diff --git a/.changeset/fix-working-tips-swarm.md b/.changeset/fix-working-tips-swarm.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75e838ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-working-tips-swarm.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Fix working tips getting squeezed against the agent swarm progress bar.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.ts
index 9b03bff70..93ab6e7e7 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ export class MoonLoader extends Text {
   private colorFn?: (s: string) => string;
   private label: string;
   private displayText = '';
+  // Inline text used when the spinner is embedded into another line (e.g. the
+  // agent-swarm progress status line). It intentionally excludes the tip: the
+  // tip is only rendered when the loader sits on its own row in the activity
+  // pane, otherwise it would get squeezed against whatever follows the inline
+  // spinner (like the swarm progress bar).
+  private inlineText = '';
   private tip: string = '';
   private availableWidth = 0;
 
@@ -75,13 +81,14 @@ export class MoonLoader extends Text {
   }
 
   renderInline(): string {
-    return this.displayText;
+    return this.inlineText;
   }
 
   private updateDisplay(): void {
     const frame = this.frames[this.currentFrame]!;
     const coloredFrame = this.colorFn ? this.colorFn(frame) : frame;
     const baseText = this.label ? `${coloredFrame} ${this.label}` : coloredFrame;
+    this.inlineText = baseText;
     let text = baseText;
     if (this.tip) {
       const withTip = baseText + currentTheme.fg('textDim', this.tip);
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8bea6504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import type { TUI } from '@earendil-works/pi-tui';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { MoonLoader } from '#/tui/components/chrome/moon-loader';
+
+// MoonLoader starts a real setInterval in its constructor, so every loader
+// created in these tests must be stopped to avoid leaving live timers behind.
+const loaders: MoonLoader[] = [];
+
+function createLoader(): MoonLoader {
+  const ui = { requestRender() {} } as unknown as TUI;
+  const loader = new MoonLoader(ui, 'moon');
+  loaders.push(loader);
+  return loader;
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const loader of loaders) loader.stop();
+  loaders.length = 0;
+});
+
+describe('MoonLoader', () => {
+  it('keeps the tip out of renderInline so it does not squeeze against the swarm progress bar', () => {
+    const loader = createLoader();
+    loader.setTip(' · Tip: ctrl+s: steer mid-turn');
+    loader.setAvailableWidth(80);
+
+    const inline = loader.renderInline();
+    expect(inline).not.toContain('Tip');
+    expect(inline).not.toContain('steer');
+    expect(inline.trim().length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it('still shows the tip on its own row when width allows', () => {
+    const loader = createLoader();
+    loader.setTip(' · Tip: ctrl+s: steer mid-turn');
+    loader.setAvailableWidth(80);
+
+    const row = loader.render(80).join('\n');
+    expect(row).toContain('Tip: ctrl+s: steer mid-turn');
+  });
+});