fix(chat): render question prompts as markdown

packages/ui/src/components/chat/MarkdownRenderer.tsx

@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ export const MarkdownRenderer: React.FC<React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof Ma
   </React.Suspense>
 );
 
-export const SimpleMarkdownRenderer: React.FC<React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof SimpleMarkdownRendererLazy>> = (props) => (
-  <React.Suspense fallback={<MobileMarkdownFallback {...props} />}>
+type SimpleMarkdownRendererProps = React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof SimpleMarkdownRendererLazy> & {
+  fallbackContent?: React.ReactNode;
+};
+
+export const SimpleMarkdownRenderer: React.FC<SimpleMarkdownRendererProps> = ({ fallbackContent, ...props }) => (
+  <React.Suspense fallback={fallbackContent ?? <MobileMarkdownFallback {...props} />}>
     <SimpleMarkdownRendererLazy {...props} />
   </React.Suspense>
 );

packages/ui/src/components/chat/QuestionCard.tsx

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import * as sessionActions from '@/sync/session-actions';
 import { useI18n } from '@/lib/i18n';
 import { serializeQuestionAsJson, serializeQuestionAsMarkdown } from './questionSerializers';
 import { QUESTION_CUSTOM_TEXTAREA_MIN_HEIGHT, getQuestionCustomTextareaHeight } from './questionTextareaSizing';
+import { QuestionMarkdown } from './QuestionMarkdown';
 
 interface QuestionCardProps {
   question: QuestionRequest;
@@ -423,7 +424,11 @@ export const QuestionCard: React.FC<QuestionCardProps> = ({ question }) => {
               </div>
             ) : activeQuestion ? (
               <>
-                <div className="typography-meta font-medium text-foreground mb-1.5">{activeQuestion.question}</div>
+                <QuestionMarkdown
+                  content={activeQuestion.question}
+                  size="meta"
+                  className="font-medium text-foreground mb-1.5"
+                />
 
                 {isMultiple ? (
                   <div className="typography-micro text-muted-foreground mb-1.5">{t('chat.questionCard.selectMultiple')}</div>

packages/ui/src/components/chat/QuestionMarkdown.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+
+import { SimpleMarkdownRenderer } from './MarkdownRenderer';
+import { QuestionMarkdown } from './QuestionMarkdown';
+
+describe('QuestionMarkdown', () => {
+  test('delegates exact content to the tool markdown renderer', () => {
+    const content = 'Choose **one** from `mode`: [details](https://example.com)';
+    const element = QuestionMarkdown({ content, size: 'meta' });
+
+    expect(element.type).toBe(SimpleMarkdownRenderer);
+    expect(element.props.content).toBe(content);
+    expect(element.props.variant).toBe('tool');
+    expect(element.props.fallbackContent.props.children).toBe(content);
+    expect(element.props.fallbackContent.props.className).toContain('whitespace-pre-wrap');
+  });
+
+  test('preserves question typography size and caller classes', () => {
+    const meta = QuestionMarkdown({ content: 'Meta', size: 'meta', className: 'font-medium text-foreground' });
+    const micro = QuestionMarkdown({ content: 'Micro', size: 'micro', className: 'text-muted-foreground' });
+
+    expect(meta.props.className).toBe('question-markdown typography-meta font-medium text-foreground');
+    expect(micro.props.className).toBe('question-markdown typography-micro text-muted-foreground');
+  });
+});

packages/ui/src/components/chat/QuestionMarkdown.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { SimpleMarkdownRenderer } from './MarkdownRenderer';
+
+interface QuestionMarkdownProps {
+  content: string;
+  size: 'meta' | 'micro';
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export function QuestionMarkdown({ content, size, className }: QuestionMarkdownProps) {
+  const classes = cn('question-markdown', size === 'meta' ? 'typography-meta' : 'typography-micro', className);
+
+  return (
+    <SimpleMarkdownRenderer
+      content={content}
+      variant="tool"
+      className={classes}
+      fallbackContent={<div className={cn(classes, 'whitespace-pre-wrap')}>{content}</div>}
+    />
+  );
+}

packages/ui/src/components/chat/message/parts/ToolPart.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { RuntimeAPIContext } from '@/contexts/runtimeAPIContext';
 import { PatchDiff } from '@pierre/diffs/react';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { SimpleMarkdownRenderer } from '../../MarkdownRenderer';
+import { QuestionMarkdown } from '../../QuestionMarkdown';
 import { MessageFilesDisplay } from '../../FileAttachment';
 import { getToolMetadata } from '@/lib/toolHelpers';
 import type { ToolPart as ToolPartType, ToolState as ToolStateUnion, FilePart } from '@opencode-ai/sdk/v2';
@@ -1672,7 +1673,7 @@ const ToolExpandedContent: React.FC<ToolExpandedContentProps> = React.memo(({
                         <div className="space-y-2">
                             {parsedQA.map((qa, index) => (
                                 <div key={index} className="space-y-0.5">
-                                    <div className="typography-micro text-muted-foreground">{qa.question}</div>
+                                    <QuestionMarkdown content={qa.question} size="micro" className="text-muted-foreground" />
                                     <div className="typography-meta text-foreground whitespace-pre-wrap">{qa.answer}</div>
                                 </div>
                             ))}
@@ -1709,7 +1710,7 @@ const ToolExpandedContent: React.FC<ToolExpandedContentProps> = React.memo(({
                                 {q.header ? (
                                     <div className="typography-micro text-muted-foreground">{coerceToText(q.header)}</div>
                                 ) : null}
-                                <div className="typography-meta text-foreground">{coerceToText(q.question)}</div>
+                                <QuestionMarkdown content={coerceToText(q.question)} size="meta" className="text-foreground" />
                                 {Array.isArray(q.options) && q.options.length > 0 ? (
                                     <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1 mt-0.5">
                                         {q.options.map((opt) => (

packages/ui/src/index.css

@@ -1022,6 +1022,18 @@ html:not(.dark) .chat-scroll {
   font-size: var(--text-code) !important;
 }
 
+.question-markdown > .markdown-content.markdown-tool {
+  font-size: inherit !important;
+}
+
+.question-markdown > .markdown-content > [data-md-block]:first-child > :first-child {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+.question-markdown > .markdown-content > [data-md-block]:last-child > :last-child {
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
 /* Reasoning markdown renders at meta size, dimmed. */
 .markdown-content.markdown-reasoning {
   font-size: var(--text-markdown);

packages/ui/src/styles/mobile.css

@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
     font-size: var(--text-code) !important;
   }
 
+  :root.mobile-pointer:not(.desktop-runtime) .question-markdown > .markdown-content.markdown-tool {
+    font-size: inherit !important;
+  }
+
   /* Improve touch targets for mobile */
   :root.mobile-pointer:not(.desktop-runtime) button:not([role="radio"]):not([role="checkbox"]):not([role="switch"]),
   :root.mobile-pointer:not(.desktop-runtime) .btn,