feat(frontend): render slash-skill activations as inline chips (#3981)

* feat(frontend): render slash-skill activations as inline chips

Show an explicit `/skill` activation as a compact inline chip in both the
composer and the chat transcript instead of raw slash text.

- Composer: selecting a skill suggestion stores it as a removable chip
  aligned inline with the textarea; the leading `/skill ` prefix is
  reattached only at submit time, so the backend activation protocol is
  unchanged. Backspace on an empty input or the chip's close button clears
  it; history navigation is disabled while a chip is active.
- Transcript: human messages that begin with `/skill` render the skill as a
  read-only chip followed by the task text.
- Add a shared `core/skills/slash.ts` (`parseSlashSkillReference` +
  `resolveSlashSkillDisplay`) mirroring the backend `slash.py` gate, so the
  transcript only shows a chip when the skill actually exists and is enabled.
  This removes a duplicated regex/reserved-name list and keeps display
  semantics consistent with backend activation.

Add unit tests for the shared slash parser and extend the chat e2e to assert
the composer still submits `/skill <task>` after showing a chip.

* chore(frontend): format chat e2e test

* refactor(skills): address slash-skill chip review feedback

Follow-up to the inline slash-skill chip PR, resolving three second-order
review findings:

- Drive the reserved-command set and skill-name grammar from a shared
  contracts/slash_skill_contract.json instead of a hand-copied
  "keep in sync" pair. slash.ts and slash.py now reference the fixture, and
  contract tests on both sides fail CI if either drifts.
- Extract a shared SlashSkillChip so the composer and transcript chips stay
  in lockstep, and normalize the off-scale /8 and /12 opacity steps to the
  standard /10 and /20 tokens.
- Split HumanMessageText into a pure parse gate plus a slash-only subtree
  that owns the useSkills() lookup, so a skill-enabled toggle no longer
  re-renders every plain-text human turn.

Verified: frontend eslint + tsc clean, pnpm test 572 pass (incl. new
slash-contract test); backend slash contract + slash-skills tests 31 pass.

* style(tests): sort slash skill contract imports

* fix(composer): inline the slash-skill text so the chip aligns with input

Address the "composer body layout change" review on #3981 by rendering the
active skill as an inline chip in the same text flow as the prompt, rather
than a separate flex row that drifted the box model across states.

- Render the chip + prompt inside one leading-6 wrapper and edit the prompt
  through a `contentEditable` span, so the chip sits inline with the first
  line and long/multi-line input wraps naturally back to the container edge.
- Align the chip with `align-top`: its h-6 (24px) height matches the text
  line height, so chip and first-line centers coincide exactly (measured
  delta 0), fixing the chip being raised above the baseline.
- Restore the placeholder in chip mode via a `data-empty` CSS `::before`,
  which also gives the empty editable span width so it is no longer treated
  as hidden.
- Widen the IME helper to `HTMLElement` and route the span's keydown/paste
  through the shared skill-suggestion, prompt-history, backspace-to-clear,
  and IME-composition handlers so contentEditable behaves like the textarea.
- Extend chat.spec.ts to drive the inline skill editor instead of the
  textarea after a chip is shown.

* style(frontend): fix composer class order formatting

* fix(composer): break long unbroken input inside the slash-skill row

The inline slash-skill editor wrapped with `break-words`
(overflow-wrap: break-word), which only moves an over-long token to the
next line before breaking it. A long unbroken string therefore started
on the line below the chip, and when the string contained a break
opportunity such as a hyphen the browser wrapped there and pushed the
remaining run to the next line, leaving a wide gap on the right.

Switch to `break-all` (word-break: break-all) so the text fills each
line from the chip and packs tightly regardless of hyphens or CJK.

backend/packages/harness/deerflow/skills/slash.py

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from deerflow.constants import DEFAULT_SKILLS_CONTAINER_PATH
 from deerflow.skills.types import Skill
 
+#: Composer control commands that own the leading slash and must never be
+#: treated as ``/skill`` activations. These values plus :data:`_SLASH_SKILL_RE`
+#: are mirrored by the frontend display parser in
+#: ``frontend/src/core/skills/slash.ts``; both sides are pinned to the shared
+#: fixture at ``contracts/slash_skill_contract.json`` by contract tests
+#: (``tests/test_slash_skill_contract.py`` here, ``slash-contract.test.ts`` on
+#: the frontend), so a reserved command or grammar change in only one language
+#: fails CI.
 RESERVED_SLASH_SKILL_NAMES = frozenset({"bootstrap", "goal", "help", "memory", "models", "new", "status"})
 _SLASH_SKILL_RE = re.compile(r"^/([a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*)(?:\s+|$)")
 

backend/tests/test_slash_skill_contract.py

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""Contract tests for the leading ``/skill`` activation gate.
+
+Pins the backend parser's reserved-command set and skill-name grammar to the
+shared fixture at ``contracts/slash_skill_contract.json``. The frontend display
+parser (``frontend/src/core/skills/slash.ts``) is pinned to the same fixture by
+``frontend/tests/unit/core/skills/slash-contract.test.ts``, so a reserved
+command added on one side—or a grammar change—cannot silently drift the two
+languages apart.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from deerflow.skills.slash import _SLASH_SKILL_RE, RESERVED_SLASH_SKILL_NAMES
+
+_REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+_CONTRACT_PATH = _REPO_ROOT / "contracts" / "slash_skill_contract.json"
+
+
+def _load_contract() -> dict:
+    return json.loads(_CONTRACT_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+
+def test_contract_file_exists():
+    assert _CONTRACT_PATH.is_file(), f"missing shared fixture: {_CONTRACT_PATH}"
+
+
+def test_reserved_names_match_contract():
+    contract = _load_contract()
+    assert set(RESERVED_SLASH_SKILL_NAMES) == set(contract["reserved_slash_skill_names"])
+
+
+def test_skill_name_pattern_matches_contract():
+    contract = _load_contract()
+    assert _SLASH_SKILL_RE.pattern == contract["skill_name_pattern"]

contracts/slash_skill_contract.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "description": "Cross-language contract fixture for the leading /skill activation gate. The backend parser (deerflow/skills/slash.py) and the frontend display parser (frontend/src/core/skills/slash.ts) must agree on which leading /word tokens are reserved control commands and on the exact skill-name grammar, so the transcript only renders an activation chip for text the backend would actually treat as a /skill activation.",
+  "reserved_slash_skill_names": ["bootstrap", "goal", "help", "memory", "models", "new", "status"],
+  "skill_name_pattern": "^/([a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*)(?:\\s+|$)"
+}

frontend/src/components/workspace/input-box.tsx

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import {
   useRef,
   useState,
   type ComponentProps,
+  type ClipboardEvent,
+  type FormEvent,
   type KeyboardEvent,
 } from "react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
@@ -37,7 +39,6 @@ import {
   PromptInputActionMenuTrigger,
   PromptInputAttachment,
   PromptInputAttachments,
-  PromptInputBody,
   PromptInputButton,
   PromptInputFooter,
   PromptInputHeader,
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ import { threadTokenUsageQueryKey } from "@/core/threads/token-usage";
 import { textOfMessage } from "@/core/threads/utils";
 import {
   formatUploadSize,
+  splitUnsupportedUploadFiles,
   useUploadLimits,
   validateUploadLimits,
   type UploadLimits,
@@ -126,10 +128,51 @@ import {
 import { useThread } from "./messages/context";
 import { ModeHoverGuide } from "./mode-hover-guide";
 import { ReferenceAttachmentSummary, useMaybeSidecar } from "./sidecar";
+import { SlashSkillChip } from "./slash-skill-chip";
 import { Tooltip } from "./tooltip";
 
 type InputMode = "flash" | "thinking" | "pro" | "ultra";
 
+function focusContentEditableEnd(element: HTMLElement | null) {
+  if (!element) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  element.focus();
+  const selection = window.getSelection();
+  if (!selection) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const range = document.createRange();
+  range.selectNodeContents(element);
+  range.collapse(false);
+  selection.removeAllRanges();
+  selection.addRange(range);
+}
+
+function insertPlainTextAtSelection(container: HTMLElement, text: string) {
+  const selection = window.getSelection();
+  if (!selection || selection.rangeCount === 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const range = selection.getRangeAt(0);
+  const ancestor = range.commonAncestorContainer;
+  if (ancestor !== container && !container.contains(ancestor)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  range.deleteContents();
+  const node = document.createTextNode(text);
+  range.insertNode(node);
+  range.setStartAfter(node);
+  range.setEndAfter(node);
+  selection.removeAllRanges();
+  selection.addRange(range);
+  return true;
+}
+
 function getResolvedMode(
   mode: InputMode | undefined,
   supportsThinking: boolean,
@@ -272,6 +315,8 @@ export function InputBox({
   const { data: uploadLimits } = useUploadLimits(threadId);
   const promptRootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const textareaRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null);
+  const inlineSkillTextRef = useRef<HTMLSpanElement | null>(null);
+  const inlineSkillComposingRef = useRef(false);
   const goalRequestStateRef = useRef(createGoalRequestState());
   const compactRequestStateRef = useRef(createGoalRequestState());
   const inputPolishRequestRef = useRef<{
@@ -297,6 +342,8 @@ export function InputBox({
   } | null>(null);
   const [textareaFocused, setTextareaFocused] = useState(false);
   const [skillSuggestionIndex, setSkillSuggestionIndex] = useState(0);
+  const [selectedSlashSkill, setSelectedSlashSkill] =
+    useState<SlashSuggestion | null>(null);
   const [dismissedSkillSuggestionValue, setDismissedSkillSuggestionValue] =
     useState<string | null>(null);
   const lastGeneratedForAiIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
@@ -451,6 +498,7 @@ export function InputBox({
   useEffect(() => {
     promptHistoryIndexRef.current = null;
     promptHistoryDraftRef.current = "";
+    setSelectedSlashSkill(null);
     setInputPolishUndo(null);
   }, [threadId]);
 
@@ -804,9 +852,15 @@ export function InputBox({
         toast.info(t.inputBox.pleaseWaitStreaming);
         return Promise.reject(new Error("streaming"));
       }
+      const messageWithSlashSkill = selectedSlashSkill
+        ? {
+            ...message,
+            text: `/${selectedSlashSkill.name} ${message.text}`,
+          }
+        : message;
       const submitAction = getInputSubmitAction({
-        text: message.text,
+        text: messageWithSlashSkill.text,
-        fileCount: message.files.length,
+        fileCount: messageWithSlashSkill.files.length,
         status,
       });
       if (submitAction.kind === "goal") {
@@ -836,12 +890,16 @@ export function InputBox({
       if (submitAction.kind === "empty") {
         return;
       }
-      return submitThreadMessage(message);
+      await submitThreadMessage(messageWithSlashSkill);
+      if (selectedSlashSkill) {
+        setSelectedSlashSkill(null);
+      }
     },
     [
       handleCompactCommand,
       handleGoalCommand,
       onStop,
+      selectedSlashSkill,
       status,
       submitThreadMessage,
       t.inputBox.pleaseWaitStreaming,
@@ -917,6 +975,7 @@ export function InputBox({
   const showSkillSuggestions =
     !disabled &&
     textareaFocused &&
+    !selectedSlashSkill &&
     slashSkillQuery !== null &&
     skillSuggestions.length > 0 &&
     dismissedSkillSuggestionValue !== textInput.value;
@@ -951,6 +1010,16 @@ export function InputBox({
 
   const applySkillSuggestion = useCallback(
     (suggestion: SlashSuggestion) => {
+      if (suggestion.kind === "skill") {
+        setSelectedSlashSkill(suggestion);
+        textInput.setInput("");
+        setDismissedSkillSuggestionValue(null);
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+          focusContentEditableEnd(inlineSkillTextRef.current);
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
       const nextValue = `/${suggestion.name} `;
       textInput.setInput(nextValue);
       setDismissedSkillSuggestionValue(nextValue);
@@ -967,7 +1036,7 @@ export function InputBox({
   );
 
   const handleSkillSuggestionKeyDown = useCallback(
-    (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+    (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       if (!showSkillSuggestions) {
         return;
       }
@@ -1119,13 +1188,14 @@ export function InputBox({
   }, [inputPolishUndo, inputPolishUndoAvailable, setPromptHistoryValue]);
 
   const handlePromptHistoryKeyDown = useCallback(
-    (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+    (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       if (
         event.altKey ||
         event.ctrlKey ||
         event.metaKey ||
         event.shiftKey ||
         isIMEComposing(event) ||
+        selectedSlashSkill ||
         promptHistory.length === 0 ||
         (event.key !== "ArrowUp" && event.key !== "ArrowDown")
       ) {
@@ -1169,18 +1239,46 @@ export function InputBox({
       promptHistoryIndexRef.current = nextIndex;
       setPromptHistoryValue(promptHistory[nextIndex] ?? "");
     },
-    [promptHistory, setPromptHistoryValue, textInput.value],
+    [promptHistory, selectedSlashSkill, setPromptHistoryValue, textInput.value],
+  );
+
+  const handleSelectedSlashSkillKeyDown = useCallback(
+    (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+      if (
+        event.key !== "Backspace" ||
+        !selectedSlashSkill ||
+        textInput.value.length > 0 ||
+        isIMEComposing(event)
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      event.preventDefault();
+      setSelectedSlashSkill(null);
+      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        textareaRef.current?.focus();
+      });
+    },
+    [selectedSlashSkill, textInput.value],
   );
 
   const handlePromptTextareaKeyDown = useCallback(
-    (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+    (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       handleSkillSuggestionKeyDown(event);
       if (event.defaultPrevented) {
         return;
       }
+      handleSelectedSlashSkillKeyDown(event);
+      if (event.defaultPrevented) {
+        return;
+      }
       handlePromptHistoryKeyDown(event);
     },
-    [handlePromptHistoryKeyDown, handleSkillSuggestionKeyDown],
+    [
+      handlePromptHistoryKeyDown,
+      handleSelectedSlashSkillKeyDown,
+      handleSkillSuggestionKeyDown,
+    ],
   );
 
   const handlePromptTextareaChange = useCallback(() => {
@@ -1190,10 +1288,108 @@ export function InputBox({
     promptHistoryDraftRef.current = "";
   }, [abortInputPolishRequest]);
 
+  const updateInlineSkillTextInput = useCallback(
+    (element: HTMLElement) => {
+      promptHistoryIndexRef.current = null;
+      promptHistoryDraftRef.current = "";
+      textInput.setInput(element.textContent ?? "");
+    },
+    [textInput],
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!selectedSlashSkill) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const element = inlineSkillTextRef.current;
+    if (element && element.textContent !== textInput.value) {
+      element.textContent = textInput.value;
+    }
+  }, [selectedSlashSkill, textInput.value]);
+
+  const handleInlineSkillInput = useCallback(
+    (event: FormEvent<HTMLSpanElement>) => {
+      updateInlineSkillTextInput(event.currentTarget);
+    },
+    [updateInlineSkillTextInput],
+  );
+
+  const handleInlineSkillPaste = useCallback(
+    (event: ClipboardEvent<HTMLSpanElement>) => {
+      const pastedFiles = Array.from(event.clipboardData.items)
+        .filter((item) => item.kind === "file")
+        .flatMap((item) => {
+          const file = item.getAsFile();
+          return file ? [file] : [];
+        });
+
+      if (pastedFiles.length > 0) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        const { accepted, message } = splitUnsupportedUploadFiles(pastedFiles);
+        if (message) {
+          toast.error(message);
+        }
+        if (accepted.length > 0) {
+          attachments.add(accepted);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const text = event.clipboardData.getData("text/plain");
+      if (!text) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      event.preventDefault();
+      if (insertPlainTextAtSelection(event.currentTarget, text)) {
+        updateInlineSkillTextInput(event.currentTarget);
+      }
+    },
+    [attachments, updateInlineSkillTextInput],
+  );
+
+  const handleInlineSkillKeyDown = useCallback(
+    (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLSpanElement>) => {
+      handleSelectedSlashSkillKeyDown(event);
+      if (event.defaultPrevented) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (event.key !== "Enter") {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (isIMEComposing(event, inlineSkillComposingRef.current)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      event.preventDefault();
+
+      if (event.shiftKey) {
+        if (insertPlainTextAtSelection(event.currentTarget, "\n")) {
+          updateInlineSkillTextInput(event.currentTarget);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
+      event.currentTarget.closest("form")?.requestSubmit();
+    },
+    [handleSelectedSlashSkillKeyDown, updateInlineSkillTextInput],
+  );
+
+  const clearSelectedSlashSkill = useCallback(() => {
+    setSelectedSlashSkill(null);
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      textareaRef.current?.focus();
+    });
+  }, []);
+
   const showFollowups =
     !disabled &&
     !isWelcomeMode &&
     !showSkillSuggestions &&
+    !selectedSlashSkill &&
     !followupsHidden &&
     (followupsLoading || followups.length > 0);
 
@@ -1458,20 +1654,67 @@ export function InputBox({
             />
           )}
         </PromptInputHeader>
-        <PromptInputBody className="absolute top-0 right-0 left-0 z-3">
+        <div className="min-h-16 w-full min-w-0 px-3 py-3">
-          <PromptInputTextarea
+          {selectedSlashSkill ? (
-            className={cn("size-full")}
+            <div
-            disabled={composerLocked}
+              className="max-h-48 min-h-6 w-full min-w-0 cursor-text overflow-y-auto text-base leading-6 break-all whitespace-pre-wrap md:text-sm"
-            placeholder={t.inputBox.placeholder}
+              onClick={(event) => {
-            autoFocus={autoFocus}
+                if (event.target === event.currentTarget) {
-            defaultValue={initialValue}
+                  focusContentEditableEnd(inlineSkillTextRef.current);
-            onBlur={() => setTextareaFocused(false)}
+                }
-            onChange={handlePromptTextareaChange}
+              }}
-            onFocus={() => setTextareaFocused(true)}
+            >
-            onKeyDown={handlePromptTextareaKeyDown}
+              <SlashSkillChip
-            ref={textareaRef}
+                name={selectedSlashSkill.name}
-          />
+                className="mr-2 max-w-[min(11rem,45%)] align-top"
-        </PromptInputBody>
+                onRemove={clearSelectedSlashSkill}
+              />
+              <span
+                aria-label={t.inputBox.placeholder}
+                aria-multiline="true"
+                contentEditable={!composerLocked}
+                data-empty={textInput.value.length === 0}
+                data-placeholder={t.inputBox.placeholder}
+                data-slot="input-group-control"
+                onBlur={() => setTextareaFocused(false)}
+                onCompositionEnd={() => {
+                  inlineSkillComposingRef.current = false;
+                }}
+                onCompositionStart={() => {
+                  inlineSkillComposingRef.current = true;
+                }}
+                onFocus={() => setTextareaFocused(true)}
+                onInput={handleInlineSkillInput}
+                onKeyDown={handleInlineSkillKeyDown}
+                onPaste={handleInlineSkillPaste}
+                aria-placeholder={t.inputBox.placeholder}
+                ref={inlineSkillTextRef}
+                role="textbox"
+                suppressContentEditableWarning
+                className={cn(
+                  "outline-none",
+                  "before:text-muted-foreground before:pointer-events-none",
+                  "data-[empty=true]:before:content-[attr(data-placeholder)]",
+                  composerLocked && "cursor-not-allowed opacity-50",
+                )}
+                tabIndex={composerLocked ? -1 : 0}
+              />
+            </div>
+          ) : (
+            <PromptInputTextarea
+              className="min-h-6! w-full min-w-0 p-0! leading-6!"
+              disabled={composerLocked}
+              placeholder={t.inputBox.placeholder}
+              autoFocus={autoFocus}
+              defaultValue={initialValue}
+              onBlur={() => setTextareaFocused(false)}
+              onChange={handlePromptTextareaChange}
+              onFocus={() => setTextareaFocused(true)}
+              onKeyDown={handlePromptTextareaKeyDown}
+              ref={textareaRef}
+            />
+          )}
+        </div>
         <PromptInputFooter className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 sm:flex-nowrap">
           <PromptInputTools className="min-w-0 flex-1 flex-wrap">
             {/* TODO: Add more connectors here
@@ -1878,6 +2121,7 @@ export function InputBox({
 
       {isWelcomeMode &&
         searchParams.get("mode") !== "skill" &&
+        !selectedSlashSkill &&
         !showSkillSuggestions && (
           <div className="flex items-center justify-center pt-2">
             <SuggestionList onSelectPlaceholder={onSelectPlaceholder} />

frontend/src/components/workspace/messages/message-list-item.tsx

@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ import {
 } from "@/core/messages/utils";
 import { useRehypeSplitWordsIntoSpans } from "@/core/rehype";
 import { readReferenceMessageContexts } from "@/core/sidecar";
+import {
+  parseSlashSkillReference,
+  resolveSlashSkillDisplay,
+} from "@/core/skills";
+import { useSkills } from "@/core/skills/hooks";
 import { SafeReasoningContent } from "@/core/streamdown/components";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ import { WorkspaceChangeBadge } from "../changes";
 import { CitationSourcesPanel } from "../citations/citation-sources-panel";
 import { CopyButton } from "../copy-button";
 import { ReferenceAttachmentSummary } from "../sidecar/reference-attachments";
+import { SlashSkillChip } from "../slash-skill-chip";
 
 import { MarkdownContent } from "./markdown-content";
 import { createMarkdownLinkComponent } from "./markdown-link";
@@ -212,6 +218,42 @@ function MessageImage({
 
 const clientTurnDurations = new Map<string, number>();
 
+function HumanMessageText({ content }: { content: string }) {
+  // `parseSlashSkillReference` is a pure regex gate (no data subscription), so
+  // the overwhelmingly common plain-text human message never subscribes to the
+  // skills query. Only a message that literally looks like a `/skill …`
+  // activation mounts `HumanSlashSkillText`, which owns the `useSkills()`
+  // lookup. This keeps a skill-enabled toggle from re-rendering every human
+  // turn — only the few slash-candidate turns react to catalog changes.
+  const reference = useMemo(() => parseSlashSkillReference(content), [content]);
+
+  if (!reference) {
+    return <div className="break-words whitespace-pre-wrap">{content}</div>;
+  }
+
+  return <HumanSlashSkillText content={content} />;
+}
+
+function HumanSlashSkillText({ content }: { content: string }) {
+  const { skills } = useSkills();
+  const slashSkill = resolveSlashSkillDisplay(content, skills);
+
+  if (!slashSkill) {
+    return <div className="break-words whitespace-pre-wrap">{content}</div>;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex max-w-full min-w-0 flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-1">
+      <SlashSkillChip name={slashSkill.name} />
+      {slashSkill.remainingText && (
+        <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 break-words whitespace-pre-wrap">
+          {slashSkill.remainingText}
+        </span>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 function MessageContent_({
   className,
   message,
@@ -378,9 +420,7 @@ function MessageContent_({
         {filesList}
         {contentToDisplay && (
           <AIElementMessageContent className="w-full max-w-full">
-            <div className="break-words whitespace-pre-wrap">
+            <HumanMessageText content={contentToDisplay} />
-              {contentToDisplay}
-            </div>
           </AIElementMessageContent>
         )}
       </div>

frontend/src/components/workspace/slash-skill-chip.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { XIcon } from "lucide-react";
+
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+
+/**
+ * Shared visual for a `/skill` activation, used both as a removable chip in the
+ * composer and as a read-only chip in the chat transcript. Keeping a single
+ * source of truth means the two stay in lockstep instead of drifting apart in
+ * their Tailwind classes.
+ */
+const CHIP_BASE_CLASS =
+  "border-primary/20 bg-primary/10 text-primary inline-flex h-6 shrink-0 items-center rounded-md border px-1.5 font-mono text-xs leading-none font-medium shadow-xs";
+
+export function SlashSkillChip({
+  name,
+  className,
+  onRemove,
+  removeLabel,
+}: {
+  name: string;
+  className?: string;
+  /** When provided, the chip renders as a removable button with a close icon. */
+  onRemove?: () => void;
+  removeLabel?: string;
+}) {
+  if (onRemove) {
+    return (
+      <button
+        aria-label={removeLabel ?? `Remove /${name}`}
+        className={cn(
+          CHIP_BASE_CLASS,
+          "hover:bg-primary/20 cursor-pointer gap-1 transition-colors",
+          className,
+        )}
+        onClick={onRemove}
+        type="button"
+      >
+        <span className="min-w-0 truncate">/{name}</span>
+        <XIcon className="text-primary/70 size-2.5 shrink-0" />
+      </button>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <span className={cn(CHIP_BASE_CLASS, "max-w-full", className)}>
+      /{name}
+    </span>
+  );
+}

frontend/src/core/skills/index.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./api";
+export * from "./slash";
 export * from "./type";

frontend/src/core/skills/slash.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import type { Skill } from "./type";
+
+/**
+ * Composer control commands that own the leading slash. They must never be
+ * shown as skill activations. These values plus {@link SLASH_SKILL_RE} mirror
+ * the backend gate in `deerflow/skills/slash.py`; both sides are pinned to the
+ * shared fixture at `contracts/slash_skill_contract.json` by contract tests
+ * (`tests/unit/core/skills/slash-contract.test.ts` here,
+ * `tests/test_slash_skill_contract.py` on the backend), so adding a reserved
+ * command or changing the name grammar in only one language fails CI.
+ */
+export const RESERVED_SLASH_SKILL_NAMES = new Set([
+  "bootstrap",
+  "goal",
+  "help",
+  "memory",
+  "models",
+  "new",
+  "status",
+]);
+
+export const SLASH_SKILL_RE = /^\/([a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*)(?:\s+|$)/;
+
+export type SlashSkillReference = {
+  name: string;
+  remainingText: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Parse strict `/skill-name task` syntax, ignoring reserved control commands.
+ * Mirrors the backend `parse_slash_skill_reference`; returns null when the text
+ * is not a slash-skill activation.
+ */
+export function parseSlashSkillReference(
+  text: string,
+): SlashSkillReference | null {
+  const match = SLASH_SKILL_RE.exec(text);
+  if (!match) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const name = match[1];
+  if (!name || RESERVED_SLASH_SKILL_NAMES.has(name)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    name,
+    remainingText: text.slice(match[0].length).replace(/^\s+/, ""),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a slash-skill reference against the enabled skill catalog, matching
+ * the backend `resolve_slash_skill` gate: only an installed + enabled skill
+ * activates. Returns null when the text is not a slash command or the skill is
+ * unknown/disabled, so callers fall back to plain-text rendering.
+ */
+export function resolveSlashSkillDisplay(
+  text: string,
+  skills: Skill[],
+): SlashSkillReference | null {
+  const reference = parseSlashSkillReference(text);
+  if (!reference) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const enabled = skills.some(
+    (skill) => skill.enabled && skill.name === reference.name,
+  );
+  return enabled ? reference : null;
+}

frontend/src/lib/ime.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { KeyboardEvent } from "react";
 
-type IMEKeyboardEvent = KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement>;
+type IMEKeyboardEvent = KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>;
 
 export function isIMEComposing(
   event: IMEKeyboardEvent,

frontend/tests/e2e/chat.spec.ts

@@ -179,6 +179,29 @@ test.describe("Chat workspace", () => {
   });
 
   test("suggests matching skills after a leading slash", async ({ page }) => {
+    let submittedText: string | undefined;
+    await page.route("**/runs/stream", (route) => {
+      const body = route.request().postDataJSON() as {
+        input?: { messages?: Array<{ content?: unknown }> };
+      };
+      const content = body.input?.messages?.at(-1)?.content;
+      if (typeof content === "string") {
+        submittedText = content;
+      } else if (Array.isArray(content)) {
+        submittedText = content
+          .map((block) =>
+            typeof block === "object" &&
+            block !== null &&
+            "text" in block &&
+            typeof block.text === "string"
+              ? block.text
+              : "",
+          )
+          .join("");
+      }
+      return handleRunStream(route);
+    });
+
     await page.goto("/workspace/chats/new");
 
     const textarea = page.getByPlaceholder(/how can i assist you/i);
@@ -194,7 +217,18 @@ test.describe("Chat workspace", () => {
 
     await textarea.press("Enter");
 
-    await expect(textarea).toHaveValue("/data-analysis ");
+    await expect(page.getByText("/data-analysis")).toBeVisible();
+    const skillInput = page.getByRole("textbox", {
+      name: /how can i assist you/i,
+    });
+    await expect(skillInput).toBeVisible();
+
+    await skillInput.fill("summarize this dataset");
+    await skillInput.press("Enter");
+
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => submittedText)
+      .toBe("/data-analysis summarize this dataset");
   });
 
   test("goal command sets a goal and starts an agent run", async ({ page }) => {
@@ -299,7 +333,10 @@ test.describe("Chat workspace", () => {
     await textarea.press("ArrowDown");
     await textarea.press("Enter");
 
-    await expect(textarea).toHaveValue("/frontend-design ");
+    await expect(page.getByText("/frontend-design")).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(
+      page.getByRole("textbox", { name: /how can i assist you/i }),
+    ).toBeVisible();
   });
 
   test("keeps Shift+Enter as newline while skill suggestions are visible", async ({

frontend/tests/unit/core/skills/slash-contract.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from "@rstest/core";
+
+import {
+  RESERVED_SLASH_SKILL_NAMES,
+  SLASH_SKILL_RE,
+} from "@/core/skills/slash";
+
+interface ContractFile {
+  reserved_slash_skill_names: string[];
+  skill_name_pattern: string;
+}
+
+const CONTRACT_PATH = resolve(
+  __dirname,
+  "../../../../../contracts/slash_skill_contract.json",
+);
+const CONTRACT: ContractFile = JSON.parse(
+  readFileSync(CONTRACT_PATH, "utf-8"),
+) as ContractFile;
+
+describe("slash-skill contract", () => {
+  it("reserved names match the shared contract fixture", () => {
+    expect([...RESERVED_SLASH_SKILL_NAMES].sort()).toEqual(
+      [...CONTRACT.reserved_slash_skill_names].sort(),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("skill-name grammar matches the shared contract fixture", () => {
+    // The contract stores the Python-canonical pattern (an unescaped `/`).
+    // Normalize both through the RegExp constructor so the comparison is not
+    // tripped by JS escaping the delimiter to `\/` in `.source`.
+    expect(SLASH_SKILL_RE.source).toBe(
+      new RegExp(CONTRACT.skill_name_pattern).source,
+    );
+  });
+});

frontend/tests/unit/core/skills/slash.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "@rstest/core";
+
+import type { Skill } from "@/core/skills";
+import {
+  parseSlashSkillReference,
+  resolveSlashSkillDisplay,
+} from "@/core/skills/slash";
+
+function makeSkill(name: string, enabled = true): Skill {
+  return {
+    name,
+    description: `${name} description`,
+    enabled,
+  } as Skill;
+}
+
+describe("parseSlashSkillReference", () => {
+  it("parses a leading /skill and captures the remaining text", () => {
+    expect(parseSlashSkillReference("/data-analysis summarize this")).toEqual({
+      name: "data-analysis",
+      remainingText: "summarize this",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("parses a bare /skill with no task text", () => {
+    expect(parseSlashSkillReference("/data-analysis")).toEqual({
+      name: "data-analysis",
+      remainingText: "",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("ignores reserved control commands", () => {
+    expect(parseSlashSkillReference("/goal ship it")).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseSlashSkillReference("/help")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when text is not a leading slash command", () => {
+    expect(parseSlashSkillReference("hello /data-analysis")).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseSlashSkillReference("/a/b")).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseSlashSkillReference("plain text")).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("resolveSlashSkillDisplay", () => {
+  const skills = [makeSkill("data-analysis"), makeSkill("frontend-design")];
+
+  it("resolves when the referenced skill exists and is enabled", () => {
+    expect(resolveSlashSkillDisplay("/data-analysis go", skills)).toEqual({
+      name: "data-analysis",
+      remainingText: "go",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for a slash command that is not an installed skill", () => {
+    expect(resolveSlashSkillDisplay("/hello world", skills)).toBeNull();
+    expect(resolveSlashSkillDisplay("/unknown-skill do it", skills)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when the skill exists but is disabled", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveSlashSkillDisplay("/legacy-skill x", [
+        makeSkill("legacy-skill", false),
+      ]),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+});