From 863973be83ab68a592fc86fde5629aa0636e597b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Packer <packercharles@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:35:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve task approval display text and spacing (#913)

Co-authored-by: Letta <noreply@letta.com>
---
 src/cli/components/InlineTaskApproval.tsx | 53 +++++++----------------
 src/permissions/analyzer.ts               | 11 +++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/components/InlineTaskApproval.tsx b/src/cli/components/InlineTaskApproval.tsx
index 958e640..dfa82e1 100644
--- a/src/cli/components/InlineTaskApproval.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/components/InlineTaskApproval.tsx
@@ -143,53 +143,30 @@ export const InlineTaskApproval = memo(
 
           {/* Header */}
           <Text bold color={colors.approval.header}>
-            Run Task?
+            Dispatch subagent?
           </Text>
 
           {/* Task details */}
           <Box paddingLeft={2} flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
-            {/* Subagent type */}
+            {/* Type — Description (with optional model) */}
             <Box flexDirection="row">
-              <Box width={12} flexShrink={0}>
-                <Text dimColor>Type:</Text>
-              </Box>
-              <Box flexGrow={1} width={contentWidth - 12}>
-                <Text wrap="wrap" color={colors.subagent.header}>
-                  {subagentType}
+              <Box flexGrow={1} width={contentWidth}>
+                <Text wrap="wrap">
+                  <Text bold color={colors.subagent.header}>
+                    {subagentType}
+                  </Text>
+                  <Text dimColor>
+                    {" — "}
+                    {description}
+                    {model ? ` (${model})` : ""}
+                  </Text>
                 </Text>
               </Box>
             </Box>
 
-            {/* Model (if specified) */}
-            {model && (
-              <Box flexDirection="row">
-                <Box width={12} flexShrink={0}>
-                  <Text dimColor>Model:</Text>
-                </Box>
-                <Box flexGrow={1} width={contentWidth - 12}>
-                  <Text wrap="wrap" dimColor>
-                    {model}
-                  </Text>
-                </Box>
-              </Box>
-            )}
-
-            {/* Description */}
-            <Box flexDirection="row">
-              <Box width={12} flexShrink={0}>
-                <Text dimColor>Description:</Text>
-              </Box>
-              <Box flexGrow={1} width={contentWidth - 12}>
-                <Text wrap="wrap">{description}</Text>
-              </Box>
-            </Box>
-
             {/* Prompt */}
-            <Box flexDirection="row" marginTop={1}>
-              <Box width={12} flexShrink={0}>
-                <Text dimColor>Prompt:</Text>
-              </Box>
-              <Box flexGrow={1} width={contentWidth - 12}>
+            <Box marginTop={1}>
+              <Box flexGrow={1} width={contentWidth}>
                 <Text wrap="wrap" dimColor>
                   {truncatedPrompt}
                 </Text>
@@ -209,7 +186,7 @@ export const InlineTaskApproval = memo(
 
     // Generate "always" text for Task tool
     const alwaysText =
-      approveAlwaysText || "Yes, allow Task operations during this session";
+      approveAlwaysText || "Yes, allow subagent operations during this session";
 
     return (
       <Box flexDirection="column">
diff --git a/src/permissions/analyzer.ts b/src/permissions/analyzer.ts
index 6816e70..7cd5ef2 100644
--- a/src/permissions/analyzer.ts
+++ b/src/permissions/analyzer.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ export function analyzeApprovalContext(
         workingDirectory,
       );
 
+    case "Task":
+    case "task":
+      return {
+        recommendedRule: "Task",
+        ruleDescription: "subagent operations",
+        approveAlwaysText: "Yes, allow subagent operations during this session",
+        defaultScope: "session",
+        allowPersistence: true,
+        safetyLevel: "moderate",
+      };
+
     default:
       return analyzeDefaultApproval(toolName);
   }