diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/Root.tsx b/frontend/packages/agent/src/Root.tsx
index 23d7fed4..dacd3424 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/Root.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/Root.tsx
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ function tokenTotal(u: TokenUsage | null): number | null {
   );
 }
 
+// `?hide=header,input` — an embedding companion window (e.g. a native
+// desktop shell) supplies its own header/composer chrome around this
+// page, so it asks for just the terminal feed. Read once per load (the
+// value can't change without a navigation); comma-separated so both
+// axes can be hidden in one param.
+const hideParam = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("hide");
+const HIDDEN = new Set(hideParam ? hideParam.split(",").filter(Boolean) : []);
+
 export function Root() {
   useApplyThemeOverride(THEME_KEY);
   useApplyMotionOverride(MOTION_KEY);
@@ -82,6 +90,17 @@ export function Root() {
   const { todos, refresh: refreshTodos } = useTodos();
   const [openPanel, setOpenPanel] = useState<OpenPanel>(null);
   const liveStreamRef = useRef<LiveStreamHandle>(null);
+  const hideHeader = HIDDEN.has("header");
+  const hideInput = HIDDEN.has("input");
+  // Body classes, not inline styles: agent.css's `--agent-header-h`/
+  // `--agent-header-real-h`/`--agent-composer-h` custom properties already
+  // drive every dependent calc() (overlay offset, terminal scroll padding)
+  // — zeroing them here collapses all of that in one place instead of
+  // touching each rule.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    document.body.classList.toggle("agent-hide-header", hideHeader);
+    document.body.classList.toggle("agent-hide-input", hideInput);
+  }, [hideHeader, hideInput]);
 
   // Ticks the status badge's "thinking Xm Ys" age once a second,
   // independent of the ~4s `/api/state` poll cadence — without its own
@@ -111,7 +130,7 @@ export function Root() {
       ? `${state.label} // ${state.hive_name}`
       : `${tab} // hyperhive`;
   }, [state?.label, state?.qualified_label, state?.hive_name]);
-  const termInput = (
+  const termInput = hideInput ? null : (
     <footer class="agent-composer">
       <TermInput
         label={state?.label ?? "…"}
@@ -191,22 +210,24 @@ export function Root() {
   if (!state) {
     return (
       <>
-        <Header label="…" pills={pills}>
-          <StatusChips
-            statusLabel="… connecting"
-            statusTone="neutral"
-            model=""
-            availableModels={[]}
-            onSelectModel={() => {}}
-            effort=""
-            availableEfforts={[]}
-            onSelectEffort={() => {}}
-            paused={false}
-            onTogglePause={() => {}}
-            thinking={false}
-            onCancelTurn={() => Promise.resolve()}
-          />
-        </Header>
+        {hideHeader ? null : (
+          <Header label="…" pills={pills}>
+            <StatusChips
+              statusLabel="… connecting"
+              statusTone="neutral"
+              model=""
+              availableModels={[]}
+              onSelectModel={() => {}}
+              effort=""
+              availableEfforts={[]}
+              onSelectEffort={() => {}}
+              paused={false}
+              onTogglePause={() => {}}
+              thinking={false}
+              onCancelTurn={() => Promise.resolve()}
+            />
+          </Header>
+        )}
         <main className="agent-main">
           <LiveStream ref={liveStreamRef} />
         </main>
@@ -266,51 +287,53 @@ export function Root() {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <Header
-        label={state.label}
-        hiveLabel={
-          [state.swarm_name, state.hive_name].filter(Boolean).join(" / ") ||
-          null
-        }
-        pills={pills}
-      >
-        <StatusChips
-          statusLabel={`${primaryStatus.glyph} ${primaryStatus.text}`}
-          statusTone={primaryStatus.tone}
-          statusTooltip={primaryStatus.tooltip}
-          model={state.model}
-          resolvedModel={state.resolved_model ?? undefined}
-          availableModels={state.available_models}
-          onSelectModel={(name) => {
-            postModel(name).then(() => refresh());
-          }}
-          effort={state.effort}
-          availableEfforts={state.available_efforts}
-          onSelectEffort={(level) => {
-            postEffort(level).then(() => refresh());
-          }}
-          ctxLabel={ctx !== null ? fmtTokens(ctx) : undefined}
-          costLabel={cost !== null ? fmtTokens(cost) : undefined}
-          paused={state.paused}
-          onTogglePause={() => {
-            submitPauseResume(
-              resolveDashboardBase(state.dashboard_port),
-              state.label,
-              state.paused ? "resume" : "pause",
-            ).then(() => refresh());
-          }}
-          thinking={effectiveTurnState === "thinking"}
-          onCancelTurn={() =>
-            postCancelTurn().then((r) => {
-              if (!r.ok)
-                liveStreamRef.current?.pushNote(
-                  `✗ /cancel failed${r.detail ? ": " + r.detail : ""}`,
-                );
-              refresh();
-            })
+      {hideHeader ? null : (
+        <Header
+          label={state.label}
+          hiveLabel={
+            [state.swarm_name, state.hive_name].filter(Boolean).join(" / ") ||
+            null
           }
-        />
-      </Header>
+          pills={pills}
+        >
+          <StatusChips
+            statusLabel={`${primaryStatus.glyph} ${primaryStatus.text}`}
+            statusTone={primaryStatus.tone}
+            statusTooltip={primaryStatus.tooltip}
+            model={state.model}
+            resolvedModel={state.resolved_model ?? undefined}
+            availableModels={state.available_models}
+            onSelectModel={(name) => {
+              postModel(name).then(() => refresh());
+            }}
+            effort={state.effort}
+            availableEfforts={state.available_efforts}
+            onSelectEffort={(level) => {
+              postEffort(level).then(() => refresh());
+            }}
+            ctxLabel={ctx !== null ? fmtTokens(ctx) : undefined}
+            costLabel={cost !== null ? fmtTokens(cost) : undefined}
+            paused={state.paused}
+            onTogglePause={() => {
+              submitPauseResume(
+                resolveDashboardBase(state.dashboard_port),
+                state.label,
+                state.paused ? "resume" : "pause",
+              ).then(() => refresh());
+            }}
+            thinking={effectiveTurnState === "thinking"}
+            onCancelTurn={() =>
+              postCancelTurn().then((r) => {
+                if (!r.ok)
+                  liveStreamRef.current?.pushNote(
+                    `✗ /cancel failed${r.detail ? ": " + r.detail : ""}`,
+                  );
+                refresh();
+              })
+            }
+          />
+        </Header>
+      )}
       <main className="agent-main">
         {state.status === "needs_login_idle" ||
         state.status === "needs_login_in_progress" ? (
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
index b0b8ec7a..15bbf887 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@
   --agent-frost-blur: blur(12px) saturate(140%);
 }
 
+/* `?hide=header,input` (per-agent-page embed mode): `Root.tsx` toggles
+   these body classes when it omits `<Header>`/the composer footer.
+   Zeroing the custom properties here — rather than overriding each
+   dependent rule — collapses every calc() that reads them (overlay
+   offset, terminal scroll padding) in one place. */
+body.agent-hide-header {
+  --agent-header-h: 0px;
+  --agent-header-real-h: 0px;
+}
+body.agent-hide-input {
+  --agent-composer-h: 0px;
+}
+
 html,
 body {
   height: 100%;