diff --git a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/patch-group.spec.ts b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/patch-group.spec.ts
index b3c8cfd246f0..3e5477e18ad2 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/patch-group.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/patch-group.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ story("merges follow-up patches into one stack with a distinct file count", asyn
   await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Start follow-up patch" }).click()
   await expect(
     group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-  ).toHaveText(/^3 /)
+  ).toHaveText("1 Shell, 2 Patch")
   await expect(patches).toHaveCount(1)
   await expect(patches.getByText("2 files", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
   await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Finish follow-up patch" }).click()
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/read-image.spec.ts b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/read-image.spec.ts
index 956896fae830..70c1eaabacfc 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/read-image.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/read-image.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const png = Buffer.from(
 
 story.beforeEach(async ({ mount }) => {
   const root = await mount("current-tool-group--mixed-tools")
-  await expect(root.getByRole("button", { name: "Used 4 Shell, Read, Agent", exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(root.getByRole("button", { name: "Used 1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agents", exact: true })).toBeVisible()
 })
 
 for (const grouped of [true, false]) {
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/session-lifecycle.spec.ts b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/session-lifecycle.spec.ts
index 6f0c173928a0..fc0530234b3e 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/session-lifecycle.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/session-lifecycle.spec.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ for (const tool of ["shell", "execute", "subagent"]) {
         await expect(group).toHaveAttribute("data-timeline-part-ids", "tool_context_lifecycle,tool_shell_lifecycle")
         await expect(
           group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-        ).toHaveText(/^2 /)
+        ).toHaveText(`1 Read, 1 ${tool === "subagent" ? "Agent" : tool[0]!.toUpperCase() + tool.slice(1)}`)
         await expect(timeline.locator('[data-timeline-row="AssistantPart"]')).toHaveCount(1)
         await expect(trigger).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", String(open))
         expect(await original!.evaluate((node) => node.isConnected)).toBe(true)
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ for (const locale of ["de", "ar"] as const) {
     await timeline.getByRole("button", { name: "Complete read" }).click()
     await timeline.getByRole("button", { name: "Complete glob" }).click()
     const group = timeline.locator('[data-timeline-part-ids="tool_context_read,tool_context_glob"]')
-    await expect(group.getByRole("button")).toHaveAccessibleName(/^Used 2 /)
+    await expect(group.getByRole("button")).toHaveAccessibleName(/^Used 1 .+, 1 /)
     await expect(
       group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-    ).toHaveText(/^2 /)
+    ).toHaveText(/^1 .+, 1 /)
     await expect(page.locator("html")).toHaveAttribute("lang", locale)
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/session-tool-projection.spec.ts b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/session-tool-projection.spec.ts
index 5f36d1473a11..68a21dfddbfc 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/session-tool-projection.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/session-tool-projection.spec.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ story("renders every tool error outcome without leaking hidden tools", async ({
   const group = timeline.locator(`[data-timeline-part-ids="${names.map((name) => `tool_error_${name}`).join(",")}"]`)
   await expect(
     group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-  ).toHaveText(new RegExp(`^${names.length} `))
+  ).toHaveText("1 Shell, 1 Edit, 1 Write, 1 Patch, 1 Webfetch, 1 Web Search, 1 Agent, 1 Skill, 1 mcp_probe")
   await group.getByRole("button").click()
   await expect(timeline.locator('[data-kind="tool-error-card"]')).toHaveCount(names.length + 1)
   const dismissed = timeline.locator('[data-timeline-part-id="tool_error_question_dismissed"]')
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ story("transitions shell and question through running error outcomes", async ({
 // Moved from packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-tool-projection.spec.ts
 story("labels all web search provider variants", async ({ mount }) => {
   const timeline = await mount("current-session-research-agents--agent-research", { args: { scenario: "providers" } })
-  await timeline.getByRole("button", { name: "Used 3 Parallel Web Search, Exa Web Search, Web Search" }).click()
+  await timeline.getByRole("button", { name: "Used 1 Parallel Web Search, 1 Exa Web Search, 1 Web Search" }).click()
   const tools = timeline.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-list"]')
   await expect(tools.getByRole("button", { name: /Parallel Web Search/ })).toBeVisible()
   await expect(tools.getByRole("button", { name: /Exa Web Search/ })).toBeVisible()
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ story("labels read tools from their path input", async ({ mount }) => {
 // Moved from packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-tool-projection.spec.ts
 story("labels skill tools from IDs and result metadata", async ({ mount }) => {
   const timeline = await mount("current-session-research-agents--agent-research", { args: { scenario: "skills" } })
-  const group = timeline.locator('[data-timeline-part-ids="tool_skill_id,tool_skill_name"]')
-  await expect(group.getByRole("button")).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 2 Skill")
+  const group = timeline.locator('[data-timeline-part-ids="tool_skill_id,tool_skill_name,tool_skill_agent"]')
+  await expect(group.getByRole("button")).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 2 Skills, 1 Agent")
   await expect(
     group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-  ).toHaveText("2 Skill")
+  ).toHaveText("2 Skills, 1 Agent")
   await group.getByRole("button").click()
   const loaded = group.locator('[data-component="tool-loaded-item"]')
   await expect(loaded).toHaveCount(1)
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ story("groups every collapsed tool until visible text separates the stack", asyn
     '[data-timeline-part-ids="tool_boundary_glob,tool_boundary_grep,tool_boundary_shell,tool_boundary_list"]',
   )
   await expect(group).toBeVisible()
-  await expect(group.getByRole("button")).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 4 Glob, Grep, Shell, List")
+  await expect(group.getByRole("button")).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 1 Glob, 1 Grep, 1 Shell, 1 List")
   await expect(
     group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-  ).toHaveText("4 Glob, Grep, Shell, List")
+  ).toHaveText("1 Glob, 1 Grep, 1 Shell, 1 List")
   await expect(timeline.locator('[data-timeline-row="AssistantPart"]')).toHaveCount(3)
   await expect(timeline.locator('[data-timeline-spacing="content"]')).toHaveCount(2)
   await expect(timeline.locator('[data-timeline-spacing="content"]').nth(0)).toHaveCSS("padding-top", "16px")
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/tool-disclosure.spec.ts b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/tool-disclosure.spec.ts
index 8fcd1f8ca564..2c3b66ad8586 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/tool-disclosure.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/tool-disclosure.spec.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ for (const open of [true, false]) {
     async ({ mount }, info) => {
       const root = await mount("current-session-file-changes--appending-tool-calls")
       const group = root.locator('[data-component="collapsed-tool-group"]')
-      const trigger = group.getByRole("button", { name: /^Used \d+ Shell, Patch$/ })
-      await expect(trigger).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 2 Shell, Patch")
+      const trigger = group.getByRole("button", { name: /^Used 1 Shell, \d+ Patch$/ })
+      await expect(trigger).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 1 Shell, 1 Patch")
       await trigger.click()
       const shell = group.locator('[data-timeline-part-id="tool_shell_existing"] [data-slot="collapsible-trigger"]')
       await group.locator('[data-timeline-part-id="tool_patch_existing"]').evaluate((element) => {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ for (const open of [true, false]) {
         await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Append tool call", exact: true }).click()
         await expect(
           group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-        ).toHaveText(`${count} Shell, Patch`)
-        await expect(trigger).toHaveAccessibleName(`Used ${count} Shell, Patch`)
+        ).toHaveText(`1 Shell, ${count - 1} Patch`)
+        await expect(trigger).toHaveAccessibleName(`Used 1 Shell, ${count - 1} Patch`)
         await expect(diff).toBeVisible()
         await root
           .locator('[data-component="session-timeline"]')
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/tool-group.spec.ts b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/tool-group.spec.ts
index e7b03897c2b9..c5dabd413982 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/component-tests/tool-group.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/session-ui/component-tests/tool-group.spec.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ for (const reasoningDefaultOpen of [false, true]) {
     async ({ mount }) => {
       const root = await mount("current-tool-group--mixed-reasoning", { args: { reasoningDefaultOpen } })
       const group = root.locator('[data-component="collapsed-tool-group"]')
-      const used = group.getByRole("button", { name: /^Used \d+ Read, 3 Skill$/ })
+      const used = group.getByRole("button", { name: /^Used \d+ Read, \d+ Skills?$/ })
       const first = group.locator('[data-timeline-part-id="reasoning_first"]')
       const second = group.locator('[data-timeline-part-id="reasoning_second"]')
       await expect(used).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "true")
-      await expect(used).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 1 Read, 3 Skill")
+      await expect(used).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 1 Read, 3 Skills")
       await expect(
         group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-      ).toHaveText("1 Read, 3 Skill")
+      ).toHaveText("1 Read, 3 Skills")
       await expect(group.locator('[data-slot="context-tool-group-item"]')).toHaveText([
         /Read.*group\.ts/,
         /Thought/,
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ for (const reasoningDefaultOpen of [false, true]) {
       )
       await first.getByRole("button", { name: "Thought", exact: true }).click()
       await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Append follow-up read", exact: true }).click()
-      await expect(used).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 2 Read, 3 Skill")
+      await expect(used).toHaveAccessibleName("Used 2 Read, 3 Skills")
       await expect(
         group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-      ).toHaveText("2 Read, 3 Skill")
+      ).toHaveText("2 Read, 3 Skills")
       await expect(group.locator('[data-slot="context-tool-group-item"]')).toHaveText([
         /Read.*group\.ts/,
         /Thought/,
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ for (const reasoningDefaultOpen of [false, true]) {
 story("summarizes subagents as Agent while retaining their card titles", async ({ mount }) => {
   const root = await mount("current-tool-group--mixed-tools")
   const group = root.locator('[data-component="collapsed-tool-group"]')
-  await expect(group.getByRole("button", { name: "Used 1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agent", exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(group.getByRole("button", { name: "Used 1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agents", exact: true })).toBeVisible()
   await expect(
     group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"] [data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]'),
-  ).toHaveText("1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agent")
+  ).toHaveText("1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agents")
   const gap = await group.evaluate((element) => {
     const title = element.querySelector('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"]')!.getBoundingClientRect()
     const arrow = element.querySelector('[data-slot="collapsible-arrow-icon"]')!.getBoundingClientRect()
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ for (const width of [840, 390]) {
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height: 600 })
     const root = await mount("current-tool-group--mixed-tools")
     const group = root.locator('[data-component="collapsed-tool-group"]')
-    const trigger = group.getByRole("button", { name: "Used 1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agent", exact: true })
+    const trigger = group.getByRole("button", { name: "Used 1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agents", exact: true })
     const header = group.locator('[data-component="context-tool-group-trigger"]')
-    await expect(header.locator('[data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]')).toHaveText("1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agent")
+    await expect(header.locator('[data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title"]')).toHaveText("1 Shell, 1 Read, 2 Agents")
     await expect(header.locator('[data-component="tag"]')).toHaveCount(0)
     await expect(trigger).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "true")
     for (const action of ["click", "Enter", "Space"] as const) {
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/src/timeline/research-and-agents.stories.tsx b/packages/session-ui/src/timeline/research-and-agents.stories.tsx
index 603543d6b94b..2c438e71c21d 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/src/timeline/research-and-agents.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/session-ui/src/timeline/research-and-agents.stories.tsx
@@ -193,8 +193,22 @@ const LoadingSpecializedSkills = {
       title="Loading specialized skills"
       description="Active and completed skills display their identifier or resolved name."
       document={storyDocument([
-        storyTool("tool_skill_id", "skill", "running", { id: "frontend-design" }),
+        storyTool("tool_skill_id", "skill", "completed", { id: "frontend-design" }),
         storyTool("tool_skill_name", "skill", "completed", { id: "opencode" }, { metadata: { name: "OpenCode" } }),
+        storyTool(
+          "tool_skill_agent",
+          "subagent",
+          "completed",
+          {
+            description: "Review skill usage",
+            agent: "explore",
+            prompt: "Review the loaded skills.",
+          },
+          {
+            output: "The loaded skills are ready.",
+            metadata: { sessionID: "session_child_review", status: "completed" },
+          },
+        ),
       ])}
     />
   ),
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/src/tools/tool-renderer.tsx b/packages/session-ui/src/tools/tool-renderer.tsx
index 02e8021cd7b3..dcd8011d7069 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/src/tools/tool-renderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/session-ui/src/tools/tool-renderer.tsx
@@ -507,11 +507,20 @@ export function CurrentContextToolGroup(props: {
             : tool.name === "subagent"
               ? i18n.t("ui.tool.agent.default")
               : getToolInfo(tool.name, input, currentToolMetadata(tool)).title
-        counts.set(name, (counts.get(name) ?? 0) + 1)
+        const current = counts.get(name)
+        counts.set(name, {
+          count: (current?.count ?? 0) + 1,
+          plural:
+            tool.name === "skill"
+              ? "ui.messagePart.tools.skill"
+              : tool.name === "subagent"
+                ? "ui.messagePart.tools.agent"
+                : undefined,
+        })
         return counts
-      }, new Map<string, number>()),
+      }, new Map<string, { count: number; plural?: "ui.messagePart.tools.skill" | "ui.messagePart.tools.agent" }>()),
     ]
-      .map(([name, count]) => `${count} ${name}`)
+      .map(([name, item]) => (item.plural ? i18n.plural(item.plural, item.count) : `${item.count} ${name}`))
       .join(", "),
   )
   const label = createMemo(() => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/i18n/en.ts b/packages/ui/src/i18n/en.ts
index 5c7608585973..99f41109508f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ const source = {
   "ui.messagePart.context.match.one": "({{count}} match)",
   "ui.messagePart.context.match.other": "({{count}} matches)",
   "ui.messagePart.tools.used": "Used {{tools}}",
+  "ui.messagePart.tools.skill.one": "{{count}} Skill",
+  "ui.messagePart.tools.skill.other": "{{count}} Skills",
+  "ui.messagePart.tools.agent.one": "{{count}} Agent",
+  "ui.messagePart.tools.agent.other": "{{count}} Agents",
 
   "ui.list.loading": "Loading",
   "ui.list.empty": "No results",