diff --git a/packages/session-ui/src/storybook/current-session-fixtures.ts b/packages/session-ui/src/storybook/current-session-fixtures.ts
index 04ee7a33282..11a9610ff4b 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/src/storybook/current-session-fixtures.ts
+++ b/packages/session-ui/src/storybook/current-session-fixtures.ts
@@ -530,6 +530,26 @@ export const expandedShellDocument = document([
   }),
 ] satisfies SessionMessageInfo[])
 
+export const executeCodeDocument = document([
+  user("msg_user_execute", "Verify the Code Mode runtime responds.", 52_100),
+  assistant({
+    id: "msg_assistant_execute",
+    offset: 52_200,
+    completed: 52_900,
+    content: [
+      completedTool({
+        id: "tool_execute_code",
+        name: "execute",
+        offset: 52_300,
+        args: {
+          code: 'const greeting = "Code Mode execute completed"\nreturn { greeting, timestamp: new Date().toISOString() }',
+        },
+        output: '{\n  "greeting": "Code Mode execute completed",\n  "timestamp": "2026-08-17T09:01:43.590Z"\n}',
+      }),
+    ],
+  }),
+] satisfies SessionMessageInfo[])
+
 export const terminalFailedDocument = document([
   user("msg_user_terminal_failed", "Run the focused Session UI tests.", 53_000),
   assistant({
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/src/timeline/terminal-work.stories.tsx b/packages/session-ui/src/timeline/terminal-work.stories.tsx
index d5c4565df7b..2d0f8b879f1 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/src/timeline/terminal-work.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/session-ui/src/timeline/terminal-work.stories.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { CurrentSessionTimelineStory } from "../storybook/current-session-story"
 import {
+  executeCodeDocument,
   expandedShellDocument,
   recoveryDocument,
   standaloneShellCompletedDocument,
@@ -85,6 +86,18 @@ export const ExpandedShell = {
   ),
 }
 
+export const ExecuteCode = {
+  render: () => (
+    <CurrentSessionTimelineStory
+      title="Execute code"
+      description="A Code Mode execution shares the shell treatment: the code and its result split into a two-tone card."
+      document={executeCodeDocument}
+      width="786px"
+      shellToolDefaultOpen
+    />
+  ),
+}
+
 export const TestFailed = {
   render: () => (
     <CurrentSessionTimelineStory
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/src/tools/tool-renderer.tsx b/packages/session-ui/src/tools/tool-renderer.tsx
index 896defa476e..dfa01161420 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/src/tools/tool-renderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/session-ui/src/tools/tool-renderer.tsx
@@ -1255,34 +1255,32 @@ ToolRegistry.register({
     const i18n = useI18n()
     const pending = () => props.status === "streaming" || props.status === "running"
     const code = createMemo(() => (typeof props.input.code === "string" ? props.input.code : ""))
-    const text = createMemo(() => {
-      const output = stripAnsi(props.output ?? "").replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n")
-      return `${code()}${output ? "\n\n" + output : ""}`
-    })
+    const output = createMemo(() => stripAnsi(props.output ?? "").replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n"))
     const sawPending = pending()
     return (
       <BasicTool
         {...props}
         icon="console"
         rail={false}
+        compact
         allowOpenWhilePending
         trigger={(open) => (
           <div data-slot="basic-tool-tool-info-structured">
-            <span data-slot="basic-tool-tool-indicator">
-              <Icon name="console" size="small" />
-            </span>
             <div data-slot="basic-tool-tool-info-main">
               <span data-slot="basic-tool-tool-title">
                 <TextShimmer text={i18n.t("ui.tool.execute")} active={pending()} />
               </span>
               <Show when={!open() && code()}>
-                <ShellSubmessage text={code()} animate={sawPending} />
+                <ShellSubmessage text={code().split("\n")[0]} animate={sawPending} />
               </Show>
             </div>
           </div>
         )}
       >
-        <ConsoleOutput copy={text()}>{text()}</ConsoleOutput>
+        <ConsoleOutput copy={code()} variant="shell">
+          <span data-slot="bash-command">{code()}</span>
+          <Show when={output()}>{(value) => <span data-slot="bash-result">{value()}</span>}</Show>
+        </ConsoleOutput>
       </BasicTool>
     )
   },