diff --git a/.claude/launch.json b/.claude/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..448f767a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "studio",
+      "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
+      "runtimeArgs": ["--prefix", "studio", "run", "dev"],
+      "port": 3000
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/studio/src/app/workspace/_components/chat-input.tsx b/studio/src/app/workspace/_components/chat-input.tsx
index 863e38e045..f37428380b 100644
--- a/studio/src/app/workspace/_components/chat-input.tsx
+++ b/studio/src/app/workspace/_components/chat-input.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ import {
   Shield,
   SlidersHorizontal,
 } from "lucide-react";
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  type ReactNode,
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from "react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import {
   DropdownMenu,
@@ -63,6 +70,9 @@ interface ProjectItem {
 interface ChatInputProps {
   placeholder?: string;
   rows?: number;
+  /** The context-utilisation strip, rendered at the right end of the toolbar
+      row below the input (typography matches the pills' value text). */
+  contextMeter?: ReactNode;
   projects?: ProjectItem[];
   selectedProjectId?: string | null;
   onSelectProject?: (id: string | null) => void;
@@ -1149,6 +1159,7 @@ function handleMenuNavKey(
 
 export function ChatInput({
   placeholder: placeholderProp,
+  contextMeter,
   projects,
   selectedProjectId,
   onSelectProject,
@@ -1700,6 +1711,7 @@ export function ChatInput({
             <MemoryToggle />
           </>
         )}
+        {contextMeter}
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/chat-view.tsx b/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/chat-view.tsx
index 5f3a4f7637..4b379e245a 100644
--- a/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/chat-view.tsx
+++ b/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/chat-view.tsx
@@ -1268,17 +1268,7 @@ export function ChatView({
                 </Button>
               </div>
             )}
-            <div className="max-w-[768px] space-y-1.5 max-[499px]:max-w-none">
-              {/* B1.1: effective model + approximate context utilisation,
-                  visible only when the window is known and tokens counted. */}
-              {contextInfo && contextInfo.contextWindow > 0 && (
-                <ContextMeter
-                  modelLabel={contextInfo.modelLabel}
-                  contextWindow={contextInfo.contextWindow}
-                  inputTokens={usage?.inputTokens ?? 0}
-                  outputTokens={usage?.outputTokens ?? 0}
-                />
-              )}
+            <div className="w-full space-y-1.5">
               <QueuedMessageStrip
                 queued={queuedMessages}
                 onSteer={(id) => onSteerQueued?.(id)}
@@ -1318,6 +1308,18 @@ export function ChatView({
                   onPreviewAttachment={handlePreviewFile}
                   focusKey={session.id}
                   mobileDocked
+                  // B1.1: effective model + approximate context utilisation,
+                  // leftmost in the toolbar, visible only when the window is
+                  // known and tokens counted.
+                  contextMeter={
+                    contextInfo && contextInfo.contextWindow > 0 ? (
+                      <ContextMeter
+                        contextWindow={contextInfo.contextWindow}
+                        inputTokens={usage?.inputTokens ?? 0}
+                        outputTokens={usage?.outputTokens ?? 0}
+                      />
+                    ) : undefined
+                  }
                   modelLockedLabel={
                     live ? session.model || "Auto-routed" : undefined
                   }
diff --git a/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/chat-workspace.tsx b/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/chat-workspace.tsx
index 968f178fe7..ce3e10e38d 100644
--- a/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/chat-workspace.tsx
+++ b/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/chat-workspace.tsx
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ function DraftView({
           </div>
         </div>
         <div className="absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0 px-3 lg:px-4 pb-4 max-[499px]:px-0 max-[499px]:pb-0">
-          <div className="max-w-[768px] space-y-1.5 max-[499px]:max-w-none">
+          <div className="w-full space-y-1.5">
             {error && <p className="px-1 text-sm text-destructive">{error}</p>}
             <ChatInput
               rows={1}
diff --git a/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/context-meter.test.ts b/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/context-meter.test.ts
index 332a8568ee..8b6749be31 100644
--- a/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/context-meter.test.ts
+++ b/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/context-meter.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { createElement } from "react";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { contextUtilisation } from "./context-meter";
+import { ContextMeter, contextUtilisation } from "./context-meter";
 
 /**
  * Pins the context-meter math (B1.1): counted input+output tokens over the
@@ -26,3 +28,51 @@ describe("contextUtilisation", () => {
     expect(contextUtilisation(-5, 100, 1_000)).toBeCloseTo(0.1);
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * The rendered strip lives at the right end of the composer toolbar: a short
+ * bar plus a plain "N% used" (the tooltip owns the approximation caveat and
+ * explains what a context window is), text matching the toolbar pills' value
+ * typography (text-sm, muted — the "On" in "Memory On"), no model name.
+ */
+describe("ContextMeter render", () => {
+  const props = {
+    contextWindow: 400_000,
+    inputTokens: 80_000,
+    outputTokens: 8_000,
+  };
+
+  it("shows the plain percentage as used, no approximate tag", () => {
+    const { container } = render(createElement(ContextMeter, props));
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain("22% used");
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("~");
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("of context");
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("approximate");
+  });
+
+  it("docks right with a short fixed bar and no model name", () => {
+    const { container } = render(createElement(ContextMeter, props));
+    const root = container.firstElementChild;
+    expect(root?.className).toContain("ml-auto");
+    expect(root?.innerHTML).toContain("w-10");
+    expect(container.textContent?.trim()).toBe("22% used");
+  });
+
+  it("uses the toolbar pills' value typography", () => {
+    const { container } = render(createElement(ContextMeter, props));
+    const root = container.firstElementChild;
+    expect(root?.className).toContain("text-sm");
+    expect(root?.className).toContain("text-muted-foreground");
+  });
+
+  it("stays quiet until this visit has counted tokens", () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      createElement(ContextMeter, {
+        ...props,
+        inputTokens: 0,
+        outputTokens: 0,
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(container.firstElementChild).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/context-meter.tsx b/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/context-meter.tsx
index 850dec4111..71bc23a0d5 100644
--- a/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/context-meter.tsx
+++ b/studio/src/app/workspace/chat/_components/context-meter.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 "use client";
 
 /**
- * The slim context strip near the composer (B1.1): the session's effective
- * model and an APPROXIMATE context-utilisation meter — cumulative input+output
+ * The context strip at the right end of the composer toolbar (B1.1): a short
+ * bar plus an APPROXIMATE context-utilisation figure — cumulative input+output
  * tokens this visit counted (summed from the runs' terminal usage frames) vs
- * the model's `resolved_model.context_window`. Deliberately labeled
- * approximate: the daemon's true compaction trigger also counts the system
- * prompt and tool schemas, which the client never sees, and a page reload
- * loses the visit's running total.
+ * the model's `resolved_model.context_window`. The reading is approximate —
+ * the daemon's true compaction trigger also counts the system prompt and tool
+ * schemas, which the client never sees, and a page reload loses the visit's
+ * running total — which the tooltip explains. Typography matches the toolbar
+ * pills' value text (the "On" in "Memory On").
  */
 
+import {
+  Tooltip,
+  TooltipContent,
+  TooltipTrigger,
+} from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
 /**
@@ -28,13 +34,10 @@ export function contextUtilisation(
 }
 
 export function ContextMeter({
-  modelLabel,
   contextWindow,
   inputTokens,
   outputTokens,
 }: {
-  /** The effective model (resolved_model.model_id). */
-  modelLabel: string;
   contextWindow: number;
   inputTokens: number;
   outputTokens: number;
@@ -45,26 +48,30 @@ export function ContextMeter({
   if (fraction === null || inputTokens + outputTokens <= 0) return null;
   const percent = Math.round(fraction * 100);
   return (
-    <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-2 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground/80">
-      {modelLabel && <span className="truncate font-medium">{modelLabel}</span>}
-      <span
-        className="h-1 w-16 shrink-0 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-border"
-        aria-hidden="true"
-      >
-        <span
-          className={cn(
-            "block h-full rounded-full",
-            fraction >= 0.85 ? "bg-warning" : "bg-brand/60",
-          )}
-          style={{ width: `${Math.max(2, percent)}%` }}
-        />
-      </span>
-      <span className="whitespace-nowrap tabular-nums">
-        ~{percent}% of context
-      </span>
-      <span className="whitespace-nowrap text-muted-foreground/60">
-        approximate
-      </span>
-    </div>
+    <Tooltip>
+      <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+        <div className="ml-auto flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2 px-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+          <span
+            className="h-1 w-10 shrink-0 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-border"
+            aria-hidden="true"
+          >
+            <span
+              className={cn(
+                "block h-full rounded-full",
+                fraction >= 0.85 ? "bg-warning" : "bg-brand/60",
+              )}
+              style={{ width: `${Math.max(2, percent)}%` }}
+            />
+          </span>
+          <span className="whitespace-nowrap tabular-nums">
+            {percent}% used
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      </TooltipTrigger>
+      <TooltipContent side="top" align="end" className="max-w-64">
+        Roughly how much of the model&apos;s working memory this chat has used.
+        When it fills up, older messages are summarized to make room.
+      </TooltipContent>
+    </Tooltip>
   );
 }