diff --git a/packages/ui/src/features/canvas/components/ThreadPanel.tsx b/packages/ui/src/features/canvas/components/ThreadPanel.tsx
index fba801b8f1..0166a4450f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/features/canvas/components/ThreadPanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/features/canvas/components/ThreadPanel.tsx
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ function ThreadConversation({
   onToggleCollapsed,
   onOpenFull,
   showTaskSummary,
+  showAgentComms,
 }: {
   task: Task;
   channelId: string;
@@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ function ThreadConversation({
   onToggleCollapsed?: () => void;
   onOpenFull?: () => void;
   showTaskSummary: boolean;
+  showAgentComms: boolean;
 }) {
   const taskId = task.id;
   const client = useOptionalAuthenticatedClient();
@@ -557,8 +559,8 @@ function ThreadConversation({
   const timeline = useMemo(
     () =>
       buildThreadTimeline({
-        prompts: promptMsgs,
-        agentMessages: agentMsgs,
+        prompts: showAgentComms ? promptMsgs : [],
+        agentMessages: showAgentComms ? agentMsgs : [],
         humanMessages: messages.map((message) => ({
           id: message.id,
           content: message.content,
@@ -567,7 +569,7 @@ function ThreadConversation({
           value: message,
         })),
       }),
-    [promptMsgs, messages, agentMsgs],
+    [promptMsgs, messages, agentMsgs, showAgentComms],
   );
 
   const lastAgentId = agentMsgs[agentMsgs.length - 1]?.id;
@@ -680,7 +682,9 @@ function ThreadConversation({
         />
       </div>
 
-      {agentStatus && <AgentStatusLine status={agentStatus} />}
+      {showAgentComms && agentStatus && (
+        <AgentStatusLine status={agentStatus} />
+      )}
 
       <ThreadReplyComposer
         draft={draft}
@@ -704,6 +708,7 @@ export function ThreadPanel({
   onToggleCollapsed,
   onOpenFull,
   showTaskSummary = true,
+  showAgentComms = true,
 }: {
   taskId: string;
   channelId: string;
@@ -713,6 +718,7 @@ export function ThreadPanel({
   onToggleCollapsed?: () => void;
   onOpenFull?: () => void;
   showTaskSummary?: boolean;
+  showAgentComms?: boolean;
 }) {
   const { data: fetchedTask } = useQuery({
     ...taskDetailQuery(taskId),
@@ -747,6 +753,7 @@ export function ThreadPanel({
       onToggleCollapsed={onToggleCollapsed}
       onOpenFull={onOpenFull}
       showTaskSummary={showTaskSummary}
+      showAgentComms={showAgentComms}
     />
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/features/canvas/components/ThreadSidebar.tsx b/packages/ui/src/features/canvas/components/ThreadSidebar.tsx
index 4a81cf8700..727c785aa7 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/features/canvas/components/ThreadSidebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/features/canvas/components/ThreadSidebar.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export function ThreadSidebar({
   onClose,
   onOpenFull,
   showTaskSummary,
+  showAgentComms = true,
 }: {
   taskId: string;
   channelId: string;
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ export function ThreadSidebar({
   onClose?: () => void;
   onOpenFull?: () => void;
   showTaskSummary?: boolean;
+  /** Show agent turns/prompts and the agent status line. Off on the full task view, where the agent session already lives next to the thread. */
+  showAgentComms?: boolean;
 }) {
   const collapsed = useThreadPanelStore((s) => s.collapsed);
   const width = useThreadPanelStore((s) => s.width);
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ export function ThreadSidebar({
         task={task}
         collapsed
         onToggleCollapsed={() => toggleCollapsed(false)}
+        showAgentComms={showAgentComms}
       />
     );
   }
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ export function ThreadSidebar({
         onToggleCollapsed={() => toggleCollapsed(true)}
         onOpenFull={onOpenFull}
         showTaskSummary={showTaskSummary}
+        showAgentComms={showAgentComms}
       />
     </ResizableSidebar>
   );
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/router/routes/website/$channelId/tasks/$taskId.tsx b/packages/ui/src/router/routes/website/$channelId/tasks/$taskId.tsx
index 62ce110a5d..3a2da4b020 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/router/routes/website/$channelId/tasks/$taskId.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/router/routes/website/$channelId/tasks/$taskId.tsx
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ function ChannelTaskDetailRoute() {
         channelId={channelId}
         task={task}
         showTaskSummary={false}
+        showAgentComms={false}
       />
     </div>
   );