[jcarugati]

Problem

When an agent gives a long answer with several points, there's no quick way to dig into just one of them in a separate thread. Citing the selection derails the current thread. Using "Fork from this response" means scrolling back, finding the sentence again and quoting it a second time in the fork.

Change

Selecting text in an assistant response now shows Follow up next to Cite. It forks the thread from that response, using the existing fork-from-run path. Then it opens the fork with the selection already cited in the composer.

• The citation points at the fork's own copy of the message, so clicking the chip in the fork highlights the text in place.
• Follow up is hidden when the response can't be forked: while its turn is still running, or when the provider doesn't support forking. This uses the same canForkProjectedAssistantItem check as the fork button.
• While the fork is being created, the button is disabled, so a double click can't fork twice.
• Web and desktop only. Mobile has no Cite pill.
• No server, contract or provider changes.
• docs/user/composer.md now mentions it under "Quote an assistant response".

Scope and approval

Proposed in #27780. A maintainer hasn't approved it yet. I'm opening the PR so the working version is there to look at, and I'll link the approval comment here if it comes.

Verification

• Browser tests in MessagesTimeline.browser.test.tsx:
  • Follow up forks the response, and the selection is passed along as the citation.
  • Follow up is not offered on a finished message while its run is still active. This test fails without the guard.
• vp run check:changed passes.
• Tested end to end in the dev app with the Replay (dev) provider:
  • Selecting text shows Cite and Follow up.
  • Clicking Follow up opens the fork with the quote in its composer.
  • Clicking the quote chip highlights the cited text in the fork.
  • Sending a message from the fork works.
  • Tab focuses Cite, then Follow up. Escape closes the pill.

Before: only Cite.

After: Cite and Follow up.

The fork opens with the selection cited:

Recording:

Not checked:

• real paid providers (only the Replay provider);
• the packaged desktop app;
• remote or tunnel connections.

AI usage

Built with AI agents, all run through T3 Code:

• Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code) wrote the implementation and tests, ran the end-to-end checks in the dev app, and acted as one of the reviewers.
• GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) did independent code reviews.
• GPT-6 Astra (Hermes) ran a one-time machine setup for the browser panel. It didn't touch the code.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 6107918

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Adds Follow up for selected assistant text, opening an eligible response's fork with the quote in an unsent composer draft. It reuses existing fork safeguards and leaves the current conversation unchanged.

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Walkthrough

The selection toolbar adds a Follow up action for eligible assistant responses. The action forks the source thread and places the selected citation in the fork’s composer. The timeline provides projected-item eligibility data and the fork callback.

Changes: Assistant citation follow-up

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Carry citations into forked threads apps/web/src/components/chat/useTimelineRewind.ts, docs/user/composer.md	The fork input accepts an optional citation. When the fork thread is ready, the citation is formatted for that thread and saved as its composer prompt before navigation. The composer documentation describes this flow.
Add the Follow up toolbar action apps/web/src/components/chat/AssistantSelectionToolbar.tsx	The toolbar shows Follow up when the selected citation and projected item meet the stated conditions. The action calls the fork callback and clears the selection when the promise settles. Tab focuses the first enabled toolbar button.
Connect and test the timeline action apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.browser.test.tsx	The timeline supplies a projected item only for a matching, non-streaming message and passes the fork callback. Browser tests cover submitting the citation and hiding Follow up while the run is active.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant Toolbar as AssistantSelectionToolbar
  participant Timeline as MessagesTimeline
  participant Rewind as useTimelineRewind
  participant Fork as Forked thread
  User->>Toolbar: Select assistant response text
  Toolbar->>Timeline: Request follow-up for source thread, run, and citation
  Timeline->>Rewind: Pass optional citation to fork flow
  Rewind->>Fork: Save formatted citation as composer prompt
  Rewind->>User: Navigate to fork after prompt is saved

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#27666: This PR adds Follow up to the selection popup and changes its keyboard focus behavior; it does not otherwise address the reported selection-action behavior.
• pingdotgg/t3code#24460: Follow up uses the fork-from-response path described by the issue, but this PR does not change the server fork request.
• pingdotgg/t3code#16327: This PR passes an assistant citation into the fork’s composer, which follows the citation path described by the issue.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#24825: Both PRs change AssistantSelectionToolbar; this PR adds Follow up and fork-citation handling to that toolbar.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25570: Both PRs modify selected-text toolbar actions and keyboard focus behavior.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25371: Both PRs use citation behavior in MessagesTimeline; this PR passes the selected citation into a fork.

Suggested reviewers: macroscopeapp, juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 645b9

The active-run test now checks that the Follow up button is absent. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

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Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding Follow up for selected assistant text in a fork.
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Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

the prior-approval rule applies to the new Follow up action. combining selection, forking, navigation and prefilling a citation creates a new workflow even though it reuses existing commands. the pr expressly says approval is absent, and discussion #27780 contains no maintainer approval. see prior approval. obtain and link explicit approval of this direction and scope before resubmitting. the extra work needed to quote a selection in a separate fork remains useful problem context.