diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index 126c17b42..638dc5203 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ### Changed
 
 - Changed the `ask` tool transcript renderer to mark single-choice questions with circular radio glyphs (`○`/`◉`) instead of the rectangular checkbox glyphs (`☐`/`☑`) it shares with multi-select questions, so a "pick one" combo box visually reads as a radio group rather than a checklist. Multi-select questions keep checkboxes. Added a `radio.selected`/`radio.unselected` symbol pair across the unicode, nerd-font, and ASCII presets.
+- Changed the `ask` tool transcript renderer to mark the chosen answer inside the question form rather than re-listing the questions in a detached summary block below it. Once a question is answered, the standalone prompt preview is dropped and the result redraws the same form — every offered option still shown, with the selected one(s) filled in (`◉`/`☑`, highlighted) and the rest dimmed (`○`/`☐`); custom free-text answers and cancellations render in place as the final entry. This removes the duplicate question/option listing that previously appeared once as the call preview and again as the result.
 - Changed task-completion and `ask` desktop notifications to structured terminal notifications (title, body, type, and a focus-on-click action). On Kitty these render through OSC 99 as a proper title/body with click-to-focus; terminals without confirmed OSC 99 support collapse them to the previous single-line message (BEL/OSC 9).
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/ask.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/ask.ts
index 4b99f84f7..601fa48c2 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/ask.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/ask.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { AgentTool, AgentToolContext, AgentToolResult, AgentToolUpdateCallback } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-agent-core";
-import { type Component, Container, Markdown, renderInlineMarkdown, TERMINAL, Text } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-tui";
+import { type Component, Container, Markdown, type MarkdownTheme, renderInlineMarkdown, TERMINAL, Text } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-tui";
 import { prompt, untilAborted } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-utils";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 import type { RenderResultOptions } from "../extensibility/custom-tools/types";
@@ -644,7 +644,56 @@ function optionMarker(uiTheme: Theme, multi: boolean | undefined, selected: bool
 	return selected ? uiTheme.radio.selected : uiTheme.radio.unselected;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Render the answered option list for a question: every offered option with its
+ * selection marker filled in, plus any custom free-text answer. This keeps the
+ * result visually identical to the question form (`renderCall`) so the answer
+ * reads in place rather than as a detached summary block.
+ *
+ * `linePrefix` is the indent that precedes each entry's tree branch — a single
+ * leading space for top-level (single-question) entries, or the question's
+ * vertical continuation for nested (multi-question) entries.
+ */
+function renderAnswerOptions(
+	uiTheme: Theme,
+	mdTheme: MarkdownTheme,
+	linePrefix: string,
+	options: string[] | undefined,
+	selectedOptions: string[] | undefined,
+	multi: boolean | undefined,
+	customInput: string | undefined,
+): string {
+	const selected = new Set(selectedOptions ?? []);
+	// Prefer the full recorded option set; fall back to the selected labels when
+	// details omit the options array.
+	const list = options && options.length > 0 ? options : (selectedOptions ?? []);
+
+	// Nothing was chosen (and no custom answer) → a lone cancelled marker.
+	if (selected.size === 0 && customInput === undefined) {
+		return `${linePrefix}${uiTheme.fg("dim", uiTheme.tree.last)} ${uiTheme.styledSymbol("status.warning", "warning")} ${uiTheme.fg("warning", "Cancelled")}`;
+	}
+
+	let text = "";
+	for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+		const label = list[i];
+		const isSelected = selected.has(label);
+		const isLastEntry = i === list.length - 1 && customInput === undefined;
+		const branch = isLastEntry ? uiTheme.tree.last : uiTheme.tree.branch;
+		const marker = optionMarker(uiTheme, multi, isSelected);
+		const markerStyled = isSelected ? uiTheme.fg("success", marker) : uiTheme.fg("dim", marker);
+		const labelStyled = renderInlineMarkdown(label, mdTheme, t =>
+			isSelected ? uiTheme.fg("toolOutput", t) : uiTheme.fg("muted", t),
+		);
+		text += `${text ? "\n" : ""}${linePrefix}${uiTheme.fg("dim", branch)} ${markerStyled} ${labelStyled}`;
+	}
+	if (customInput !== undefined) {
+		text += renderCustomInput(uiTheme, linePrefix, customInput, true, text.length > 0);
+	}
+	return text;
+}
+
 export const askToolRenderer = {
+	mergeCallAndResult: true,
 	renderCall(args: AskRenderArgs, _options: RenderResultOptions, uiTheme: Theme): Component {
 		const label = formatTitle("Ask", uiTheme);
 		const mdTheme = getMarkdownTheme();
@@ -760,43 +809,21 @@ export const askToolRenderer = {
 			for (let i = 0; i < details.results.length; i++) {
 				const r = details.results[i];
 				const isLastQuestion = i === details.results.length - 1;
-				const branch = isLastQuestion ? uiTheme.tree.last : uiTheme.tree.branch;
-				const continuation = isLastQuestion ? "   " : `${uiTheme.fg("dim", uiTheme.tree.vertical)}  `;
-				const hasSelection = r.customInput !== undefined || r.selectedOptions.length > 0;
-				const statusIcon = hasSelection
-					? uiTheme.styledSymbol("status.success", "success")
-					: uiTheme.styledSymbol("status.warning", "warning");
+				const qBranch = isLastQuestion ? uiTheme.tree.last : uiTheme.tree.branch;
+				const continuation = isLastQuestion ? " " : uiTheme.tree.vertical;
+				const linePrefix = ` ${uiTheme.fg("dim", continuation)}   `;
 
 				container.addChild(
-					new Text(` ${uiTheme.fg("dim", branch)} ${statusIcon} ${uiTheme.fg("dim", `[${r.id}]`)}`, 0, 0),
+					new Text(` ${uiTheme.fg("dim", qBranch)} ${uiTheme.fg("dim", `[${r.id}]`)}`, 0, 0),
 				);
 				container.addChild(new Markdown(r.question, 3, 0, mdTheme, accentStyle));
-
-				const answerLines: string[] = [];
-				for (let j = 0; j < r.selectedOptions.length; j++) {
-					const isLast = j === r.selectedOptions.length - 1 && r.customInput === undefined;
-					const optBranch = isLast ? uiTheme.tree.last : uiTheme.tree.branch;
-					const selectedLabel = renderInlineMarkdown(r.selectedOptions[j], mdTheme, t =>
-						uiTheme.fg("toolOutput", t),
-					);
-					answerLines.push(
-						`${continuation}${uiTheme.fg("dim", optBranch)} ${uiTheme.fg("success", optionMarker(uiTheme, r.multi, true))} ${selectedLabel}`,
-					);
-				}
-				if (answerLines.length > 0) {
-					container.addChild(new Text(answerLines.join("\n"), 0, 0));
-				}
-				if (r.customInput !== undefined) {
-					container.addChild(new Text(renderCustomInput(uiTheme, continuation, r.customInput, true, false), 0, 0));
-				} else if (r.selectedOptions.length === 0) {
-					container.addChild(
-						new Text(
-							`${continuation}${uiTheme.fg("dim", uiTheme.tree.last)} ${uiTheme.styledSymbol("status.warning", "warning")} ${uiTheme.fg("warning", "Cancelled")}`,
-							0,
-							0,
-						),
-					);
-				}
+				container.addChild(
+					new Text(
+						renderAnswerOptions(uiTheme, mdTheme, linePrefix, r.options, r.selectedOptions, r.multi, r.customInput),
+						0,
+						0,
+					),
+				);
 			}
 			return container;
 		}
@@ -815,33 +842,21 @@ export const askToolRenderer = {
 		container.addChild(new Text(header, 0, 0));
 		container.addChild(new Markdown(details.question, 1, 0, mdTheme, accentStyle));
 
-		const answerLines: string[] = [];
-		if (details.selectedOptions && details.selectedOptions.length > 0) {
-			for (let i = 0; i < details.selectedOptions.length; i++) {
-				const isLast = i === details.selectedOptions.length - 1 && details.customInput === undefined;
-				const branch = isLast ? uiTheme.tree.last : uiTheme.tree.branch;
-				const selectedLabel = renderInlineMarkdown(details.selectedOptions[i], mdTheme, t =>
-					uiTheme.fg("toolOutput", t),
-				);
-				answerLines.push(
-					` ${uiTheme.fg("dim", branch)} ${uiTheme.fg("success", optionMarker(uiTheme, details.multi, true))} ${selectedLabel}`,
-				);
-			}
-		}
-		if (answerLines.length > 0) {
-			container.addChild(new Text(answerLines.join("\n"), 0, 0));
-		}
-		if (details.customInput !== undefined) {
-			container.addChild(new Text(renderCustomInput(uiTheme, " ", details.customInput, true, false), 0, 0));
-		} else if (!details.selectedOptions || details.selectedOptions.length === 0) {
-			container.addChild(
-				new Text(
-					` ${uiTheme.fg("dim", uiTheme.tree.last)} ${uiTheme.styledSymbol("status.warning", "warning")} ${uiTheme.fg("warning", "Cancelled")}`,
-					0,
-					0,
+		container.addChild(
+			new Text(
+				renderAnswerOptions(
+					uiTheme,
+					mdTheme,
+					" ",
+					details.options,
+					details.selectedOptions,
+					details.multi,
+					details.customInput,
 				),
-			);
-		}
+				0,
+				0,
+			),
+		);
 
 		return container;
 	},