diff --git a/components/AIMode/AIModeOverlay.tsx b/components/AIMode/AIModeOverlay.tsx
index 554e87944..a7f3bf826 100644
--- a/components/AIMode/AIModeOverlay.tsx
+++ b/components/AIMode/AIModeOverlay.tsx
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ export function AIModeOverlay() {
   const { close, layout, setLayout } = useAIMode();
   const state = useAIModeChat();
   const { target } = state;
-  // Below the tablet breakpoint the sidebar lives in a bottom drawer.
-  const [listDrawerOpen, setListDrawerOpen] = useState(false);
-  const closeListDrawer = useCallback(() => setListDrawerOpen(false), []);
+  // Below the tablet breakpoint the sidebar is a screen of its own, opened
+  // from the chat header.
+  const [listOpen, setListOpen] = useState(false);
+  const closeList = useCallback(() => setListOpen(false), []);
 
   const doc = useAIModeDocument({
     note: state.note,
@@ -175,15 +176,15 @@ export function AIModeOverlay() {
         isBelowTablet={isBelowTablet}
         sidebarWidth={{ ...listWidth, min: LIST_MIN_WIDTH, max: LIST_MAX_WIDTH }}
         sideWidth={{ ...sideWidth, min: sideMinWidth, max: sideMaxWidth }}
-        listDrawerOpen={listDrawerOpen}
-        onCloseListDrawer={closeListDrawer}
+        listOpen={listOpen}
+        onCloseList={closeList}
         onCloseDocumentDrawer={closeDocument}
         container={rootEl}
-        sidebar={<WorkspaceSidebar state={state} onNavigate={closeListDrawer} />}
+        sidebar={<WorkspaceSidebar state={state} onNavigate={closeList} />}
         chat={
           <ChatPane
             state={state}
-            onOpenConversations={() => setListDrawerOpen(true)}
+            onOpenConversations={() => setListOpen(true)}
             documentCard={documentCard}
             documentCardExecutionId={documentCardExecutionId}
             headerActions={
diff --git a/components/AIMode/chat/ChatPane.tsx b/components/AIMode/chat/ChatPane.tsx
index 3c9bf8ed9..74e18983f 100644
--- a/components/AIMode/chat/ChatPane.tsx
+++ b/components/AIMode/chat/ChatPane.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use client';
 
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { Menu } from 'lucide-react';
+import { PanelLeft } from 'lucide-react';
 import { ChatComposer } from '@/components/AgentChat/ChatComposer';
 import { ChatTranscript } from '@/components/AgentChat/ChatTranscript';
 import { JumpToLatestButton } from '@/components/AgentChat/JumpToLatestButton';
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ export function ChatPane({
           <button
             type="button"
             onClick={onOpenConversations}
-            aria-label="Conversations"
+            aria-label="Show conversations and documents"
             className="rounded-lg p-1.5 text-gray-500 transition-colors hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-900 tablet:!hidden"
           >
-            <Menu className="h-4 w-4" />
+            <PanelLeft className="h-4 w-4" />
           </button>
         )}
         {renaming && chatId != null ? (
diff --git a/components/AIMode/shell/WorkspacePanes.tsx b/components/AIMode/shell/WorkspacePanes.tsx
index 15af510e2..ae05fe773 100644
--- a/components/AIMode/shell/WorkspacePanes.tsx
+++ b/components/AIMode/shell/WorkspacePanes.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use client';
 
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { PanelLeft } from 'lucide-react';
 import { ResizeHandle } from '@/components/ui/ResizeHandle';
 import { SwipeableDrawer } from '@/components/ui/SwipeableDrawer';
 import type { useResizableWidth } from '@/hooks/useResizableWidth';
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ interface WorkspacePanesProps {
   readonly isBelowTablet: boolean;
   readonly sidebarWidth: ResizableWidth & { readonly min: number; readonly max: number };
   readonly sideWidth: ResizableWidth & { readonly min: number; readonly max: number };
-  readonly listDrawerOpen: boolean;
-  readonly onCloseListDrawer: () => void;
+  /** Below the tablet breakpoint the sidebar is a screen of its own; this shows it. */
+  readonly listOpen: boolean;
+  readonly onCloseList: () => void;
   readonly onCloseDocumentDrawer: () => void;
   /** The overlay's root, which the drawers render inside so they stay live. */
   readonly container: HTMLElement | null;
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ interface WorkspacePanesProps {
  * their places in the tree whichever is the main pane — swapping them would
  * remount the editor and the transcript — and trade places on screen with
  * flex order. Both side panes drag; the main pane takes the rest. Below the
- * tablet breakpoint the sidebar and the document live in bottom drawers.
+ * tablet breakpoint the sidebar takes the whole screen when asked for and
+ * the document lives in a bottom drawer.
  */
 export function WorkspacePanes({
   layout,
@@ -46,8 +49,8 @@ export function WorkspacePanes({
   isBelowTablet,
   sidebarWidth,
   sideWidth,
-  listDrawerOpen,
-  onCloseListDrawer,
+  listOpen,
+  onCloseList,
   onCloseDocumentDrawer,
   container,
 }: WorkspacePanesProps) {
@@ -98,19 +101,32 @@ export function WorkspacePanes({
             {document}
           </aside>
         )}
+
+        {listOpen && isBelowTablet && (
+          <div
+            role="dialog"
+            aria-label="Conversations and documents"
+            className="absolute inset-0 z-10 flex flex-col bg-gray-100"
+          >
+            <div className="flex h-12 shrink-0 items-center gap-1 border-b border-gray-200 bg-white pl-0.5 pr-3">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                onClick={onCloseList}
+                aria-label="Hide conversations and documents"
+                aria-pressed="true"
+                className="flex h-11 w-11 items-center justify-center rounded-lg text-primary-700"
+              >
+                <PanelLeft className="h-[18px] w-[18px]" />
+              </button>
+              <h2 className="text-sm font-medium text-gray-800">Conversations and documents</h2>
+            </div>
+            <div className="min-h-0 flex-1">{sidebar}</div>
+          </div>
+        )}
       </div>
 
-      {/* Drawers portal to the body, so they need to stack above this overlay
-          (z-9500) while staying under BaseModal (9999). */}
-      <SwipeableDrawer
-        isOpen={listDrawerOpen}
-        onClose={onCloseListDrawer}
-        height="70vh"
-        zIndex={AI_MODE_DRAWER_Z_INDEX}
-        container={container}
-      >
-        {sidebar}
-      </SwipeableDrawer>
+      {/* The drawer portals to the body, so it needs to stack above this
+          overlay (z-9500) while staying under BaseModal (9999). */}
       <SwipeableDrawer
         isOpen={documentOpen && isBelowTablet}
         onClose={onCloseDocumentDrawer}