diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/CompactToolGroupDisplay.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/CompactToolGroupDisplay.tsx
index 852a7df927..3744f526b0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/CompactToolGroupDisplay.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/CompactToolGroupDisplay.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { Box, Text } from 'ink';
 import type { IndividualToolCallDisplay } from '../../types.js';
 import { ToolCallStatus } from '../../types.js';
 import type { AnsiOutputDisplay } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
-import { SHELL_COMMAND_NAME, SHELL_NAME } from '../../constants.js';
 import { theme } from '../../semantic-colors.js';
 import { localizeToolDisplayName, t } from '../../../i18n/index.js';
 import { ToolStatusIndicator } from '../shared/ToolStatusIndicator.js';
@@ -129,19 +128,6 @@ export const CompactToolGroupDisplay: React.FC<
   const overallStatus = getOverallStatus(toolCalls);
   const activeTool = getActiveTool(toolCalls);
 
-  const isShellCommand = toolCalls.some(
-    (t) => t.name === SHELL_COMMAND_NAME || t.name === SHELL_NAME,
-  );
-  const hasPending = !toolCalls.every(
-    (t) => t.status === ToolCallStatus.Success,
-  );
-
-  const borderColor = isShellCommand
-    ? theme.ui.symbol
-    : hasPending
-      ? theme.status.warning
-      : theme.border.default;
-
   // Take only the first line of description to prevent multi-line shell scripts
   // from expanding the compact view (wrap="truncate-end" only handles width overflow,
   // not literal \n characters in the content)
@@ -150,14 +136,7 @@ export const CompactToolGroupDisplay: React.FC<
     : '';
 
   return (
-    <Box
-      flexDirection="column"
-      borderStyle="round"
-      width={contentWidth}
-      borderDimColor={hasPending}
-      borderColor={borderColor}
-      gap={0}
-    >
+    <Box flexDirection="column" width={contentWidth} paddingX={1} gap={0}>
       {/* Status line: icon + (summary | tool name + description) + count + elapsed */}
       <Box flexDirection="row">
         <ToolStatusIndicator status={overallStatus} name={activeTool.name} />
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/InlineParallelAgentsDisplay.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/InlineParallelAgentsDisplay.tsx
index c2a00987f9..8c8603f651 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/InlineParallelAgentsDisplay.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/InlineParallelAgentsDisplay.tsx
@@ -264,13 +264,7 @@ export const InlineParallelAgentsDisplay: React.FC<
   const headerLabel = `Parallel agents · ${total} · ${doneCount}/${total} done`;
 
   return (
-    <Box
-      flexDirection="column"
-      borderStyle="round"
-      width={contentWidth}
-      borderColor={hasLiveAgent ? theme.status.warning : theme.border.default}
-      paddingX={1}
-    >
+    <Box flexDirection="column" width={contentWidth} paddingX={1}>
       <Box>
         <Text bold color={theme.text.accent}>
           {headerLabel}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolGroupMessage.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolGroupMessage.test.tsx
index c99669bd3c..b667345648 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolGroupMessage.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolGroupMessage.test.tsx
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ describe('<ToolGroupMessage />', () => {
       expect(lastFrame()).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
 
-    it('renders shell command with yellow border', () => {
+    it('renders shell command', () => {
       const toolCalls = [
         createToolCall({
           callId: 'shell-1',
@@ -503,45 +503,6 @@ describe('<ToolGroupMessage />', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('Border Color Logic', () => {
-    it('uses yellow border when tools are pending', () => {
-      const toolCalls = [createToolCall({ status: ToolCallStatus.Pending })];
-      const { lastFrame } = renderWithProviders(
-        <ToolGroupMessage {...baseProps} toolCalls={toolCalls} />,
-      );
-      // The snapshot will capture the visual appearance including border color
-      expect(lastFrame()).toMatchSnapshot();
-    });
-
-    it('uses yellow border for shell commands even when successful', () => {
-      const toolCalls = [
-        createToolCall({
-          name: 'run_shell_command',
-          status: ToolCallStatus.Success,
-        }),
-      ];
-      const { lastFrame } = renderWithProviders(
-        <ToolGroupMessage {...baseProps} toolCalls={toolCalls} />,
-      );
-      expect(lastFrame()).toMatchSnapshot();
-    });
-
-    it('uses gray border when all tools are successful and no shell commands', () => {
-      const toolCalls = [
-        createToolCall({ status: ToolCallStatus.Success }),
-        createToolCall({
-          callId: 'tool-2',
-          name: 'another-tool',
-          status: ToolCallStatus.Success,
-        }),
-      ];
-      const { lastFrame } = renderWithProviders(
-        <ToolGroupMessage {...baseProps} toolCalls={toolCalls} />,
-      );
-      expect(lastFrame()).toMatchSnapshot();
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('Height Calculation', () => {
     it('calculates available height correctly with multiple tools with results', () => {
       const toolCalls = [
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolGroupMessage.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolGroupMessage.tsx
index 74ca87ea5f..e911dbb7a6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolGroupMessage.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolGroupMessage.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import { ToolMessage } from './ToolMessage.js';
 import { ToolConfirmationMessage } from './ToolConfirmationMessage.js';
 import { CompactToolGroupDisplay } from './CompactToolGroupDisplay.js';
 import { InlineParallelAgentsDisplay } from './InlineParallelAgentsDisplay.js';
-import { theme } from '../../semantic-colors.js';
-import { SHELL_COMMAND_NAME, SHELL_NAME } from '../../constants.js';
 import { useConfig } from '../../contexts/ConfigContext.js';
 import { useCompactMode } from '../../contexts/CompactModeContext.js';
 import type { AgentResultDisplay } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
@@ -156,7 +154,7 @@ interface ToolGroupMessageProps {
   compactLabel?: string;
 }
 
-// Main component renders the border and maps the tools using ToolMessage
+// Main component maps the tools using ToolMessage
 export const ToolGroupMessage: React.FC<ToolGroupMessageProps> = ({
   toolCalls,
   availableTerminalHeight,
@@ -292,15 +290,15 @@ export const ToolGroupMessage: React.FC<ToolGroupMessageProps> = ({
   // Hide the entire group when the live-phase filter leaves nothing
   // inline to render — i.e. a pure-running-subagent batch with no
   // pending approval. LiveAgentPanel below the composer is the
-  // single source of truth for those rows; an empty bordered
-  // container floating above the panel would just be a duplicate
-  // chrome line. Terminal subagents (completed / failed / cancelled)
+  // single source of truth for those rows; an empty
+  // container floating above the panel would just be noise.
+  // Terminal subagents (completed / failed / cancelled)
   // pass through `inlineToolCalls` because `unregisterForeground`'s
   // post-delete emit already dropped them from the panel snapshot,
   // and the inline path must render `SubagentScrollbackSummary`
   // immediately so the user keeps a record of the run.
   // (Gate on `isPending` so a degenerate empty `toolCalls=[]` in the
-  // committed phase still falls through to the legacy empty-border
+  // committed phase still falls through to the legacy empty-container
   // snapshot — the suppression is specifically about live-phase
   // panel ownership, not about hiding empty inputs in general.)
   if (isPending && inlineToolCalls.length === 0) {
@@ -345,22 +343,8 @@ export const ToolGroupMessage: React.FC<ToolGroupMessageProps> = ({
   }
 
   // Full expanded view
-  const hasPending = !inlineToolCalls.every(
-    (t) => t.status === ToolCallStatus.Success,
-  );
-  const isShellCommand = inlineToolCalls.some(
-    (t) => t.name === SHELL_COMMAND_NAME || t.name === SHELL_NAME,
-  );
-  const borderColor =
-    isShellCommand || isEmbeddedShellFocused
-      ? theme.ui.symbol
-      : hasPending
-        ? theme.status.warning
-        : theme.border.default;
-
-  const staticHeight = /* border */ 2 + /* marginBottom */ 1;
-  // account for border (2 chars) and padding (2 chars)
-  const innerWidth = contentWidth - 4;
+  const staticHeight = /* marginBottom */ 1;
+  const innerWidth = contentWidth - 2;
 
   let countToolCallsWithResults = 0;
   for (const tool of inlineToolCalls) {
@@ -385,12 +369,7 @@ export const ToolGroupMessage: React.FC<ToolGroupMessageProps> = ({
     const readCount = memoryReadCount ?? 0;
     const writeCount = memoryWriteCount ?? 0;
     return (
-      <Box
-        flexDirection="column"
-        borderStyle="round"
-        width={contentWidth}
-        borderColor={theme.border.default}
-      >
+      <Box flexDirection="column" width={contentWidth}>
         {readCount > 0 && (
           <Box paddingLeft={1}>
             <Text dimColor>
@@ -412,22 +391,7 @@ export const ToolGroupMessage: React.FC<ToolGroupMessageProps> = ({
   }
 
   return (
-    <Box
-      flexDirection="column"
-      borderStyle="round"
-      /*
-        This width constraint is highly important and protects us from an Ink rendering bug.
-        Since the ToolGroup can typically change rendering states frequently, it can cause
-        Ink to render the border of the box incorrectly and span multiple lines and even
-        cause tearing.
-      */
-      width={contentWidth}
-      borderDimColor={
-        hasPending && (!isShellCommand || !isEmbeddedShellFocused)
-      }
-      borderColor={borderColor}
-      gap={0}
-    >
+    <Box flexDirection="column" width={contentWidth} gap={0}>
       {/* Memory badge for mixed groups (some memory ops + other ops) */}
       {!isMemoryOnlyGroup &&
         ((memoryWriteCount ?? 0) > 0 || (memoryReadCount ?? 0) > 0) &&
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolMessage.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolMessage.test.tsx
index 8056ac85e1..68e8f1d22b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolMessage.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolMessage.test.tsx
@@ -190,6 +190,42 @@ describe('<ToolMessage />', () => {
     expect(output).not.toContain('MockMarkdown:Test result'); // result hidden
   });
 
+  it('shows result for Error status in compact mode', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = renderWithContext(
+      <ToolMessage {...baseProps} status={ToolCallStatus.Error} />,
+      StreamingState.Idle,
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain('MockMarkdown:Test result');
+  });
+
+  it('shows result for Executing status in compact mode', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = renderWithContext(
+      <ToolMessage {...baseProps} status={ToolCallStatus.Executing} />,
+      StreamingState.Idle,
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain('MockMarkdown:Test result');
+  });
+
+  it('shows result for Pending status in compact mode', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = renderWithContext(
+      <ToolMessage {...baseProps} status={ToolCallStatus.Pending} />,
+      StreamingState.Idle,
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain('MockMarkdown:Test result');
+  });
+
+  it('shows result when forceShowResult overrides compact collapse', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = renderWithContext(
+      <ToolMessage {...baseProps} forceShowResult />,
+      StreamingState.Idle,
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain('MockMarkdown:Test result');
+  });
+
   describe('ToolStatusIndicator rendering', () => {
     it('shows ✓ for Success status', () => {
       const { lastFrame } = renderWithContext(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolMessage.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolMessage.tsx
index 4d8ba15319..1306e9dae2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolMessage.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ToolMessage.tsx
@@ -670,10 +670,12 @@ export const ToolMessage: React.FC<ToolMessageProps> = ({
   // Use the custom hook to determine the display type
   const displayRenderer = useResultDisplayRenderer(resultDisplay);
   const { compactMode } = useCompactMode();
-  const effectiveDisplayRenderer =
-    !compactMode || forceShowResult
-      ? displayRenderer
-      : { type: 'none' as const };
+
+  const isCompleted = status === ToolCallStatus.Success;
+  const shouldCollapse = compactMode && isCompleted && !forceShowResult;
+  const effectiveDisplayRenderer = shouldCollapse
+    ? { type: 'none' as const }
+    : displayRenderer;
 
   return (
     <Box paddingX={1} paddingY={0} flexDirection="column">
@@ -780,6 +782,7 @@ const ToolInfo: React.FC<ToolInfo> = ({
   status,
   emphasis,
 }) => {
+  const { compactMode } = useCompactMode();
   const nameColor = React.useMemo<string>(() => {
     switch (emphasis) {
       case 'high':
@@ -794,13 +797,15 @@ const ToolInfo: React.FC<ToolInfo> = ({
       }
     }
   }, [emphasis]);
+  const isDim = compactMode && status === ToolCallStatus.Success;
   return (
     <Box flexGrow={1}>
       <Text
         wrap="truncate-end"
         strikethrough={status === ToolCallStatus.Canceled}
+        dimColor={isDim}
       >
-        <Text color={nameColor} bold>
+        <Text color={nameColor} bold={!isDim}>
           {localizeToolDisplayName(name)}
         </Text>{' '}
         <Text color={theme.text.secondary}>{description}</Text>
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/__snapshots__/ToolGroupMessage.test.tsx.snap b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/__snapshots__/ToolGroupMessage.test.tsx.snap
index 28a00dabde..a28231587c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/__snapshots__/ToolGroupMessage.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/__snapshots__/ToolGroupMessage.test.tsx.snap
@@ -1,99 +1,51 @@
 // Vitest Snapshot v1, https://vitest.dev/guide/snapshot.html
 
-exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Border Color Logic > uses gray border when all tools are successful and no shell commands 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-123]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)                 │
-│MockTool[tool-2]: ✓ another-tool - A tool for testing (medium)                │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
-`;
-
-exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Border Color Logic > uses yellow border for shell commands even when successful 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-123]: ✓ run_shell_command - A tool for testing (medium)         │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
-`;
-
-exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Border Color Logic > uses yellow border when tools are pending 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-123]: o test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)                 │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
-`;
-
 exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Confirmation Handling > shows confirmation dialog for first confirming tool only 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-1]: ? first-confirm - A tool for testing (high)                 │
-│MockConfirmation: Confirm first tool                                          │
-│MockTool[tool-2]: ? second-confirm - A tool for testing (low)                 │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
+"MockTool[tool-1]: ? first-confirm - A tool for testing (high)
+MockConfirmation: Confirm first tool
+MockTool[tool-2]: ? second-confirm - A tool for testing (low)"
 `;
 
-exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders empty tool calls array 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
-`;
+exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders empty tool calls array 1`] = `""`;
 
 exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders mixed tool calls including shell command 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-1]: ✓ read_file - Read a file (medium)                          │
-│MockTool[tool-2]: ⊷ run_shell_command - Run command (medium)                  │
-│MockTool[tool-3]: o write_file - Write to file (medium)                       │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
+"MockTool[tool-1]: ✓ read_file - Read a file (medium)
+MockTool[tool-2]: ⊷ run_shell_command - Run command (medium)
+MockTool[tool-3]: o write_file - Write to file (medium)"
 `;
 
 exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders multiple tool calls with different statuses 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-1]: ✓ successful-tool - This tool succeeded (medium)            │
-│MockTool[tool-2]: o pending-tool - This tool is pending (medium)              │
-│MockTool[tool-3]: x error-tool - This tool failed (medium)                    │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
+"MockTool[tool-1]: ✓ successful-tool - This tool succeeded (medium)
+MockTool[tool-2]: o pending-tool - This tool is pending (medium)
+MockTool[tool-3]: x error-tool - This tool failed (medium)"
 `;
 
-exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders shell command with yellow border 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[shell-1]: ✓ run_shell_command - Execute shell command (medium)       │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
-`;
+exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders shell command 1`] = `"MockTool[shell-1]: ✓ run_shell_command - Execute shell command (medium)"`;
 
-exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders single successful tool call 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-123]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)                 │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
-`;
+exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders single successful tool call 1`] = `"MockTool[tool-123]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)"`;
 
 exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders tool call awaiting confirmation 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-confirm]: ? confirmation-tool - This tool needs confirmation    │
-│(high)                                                                        │
-│MockConfirmation: Are you sure you want to proceed?                           │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
+"MockTool[tool-confirm]: ? confirmation-tool - This tool needs confirmation
+(high)
+MockConfirmation: Are you sure you want to proceed?"
 `;
 
-exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders when not focused 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-123]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)                 │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
-`;
+exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders when not focused 1`] = `"MockTool[tool-123]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)"`;
 
 exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders with limited terminal height 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-1]: ✓ tool-with-result - Tool with output (medium)              │
-│MockTool[tool-2]: ✓ another-tool - Another tool (medium)                      │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
+"MockTool[tool-1]: ✓ tool-with-result - Tool with output (medium)
+MockTool[tool-2]: ✓ another-tool - Another tool (medium)"
 `;
 
 exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Golden Snapshots > renders with narrow terminal width 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-123]: ✓                 │
-│very-long-tool-name-that-might-wrap - │
-│This is a very long description that  │
-│might cause wrapping issues (medium)  │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────╯"
+"MockTool[tool-123]: ✓
+very-long-tool-name-that-might-wrap -
+This is a very long description that
+might cause wrapping issues (medium)"
 `;
 
 exports[`<ToolGroupMessage /> > Height Calculation > calculates available height correctly with multiple tools with results 1`] = `
-"╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
-│MockTool[tool-1]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)                   │
-│MockTool[tool-2]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)                   │
-│MockTool[tool-3]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)                   │
-╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯"
+"MockTool[tool-1]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)
+MockTool[tool-2]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)
+MockTool[tool-3]: ✓ test-tool - A tool for testing (medium)"
 `;