diff --git a/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelPane.tsx b/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelPane.tsx
index 35033acf2..df1733462 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelPane.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelPane.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ type ChannelPaneProps = {
   openThreadHeadId: string | null;
   openAgentSessionPubkey: string | null;
   threadHeadMessage: TimelineMessage | null;
+  threadBotTypingPubkeys: string[];
   threadMessages: MainTimelineEntry[];
   threadTypingPubkeys: string[];
   threadReplyTargetId: string | null;
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ export const ChannelPane = React.memo(function ChannelPane({
   openAgentSessionPubkey,
   targetMessageId,
   threadHeadMessage,
+  threadBotTypingPubkeys,
   threadMessages,
   threadScrollTargetId,
   threadTypingPubkeys,
@@ -373,6 +375,17 @@ export const ChannelPane = React.memo(function ChannelPane({
           replyTargetId={threadReplyTargetId}
           replyTargetMessage={threadReplyTargetMessage}
           scrollTargetId={threadScrollTargetId}
+          threadActivity={
+            threadBotTypingPubkeys.length > 0 ? (
+              <BotActivityBar
+                agents={agentSessionAgents}
+                onOpenAgentSession={onOpenAgentSession}
+                openAgentSessionPubkey={openAgentSessionPubkey}
+                profiles={profiles}
+                typingBotPubkeys={threadBotTypingPubkeys}
+              />
+            ) : null
+          }
           canResetWidth={canResetThreadPanelWidth}
           onResetWidth={handleThreadPanelWidthReset}
           onResizeStart={handleThreadPanelResizeStart}
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelScreen.tsx b/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelScreen.tsx
index a9945a3e6..48c695e1a 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelScreen.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelScreen.tsx
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export function ChannelScreen({
         .map((entry) => entry.pubkey),
     [typingEntries],
   );
-  const threadTypingPubkeys = React.useMemo(
+  const allThreadTypingPubkeys = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       typingEntries
         .filter((entry) => entry.threadHeadId === openThreadHeadId)
@@ -161,7 +161,12 @@ export function ChannelScreen({
   });
   const managedAgentsQuery = useManagedAgentsQuery();
   useManagedAgentObserverBridge(managedAgentsQuery.data ?? []);
-  const { humanTypingPubkeys, botTypingPubkeys } = React.useMemo(() => {
+  const {
+    humanTypingPubkeys,
+    botTypingPubkeys,
+    threadTypingPubkeys,
+    threadBotTypingPubkeys,
+  } = React.useMemo(() => {
     const localAgentSet = new Set(
       (managedAgentsQuery.data ?? [])
         .filter((agent) => agent.backend.type === "local")
@@ -173,13 +178,21 @@ export function ChannelScreen({
       ),
       botTypingPubkeys: [
         ...new Set(
-          typingEntries
-            .map((entry) => entry.pubkey)
-            .filter((pk) => localAgentSet.has(pk.toLowerCase())),
+          mainTypingPubkeys.filter((pk) => localAgentSet.has(pk.toLowerCase())),
+        ),
+      ],
+      threadTypingPubkeys: allThreadTypingPubkeys.filter(
+        (pk) => !localAgentSet.has(pk.toLowerCase()),
+      ),
+      threadBotTypingPubkeys: [
+        ...new Set(
+          allThreadTypingPubkeys.filter((pk) =>
+            localAgentSet.has(pk.toLowerCase()),
+          ),
         ),
       ],
     };
-  }, [mainTypingPubkeys, managedAgentsQuery.data, typingEntries]);
+  }, [allThreadTypingPubkeys, mainTypingPubkeys, managedAgentsQuery.data]);
   const messageProfiles = React.useMemo(() => {
     const base =
       mergeCurrentProfileIntoLookup(
@@ -471,6 +484,7 @@ export function ChannelScreen({
                 profiles={messageProfiles}
                 targetMessageId={targetMessageId}
                 threadHeadMessage={openThreadHeadMessage}
+                threadBotTypingPubkeys={threadBotTypingPubkeys}
                 threadMessages={threadMessages}
                 threadTypingPubkeys={threadTypingPubkeys}
                 threadReplyTargetId={threadReplyTargetId}
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/MessageThreadPanel.tsx b/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/MessageThreadPanel.tsx
index 629eb79f1..af94ed2aa 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/MessageThreadPanel.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/MessageThreadPanel.tsx
@@ -54,12 +54,20 @@ type MessageThreadPanelProps = {
   replyTargetId: string | null;
   replyTargetMessage: TimelineMessage | null;
   scrollTargetId: string | null;
+  threadActivity?: React.ReactNode;
   threadHead: TimelineMessage | null;
   threadReplies: MainTimelineEntry[];
   threadTypingPubkeys: string[];
   widthPx: number;
 };
 
+const THREAD_TEXT_COLUMN_OFFSET_PX = 8;
+
+function getThreadControlOffsetPx(depth = 0): number {
+  const visibleDepth = Math.min(Math.max(depth, 0), 6);
+  return visibleDepth * 28 + THREAD_TEXT_COLUMN_OFFSET_PX;
+}
+
 function canManageMessage(
   message: TimelineMessage,
   currentPubkey: string | undefined,
@@ -97,6 +105,7 @@ export function MessageThreadPanel({
   replyTargetId,
   replyTargetMessage,
   scrollTargetId,
+  threadActivity,
   threadHead,
   threadReplies,
   threadTypingPubkeys,
@@ -223,6 +232,11 @@ export function MessageThreadPanel({
                     const nextDepth =
                       threadReplies[index + 1]?.message.depth ?? -1;
                     const isExpanded = nextDepth > entry.message.depth;
+                    const isLastEntry = index === threadReplies.length - 1;
+                    const showSummary = Boolean(entry.summary && !isExpanded);
+                    const showThreadActivity = Boolean(
+                      threadActivity && isLastEntry,
+                    );
 
                     return (
                       <div key={entry.message.id}>
@@ -246,13 +260,23 @@ export function MessageThreadPanel({
                           onToggleReaction={onToggleReaction}
                           profiles={profiles}
                         />
-                        {entry.summary && !isExpanded ? (
-                          <MessageThreadSummaryRow
-                            depth={entry.message.depth}
-                            message={entry.message}
-                            onOpenThread={onExpandReplies}
-                            summary={entry.summary}
-                          />
+                        {showSummary || showThreadActivity ? (
+                          <div
+                            className="mt-1 flex min-w-0 items-start gap-1.5"
+                            style={{
+                              marginLeft: `${getThreadControlOffsetPx(entry.message.depth)}px`,
+                            }}
+                          >
+                            {entry.summary && showSummary ? (
+                              <MessageThreadSummaryRow
+                                alignWithText={false}
+                                message={entry.message}
+                                onOpenThread={onExpandReplies}
+                                summary={entry.summary}
+                              />
+                            ) : null}
+                            {showThreadActivity ? threadActivity : null}
+                          </div>
                         ) : null}
                       </div>
                     );
@@ -268,6 +292,15 @@ export function MessageThreadPanel({
                   </p>
                 </div>
               )}
+              {threadActivity && threadReplies.length === 0 ? (
+                <div
+                  className="mt-2 flex min-w-0 justify-start"
+                  data-testid="message-thread-activity"
+                  style={{ marginLeft: `${THREAD_TEXT_COLUMN_OFFSET_PX}px` }}
+                >
+                  {threadActivity}
+                </div>
+              ) : null}
               <div aria-hidden className="h-px" ref={bottomAnchorRef} />
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/MessageThreadSummaryRow.tsx b/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/MessageThreadSummaryRow.tsx
index 3ed50e92b..8c354de45 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/MessageThreadSummaryRow.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/MessageThreadSummaryRow.tsx
@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ export function MessageThreadSummaryRow({
   message,
   onOpenThread,
   summary,
+  textColumnOffsetPx = 60,
 }: {
   alignWithText?: boolean;
   depth?: number;
   message: TimelineMessage;
   onOpenThread: (message: TimelineMessage) => void;
   summary: TimelineThreadSummary;
+  textColumnOffsetPx?: number;
 }) {
   const visibleDepth = Math.min(Math.max(depth, 0), 6);
-  const messageTextOffsetPx = 60;
-  const marginLeftPx = visibleDepth * 28 + messageTextOffsetPx;
+  const marginLeftPx = visibleDepth * 28 + textColumnOffsetPx;
   const depthGuideOffsets = Array.from(
     { length: visibleDepth },
     (_, index) => 14 + index * 28,