the mono face at the line's own size. */
 .acpmux-question-code{padding:0.5px 4px;border-radius:4px;background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 10%,transparent);font-family:var(--cv-code-font,var(--cv-mono,ui-monospace,"SF Mono",Menlo,monospace));font-size:0.92em;overflow-wrap:anywhere}
@@ -867,10 +868,13 @@ fieldset.acpmux-question[hidden]{display:none}
 /* A refused reply: why, above Skip and Submit, which work again for a retry. */
 .acpmux-question-error{margin:0;padding:var(--ds-space-2) var(--ds-space-3) 0;color:var(--agent-status-failure);font-size:var(--text-detail);line-height:var(--text-detail--line-height);overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:text;-webkit-user-select:text;letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
 .acpmux-question-error-reason{color:var(--agent-muted)}
-.acpmux-question-skip{min-height:var(--ds-control-row);padding:0 var(--ds-space-3);border:0;border-radius:var(--ds-radius-popup);background:transparent;color:var(--agent-muted);font:inherit;font-size:var(--text-detail);letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
-.acpmux-question-skip:hover:not(:disabled){background:var(--acpmux-question-hover);color:var(--agent-text)}
-.acpmux-question-submit{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:var(--ds-space-2);min-height:var(--ds-control-row);padding:0 var(--ds-space-2) 0 var(--ds-space-3);border:0;border-radius:var(--ds-radius-popup);background:var(--agent-text);color:var(--acpmux-base,var(--agent-accent-text,Canvas));font:inherit;font-size:var(--text-detail);font-weight:var(--weight-emphasis);letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
-.acpmux-question-submit .acpmux-keycap{margin:0;min-width:14px;padding:0 4px;color:inherit;opacity:.7;letter-spacing:.04em}
+.acpmux-question-skip{min-height:var(--ds-control-row);padding:0 var(--ds-space-1) 0 var(--ds-space-3);border:0;border-radius:var(--ds-radius-popup);background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 10%,transparent);color:var(--agent-text);font:inherit;font-size:var(--text-body);letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
+.acpmux-question-skip:hover:not(:disabled){background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 13%,transparent)}
+.acpmux-question-submit{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:var(--ds-space-2);min-height:var(--ds-control-row);padding:0 var(--ds-space-1) 0 var(--ds-space-3);border:0;border-radius:var(--ds-radius-popup);background:var(--agent-text);color:var(--acpmux-base,var(--agent-accent-text,Canvas));font:inherit;font-size:var(--text-body);font-weight:var(--weight-regular);letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
+.acpmux-question-submit:hover:not(:disabled){background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--agent-text) 88%,var(--acpmux-base,Canvas))}
+/* The card's keys as outlined keycaps, one per key, after the label: the permission card's (Esc, ⌘ ↩). */
+.acpmux-question-keys{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:var(--grid-half-step)}
+.acpmux-question-actions .acpmux-keycap{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;min-width:var(--ds-control-icon);height:var(--ds-control-icon);margin:0;padding:0 4px;box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:4px;background:none;box-shadow:inset 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb,currentColor 35%,transparent);color:color-mix(in srgb,currentColor 75%,transparent);font-family:var(--font-ui);font-size:var(--text-caption);line-height:var(--text-caption--line-height);letter-spacing:normal}
 .acpmux-question-submit:disabled{opacity:.35}
 .acpmux-question-submit[data-action=next]{padding-right:var(--ds-space-3)}
 .acpmux-question-hint{margin-right:auto;min-width:0;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;color:var(--agent-muted);font-size:var(--text-detail);letter-spacing:var(--text-detail--letter-spacing)}
diff --git a/webviews/test/needs-input-mark-color.test.ts b/webviews/test/needs-input-mark-color.test.ts
index 70b7c7b1c010..ce7770dd84ff 100644
--- a/webviews/test/needs-input-mark-color.test.ts
+++ b/webviews/test/needs-input-mark-color.test.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ await requireBrowserLane("needs-input-mark-color.test.ts", async () => {
   const marks = [
     [
       "question card pill dot",
-      `<span class="acpmux-question-status"><span class="acpmux-question-status-dot"></span></span>`,
-      ".acpmux-question-status-dot",
+      `<span class="acpmux-question-status"><span class="acpmux-needs-you-dot"></span></span>`,
+      ".acpmux-question-status .acpmux-needs-you-dot",
       "background",
     ],
     ["question card pill text", `<span class="acpmux-question-status"></span>`, ".acpmux-question-status", "color"],
diff --git a/webviews/test/question-card-submit.test.tsx b/webviews/test/question-card-submit.test.tsx
index 9cd6348b006f..47a26e30ea73 100644
--- a/webviews/test/question-card-submit.test.tsx
+++ b/webviews/test/question-card-submit.test.tsx
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ async function renderCard(): Promise<{ container: HTMLElement; replies: Question
 }
 
 const submitButton = (container: HTMLElement) => container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".acpmux-question-submit")!;
-/// The button's words, without its keycap.
+/// The button's words, without its keycaps (⌘ and ↩ are one each, as the permission card's).
 const buttonLabel = (container: HTMLElement) => {
   const button = submitButton(container).cloneNode(true) as HTMLElement;
-  button.querySelector(".acpmux-keycap")?.remove();
+  for (const key of button.querySelectorAll(".acpmux-keycap")) key.remove();
   return button.textContent?.trim() ?? "";
 };
 const activeTab = (container: HTMLElement) =>
@@ -231,3 +231,19 @@ test("the button's label is drawn in a color the theme always sets", () => {
   expect(rule).not.toBe("");
   expect(rule).not.toContain("--agent-page-bg");
 });
+
+// Leo 2026-11-05, of the pill, the option rows and the custom answer: "kind of ugly". The pill is one
+// capsule holding the Needs you dot, the words and the fold chevron (as JumpPill), and Submit draws ⌘ and ↩ as
+// one keycap each, as the permission card does.
+test("the pill is one capsule with the Needs you dot, and Submit shows ⌘ and ↩ as two keycaps", async () => {
+  const { container } = await renderCard();
+  const pill = container.querySelector(".acpmux-question-status")!;
+  const capsule = pill.querySelector(".acpmux-question-status-pill")!;
+  expect(capsule.firstElementChild?.className).toBe("acpmux-needs-you-dot");
+  expect(capsule.textContent).toBe("Needs your input");
+  expect(pill.querySelector(".acpmux-question-status-pill .acpmux-question-status-chevron")).not.toBeNull();
+  await click(submitButton(container));
+  const keys = [...submitButton(container).querySelectorAll(".acpmux-keycap")].map((key) => key.textContent);
+  expect(keys).toEqual(["⌘", "↩"]);
+  expect(submitButton(container).getAttribute("aria-keyshortcuts")).toBe("Meta+Enter");
+});