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## Summary
The in-dashboard agent was launched from a button pinned to the
bottom-right of every page, which floated over page controls (for
example the run inspector's action bar). It now opens from a compact
"Chat" button on the far right of the page header, and the same button
toggles to "Collapse" while the panel is open. The panel and launcher
are labelled "Chat" in the UI.
The launcher only renders on env-scoped pages where the agent is enabled
(same feature flag gating), so it stays hidden for everyone who doesn't
have it. The existing "Ask AI" support button is untouched; it stays in
place until the agent is turned on by default.
## How it works
`DashboardAgent` (env layout) shares the open/close state through a
small context, and `NavBar` renders a launcher that self-hides whenever
that context is absent. No floating overlay, and the launcher can't
appear on pages where the agent can't open.
Eric Allam
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