Clarify subagent coordination cards

SUBAGENTS.md

@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ does not repeat the completed item's `delivery` field, so the translator
 remembers that field from `item/started` and suppresses those deltas. Letting
 one into the recipient's provisional assistant row makes its next completed
 message replace the combined row, visibly erasing text that Codex still has.
+The parent draws the initial `spawnAgent` as its ordinary `Task` card and
+closes it when the matching `subAgentActivity.started` arrives. The remaining
+collaboration calls remain visible as coordination -- waiting, messaging,
+listing and lifecycle controls -- rather than being mistaken for generic task
+output. Null optional fields and a bare `completed` status carry no information
+and are omitted; their useful result is the child transcript, status or peer
+message beside them.
 
 ## Storage
 

app/androidApp/src/main/kotlin/com/example/aiapp/ToolInput.kt

@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ private val SUBJECTS: Map<String, Pair<String, Language?>> =
 private val DESCRIPTIONS = listOf("description", "prompt")
 
 fun parseToolInput(tool: String, input: String): ToolInput {
+    if (input.trim() == "null") return ToolInput(null, null, null, null, emptyList())
     val json =
         try {
             JSONObject(input)
         } catch (_: org.json.JSONException) {
             // Not an object: older transcripts and some tools send a bare string. It is still the
-            // input, so it is still shown.
+            // input, so it is still shown. JSON null is the one exception: it means the call had
+            // no input, and drawing the word makes an absent value look like an instruction.
             return ToolInput(
                 null,
                 null,
@@ -85,17 +87,18 @@ fun parseToolInput(tool: String, input: String): ToolInput {
     val (subjectKey, language) = SUBJECTS[tool] ?: (null to null)
     val subject =
         subjectKey
-            ?.let { json.optString(it) }
+            ?.let { json.text(it) }
             ?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
             ?.let { if (tool == "Bash") renderedBashScript(it) ?: it else it }
     val description = DESCRIPTIONS.firstNotNullOfOrNull {
-        json.optString(it).takeIf { v -> v.isNotBlank() }
+        json.text(it)?.takeIf { value -> value.isNotBlank() }
     }
-    val timeout = json.optString("timeout").takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let { formatMillisText(it) }
+    val timeout = json.text("timeout")?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let { formatMillisText(it) }
     val rest =
         json
             .keys()
             .asSequence()
+            .filterNot(json::isNull)
             .filter { it != subjectKey || subject == null }
             .filter { it !in DESCRIPTIONS || description == null }
             .filter { it != "timeout" || timeout == null }
@@ -105,6 +108,9 @@ fun parseToolInput(tool: String, input: String): ToolInput {
     return ToolInput(subject, language, description, timeout, rest)
 }
 
+private fun JSONObject.text(key: String): String? =
+    if (isNull(key)) null else optString(key).takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+
 /**
  * Removes Codex's rendered Bash argv from old transcript rows.
  *

app/androidApp/src/main/kotlin/com/example/aiapp/ToolRows.kt

@@ -295,12 +295,14 @@ fun ToolCard(
     shape: Shape = CardDefaults.shape,
 ) {
     val parsed = remember(tool.tool, tool.input) { parseToolInput(tool.tool, tool.input) }
+    val name = toolDisplayName(tool.tool)
+    val output = toolDisplayOutput(tool.tool, tool.output)
     val deciding = tool.asks.any { it.answers.isEmpty() }
     val open = expanded || deciding
     Card(Modifier.fillMaxWidth().clickable(onClick = onToggle), shape = shape) {
         Column(Modifier.padding(GROUP_INSET_LARGE)) {
             Row(verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically) {
-                Text(tool.tool, style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleSmall)
+                Text(name, style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleSmall)
                 if (open) {
                     Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f))
                     parsed.timeout?.let {
@@ -355,7 +357,7 @@ fun ToolCard(
                 if (tool.tool != ASK_USER_QUESTION) {
                     ToolInputView(tool.tool, tool.input, Modifier.padding(top = 4.dp))
                 }
-                if (tool.output.isNotEmpty()) {
+                if (output.isNotEmpty()) {
                     Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
                     Text("Output", style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelSmall)
                     // What the tool printed, on the surface everything verbatim gets and in the
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ fun ToolCard(
                     // often the whole of what a diff or a test run is saying. Remembered against
                     // the text, so a card that is open through a scroll parses once.
                     val palette = remember { ansiPalette() }
-                    val styled = remember(tool.output, palette) { ansiStyled(tool.output, palette) }
+                    val styled = remember(output, palette) { ansiStyled(output, palette) }
                     RawBlock(Modifier.padding(top = 2.dp)) {
                         Text(
                             styled,
@@ -391,6 +393,22 @@ fun ToolCard(
     }
 }
 
+private val collaborationToolNames =
+    mapOf(
+        "Task" to "Spawn agent",
+        "TaskOutput" to "Wait for agents",
+        "SendMessage" to "Message agent",
+        "CloseAgent" to "Close agent",
+        "InterruptAgent" to "Interrupt agent",
+        "ListAgents" to "List agents",
+        "ResumeAgent" to "Resume agent",
+    )
+
+internal fun toolDisplayName(tool: String): String = collaborationToolNames[tool] ?: tool
+
+internal fun toolDisplayOutput(tool: String, output: String): String =
+    if (tool in collaborationToolNames && output == "completed") "" else output
+
 /**
  * The permission ask on the call it is about.
  *

app/androidApp/src/test/kotlin/com/example/aiapp/ToolInputTest.kt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.example.aiapp
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertNull
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 class ToolInputTest {
     @Test
@@ -26,4 +27,17 @@ class ToolInputTest {
         assertNull(renderedBashScript("/usr/bin/bash -lc echo hello"))
         assertNull(renderedBashScript("/usr/bin/fish -lc 'echo hello'"))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `missing optional input is not displayed as null`() {
+        assertTrue(parseToolInput("TaskOutput", "null").rest.isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `collaboration calls say what they do and omit empty completion`() {
+        assertEquals("Spawn agent", toolDisplayName("Task"))
+        assertEquals("Wait for agents", toolDisplayName("TaskOutput"))
+        assertEquals("", toolDisplayOutput("TaskOutput", "completed"))
+        assertEquals("failed", toolDisplayOutput("TaskOutput", "failed"))
+    }
 }

server/src/session/codex/translate.rs

@@ -348,7 +348,15 @@ impl Translator {
                 if let Some(subagents) = &self.subagents {
                     subagents.reopen(id);
                 }
-                Vec::new()
+                item.get("id")
+                    .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                    .map(|call| {
+                        vec![Event::ToolEnd {
+                            id: call.to_string(),
+                            output: String::new(),
+                        }]
+                    })
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
             }
             Some("interacted") => {
                 self.ensure_child(id, &title, None);
@@ -591,14 +599,14 @@ fn tool(item: &Value) -> Option<(String, String, Value)> {
                 None => "Agent",
             };
             let mut input = json!({});
-            if let Some(prompt) = item.get("prompt") {
+            if let Some(prompt) = item.get("prompt").and_then(Value::as_str) {
-                input["prompt"] = prompt.clone();
+                input["prompt"] = Value::String(prompt.to_string());
             }
-            if let Some(model) = item.get("model") {
+            if let Some(model) = item.get("model").and_then(Value::as_str) {
-                input["model"] = model.clone();
+                input["model"] = Value::String(model.to_string());
             }
-            if let Some(effort) = item.get("reasoningEffort") {
+            if let Some(effort) = item.get("reasoningEffort").and_then(Value::as_str) {
-                input["reasoningEffort"] = effort.clone();
+                input["reasoningEffort"] = Value::String(effort.to_string());
             }
             (name.to_string(), input)
         }
@@ -766,6 +774,11 @@ fn tool_output(item: &Value) -> String {
         {
             return String::new();
         }
+        Some("collabAgentToolCall")
+            if item.get("status").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("completed") =>
+        {
+            return String::new();
+        }
         Some("dynamicToolCall") => {
             return content_text(item.get("contentItems"), "inputText");
         }
@@ -1131,15 +1144,17 @@ mod tests {
             vec![Event::ToolStart {
                 id: "spawn-1".to_string(),
                 tool: "Task".to_string(),
-                input: json!({"prompt": "audit the history", "model": null, "reasoningEffort": null})
+                input: json!({"prompt": "audit the history"})
             }]
         );
-        assert!(
+        assert_eq!(
-            translator
+            translator.translate(&line(
-                .translate(&line(
                 r#"{"method":"item/completed","params":{"threadId":"parent-thread","turnId":"turn-1","item":{"id":"spawn-1","type":"subAgentActivity","kind":"started","agentThreadId":"child-thread","agentPath":"/root/history_boundaries"}}}"#
-                ))
+            )),
-                .is_empty()
+            vec![Event::ToolEnd {
+                id: "spawn-1".to_string(),
+                output: String::new()
+            }]
         );
         let rows = subagents.list(true);
         assert_eq!(rows.len(), 1);
@@ -1203,6 +1218,77 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn codex_collaboration_coordination_has_clean_parent_tool_cards() {
+        let mut translator = Translator::default();
+        for (tool, name) in [
+            ("wait", "TaskOutput"),
+            ("sendInput", "SendMessage"),
+            ("sendMessage", "SendMessage"),
+            ("followupTask", "SendMessage"),
+            ("closeAgent", "CloseAgent"),
+            ("interruptAgent", "InterruptAgent"),
+            ("listAgents", "ListAgents"),
+            ("resumeAgent", "ResumeAgent"),
+        ] {
+            let started = json!({
+                "method": "item/started",
+                "params": {
+                    "threadId": "parent-thread",
+                    "turnId": "turn-1",
+                    "item": {
+                        "id": format!("{tool}-1"),
+                        "type": "collabAgentToolCall",
+                        "tool": tool,
+                        "status": "inProgress",
+                        "senderThreadId": "parent-thread",
+                        "receiverThreadIds": [],
+                        "agentsStates": {},
+                        "prompt": null,
+                        "model": null,
+                        "reasoningEffort": null
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            let completed = json!({
+                "method": "item/completed",
+                "params": {
+                    "threadId": "parent-thread",
+                    "turnId": "turn-1",
+                    "item": {
+                        "id": format!("{tool}-1"),
+                        "type": "collabAgentToolCall",
+                        "tool": tool,
+                        "status": "completed",
+                        "senderThreadId": "parent-thread",
+                        "receiverThreadIds": [],
+                        "agentsStates": {},
+                        "prompt": null,
+                        "model": null,
+                        "reasoningEffort": null
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            assert_eq!(
+                translator.translate(&started),
+                vec![Event::ToolStart {
+                    id: format!("{tool}-1"),
+                    tool: name.to_string(),
+                    input: json!({})
+                }],
+                "{tool} start"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                translator.translate(&completed),
+                vec![Event::ToolEnd {
+                    id: format!("{tool}-1"),
+                    output: String::new()
+                }],
+                "{tool} completion"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn delivered_agent_messages_are_peer_messages_not_the_parents_reply() {
         let event = final_item(&json!({