diff --git a/.changeset/cap-todo-panel-rows.md b/.changeset/cap-todo-panel-rows.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1450d389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cap-todo-panel-rows.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Cap the inline todo panel at five rows and show a `+N more` indicator so long task lists no longer fill the screen.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/todo-panel.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/todo-panel.ts
index ede986e60..45ed12c83 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/todo-panel.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/todo-panel.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,80 @@ export interface TodoItem {
   readonly status: TodoStatus;
 }
 
+const MAX_VISIBLE = 5;
+
+export interface VisibleTodos {
+  readonly rows: readonly TodoItem[];
+  readonly hidden: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pick which todos to render when the list exceeds {@link MAX_VISIBLE}.
+ *
+ * The selector is order-agnostic — the TodoList tool keeps whatever
+ * order the model produced and does not group items by status, so an
+ * interleaved sequence like `pending, done, pending, done, ...` is
+ * possible and must still yield MAX_VISIBLE rows when enough exist.
+ *
+ * Strategy:
+ * 1. Include every `in_progress` item (capped at MAX_VISIBLE).
+ * 2. Fill remaining slots with "what's next" — the earliest `pending`
+ *    items in their original positions — while reserving one slot for
+ *    "what just finished" — the latest `done` item — when both kinds
+ *    exist. If one side has too few candidates, the other expands.
+ *
+ * Items are returned in their original order.
+ */
+export function selectVisibleTodos(todos: readonly TodoItem[]): VisibleTodos {
+  if (todos.length <= MAX_VISIBLE) {
+    return { rows: [...todos], hidden: 0 };
+  }
+
+  const inProgress: number[] = [];
+  const pending: number[] = [];
+  const done: number[] = [];
+  for (const [i, todo] of todos.entries()) {
+    if (todo.status === 'in_progress') inProgress.push(i);
+    else if (todo.status === 'pending') pending.push(i);
+    else done.push(i);
+  }
+
+  const picked = new Set<number>();
+  for (const i of inProgress.slice(0, MAX_VISIBLE)) picked.add(i);
+
+  if (picked.size < MAX_VISIBLE) {
+    // Most recent done first; earliest pending first.
+    const doneCandidates = done.toReversed();
+    const pendingCandidates = pending;
+
+    const remaining = MAX_VISIBLE - picked.size;
+    let doneCount: number;
+    let pendingCount: number;
+    if (doneCandidates.length === 0) {
+      doneCount = 0;
+      pendingCount = Math.min(remaining, pendingCandidates.length);
+    } else if (pendingCandidates.length === 0) {
+      pendingCount = 0;
+      doneCount = Math.min(remaining, doneCandidates.length);
+    } else {
+      doneCount = 1;
+      pendingCount = Math.min(remaining - 1, pendingCandidates.length);
+      if (pendingCount < remaining - 1) {
+        doneCount = Math.min(doneCandidates.length, remaining - pendingCount);
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < doneCount; i++) picked.add(doneCandidates[i] as number);
+    for (let i = 0; i < pendingCount; i++) picked.add(pendingCandidates[i] as number);
+  }
+
+  const sortedIdx = [...picked].toSorted((a, b) => a - b);
+  return {
+    rows: sortedIdx.map((i) => todos[i] as TodoItem),
+    hidden: todos.length - sortedIdx.length,
+  };
+}
+
 export class TodoPanelComponent implements Component {
   private todos: readonly TodoItem[] = [];
   private colors: ColorPalette;
@@ -55,13 +129,17 @@ export class TodoPanelComponent implements Component {
   render(width: number): string[] {
     if (this.todos.length === 0) return [];
     const c = this.colors;
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(this.todos);
     const lines: string[] = [
       chalk.hex(c.border)('─'.repeat(width)),
       chalk.hex(c.primary).bold(' Todo'),
     ];
-    for (const todo of this.todos) {
+    for (const todo of rows) {
       lines.push(renderRow(todo, c));
     }
+    if (hidden > 0) {
+      lines.push(chalk.hex(c.textDim)(`  … +${hidden} more`));
+    }
 
     return lines.map((line) => truncateToWidth(line, width));
   }
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/panels/todo-panel.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/panels/todo-panel.test.ts
index 373d2d0c4..2382c0a60 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/panels/todo-panel.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/panels/todo-panel.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 
-import { TodoPanelComponent, type TodoItem } from '#/tui/components/chrome/todo-panel';
+import {
+  TodoPanelComponent,
+  selectVisibleTodos,
+  type TodoItem,
+} from '#/tui/components/chrome/todo-panel';
 import { darkColors } from '#/tui/theme/colors';
 
 function strip(text: string): string {
@@ -55,4 +59,184 @@ describe('TodoPanelComponent', () => {
     expect(out).toMatch(/○ foo/);
     expect(out).not.toMatch(/hacked/);
   });
+
+  it('renders all todos and no overflow footer when count <= 5', () => {
+    const panel = new TodoPanelComponent(darkColors);
+    panel.setTodos([
+      { title: 'a', status: 'done' },
+      { title: 'b', status: 'in_progress' },
+      { title: 'c', status: 'pending' },
+      { title: 'd', status: 'pending' },
+      { title: 'e', status: 'pending' },
+    ]);
+    const out = strip(panel.render(80).join('\n'));
+    expect(out).toMatch(/a/);
+    expect(out).toMatch(/e/);
+    expect(out).not.toMatch(/\+\d+ more/);
+  });
+
+  it('appends "+N more" footer when count > 5', () => {
+    const panel = new TodoPanelComponent(darkColors);
+    panel.setTodos([
+      { title: 't0', status: 'done' },
+      { title: 't1', status: 'in_progress' },
+      { title: 't2', status: 'pending' },
+      { title: 't3', status: 'pending' },
+      { title: 't4', status: 'pending' },
+      { title: 't5', status: 'pending' },
+      { title: 't6', status: 'pending' },
+    ]);
+    const out = strip(panel.render(80).join('\n'));
+    expect(out).toMatch(/\+2 more/);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('selectVisibleTodos', () => {
+  const T = (title: string, status: TodoItem['status']): TodoItem => ({ title, status });
+
+  it('returns all items unchanged when count <= 5', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = [
+      T('a', 'done'),
+      T('b', 'in_progress'),
+      T('c', 'pending'),
+    ];
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows).toEqual(todos);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('with 1 in_progress: shows 1 done before + in_progress + 3 pending after', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = [
+      T('d1', 'done'),
+      T('d2', 'done'),
+      T('d3', 'done'),
+      T('ip', 'in_progress'),
+      T('p1', 'pending'),
+      T('p2', 'pending'),
+      T('p3', 'pending'),
+      T('p4', 'pending'),
+      T('p5', 'pending'),
+    ];
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['d3', 'ip', 'p1', 'p2', 'p3']);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  it('with 1 in_progress and no done before: fills with pending after', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = [
+      T('ip', 'in_progress'),
+      T('p1', 'pending'),
+      T('p2', 'pending'),
+      T('p3', 'pending'),
+      T('p4', 'pending'),
+      T('p5', 'pending'),
+      T('p6', 'pending'),
+    ];
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['ip', 'p1', 'p2', 'p3', 'p4']);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('with 1 in_progress and few pending after: expands done before', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = [
+      T('d1', 'done'),
+      T('d2', 'done'),
+      T('d3', 'done'),
+      T('d4', 'done'),
+      T('d5', 'done'),
+      T('ip', 'in_progress'),
+      T('p1', 'pending'),
+    ];
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['d3', 'd4', 'd5', 'ip', 'p1']);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('all pending: shows first 5', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = Array.from({ length: 8 }, (_, i) => T(`p${i}`, 'pending'));
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['p0', 'p1', 'p2', 'p3', 'p4']);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  it('all done: shows last 5', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = Array.from({ length: 8 }, (_, i) => T(`d${i}`, 'done'));
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['d3', 'd4', 'd5', 'd6', 'd7']);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  it('mixed done+pending without in_progress: 1 done + 4 pending', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = [
+      T('d1', 'done'),
+      T('d2', 'done'),
+      T('d3', 'done'),
+      T('p1', 'pending'),
+      T('p2', 'pending'),
+      T('p3', 'pending'),
+      T('p4', 'pending'),
+      T('p5', 'pending'),
+    ];
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['d3', 'p1', 'p2', 'p3', 'p4']);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  it('multiple in_progress: all included up to MAX cap', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = [
+      T('ip1', 'in_progress'),
+      T('ip2', 'in_progress'),
+      T('ip3', 'in_progress'),
+      T('p1', 'pending'),
+      T('p2', 'pending'),
+      T('p3', 'pending'),
+      T('p4', 'pending'),
+    ];
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['ip1', 'ip2', 'ip3', 'p1', 'p2']);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('no in_progress, interleaved done/pending order: still picks MAX items', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = [
+      T('p0', 'pending'),
+      T('d0', 'done'),
+      T('p1', 'pending'),
+      T('d1', 'done'),
+      T('p2', 'pending'),
+      T('d2', 'done'),
+      T('p3', 'pending'),
+    ];
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.length).toBe(5);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(2);
+    expect(rows.filter((r) => r.status === 'pending').length).toBe(4);
+    expect(rows.filter((r) => r.status === 'done').length).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('done appearing after in_progress is still treated as recent context', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = [
+      T('ip', 'in_progress'),
+      T('p1', 'pending'),
+      T('d1', 'done'),
+      T('p2', 'pending'),
+      T('p3', 'pending'),
+      T('p4', 'pending'),
+      T('p5', 'pending'),
+    ];
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.length).toBe(5);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(2);
+    expect(rows.some((r) => r.status === 'in_progress')).toBe(true);
+    expect(rows.some((r) => r.status === 'done')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('more than 5 in_progress: caps at 5 keeping the earliest', () => {
+    const todos: TodoItem[] = Array.from({ length: 7 }, (_, i) =>
+      T(`ip${i}`, 'in_progress'),
+    );
+    const { rows, hidden } = selectVisibleTodos(todos);
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.title)).toEqual(['ip0', 'ip1', 'ip2', 'ip3', 'ip4']);
+    expect(hidden).toBe(2);
+  });
 });