From 5e103394d7ae3ac26364f8634387d64f42365dc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bohdan Triapitsyn <artmore@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 01:22:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(chat): update placeholder text in ChatInput based on
 session state

---
 packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
index 3e875947..05f318c2 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
@@ -1081,11 +1081,9 @@ export const ChatInput: React.FC<ChatInputProps> = ({ onOpenSettings, scrollToBo
                             onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
                             onPaste={handlePaste}
                             onPointerDownCapture={handleTextareaPointerDownCapture}
-                            placeholder={currentSessionId
+                            placeholder={currentSessionId || newSessionDraftOpen
                                 ? "# for agents; @ for files; / for commands"
-                                : newSessionDraftOpen
-                                    ? "Type your first message..."
-                                    : "Select or create a session to start chatting"}
+                                : "Select or create a session to start chatting"}
                             disabled={!currentSessionId && !newSessionDraftOpen}
 
                         className={cn(