diff --git a/data/scripts/o b/data/scripts/o
index 01c8d54..c18811f 100755
--- a/data/scripts/o
+++ b/data/scripts/o
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ROOT_ENTRIES="session elevate agents backends models help ctl eventwait complete
 SESSION_FILES="env paused connected ctl name id elevate"
 
 # Agent-level files (exist under session/{name}/agent/{name}/)
-AGENT_FILES="prompt prompt.prev fifo.in fifo.out chat connection state statewait log offset plan cfg ctl cwd usage cost ctxsz models systemprompt context tail tools name id proc"
+AGENT_FILES="prompt prompt.prev fifo.in fifo.out chat chat.raw connection state statewait log offset plan cfg ctl cwd usage cost ctxsz models systemprompt context tail tools name id proc"
 
 is_root_path() {
     local path="$1"
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ cmd_tui() {
     # Pane 0: chat (top, 80%) - show last 1000 lines of log, then tail chat
     tmux -CC new-session -d -s "$tmux_session" -c "$HOME" \
         -e "session=$s" -e "agent=$a"
-    tmux send-keys -t "$tmux_session" "o log -n 1000 | grep -v '\\[\\[\\[.*\\]\\]\\]'; o chatstream | grep -v '\\[\\[\\[.*\\]\\]\\]'" Enter
+    tmux send-keys -t "$tmux_session" "o log -n 1000; o chatstream" Enter
 
     # Pane 1: prompt REPL (bottom, 20% height)
     tmux split-window -t "$tmux_session" -v -l 20% \
diff --git a/fs/handlers.go b/fs/handlers.go
index ac6ddb9..ff9674e 100644
--- a/fs/handlers.go
+++ b/fs/handlers.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package fs
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -493,12 +494,77 @@ func readAgentChat(ctx HandlerCtx) ([]byte, error) {
 	return data, nil
 }
 
+func readAgentChatText(ctx HandlerCtx) ([]byte, error) {
+	ctx.AgentLog.mu.RLock()
+	defer ctx.AgentLog.mu.RUnlock()
+	return stripMarkers(ctx.AgentLog.log), nil
+}
+
 func streamAgentChat(ctx HandlerCtx, cctx context.Context, base string) ([]byte, string, error) {
 	merged, cancel := mergeCtx(ctx, cctx)
 	defer cancel()
 	return streamChat(ctx.AgentLog, merged, base)
 }
 
+func streamAgentChatText(ctx HandlerCtx, cctx context.Context, base string) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	merged, cancel := mergeCtx(ctx, cctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	data, nextBase, err := streamChat(ctx.AgentLog, merged, base)
+	if err != nil || len(data) == 0 {
+		return data, nextBase, err
+	}
+	return stripMarkers(data), nextBase, nil
+}
+
+// stripMarkers removes [[[...]]] marker lines and source fence lines from raw
+// chat data. Partial lines (no trailing \n) are always passed through — they
+// are streaming content, never markers.
+func stripMarkers(data []byte) []byte {
+	var out []byte
+	inFence := false
+	for len(data) > 0 {
+		// Find next newline
+		nl := bytes.IndexByte(data, '\n')
+		if nl < 0 {
+			// Partial line at end — always content, emit it
+			out = append(out, data...)
+			break
+		}
+		line := data[:nl+1] // includes \n
+		data = data[nl+1:]
+
+		// Drop [[[...]]] marker lines
+		trimmed := bytes.TrimRight(line, "\n")
+		if len(trimmed) >= 7 && bytes.HasPrefix(trimmed, []byte("[[[")) && bytes.HasSuffix(trimmed, []byte("]]]")) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Drop fence open/close lines (``` with optional language suffix)
+		stripped := bytes.TrimSpace(trimmed)
+		if bytes.HasPrefix(stripped, []byte("```")) {
+			if inFence {
+				inFence = false
+				continue
+			}
+			// Opening fence — only drop if it's a source fence (tool output),
+			// not markdown fences in assistant prose. Tool fences follow
+			// immediately after a marker line, so if we just dropped a marker
+			// and this is the next line, it's a source fence.
+			// Simplification: drop all bare ``` lines (no content on the line).
+			// Keep fences that are part of assistant markdown (they have text before/after).
+			if len(stripped) == 3 || (len(stripped) > 3 && stripped[3] != '`') {
+				inFence = true
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !inFence {
+			out = append(out, line...)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 func readAgentConnection(ctx HandlerCtx) ([]byte, error) {
 	if ctx.Session.ToolsConn() == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("agent tool server unavailable")
diff --git a/fs/spec.go b/fs/spec.go
index bbcf021..f5560ef 100644
--- a/fs/spec.go
+++ b/fs/spec.go
@@ -230,7 +230,14 @@ FileNode("generate", 0666,
 					),
 
 					FileNode("chat", 0444,
-						Doc("Full conversation history. Supports streaming reads for real-time updates."),
+						Doc("Filtered text presentation of conversation. Strips markers and source fences for terminal display."),
+						Stat(statAgentChat),
+						Read(readAgentChatText),
+						Stream(streamAgentChatText),
+					),
+
+					FileNode("chat.raw", 0444,
+						Doc("Full conversation with block markers and fences. Used by GUIs."),
 						Stat(statAgentChat),
 						Read(readAgentChat),
 						Stream(streamAgentChat),
diff --git a/kde b/kde
index eed4a10..26076b0 160000
--- a/kde
+++ b/kde
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit eed4a1089edfffc897c4f1d1f2bfa9abed236785
+Subproject commit 26076b0ae96ebadb7a34518bda3b22b83dc6b2aa