diff --git a/.changeset/show-tool-images-outside-events.md b/.changeset/show-tool-images-outside-events.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..387debea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/show-tool-images-outside-events.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@jmfederico/pi-web": patch
+---
+
+Keep tool-result images visible in clearly labeled standard chat cards outside collapsed event groups while retaining technical execution details and final message metadata.
diff --git a/src/client/src/chatGroups.test.ts b/src/client/src/chatGroups.test.ts
index eef8bb60..c3d4d1d7 100644
--- a/src/client/src/chatGroups.test.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/chatGroups.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,43 @@ describe("groupChatMessages", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("keeps image content visible outside collapsed event groups", () => {
+    const image = { type: "image" as const, mimeType: "image/png", data: "QUJD" };
+    const messages: ChatLine[] = [
+      { role: "tool", parts: [{ type: "toolResult", toolName: "read", text: "Read image file [image/png]", isError: false }, image] },
+    ];
+
+    expect(groupChatMessages(messages)).toEqual([
+      {
+        kind: "group",
+        startIndex: 0,
+        endIndex: 0,
+        messages: [{ role: "tool", parts: [{ type: "toolResult", toolName: "read", text: "Read image file [image/png]", isError: false }] }],
+      },
+      { kind: "tool-image", index: 0, message: { role: "tool", parts: [image] }, toolName: "read" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves image metadata when splitting technical and readable parts", () => {
+    const meta = { timestamp: "2026-07-13T22:00:00.000Z" };
+    const image = { type: "image" as const, mimeType: "image/webp", data: "QUJD" };
+    const message: ChatLine = { role: "tool", parts: [{ type: "toolResult", toolName: "read", text: "ok", isError: false }, image], meta };
+
+    expect(groupChatMessages([message])).toEqual([
+      { kind: "group", startIndex: 0, endIndex: 0, messages: [{ role: "tool", parts: [message.parts[0]], meta }] },
+      { kind: "tool-image", index: 0, message: { role: "tool", parts: [image], meta }, toolName: "read" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps user images as ordinary messages", () => {
+    const image = { type: "image" as const, mimeType: "image/png", data: "QUJD" };
+    const message: ChatLine = { role: "user", parts: [image] };
+
+    expect(groupChatMessages([message])).toEqual([
+      { kind: "message", index: 0, message },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("preserves message metadata when grouping", () => {
     const message: ChatLine = { role: "assistant", parts: [{ type: "thinking", text: "hidden" }, { type: "text", text: "shown" }], meta: { timestamp: "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z", model: { provider: "test", id: "model" } } };
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/chatGroups.ts b/src/client/src/chatGroups.ts
index 917a2f71..c536035c 100644
--- a/src/client/src/chatGroups.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/chatGroups.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { ChatLine, ChatPart } from "./components/shared";
 
 export type ChatGroup =
   | { kind: "message"; message: ChatLine; index: number }
+  | { kind: "tool-image"; message: ChatLine; index: number; toolName?: string }
   | { kind: "group"; messages: ChatLine[]; startIndex: number; endIndex: number };
 
 export function groupChatMessages(messages: ChatLine[], indexOffset = 0): ChatGroup[] {
@@ -29,7 +30,13 @@ export function groupChatMessages(messages: ChatLine[], indexOffset = 0): ChatGr
     if (readableParts.length) {
       flushEvents();
       const role = readableParts.every((part) => part.type === "skillRead") ? "skill" : message.role;
-      groups.push({ kind: "message", message: { role, parts: readableParts, ...metadata }, index: absoluteIndex });
+      const readableMessage = { role, parts: readableParts, ...metadata };
+      if (isToolImageMessage(readableMessage)) {
+        const toolName = toolNameFromParts(technicalParts);
+        groups.push({ kind: "tool-image", message: readableMessage, index: absoluteIndex, ...(toolName === undefined ? {} : { toolName }) });
+      } else {
+        groups.push({ kind: "message", message: readableMessage, index: absoluteIndex });
+      }
     }
   });
   flushEvents();
@@ -47,8 +54,19 @@ export function summarizeChatGroup(messages: ChatLine[]): string {
   return `${String(messages.length)} ${messages.length === 1 ? "event" : "events"}${details !== "" ? ` · ${details}` : ""}`;
 }
 
+function isToolImageMessage(message: ChatLine): boolean {
+  return message.role === "tool" && message.parts.length > 0 && message.parts.every((part) => part.type === "image");
+}
+
+function toolNameFromParts(parts: ChatPart[]): string | undefined {
+  for (const part of parts) {
+    if ((part.type === "toolCall" || part.type === "toolExecution" || part.type === "toolResult") && part.toolName !== "") return part.toolName;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 function isReadablePart(message: ChatLine, part: ChatPart): boolean {
   if (message.source === "compaction" || message.source === "branch_summary") return false;
-  if (part.type === "skillInvocation" || part.type === "skillRead") return true;
+  if (part.type === "skillInvocation" || part.type === "skillRead" || part.type === "image") return true;
   return part.type === "text" && (message.role === "user" || message.role === "assistant" || message.role === "system" || message.role === "bash");
 }
diff --git a/src/client/src/chatTranscript.test.ts b/src/client/src/chatTranscript.test.ts
index 09c349b4..af4585d9 100644
--- a/src/client/src/chatTranscript.test.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/chatTranscript.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { textMessage } from "./chatMessages";
+import { groupChatMessages } from "./chatGroups";
+import { normalizeMessages, textMessage } from "./chatMessages";
 import { applyTranscriptEvent } from "./chatTranscript";
 import type { ChatLine } from "./components/shared";
 
@@ -169,6 +170,183 @@ describe("applyTranscriptEvent", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("projects live tool-result images and reconciles final content and metadata", () => {
+    const provisionalImage = { type: "image" as const, mimeType: "image/png", data: "UFJFVklFVw==" };
+    const finalImage = { type: "image" as const, mimeType: "image/png", data: "RklOQUw=" };
+    const finalContent = [{ type: "text", text: "Read image file [image/png]" }, finalImage];
+    const timestamp = "2026-07-13T22:00:00.000Z";
+    let messages: ChatLine[] = [];
+
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, { type: "tool.start", toolName: "read", toolCallId: "read-image-1", summary: "image.png", args: { path: "image.png" } }) ?? messages;
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, {
+      type: "tool.end",
+      toolName: "read",
+      toolCallId: "read-image-1",
+      text: "Read image file [image/png]\n[image]",
+      isError: false,
+      content: [{ type: "text", text: "Read image file [image/png]" }, provisionalImage],
+      details: { source: "tool.end" },
+    }) ?? messages;
+
+    expect(messages[0]?.parts.filter((part) => part.type === "image")).toEqual([provisionalImage]);
+
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, {
+      type: "message.end",
+      message: {
+        role: "toolResult",
+        toolCallId: "read-image-1",
+        toolName: "read",
+        content: finalContent,
+        details: { source: "message.end" },
+        isError: false,
+        timestamp,
+      },
+    }) ?? messages;
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, { type: "assistant.delta", text: "done" }) ?? messages;
+
+    const finalizedToolLine: ChatLine = {
+      role: "tool",
+      parts: [{
+        type: "toolExecution",
+        toolCallId: "read-image-1",
+        toolName: "read",
+        summary: "image.png",
+        args: { path: "image.png" },
+        status: "success",
+        resultText: "Read image file [image/png]",
+        content: finalContent,
+        details: { source: "message.end" },
+      }, finalImage],
+      meta: { timestamp },
+    };
+    expect(messages).toEqual([finalizedToolLine, textMessage("assistant", "done")]);
+    expect(groupChatMessages(messages)).toEqual([
+      { kind: "group", startIndex: 0, endIndex: 0, messages: [{ ...finalizedToolLine, parts: [finalizedToolLine.parts[0]] }] },
+      { kind: "tool-image", index: 0, message: { ...finalizedToolLine, parts: [finalImage] }, toolName: "read" },
+      { kind: "message", index: 1, message: textMessage("assistant", "done") },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps image-only live tool results visible without inventing text", () => {
+    const image = { type: "image" as const, mimeType: "image/webp", data: "QUJD" };
+    let messages: ChatLine[] = [];
+
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, { type: "tool.start", toolName: "capture", toolCallId: "capture-1", summary: "screenshot" }) ?? messages;
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, { type: "tool.end", toolName: "capture", toolCallId: "capture-1", text: "[image]", isError: false, content: [image] }) ?? messages;
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, {
+      type: "message.end",
+      message: { role: "toolResult", toolCallId: "capture-1", toolName: "capture", content: [image], isError: false },
+    }) ?? messages;
+
+    expect(messages).toEqual([{
+      role: "tool",
+      parts: [{
+        type: "toolExecution",
+        toolCallId: "capture-1",
+        toolName: "capture",
+        summary: "screenshot",
+        status: "success",
+        resultText: "",
+        content: [image],
+      }, image],
+    }]);
+    expect(groupChatMessages(messages).map((group) => group.kind)).toEqual(["group", "tool-image"]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps repeated final tool-result events idempotent", () => {
+    const image = { type: "image" as const, mimeType: "image/png", data: "RklOQUw=" };
+    const finalEvent = {
+      type: "message.end" as const,
+      message: {
+        role: "toolResult",
+        toolCallId: "read-image-repeat",
+        toolName: "read",
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: "Read image file [image/png]" }, image],
+        isError: false,
+        timestamp: "2026-07-13T22:00:00.000Z",
+      },
+    };
+    let messages: ChatLine[] = [];
+
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, { type: "tool.start", toolName: "read", toolCallId: "read-image-repeat", summary: "image.png" }) ?? messages;
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, {
+      type: "tool.end",
+      toolName: "read",
+      toolCallId: "read-image-repeat",
+      text: "Read image file [image/png]\n[image]",
+      isError: false,
+      content: finalEvent.message.content,
+    }) ?? messages;
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, finalEvent) ?? messages;
+    messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, finalEvent) ?? messages;
+
+    expect(messages).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(messages[0]?.parts.filter((part) => part.type === "toolExecution")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(messages[0]?.parts.filter((part) => part.type === "image")).toEqual([image]);
+    expect(messages[0]?.meta).toEqual({ timestamp: "2026-07-13T22:00:00.000Z" });
+  });
+
+  it("matches hydrated history for technical execution and visible image content", () => {
+    const image = { type: "image" as const, mimeType: "image/png", data: "QUJD" };
+    const timestamp = "2026-07-13T22:00:00.000Z";
+    const finalResult = {
+      role: "toolResult",
+      toolCallId: "read-history-parity",
+      toolName: "read",
+      content: [{ type: "text", text: "Read image file [image/png]" }, image],
+      details: { path: "image.png" },
+      isError: false,
+      timestamp,
+    };
+    const historyGroups = groupChatMessages(normalizeMessages([
+      {
+        role: "assistant",
+        content: [{ type: "toolCall", id: "read-history-parity", name: "read", arguments: { path: "image.png" } }],
+      },
+      finalResult,
+    ]));
+    let liveMessages: ChatLine[] = [];
+
+    liveMessages = applyTranscriptEvent(liveMessages, {
+      type: "tool.start",
+      toolName: "read",
+      toolCallId: "read-history-parity",
+      summary: "image.png",
+      args: { path: "image.png" },
+    }) ?? liveMessages;
+    liveMessages = applyTranscriptEvent(liveMessages, {
+      type: "tool.end",
+      toolName: "read",
+      toolCallId: "read-history-parity",
+      text: "Read image file [image/png]\n[image]",
+      isError: false,
+      content: finalResult.content,
+      details: finalResult.details,
+    }) ?? liveMessages;
+    liveMessages = applyTranscriptEvent(liveMessages, { type: "message.end", message: finalResult }) ?? liveMessages;
+
+    const liveGroups = groupChatMessages(liveMessages);
+    const technicalParts = (groups: ReturnType<typeof groupChatMessages>) => groups.flatMap((group) => group.kind === "group"
+      ? group.messages.flatMap((message) => message.parts.filter((part) => part.type === "toolExecution"))
+      : []);
+    const visibleImages = (groups: ReturnType<typeof groupChatMessages>) => groups.flatMap((group) => group.kind !== "group"
+      ? group.message.parts.filter((part) => part.type === "image")
+      : []);
+    const visibleImageMeta = (groups: ReturnType<typeof groupChatMessages>) => {
+      for (const group of groups) {
+        if (group.kind !== "group" && group.message.parts.some((part) => part.type === "image")) return group.message.meta;
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    };
+
+    expect(historyGroups.map((group) => group.kind)).toEqual(["group", "tool-image"]);
+    expect(liveGroups.map((group) => group.kind)).toEqual(["group", "tool-image"]);
+    expect(technicalParts(liveGroups)).toEqual(technicalParts(historyGroups));
+    expect(visibleImages(liveGroups)).toEqual(visibleImages(historyGroups));
+    expect(visibleImageMeta(historyGroups)).toEqual({ timestamp });
+    expect(visibleImageMeta(liveGroups)).toEqual({ timestamp });
+  });
+
   it("does not merge consecutive streamed skill reads", () => {
     let messages: ChatLine[] = [];
     messages = applyTranscriptEvent(messages, { type: "tool.start", toolName: "read", toolCallId: "1", summary: "", args: { path: "/skills/playwright/SKILL.md" } }) ?? messages;
diff --git a/src/client/src/chatTranscript.ts b/src/client/src/chatTranscript.ts
index bad38d5e..179b84db 100644
--- a/src/client/src/chatTranscript.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/chatTranscript.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,40 @@ import type { ChatLine, ToolExecutionPart } from "./components/shared";
 import { appendShellChunk, finalizeShellMessage, shellStartMessage } from "./shellMessages";
 import type { SessionUiEvent } from "./sessionSocket";
 
+type ToolResultImage = Extract<ChatLine["parts"][number], { type: "image" }>;
+
+interface ToolResultPresentation {
+  images: ToolResultImage[];
+  meta?: ChatLine["meta"];
+}
+
+interface ToolResultUpdate {
+  toolCallId?: string;
+  toolName: string;
+  text: string;
+  isError: boolean;
+  content: unknown;
+  details: unknown;
+  presentation: ToolResultPresentation;
+}
+
 export function applyTranscriptEvent(messages: ChatLine[], event: SessionUiEvent): ChatLine[] | undefined {
   if (event.type === "message.append") return appendNewMessage(messages, event.message);
   if (event.type === "assistant.delta") return appendText(messages, "assistant", event.text);
   if (event.type === "assistant.thinking.delta") return appendThinking(messages, event.text);
   if (event.type === "tool.start") return appendToolExecutionStart(messages, event);
   if (event.type === "tool.update") return updateToolExecution(messages, event.toolCallId, (part) => mergeToolExecutionUpdate(part, event));
-  if (event.type === "tool.end") return finalizeToolExecution(messages, event.toolCallId, event.toolName, summarizeArgs(event.content), event.text, event.isError, event.content, event.details);
+  if (event.type === "tool.end") {
+    return finalizeToolExecution(messages, {
+      toolCallId: event.toolCallId,
+      toolName: event.toolName,
+      text: event.text,
+      isError: event.isError,
+      content: event.content,
+      details: event.details,
+      presentation: toolResultPresentation({ role: "toolResult", content: event.content }),
+    });
+  }
   if (event.type === "shell.start") return [...messages, shellStartMessage(event.command, event.excludeFromContext)];
   if (event.type === "shell.chunk") return appendShellChunk(messages, event.chunk);
   if (event.type === "shell.end") return finalizeShellMessage(messages, event);
@@ -21,9 +48,7 @@ export function applyTranscriptEvent(messages: ChatLine[], event: SessionUiEvent
 
 function applyFinalMessage(messages: ChatLine[], rawMessage: unknown): ChatLine[] | undefined {
   const rawToolResult = toolResultFromRawMessage(rawMessage);
-  if (rawToolResult !== undefined) {
-    return finalizeToolExecution(messages, rawToolResult.toolCallId, rawToolResult.toolName, summarizeArgs(rawToolResult.content), rawToolResult.text, rawToolResult.isError, rawToolResult.content, rawToolResult.details);
-  }
+  if (rawToolResult !== undefined) return finalizeToolExecution(messages, rawToolResult);
 
   const ended = normalizeMessage(rawMessage);
   if (ended.length === 0) return undefined;
@@ -85,7 +110,8 @@ function mergeToolExecutionUpdate(part: ToolExecutionPart, event: Extract<Sessio
   };
 }
 
-function finalizeToolExecution(messages: ChatLine[], toolCallId: string | undefined, toolName: string, fallbackSummary: string, text: string, isError: boolean, content: unknown, details: unknown): ChatLine[] {
+function finalizeToolExecution(messages: ChatLine[], result: ToolResultUpdate): ChatLine[] {
+  const { toolCallId, toolName, text, isError, content, details, presentation } = result;
   const updated = updateToolExecution(messages, toolCallId, (part) => {
     const preview = previewFromDetails(details) ?? part.preview;
     return {
@@ -96,7 +122,7 @@ function finalizeToolExecution(messages: ChatLine[], toolCallId: string | undefi
       ...(details === undefined ? {} : { details }),
       ...(preview === undefined ? {} : { preview }),
     };
-  });
+  }, (line) => reconcileToolResultPresentation(line, presentation));
   if (updated !== messages) return updated;
 
   const preview = previewFromDetails(details);
@@ -104,17 +130,22 @@ function finalizeToolExecution(messages: ChatLine[], toolCallId: string | undefi
     type: "toolExecution",
     ...(toolCallId === undefined || toolCallId === "" ? {} : { toolCallId }),
     toolName,
-    summary: fallbackSummary,
+    summary: summarizeArgs(content),
     status: isError ? "error" : "success",
     resultText: text,
     ...(content === undefined ? {} : { content }),
     ...(details === undefined ? {} : { details }),
     ...(preview === undefined ? {} : { preview }),
   };
-  return [...messages, { role: "tool", parts: [part] }];
+  return [...messages, reconcileToolResultPresentation({ role: "tool", parts: [part] }, presentation)];
 }
 
-function updateToolExecution(messages: ChatLine[], toolCallId: string | undefined, update: (part: ToolExecutionPart) => ToolExecutionPart): ChatLine[] {
+function updateToolExecution(
+  messages: ChatLine[],
+  toolCallId: string | undefined,
+  update: (part: ToolExecutionPart) => ToolExecutionPart,
+  reconcileLine: (line: ChatLine) => ChatLine = (line) => line,
+): ChatLine[] {
   if (toolCallId === undefined || toolCallId === "") return messages;
   for (let lineIndex = messages.length - 1; lineIndex >= 0; lineIndex--) {
     const line = messages[lineIndex];
@@ -123,13 +154,26 @@ function updateToolExecution(messages: ChatLine[], toolCallId: string | undefine
     if (partIndex < 0) continue;
     const part = line.parts[partIndex];
     if (part?.type !== "toolExecution") continue;
-    const nextLine = { ...line, parts: [...line.parts.slice(0, partIndex), update(part), ...line.parts.slice(partIndex + 1)] };
+    const updatedLine = { ...line, parts: [...line.parts.slice(0, partIndex), update(part), ...line.parts.slice(partIndex + 1)] };
+    const nextLine = reconcileLine(updatedLine);
     return [...messages.slice(0, lineIndex), nextLine, ...messages.slice(lineIndex + 1)];
   }
   return messages;
 }
 
-function toolResultFromRawMessage(message: unknown): { toolCallId?: string; toolName: string; text: string; isError: boolean; content: unknown; details: unknown } | undefined {
+function reconcileToolResultPresentation(line: ChatLine, presentation: ToolResultPresentation): ChatLine {
+  const next = { ...line, parts: [...line.parts.filter((part) => part.type !== "image"), ...presentation.images] };
+  return presentation.meta === undefined ? next : { ...next, meta: presentation.meta };
+}
+
+function toolResultPresentation(message: unknown): ToolResultPresentation {
+  const normalized = normalizeMessage(message);
+  const images = normalized.flatMap((line) => line.parts.filter((part): part is ToolResultImage => part.type === "image"));
+  const meta = normalized.find((line) => line.meta !== undefined)?.meta;
+  return { images, ...(meta === undefined ? {} : { meta }) };
+}
+
+function toolResultFromRawMessage(message: unknown): ToolResultUpdate | undefined {
   if (getString(message, "role") !== "toolResult") return undefined;
   const toolCallId = getString(message, "toolCallId");
   const content = getProperty(message, "content");
@@ -140,6 +184,7 @@ function toolResultFromRawMessage(message: unknown): { toolCallId?: string; tool
     isError: getBoolean(message, "isError") === true,
     content,
     details: getProperty(message, "details"),
+    presentation: toolResultPresentation(message),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/components/ChatView.image.test.ts b/src/client/src/components/ChatView.image.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b810478e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/src/components/ChatView.image.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import type { TemplateResult } from "lit";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { ChatLine } from "./shared";
+import { ChatView, chatMessageMetadataLabel } from "./ChatView";
+
+describe("ChatView image rendering", () => {
+  // Direct handler extraction keeps this node-environment test focused on the
+  // late image-load scroll wiring without introducing a component-wide DOM shim.
+  it("renders native image data and re-pins late loads only while already pinned", () => {
+    const view = new ChatView();
+    let scrollCalls = 0;
+    if (!Reflect.set(view, "scrollToBottom", () => { scrollCalls += 1; })) throw new Error("Could not observe ChatView.scrollToBottom");
+    const rendered = renderPart(view, { type: "image", mimeType: "image/png", data: "QUJD" });
+    const onLoad = templateEventHandler(rendered, "@load=");
+
+    expect(templateStaticMarkup(rendered)).toContain("<img");
+    expect(templateStaticMarkup(rendered)).toContain('loading="lazy"');
+    expect(templateValuesAfterMarker(rendered, "src=")).toEqual(["data:image/png;base64,QUJD"]);
+
+    if (!Reflect.set(view, "pinnedToBottom", true)) throw new Error("Could not set ChatView.pinnedToBottom");
+    onLoad(new Event("load"));
+    if (!Reflect.set(view, "pinnedToBottom", false)) throw new Error("Could not set ChatView.pinnedToBottom");
+    onLoad(new Event("load"));
+
+    expect(scrollCalls).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  // Direct rendering keeps this node-environment test focused on the dedicated
+  // tool-image presentation without introducing a component-wide DOM shim.
+  it("renders tool images as labeled standard messages with final metadata", () => {
+    const message: ChatLine = {
+      role: "tool",
+      parts: [{ type: "image", mimeType: "image/png", data: "QUJD" }],
+      meta: { timestamp: "2026-07-13T22:00:00.000Z" },
+    };
+    const rendered = renderToolImageOutput(new ChatView(), message, 7, "read");
+    const markup = templateStaticMarkup(rendered);
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('class="msg tool-image-output"');
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('class="msg tool"');
+    expect(markup).toContain("<img");
+    expect(templateValuesAfterMarker(rendered, '<b class="label">')).toEqual(["read output"]);
+    expect(templateValuesAfterMarker(rendered, "title=")).toEqual([chatMessageMetadataLabel(message)]);
+    expect(templateValuesAfterMarker(rendered, "data-scroll-anchor-id=")).toEqual(["m:7"]);
+  });
+});
+
+type RenderPart = (this: ChatView, part: ChatLine["parts"][number], message?: ChatLine) => TemplateResult;
+type RenderToolImageOutput = (this: ChatView, message: ChatLine, index: number, toolName?: string) => TemplateResult;
+type TemplateEventHandler = (event: Event) => void;
+
+function renderPart(view: ChatView, part: ChatLine["parts"][number], message?: ChatLine): TemplateResult {
+  const method: unknown = Reflect.get(view, "renderPart");
+  if (!isRenderPart(method)) throw new Error("ChatView.renderPart is not callable");
+  return method.call(view, part, message);
+}
+
+function renderToolImageOutput(view: ChatView, message: ChatLine, index: number, toolName?: string): TemplateResult {
+  const method: unknown = Reflect.get(view, "renderToolImageOutput");
+  if (!isRenderToolImageOutput(method)) throw new Error("ChatView.renderToolImageOutput is not callable");
+  return method.call(view, message, index, toolName);
+}
+
+function templateEventHandler(template: TemplateResult, marker: string): TemplateEventHandler {
+  const strings = templateStrings(template);
+  const values = templateValues(template);
+  for (let index = 0; index < values.length; index += 1) {
+    const value = values[index];
+    if (strings[index]?.includes(marker) === true && isTemplateEventHandler(value)) return value;
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Expected template event handler after ${marker}`);
+}
+
+function isRenderPart(value: unknown): value is RenderPart {
+  return typeof value === "function";
+}
+
+function isRenderToolImageOutput(value: unknown): value is RenderToolImageOutput {
+  return typeof value === "function";
+}
+
+function isTemplateEventHandler(value: unknown): value is TemplateEventHandler {
+  return typeof value === "function";
+}
+
+function templateStaticMarkup(template: TemplateResult): string {
+  const chunks: string[] = [];
+  visit(template);
+  return chunks.join("");
+
+  function visit(value: unknown): void {
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      for (const item of value) visit(item);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!isTemplateResult(value)) return;
+    chunks.push(...templateStrings(value));
+    for (const child of templateValues(value)) visit(child);
+  }
+}
+
+function templateValuesAfterMarker(template: TemplateResult, marker: string): unknown[] {
+  const matches: unknown[] = [];
+  visit(template);
+  return matches;
+
+  function visit(value: unknown): void {
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      for (const item of value) visit(item);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!isTemplateResult(value)) return;
+    const strings = templateStrings(value);
+    const values = templateValues(value);
+    for (let index = 0; index < values.length; index += 1) {
+      if (strings[index]?.includes(marker) === true) matches.push(values[index]);
+      visit(values[index]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function templateStrings(template: TemplateResult): readonly string[] {
+  const strings = Reflect.get(template, "strings");
+  if (!isStringArray(strings)) throw new Error("TemplateResult strings were unavailable");
+  return strings;
+}
+
+function templateValues(template: TemplateResult): readonly unknown[] {
+  const values = Reflect.get(template, "values");
+  if (!Array.isArray(values)) throw new Error("TemplateResult values were unavailable");
+  return values.map((value: unknown) => value);
+}
+
+function isTemplateResult(value: unknown): value is TemplateResult {
+  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && isStringArray(Reflect.get(value, "strings")) && Array.isArray(Reflect.get(value, "values"));
+}
+
+function isStringArray(value: unknown): value is string[] {
+  return Array.isArray(value) && value.every((item: unknown) => typeof item === "string");
+}
diff --git a/src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts b/src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts
index 8cc549ef..067bba78 100644
--- a/src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
     if (this.pinnedToBottom) this.scrollToBottom();
     else this.lastClientHeight = this.chat?.clientHeight ?? 0;
   };
+  private readonly onImageLoad = (): void => {
+    if (this.pinnedToBottom) this.scrollToBottom();
+  };
   private readonly onPageHide = () => {
     this.saveScrollPosition();
   };
@@ -202,10 +205,12 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
           ${this.renderHistoryBoundary()}
           ${repeat(
             groups,
-            (group) => group.kind === "message" ? this.messageAnchorKey(group.index) : this.groupRenderKey(group.startIndex),
-            (group, index) => group.kind === "message"
-              ? this.renderMessage(group.message, group.index)
-              : this.renderMessageGroup(group.messages, group.startIndex, group.endIndex, this.isLiveTailGroup(groups, index)),
+            (group) => group.kind === "group" ? this.groupRenderKey(group.startIndex) : this.messageAnchorKey(group.index),
+            (group, index) => {
+              if (group.kind === "group") return this.renderMessageGroup(group.messages, group.startIndex, group.endIndex, this.isLiveTailGroup(groups, index));
+              if (group.kind === "tool-image") return this.renderToolImageOutput(group.message, group.index, group.toolName);
+              return this.renderMessage(group.message, group.index);
+            },
           )}
           ${this.renderQueuedMessages()}
           ${this.renderSessionActivity()}
@@ -377,6 +382,17 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
     `;
   }
 
+  private renderToolImageOutput(message: ChatLine, index: number, toolName?: string) {
+    const label = toolName === undefined || toolName === "" ? "tool output" : `${toolName} output`;
+    return html`
+      ${this.renderScrollMarker(this.messageScrollMarkerId(index))}
+      <article class="msg tool-image-output" data-index=${index} data-scroll-anchor-id=${this.messageAnchorKey(index)}>
+        ${this.renderMessageHeader(message, String(index), label)}
+        ${message.parts.map((part) => this.renderPart(part, message))}
+      </article>
+    `;
+  }
+
   private isToolExecutionOnlyMessage(message: ChatLine): boolean {
     return message.role === "tool" && message.parts.length > 0 && message.parts.every((part) => part.type === "toolExecution");
   }
@@ -416,12 +432,12 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
     return html`<span class="scroll-marker" data-marker-id=${markerId} aria-hidden="true"></span>`;
   }
 
-  private renderMessageHeader(message: ChatLine, key: string) {
+  private renderMessageHeader(message: ChatLine, key: string, label: string = message.role) {
     const meta = this.messageMetaLabel(message);
     const expanded = this.expandedMetaKey === key;
     return html`
       <div class="msg-header">
-        <b class="label">${message.role}</b>
+        <b class="label">${label}</b>
         <div class="msg-header-trailing">
           ${this.renderMessageActions(message, key)}
           <span class=${expanded ? "msg-meta expanded" : "msg-meta"} role="button" tabindex="0" title=${meta} aria-label=${meta} aria-expanded=${String(expanded)} @click=${() => { this.expandedMetaKey = expanded ? undefined : key; }} @keydown=${(event: KeyboardEvent) => { this.onMetaKeydown(event, key, expanded); }}>${meta}</span>
@@ -500,7 +516,7 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
         <small>read ${part.path}</small>
       </div>
     `;
-    if (part.type === "image") return html`<img class="part chat-image" src=${`data:${part.mimeType};base64,${part.data}`} alt="attached image" loading="lazy" />`;
+    if (part.type === "image") return html`<img class="part chat-image" src=${`data:${part.mimeType};base64,${part.data}`} alt="attached image" loading="lazy" @load=${this.onImageLoad} />`;
     if (part.type === "toolCall") return html`<div class="part tool-line">▶ ${part.toolName}<span class="summary">${part.summary}</span></div>`;
     if (part.type === "toolExecution") return html`<tool-execution-view class="part" .execution=${part}></tool-execution-view>`;
     if (part.type === "toolResult") return html`
diff --git a/src/client/src/components/shared.ts b/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
index c8fd3d2f..cbdf86c6 100644
--- a/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export const chatStyles = css`
   .dot { width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: currentColor; opacity: .45; flex: 0 0 auto; }
   .activity-dock.active .dot { animation: pulse 1s ease-in-out infinite; opacity: 1; }
   .msg { max-width: 100%; min-width: 0; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0 0 14px; padding: 12px; border: 1px solid var(--pi-border); border-radius: 10px; background: var(--pi-surface); overflow: visible; }
-  .msg.assistant { background: var(--pi-surface); }
+  .msg.assistant, .msg.tool-image-output { background: var(--pi-surface); }
   .msg.user { border-color: var(--pi-accent-border); background: var(--pi-selection-bg); }
   .msg.tool { border-color: var(--pi-warning-border); background: var(--pi-warning-surface); color: var(--pi-warning); }
   .msg.tool-execution-shell { padding: 0; border: 0; background: transparent; color: var(--pi-text); }
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ export const chatStyles = css`
   .msg-header { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 10px; min-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
   .msg > .msg-header { position: sticky; top: -26px; z-index: 4; margin: -12px -12px 8px; padding: 7px 10px 6px; border-radius: 9px 9px 0 0; border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-border-muted) 35%, transparent); background: var(--pi-surface); box-shadow: 0 8px 18px var(--pi-shadow-soft); }
   .msg.user > .msg-header { border-bottom-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-accent-border) 35%, transparent); background: var(--pi-selection-bg); }
-  .msg.assistant > .msg-header .label { color: var(--pi-text-secondary); }
+  .msg.assistant > .msg-header .label, .msg.tool-image-output > .msg-header .label { color: var(--pi-text-secondary); }
   .msg.user > .msg-header .label { color: var(--pi-accent); }
   .msg.tool > .msg-header { border-bottom-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-warning-border) 35%, transparent); background: var(--pi-warning-surface); }
   .msg.bash > .msg-header { border-bottom-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-success) 35%, transparent); background: var(--pi-success-bg); }