diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/handlers/text-intent.test.ts b/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/handlers/text-intent.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4e4abc430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/handlers/text-intent.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment node
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { handleTextEvent } from '@/lib/copilot/request/handlers/text'
+import type { StreamingContext } from '@/lib/copilot/request/types'
+
+function laneTextEvent(text: string) {
+  return {
+    type: 'text',
+    payload: { channel: 'assistant', text },
+    scope: { lane: 'subagent', parentToolCallId: 'tc-1', agentId: 'file', spanId: 'S1' },
+  } as never
+}
+
+function makeContext(): StreamingContext {
+  return {
+    contentBlocks: [{ type: 'subagent', content: 'file', parentToolCallId: 'tc-1', timestamp: 1 }],
+    subAgentContent: {},
+    subagentThinkingBlocks: new Map(),
+    isInThinkingBlock: false,
+  } as unknown as StreamingContext
+}
+
+describe('subagent intent extraction (server relay)', () => {
+  it('strips a split tag and stamps the lane block intent', async () => {
+    const ctx = makeContext()
+    const handler = handleTextEvent('subagent')
+    await handler(laneTextEvent('<int'), ctx, {} as never, {} as never)
+    await handler(
+      laneTextEvent('ent>Drafting outline</intent>\nStarting now.'),
+      ctx,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never
+    )
+
+    const start = ctx.contentBlocks.find((b) => b.type === 'subagent')
+    expect(start?.subagentIntent).toBe('Drafting outline')
+    const text = ctx.contentBlocks.find((b) => b.type === 'subagent_text')
+    expect(text?.content).toBe('Starting now.')
+    expect(ctx.subAgentContent['tc-1']).toBe('Starting now.')
+  })
+
+  it('takes the latest tag and keeps surrounding prose', async () => {
+    const ctx = makeContext()
+    const handler = handleTextEvent('subagent')
+    await handler(
+      laneTextEvent('a<intent>One</intent>b<intent>Two</intent>c'),
+      ctx,
+      {} as never,
+      {} as never
+    )
+    const start = ctx.contentBlocks.find((b) => b.type === 'subagent')
+    expect(start?.subagentIntent).toBe('Two')
+    expect(ctx.subAgentContent['tc-1']).toBe('abc')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/handlers/text.ts b/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/handlers/text.ts
index 8f110a82b2..9aaaae2094 100644
--- a/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/handlers/text.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/handlers/text.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { MothershipStreamV1TextChannel } from '@/lib/copilot/generated/mothership-stream-v1'
+import type { StreamingContext } from '@/lib/copilot/request/types'
 import type { StreamHandler, ToolScope } from './types'
 import {
   addContentBlock,
@@ -8,6 +9,72 @@ import {
   getScopedSpanIdentity,
 } from './types'
 
+const INTENT_OPEN = '<intent>'
+const INTENT_CLOSE = '</intent>'
+/** A tag that never closes within this many chars flushes back as plain text. */
+const INTENT_CARRY_MAX = 240
+
+function partialSuffixLen(buf: string, token: string): number {
+  const max = Math.min(buf.length, token.length - 1)
+  for (let len = max; len > 0; len--) {
+    if (token.startsWith(buf.slice(buf.length - len))) return len
+  }
+  return 0
+}
+
+/**
+ * Streams one subagent lane's text through the <intent> protocol: complete
+ * tags are removed from the persisted prose and the latest one is returned;
+ * a tag split across chunks is carried (per lane) until its close arrives.
+ */
+function filterLaneIntent(
+  context: StreamingContext,
+  laneId: string,
+  incoming: string
+): { text: string; intent?: string } {
+  const carries = (context.subagentIntentCarry ??= {})
+  let buf = (carries[laneId] ?? '') + incoming
+  carries[laneId] = ''
+  let out = ''
+  let intent: string | undefined
+  while (buf) {
+    const openIdx = buf.indexOf(INTENT_OPEN)
+    if (openIdx === -1) {
+      const keep = partialSuffixLen(buf, INTENT_OPEN)
+      out += keep ? buf.slice(0, buf.length - keep) : buf
+      if (keep) carries[laneId] = buf.slice(buf.length - keep)
+      break
+    }
+    out += buf.slice(0, openIdx)
+    const rest = buf.slice(openIdx)
+    const closeIdx = rest.indexOf(INTENT_CLOSE, INTENT_OPEN.length)
+    if (closeIdx === -1) {
+      if (rest.length > INTENT_CARRY_MAX) {
+        out += rest
+      } else {
+        carries[laneId] = rest
+      }
+      break
+    }
+    const inner = rest.slice(INTENT_OPEN.length, closeIdx).trim()
+    if (inner) intent = inner
+    buf = rest.slice(closeIdx + INTENT_CLOSE.length)
+    if (buf.startsWith('\n')) buf = buf.slice(1)
+  }
+  return intent !== undefined ? { text: out, intent } : { text: out }
+}
+
+/** Stamps the latest intent onto the lane's open `subagent` start block. */
+function stampLaneIntent(context: StreamingContext, laneId: string, intent: string): void {
+  for (let i = context.contentBlocks.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    const b = context.contentBlocks[i]
+    if (b.type === 'subagent' && b.parentToolCallId === laneId) {
+      b.subagentIntent = intent
+      return
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export function handleTextEvent(scope: ToolScope): StreamHandler {
   return (event, context) => {
     if (event.type !== 'text') {
@@ -48,11 +115,17 @@ export function handleTextEvent(scope: ToolScope): StreamHandler {
       if (context.isInThinkingBlock) {
         flushThinkingBlock(context)
       }
+      // Catch the lane's <intent> protocol server-side: the latest tag becomes
+      // the persisted subagent block's status and the stored prose is stripped,
+      // so every surface (live, persisted, replay) agrees on both.
+      const { text: cleanChunk, intent } = filterLaneIntent(context, parentToolCallId, chunk)
+      if (intent) stampLaneIntent(context, parentToolCallId, intent)
+      if (!cleanChunk) return
       context.subAgentContent[parentToolCallId] =
-        (context.subAgentContent[parentToolCallId] || '') + chunk
+        (context.subAgentContent[parentToolCallId] || '') + cleanChunk
       addContentBlock(context, {
         type: 'subagent_text',
-        content: chunk,
+        content: cleanChunk,
         parentToolCallId,
         ...(event.scope?.agentId ? { subagent: event.scope.agentId } : {}),
         ...spanIdentity,
diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/types.ts b/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/types.ts
index eaaf50d95c..3983b6f82c 100644
--- a/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/types.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/copilot/request/types.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ export interface StreamingContext {
    * block. Per-lane keying keeps each subagent's reasoning intact.
    */
   subagentThinkingBlocks: Map<string, ContentBlock>
+  /** Per-lane carry for an <intent> tag split across streamed chunks. */
+  subagentIntentCarry?: Record<string, string>
   isInThinkingBlock: boolean
   subAgentContent: Record<string, string>
   subAgentToolCalls: Record<string, ToolCallState[]>