diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.tsx
index 9efba9ab..50b49e6b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.tsx
@@ -10082,6 +10082,35 @@ describe("ChatView timeline estimator parity (full app)", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("accepts the prompt suggestion with Tab from the focused composer", async () => {
+    const suggestion = "Commit this and open the PR";
+    const { mounted } = await mountPromptSuggestionChip(suggestion);
+    try {
+      const composerEditor = await waitForComposerEditor();
+      composerEditor.focus();
+      composerEditor.dispatchEvent(
+        new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "Tab", bubbles: true, cancelable: true }),
+      );
+
+      await waitForElement(
+        () => (composerEditor.textContent?.trim() === suggestion ? composerEditor : null),
+        () =>
+          `Tab never moved the suggestion into the composer; it holds "${
+            composerEditor.textContent ?? ""
+          }".`,
+      );
+      // Accepting the suggestion consumes it, so the chip goes away.
+      await waitForElement(
+        () => (document.querySelector('[data-prompt-suggestion="true"]') ? null : document.body),
+        "The prompt suggestion chip stayed visible after Tab accepted it.",
+      );
+      // Focus stays in the composer instead of tabbing out to the toolbar.
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(composerEditor);
+    } finally {
+      await mounted.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("keeps the slash-command menu visible above the composer", async () => {
     const mounted = await mountChatView({
       viewport: DEFAULT_VIEWPORT,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx
index 36adda4d..f44dee17 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ import {
   useProviderRateLimitResetCredit,
 } from "../ProviderRateLimitResetCredit";
 import { CircleAlertIcon, FileTextIcon, SparklesIcon, XIcon } from "lucide-react";
+import { Kbd } from "../ui/kbd";
 import { proposedPlanTitle } from "../../proposedPlan";
 import {
   getProviderDisplayName,
@@ -2590,6 +2591,14 @@ export const ChatComposer = memo(function ChatComposer(props: ChatComposerProps)
         return true;
       }
     }
+    // Tab accepts the Claude suggestion floating above the composer. The
+    // suggestion only exists while the composer is empty, so this never
+    // clobbers typed text, and the menu branch above already claimed Tab when
+    // a slash or mention menu is open.
+    if (key === "Tab" && latestPromptSuggestion) {
+      applyPromptSuggestion(latestPromptSuggestion);
+      return true;
+    }
     if (key === "Enter" && !event.shiftKey) {
       submitComposer();
       return true;
@@ -3033,21 +3042,23 @@ export const ChatComposer = memo(function ChatComposer(props: ChatComposerProps)
     >
       {/* Float the suggestion above the composer (like the scroll-to-bottom button) so it
           overlays the bottom of the message list instead of consuming input-bar height.
-          Width is capped below half the composer so it never reaches the centered
-          scroll-to-bottom button that shares this band. */}
+          It is bare text rather than a chip: no border, fill, or shadow, so it reads as
+          a quiet hint instead of a second card stacked on the composer. Width is capped
+          below half the composer so it never reaches the centered scroll-to-bottom
+          button that shares this band. */}
       {latestPromptSuggestion && latestPromptSuggestionDisplayText && !isComposerCollapsedMobile ? (
-        <div className="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-full z-20 mb-1 flex px-1">
+        <div className="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-full z-20 mb-1.5 flex px-2">
           <Tooltip>
             <TooltipTrigger
               render={
                 <button
                   type="button"
                   data-prompt-suggestion="true"
-                  className="inline-flex max-w-[calc(50%-2rem)] cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-border/55 bg-card px-2.5 py-1.5 text-left text-muted-foreground text-xs shadow-sm shadow-black/5 transition-colors hover:border-border hover:bg-card hover:text-foreground focus-ring"
+                  className="group inline-flex max-w-[calc(50%-2rem)] cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 rounded-sm px-1 py-0.5 text-left text-muted-foreground text-xs transition-colors hover:text-foreground focus-ring"
                   aria-label={`Use Claude suggested prompt: ${latestPromptSuggestion}`}
                   onClick={() => applyPromptSuggestion(latestPromptSuggestion)}
                 >
-                  <SparklesIcon className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground/65" />
+                  <SparklesIcon className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground/65 transition-colors group-hover:text-foreground/80" />
                   <span
                     ref={promptSuggestionOverflow.elementRef}
                     data-prompt-suggestion-text="true"
@@ -3055,6 +3066,14 @@ export const ChatComposer = memo(function ChatComposer(props: ChatComposerProps)
                   >
                     {latestPromptSuggestionDisplayText}
                   </span>
+                  {/* Tab hint stays hidden until hover or keyboard focus so the
+                      resting state is just the sparkle and the words. */}
+                  <Kbd
+                    aria-hidden="true"
+                    className="h-4 shrink-0 rounded-sm px-1 text-[10px] opacity-0 transition-opacity group-hover:opacity-100 group-focus-visible:opacity-100"
+                  >
+                    Tab
+                  </Kbd>
                 </button>
               }
             />