handle ActivitySnapshotEvent in web frontend and fix CopilotKit 1.54.0 styling

app/frontend/app/globals.css

@@ -36,9 +36,38 @@ a {
 	--ring: #3b82f6;
 }
 
-/* Chat message area — use full width instead of max-w-3xl */
+/* Chat message area — use full width instead of CopilotKit's max-width constraints.
-.chat-content .max-w-3xl {
+   Scoped to scroll area; the input area inherits CopilotKit's natural sizing. */
-	max-width: 100%;
+.chat-scroll-area .max-w-3xl,
+.chat-scroll-area [class*="cpk:max-w-3xl"],
+.chat-scroll-area [class*="cpk:max-w-"] {
+	max-width: 100% !important;
+}
+
+/* In the empty state (no chat-scroll-area), widen only the message view container */
+.copilotKitChat [class*="cpk:max-w-3xl"]:not(:has(.copilotKitInput)) {
+	max-width: 100% !important;
+}
+
+/* Empty state input — stretch to full width with horizontal margin */
+.copilotKitChat [class*="cpk:max-w-3xl"]:has(.copilotKitInput) {
+	max-width: 100% !important;
+	padding: 0 1rem;
+}
+
+/* Input box — breathing room for send button and bottom spacing */
+.copilotKitInput {
+	padding-right: 0.5rem !important;
+	margin-bottom: 0.5rem !important;
+}
+
+/* User message bubble — more generous padding and spacing */
+.copilotKitUserMessage {
+	margin-top: 1.5rem !important;
+}
+
+.copilotKitUserMessage [class*="cpk:rounded"] {
+	padding: 12px 20px !important;
 }
 
 /* Render-prop layout: flex column so citations sit between messages and input */
@@ -57,7 +86,7 @@ a {
 
 .chat-input-area {
 	position: relative;
-	padding: 0 0.75rem 0.5rem;
+	padding: 0 1rem 1rem;
 }
 
 /* Override CopilotKit's absolute positioning on the input container
@@ -69,6 +98,11 @@ a {
 	right: auto;
 }
 
+/* Make the input stretch to full width within its padded container */
+.chat-input-area [class*="cpk:max-w-"] {
+	max-width: 100% !important;
+}
+
 /* User message bubble spacing and padding */
 [data-message-id].items-end {
 	padding-top: 1rem;

app/frontend/components/Chat.tsx

@@ -230,6 +230,39 @@ function ToolCallIndicator({
 	);
 }
 
+// Render an activity message from a skill sub-agent tool call/result
+function ActivityIndicator({
+	message,
+	isComplete,
+}: {
+	// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: AG-UI activity message shape
+	message: any;
+	isComplete: boolean;
+}) {
+	const content = message.content ?? {};
+	const toolName = content.tool_name ?? "tool";
+
+	let args: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+	if (content.args) {
+		try {
+			args =
+				typeof content.args === "string"
+					? JSON.parse(content.args)
+					: content.args;
+		} catch {
+			// ignore parse errors
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (
+		<ToolCallIndicator
+			toolName={toolName}
+			status={isComplete ? "complete" : "loading"}
+			args={args}
+		/>
+	);
+}
+
 // Context for sharing chat state with the message view
 const ChatStateContext = createContext<RAGState | null>(null);
 
@@ -261,6 +294,21 @@ function MessageViewWithCitations({
 	const ragState = useContext(ChatStateContext);
 	const citationsHistory = ragState ? deriveCitationsHistory(ragState) : [];
 
+	// Collect completed tool_call_ids from skill_tool_result activity messages
+	const completedToolCallIds = useMemo(() => {
+		const ids = new Set<string>();
+		for (const msg of messages) {
+			if (
+				msg.role === "activity" &&
+				msg.activityType === "skill_tool_result" &&
+				msg.content?.tool_call_id
+			) {
+				ids.add(msg.content.tool_call_id);
+			}
+		}
+		return ids;
+	}, [messages]);
+
 	const cursor = isRunning ? (
 		<div key="cursor" className="streaming-cursor">
 			<span className="dot" />
@@ -273,17 +321,63 @@ function MessageViewWithCitations({
 		<CopilotChatMessageView messages={messages} isRunning={isRunning}>
 			{({ messageElements }) => {
 				if (!citationsHistory.length) {
+					// Check if there are activity messages to render
+					const hasActivity = messages.some(
+						(msg: { role: string }) => msg.role === "activity",
+					);
+					if (!hasActivity) {
+						return (
+							<>
+								{messageElements}
+								{cursor}
+							</>
+						);
+					}
+
+					// Interleave activity indicators with CopilotKit elements
+					const result: React.ReactNode[] = [];
+					let eIdx = 0;
+					for (const msg of messages) {
+						if (
+							msg.role === "activity" &&
+							msg.activityType === "skill_tool_call"
+						) {
+							const toolCallId = msg.content?.tool_call_id;
+							result.push(
+								<ActivityIndicator
+									key={msg.id}
+									message={msg}
+									isComplete={
+										toolCallId ? completedToolCallIds.has(toolCallId) : false
+									}
+								/>,
+							);
+							continue;
+						}
+						if (msg.role === "activity") continue;
+						if (msg.role !== "user" && msg.role !== "assistant") continue;
+						if (eIdx < messageElements.length) {
+							result.push(messageElements[eIdx]);
+							eIdx++;
+						}
+					}
+					while (eIdx < messageElements.length) {
+						result.push(messageElements[eIdx]);
+						eIdx++;
+					}
 					return (
 						<>
-							{messageElements}
+							{result}
 							{cursor}
 						</>
 					);
 				}
 
-				// CopilotChatMessageView renders one element per user/assistant/activity
+				// CopilotChatMessageView renders one element per user/assistant
 				// message (tool messages produce nothing). We correlate elements with
 				// messages to inject CitationBlocks after the right assistant responses.
+				// Activity messages (skill sub-agent tool calls) are rendered by us
+				// directly, not by CopilotKit.
 				//
 				// Both search and ask tools append to citations via qa_history,
 				// so after each assistant text response that followed tool calls,
@@ -306,10 +400,28 @@ function MessageViewWithCitations({
 						seenToolCalls = true;
 					}
 
-					const isRendered =
+					// Activity messages are not rendered by CopilotKit —
-						msg.role === "user" ||
+					// render them ourselves without consuming messageElements
-						msg.role === "assistant" ||
+					if (msg.role === "activity") {
-						msg.role === "activity";
+						if (msg.activityType === "skill_tool_call") {
+							const toolCallId = msg.content?.tool_call_id;
+							const isComplete = toolCallId
+								? completedToolCallIds.has(toolCallId)
+								: false;
+							result.push(
+								<ActivityIndicator
+									key={msg.id}
+									message={msg}
+									isComplete={isComplete}
+								/>,
+							);
+						}
+						// Skip skill_tool_result — completion is shown
+						// on the corresponding skill_tool_call indicator
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					const isRendered = msg.role === "user" || msg.role === "assistant";
 					if (!isRendered) continue;
 
 					if (elemIdx < messageElements.length) {

app/frontend/package.json

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
 		"format": "biome check --write app components lib"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@ag-ui/client": "^0.0.43",
+		"@ag-ui/client": "^0.0.47",
-		"@copilotkit/react-core": "^1.51.4",
+		"@copilotkit/react-core": "^1.54.0",
-		"@copilotkit/runtime": "^1.51.4",
+		"@copilotkit/runtime": "^1.54.0",
+		"zod": "^3.24.0",
 		"next": "^16.1.1",
 		"react": "^19.0.0",
 		"react-dom": "^19.0.0"