diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 910dd18..5bc92b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ key = "prefix+shift+o"
 type = "plugin_action"
 command = "annotate.last"
 description = "review the agent's last reply"
+
+[[keys.command]]
+key = "prefix+ctrl+o"
+type = "plugin_action"
+command = "annotate.last-newest"
+description = "review the agent's newest reply"
 ```
 
 </details>
@@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ Full install. Works with Claude Code, Codex, pi, Copilot CLI, Droid, Oh My Pi, H
 |---|---|
 | `Ctrl+B O` | this folder, with a file tree |
 | `Ctrl+B Shift+O` | the agent's recent replies |
+| `Ctrl+B Ctrl+O` | the agent's newest reply, with no picker |
 | Ctrl-click a `file://…md` link | that file |
 
 **Send** (or `E`) makes the review the agent's next message. `q` closes.
diff --git a/docs/windows-full-acceptance.md b/docs/windows-full-acceptance.md
index 67ea213..0f1ccae 100644
--- a/docs/windows-full-acceptance.md
+++ b/docs/windows-full-acceptance.md
@@ -33,14 +33,16 @@ requirements, not completed verification. Every box starts unchecked.
   | `open` | Annotate: open here | `workspace`, `pane` |
   | `open-link` | Annotate this file | `pane` |
   | `last` | Annotate: agent's last message | `pane` |
+  | `last-newest` | Annotate: agent's newest message | `pane` |
 
 - [ ] Require exactly three panes: `editor` (Annotate, popup, 88×24), `manager`
   (Annotations, popup, 100×30), and one `doc` (Annotate, overlay). The `doc`
   command must be exactly `["./bin/plannotator-tui.exe", "herdr", "pane"]`.
   No shell, PowerShell, command-string interpolation, or fallback launcher may sit
   between Herdr's pane process and the TUI.
-- [ ] Keep `open` and `open-link` as direct argv ending in `herdr open`, and
-  `last` as direct argv ending in `herdr last`, all using
+- [ ] Keep `open` and `open-link` as direct argv ending in `herdr open`,
+  `last` as direct argv ending in `herdr last`, and `last-newest` as direct argv
+  ending in `herdr last --newest`, all using
   `./bin/plannotator-tui.exe`. Preserve the `markdown-file` link handler's title,
   pattern, and `open-link` action. All actions, panes, the handler, and the build
   must be effective on Windows; no inherited Unix gate may disable them.
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ does not establish that a real Herdr pane works.
   then an absolute path with spaces and Unicode. Assert each intended document
   renders. Verify delivery target variables supplied by the launcher survive
   unchanged. Exercise `open`, `open-link` (including a percent-encoded `file://`
-  path), and `last` with controlled context/transcript fixtures. Record fixture
+  path), `last`, and `last-newest` with controlled context/transcript fixtures. Record fixture
   evidence separately from real-agent integration.
 - [ ] Open Full with inert review-folder `.env` fixtures that would change a
   launcher process. Full must render the intended document without loading those
diff --git a/herdr-plugin.toml b/herdr-plugin.toml
index 48d2136..bf7d5aa 100644
--- a/herdr-plugin.toml
+++ b/herdr-plugin.toml
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ contexts = ["pane"]
 platforms = ["macos", "linux"]
 command = ["./bin/plannotator-tui.exe", "herdr", "last"]
 
+[[actions]]
+id = "last-newest"
+title = "Annotate: agent's newest message"
+description = "Review the focused agent's newest message in plannotator-tui, without choosing from a picker first."
+contexts = ["pane"]
+platforms = ["macos", "linux"]
+command = ["./bin/plannotator-tui.exe", "herdr", "last", "--newest"]
+
 # Ctrl-click on a file:// Markdown link. Anchored on the scheme so web links never match.
 [[link_handlers]]
 id = "markdown-file"
diff --git a/scripts/smoke.sh b/scripts/smoke.sh
index be2acb1..2c9908a 100755
--- a/scripts/smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/smoke.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ trap restore EXIT
 
 echo "== fresh install: full"
 install "$spec"
-check "actions" "$(actions)" "capture,copy-archive,copy-context,last,manage,open,open-link"
+check "actions" "$(actions)" "capture,copy-archive,copy-context,last,last-newest,manage,open,open-link"
 check "action programs" "$(programs)" "./bin/herdr-annotate.exe,./bin/plannotator-tui.exe"
 check "review binary matches pin" "$(tui_version)" "$(tui_pin)"
 check "native binary matches pin" "$(native_version)" "$(native_pin)"
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ check "manager pane" "$(manager_renders)" "ok"
 
 echo "== swap: lite -> full"
 install "$spec"
-check "actions" "$(actions)" "capture,copy-archive,copy-context,last,manage,open,open-link"
+check "actions" "$(actions)" "capture,copy-archive,copy-context,last,last-newest,manage,open,open-link"
 check "review binary" "$(tui_version)" "$(tui_pin)"
 check "native binary" "$(native_version)" "$(native_pin)"