Show images read by agents; keep tool-result images with Claude Code

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 All notable changes to CodeCraft. Versions follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/);
 until 1.0, minor versions may contain breaking changes.
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Images read by an agent (Read tool) are shown right away; with Claude Code they were dropped.
+
 ## [v202611-00030] – 2026-11-15
 
 ### Added

server/src/claude_code.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::config::ModelConfig;
 use crate::permission::{Decision, Evaluator, ToolInfo, bash_prefix, is_dangerous, split_command};
 use crate::provider::{ChatRequest, Provider, StreamEvent};
 use crate::store::UsageRecord;
-use crate::types::{Event, Message, Part, Role, Session, Usage, new_id, now_ms};
+use crate::types::{Event, ImageData, Message, Part, Role, Session, Usage, new_id, now_ms};
 use anyhow::{Result, anyhow, bail};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
@@ -286,6 +286,20 @@ fn result_text(content: &Value) -> String {
     }
 }
 
+/// Images inside a tool result (the CLI's Read of a picture): base64 blocks.
+fn result_images(content: &Value) -> Vec<ImageData> {
+    content
+        .as_array()
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten()
+        .filter(|b| b["type"] == "image" && b["source"]["type"] == "base64")
+        .filter_map(|b| {
+            let data = b["source"]["data"].as_str().filter(|d| !d.is_empty())?;
+            Some(ImageData { media_type: b["source"]["media_type"].as_str().unwrap_or("image/png").to_string(), data: data.to_string(), blob: None, size: None })
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 /// Images of the prompt as files the CLI can read (it has no inline image input in this mode).
 fn save_images(cwd: &str, parts: &[Part]) -> Vec<String> {
     use base64::Engine;
@@ -458,7 +472,7 @@ pub async fn run(app: Arc<App>, session_id: &str, cancel: CancellationToken) ->
                     let id = b["tool_use_id"].as_str().unwrap_or("").to_string();
                     let is_error = b["is_error"].as_bool().unwrap_or(false);
                     let meta = if is_error { None } else { diffs.remove(&id).map(|d| json!({"diff": d})) };
-                    parts.push(Part::ToolResult { name: calls.get(&id).cloned().unwrap_or_default(), call_id: id, content: result_text(&b["content"]), images: vec![], is_error, meta });
+                    parts.push(Part::ToolResult { name: calls.get(&id).cloned().unwrap_or_default(), call_id: id, content: result_text(&b["content"]), images: result_images(&b["content"]), is_error, meta });
                 }
                 if !parts.is_empty() {
                     let m = Message::new(Role::User, parts);
@@ -852,6 +866,15 @@ pub async fn update() -> Result<String> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn tool_result_images_are_kept() {
+        let content = json!([{"type": "text", "text": "ok"}, {"type": "image", "source": {"type": "base64", "media_type": "image/jpeg", "data": "QUJD"}}]);
+        let imgs = result_images(&content);
+        assert_eq!(imgs.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!((imgs[0].media_type.as_str(), imgs[0].data.as_str()), ("image/jpeg", "QUJD"));
+        assert!(result_images(&json!("plain text")).is_empty());
+    }
+
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]

web/src/components/ToolCard.tsx

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function ToolCard({ call, result, running, baseDir }: { call: ToolCall; r
   const diffLines = typeof meta?.diff === "string" ? meta.diff.split("\n").length : 0;
   const openByDefault =
     (status === "err" && !!result) ||
-    (!!result && !result.is_error && ((diffLines > 0 && diffLines <= 40) || call.name === "generate_image" || call.name === "generate_3d"));
+    (!!result && !result.is_error && ((diffLines > 0 && diffLines <= 40) || (result.images?.length ?? 0) > 0 || call.name === "generate_image" || call.name === "generate_3d"));
   const open = toggled ?? openByDefault;
 
   return (

web/src/whatsnew.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
  * under "unreleased"; scripts/release.sh renames the key to the release version.
  */
 export const WHATS_NEW: Record<string, { en: string[]; de: string[] }> = {
+  unreleased: {
+    en: ["Images an agent reads are now shown in the chat (also with Claude Code)"],
+    de: ["Bilder, die ein Agent liest, werden jetzt im Chat angezeigt (auch mit Claude Code)"],
+  },
   "202611-00030": {
     en: ["/clear: the model forgets the conversation so far, the chat stays visible"],
     de: ["/clear: das Modell vergisst das bisherige Gespräch, der Chat bleibt sichtbar"],