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[FEATURE]: Show agent descriptions on hover in the Desktop agent picker #47894
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In the Desktop app agent dropdown, hovering an agent currently shows only its name. Custom agents with a description in markdown frontmatter have no way to surface that text while picking one.
Please show the agent's description in a tooltip or hover popup on each dropdown item. Desktop-only: the TUI cycles agents one at a time, while Desktop already has a list you can hover.
Related but different:
- [FEATURE]: Display descriptions as scrolling marquees #45112 asks for TUI marquee of truncated descriptions
- agent description used in /agent command are cutoff #4825 was TUI
/agentscutoff (closed) - fix: show agent descriptions in @ autocomplete menu #35321 showed descriptions in TUI
@autocomplete (closed, needs:issue)
This is specifically Desktop picker hover, not TUI and not a new agent field.
I have this working on my fork. Hovering anywhere on an agent row (or arrowing to it) shows its markdown description:
202609081742.mp4
Happy to open a PR if you want it.
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tonythethompson commentedon Oct 23, 2026
@Brendonovich should I close this one?
opencodejr commentedon Oct 28, 2026
Thanks for the clear request and the demo! You're asking for the Desktop agent picker to show each agent's
description(for example from markdown frontmatter) in a tooltip when you hover or arrow onto an agent in the dropdown. Right now the picker only gets agent names, so this would be new behaviour, not a bug fix. Maintainers will consider it.Related issues:
Thanks for offering a PR too. Maintainers can say here whether they'd like it.