diff --git a/src/story-mode.ts b/src/story-mode.ts
index ed47aab3..db95cf5e 100644
--- a/src/story-mode.ts
+++ b/src/story-mode.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ interface ReducedInput {
   headline?: string;
   /** How many commits a save makes, when more than one. */
   commits?: number;
+  /** The first commit's message, when the command spells it out. */
+  subject?: string;
   /** Files a Bash call writes through here-documents. */
   writes?: StoryEdit[];
   description?: string;
@@ -458,6 +460,21 @@ function echoWrites(command: string, cwd?: string): StoryEdit[] {
   return out;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The first commit's message in a command: `-m "..."` / `-m '...'`, or the first line of the
+ * here-document a `git commit -F -` reads.
+ */
+function commitSubject(command: string): string | undefined {
+  // `-m`, a combined `-am` / `-qm`, or `--message`; a trailer (`Co-Authored-By:`) is never the subject.
+  const m = /\bgit\b[^\n;&|]*\bcommit\b[^\n;&|]*?\s-(?:[a-zA-Z]*m|-message=?)\s*(["'])((?:(?!\1)[\s\S])*)\1/.exec(
+    command
+  );
+  const first = m?.[2].split('\n')[0].trim();
+  if (first && !/^[\w-]+-By:/i.test(first)) return clip(first, 100);
+  const f = /\bgit\b[^\n;&|]*\bcommit\b[^\n]*\s-F\s*-[^\n]*<<-?\s*(['"]?)(\w+)\1[^\n]*\n([^\n]*)/.exec(command);
+  return f && f[3].trim() && f[3].trim() !== f[2] ? clip(f[3].trim(), 100) : undefined;
+}
+
 /** A here-document's body is data, not commands: `cat > a.py <<'EOF' ... EOF` keeps only its first line. */
 function withoutHeredocBodies(command: string): string {
   const out: string[] = [];
@@ -632,7 +649,8 @@ export function reportsProblems(output: string): boolean {
  * Scans the last lines only; returns null when no summary is recognisable.
  */
 export function parseTestCounts(output: string): StoryTests | null {
-  const lines = output.split('\n').slice(-40).reverse();
+  // The newest summary wins; a long output is searched from its end (the last 2,000 lines).
+  const lines = output.split('\n').slice(-2000).reverse();
   // node:test (TAP `# pass 7` / spec reporter `ℹ pass 7`), with its own fail line.
   const nodePass = lines.map((l) => /^\s*[#ℹ]\s*pass\s+(\d+)\s*$/.exec(l)).find(Boolean);
   if (nodePass) {
@@ -807,6 +825,10 @@ function reduceInput(name: string, input: unknown, cwd?: string): ReducedInput {
         else if (heads.some((h) => /^git push\b/.test(h))) input.ships = 'push';
         const commits = heads.filter((h) => /^git commit\b/.test(h)).length;
         if (commits > 1 || (commits && intent !== 'save')) input.commits = commits;
+        if (commits) {
+          const subject = commitSubject(full);
+          if (subject) input.subject = subject;
+        }
       }
       return input;
     }
@@ -1004,7 +1026,8 @@ export function createStoryReducer({ sidechain = false }: { sidechain?: boolean
           if (name === 'Bash' && /^\s*Command running in background with ID:/.test(text)) {
             result.background = true;
           } else if (name === 'Bash') {
-            const tests = parseTestCounts(tail.text);
+            // Counted on the whole output: a later command's lines can push the summary out of the tail.
+            const tests = parseTestCounts(text);
             if (tests) result.tests = tests;
             const intent = call?.input.intent;
             if ((intent === 'build' || intent === 'test') && reportsProblems(tail.text)) result.problems = true;
@@ -1299,6 +1322,7 @@ function toolEvent(e: Extract<StoryEntry, { k: 'tool' }>, actor: StoryActor): St
   if (i.ships) ev.ships = i.ships;
   if (i.headline) ev.headline = i.headline;
   if (i.commits) ev.commits = i.commits;
+  if (i.subject) ev.subject = i.subject;
   if (i.writes) ev.edits = i.writes;
   if (i.offset) ev.line = i.offset;
   if (e.name === 'Bash' && i.description) ev.description = i.description;
@@ -2159,6 +2183,9 @@ function decorate(draft: DraftPanel, events: StoryEvent[], turn: StoryTurn, inde
       if (savedAnyway) panel.ok = true;
       const commits = evs.reduce((n, e) => n + (e.commits ?? (e.intent === 'save' ? 1 : 0)), 0);
       const inCommits = commits > 1 ? ` in ${commits} commits` : '';
+      // One commit: its message says what was saved.
+      const subject = commits === 1 ? evs.find((e) => e.subject)?.subject : undefined;
+      const said = subject ? `: "${clip(subject, 60).replace(/[.]$/, '')}"` : '';
       story = savedAnyway
         ? ships === 'push'
           ? `Claude saves the work${inCommits} and uploads it, but a step after that fails.`
@@ -2172,8 +2199,8 @@ function decorate(draft: DraftPanel, events: StoryEvent[], turn: StoryTurn, inde
           : ships === 'pr'
             ? 'Claude opens a pull request.'
             : ships === 'push'
-              ? `Claude saves the work${inCommits} and uploads it.`
-              : `Claude saves the work${inCommits}.`;
+              ? `Claude saves the work${inCommits} and uploads it${said}.`
+              : `Claude saves the work${inCommits}${said}.`;
       const wrote = unique(edits.map((d) => d.file)).length;
       if (wrote && story.startsWith('Claude ')) story = `Claude writes ${plural(wrote, 'file')} and ${story.slice(7)}`;
       director = `${evs.map(shortCommand).slice(0, 2).join(' · ')}${errors ? ` · ${plural(errors, 'error')}` : ''}${
diff --git a/src/types/story.ts b/src/types/story.ts
index fdd76514..6f0093b1 100644
--- a/src/types/story.ts
+++ b/src/types/story.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ export interface StoryEvent {
   ships?: 'pr' | 'push';
   /** How many commits a Bash call makes (`git commit` segments). */
   commits?: number;
+  /** The first commit's message, when the command spells it out (`-m "..."` or a here-document). */
+  subject?: string;
   /** Who a prompt came from (a prompt added mid-turn can come from someone other than the turn's starter). */
   origin?: StoryTurnOrigin;
   output?: string;
diff --git a/src/web/public/story-mode.css b/src/web/public/story-mode.css
index 6333a370..be815cef 100644
--- a/src/web/public/story-mode.css
+++ b/src/web/public/story-mode.css
@@ -731,10 +731,10 @@ body.story-open .toast-container {
     padding-right: max(16px, env(safe-area-inset-right, 0px));
   }
   .story-drawer {
-    top: auto;
+    top: calc(var(--story-bar-h, 18vh) + 6px);
     left: 0;
     width: auto;
-    height: 82vh;
+    height: auto;
     border-left: 0;
     border-top: 3px solid var(--story-ink);
     padding-left: env(safe-area-inset-left, 0px);
@@ -933,6 +933,42 @@ body.story-open .toast-container {
   content: '✓ ';
 }
 
+/* Touch screens: every control a finger can hit (44 px), and the small type a little larger. */
+@media (pointer: coarse) {
+  .story-btn,
+  .story-drawer-close {
+    min-width: 44px;
+    min-height: 44px;
+  }
+  .story-seg-btn,
+  .story-save,
+  .story-btn-s,
+  .story-chips li > * {
+    min-height: 44px;
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
+  .story-link {
+    padding-block: 6px;
+  }
+  .story-cap-dir,
+  .story-ev,
+  .story-code,
+  .story-pre {
+    font-size: 13px;
+  }
+}
+/* A phone on its side: the sheet's head takes less of the little height there is. */
+@media (max-height: 480px) {
+  .story-drawer-head {
+    gap: 2px;
+    padding-block: 6px;
+  }
+  .story-drawer-sub {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
   .story-fresh *,
   .story-arrive,
diff --git a/src/web/public/story-mode.js b/src/web/public/story-mode.js
index 93610c6e..9d6a3c86 100644
--- a/src/web/public/story-mode.js
+++ b/src/web/public/story-mode.js
@@ -1702,6 +1702,18 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     drawer.hidden = true;
     drawer.setAttribute('role', 'dialog');
     const drawerHead = el('header', 'story-drawer-head');
+    // A sheet comes down the way it went up: drag its head down to close it.
+    let dragFrom = null;
+    drawerHead.addEventListener('touchstart', (e) => (dragFrom = e.touches[0]?.clientY ?? null), { passive: true });
+    drawerHead.addEventListener(
+      'touchend',
+      (e) => {
+        const y = e.changedTouches[0]?.clientY;
+        if (dragFrom !== null && y !== undefined && y - dragFrom > 70) this._storyCloseDrawer();
+        dragFrom = null;
+      },
+      { passive: true }
+    );
     const drawerKind = el('span', 'story-drawer-kind');
     const drawerLive = el('span', 'story-live story-drawer-live');
     drawerLive.append(el('i'), el('span', null, 'LIVE'));
@@ -1808,6 +1820,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
 
   _storyPickTurn(id) {
     const st = this._story;
+    st.picked = true; // a turn you chose is not news to announce
     const turns = st.data?.turns || [];
     st.turnId = id && id !== turns[turns.length - 1]?.id ? id : null;
     st.first = true;
@@ -1947,7 +1960,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       }
       // A finished newest page: look again now and then (a local command like /compact raises no
       // hook). An unchanged page is a 304.
-      if (!st.turnId && Date.now() - (st.lastIdlePoll || 0) > STORY_IDLE_POLL_MS) {
+      // Parked on an older turn: the turn list still learns about new turns now and then.
+      if (Date.now() - (st.lastIdlePoll || 0) > STORY_IDLE_POLL_MS) {
         st.lastIdlePoll = Date.now();
         this._storyRefresh();
       }
@@ -2066,6 +2080,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     if (page) sel.value = page.id;
     sel.disabled = turns.length < 2;
     const idx = page ? turns.findIndex((t) => t.id === page.id) : -1;
+    sel.setAttribute('aria-label', idx >= 0 ? `Turn ${idx + 1} of ${turns.length}` : 'Turn');
     st.prev.disabled = idx <= 0;
     st.next.disabled = idx < 0 || idx >= turns.length - 1;
     st.live.hidden = !(page && !page.complete && !page.interrupted && !st.turnId);
@@ -2102,7 +2117,9 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     const first = st.announced === undefined;
     const newTurn = !first && !st.announced.startsWith(`${page.id}|`);
     st.announced = key;
-    if (first) return;
+    const picked = st.picked;
+    st.picked = false;
+    if (first || (picked && newTurn)) return;
     const last = page.panels[page.panels.length - 1];
     const finished = `${done ? `Turn finished. ${last?.caption.story || ''}` : ''}`.trim();
     box.textContent = newTurn ? `New turn: ${page.prompt.slice(0, 140)}${finished ? `. ${finished}` : ''}` : finished;
@@ -2893,6 +2910,9 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     st.drawerSeen = new Set();
     st.drawerEl.hidden = false;
     st.root.classList.add('has-drawer');
+    // On a phone the drawer is a sheet from the bottom: it starts below the bar, whatever its height.
+    const bar = st.root.querySelector('.story-bar');
+    if (bar) st.root.style.setProperty('--story-bar-h', `${bar.offsetHeight}px`);
     this._storyRenderDrawer(true);
     st.drawerEl.querySelector('.story-drawer-close')?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
   },
@@ -3251,6 +3271,17 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     if (ev.output !== undefined) {
       section.append(this._storyLinkifiedPre(ev.output));
       if (ev.outputTruncated) section.append(el('p', 'story-empty', 'Only the end of this output is kept.'));
+      // A command that also wrote files (a here-document) offers the change, not only what it printed.
+      if (ev.edits?.length) {
+        const b = el(
+          'button',
+          'story-btn-s',
+          `See the ${ev.edits.length === 1 ? 'file' : `${ev.edits.length} files`} it wrote`
+        );
+        b.type = 'button';
+        b.dataset.storyOpen = `diff:event:${index}`;
+        section.append(b);
+      }
     } else if (ev.outputTruncated) {
       section.append(el('p', 'story-empty', 'This output was left out to keep a long turn fast.'));
     } else if (target && !target.startsWith('output:')) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/compact-then-plan-mode.expected.json b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/compact-then-plan-mode.expected.json
index b08f4c05..2f2b4995 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/compact-then-plan-mode.expected.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/compact-then-plan-mode.expected.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"feat: add clamp() with pytest coverage\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -F -",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"feat: add wrap() for modular wrapping into a range\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -F -",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/failing-test-on-purpose.expected.json b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/failing-test-on-purpose.expected.json
index e90e8237..928414ac 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/failing-test-on-purpose.expected.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/failing-test-on-purpose.expected.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"feat: add slugify module with node:test suite\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -F -",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"test: cover empty-string input for slugify\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -F -",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/long-turn-prompt-added.expected.json b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/long-turn-prompt-added.expected.json
index 5cd0fb97..62c4e4da 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/long-turn-prompt-added.expected.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/long-turn-prompt-added.expected.json
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"docs: changelog\".",
         "director": "git commit -m \"docs: changelog\" -m \"Co-Authored-By: Claude…",
         "balloon": "Step 10:",
         "tests": null,
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"docs: changelog entry\".",
         "director": "git commit -am \"docs: changelog entry\" -m \"Co-Authored-By:…",
         "balloon": "Step 15:",
         "tests": null,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/python-cli-fix-loop.expected.json b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/python-cli-fix-loop.expected.json
index c96c7a4d..0e1d6be8 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/python-cli-fix-loop.expected.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/python-cli-fix-loop.expected.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude writes 1 file and saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude writes 1 file and saves the work: \"chore: ignore Python and pytest caches\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -m \"chore: ignore Python and pytest caches · writes 1 file",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json
index f1abdad9..ea174129 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/teammates-then-interrupt.expected.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude writes 2 files and saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude writes 2 files and saves the work: \"feat: add package.json and index.js with add and slugify\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -m \"feat: add package.json and index.js with… · writes 2 files",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"test: add node:test suite for add and slugify\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -m \"test: add node:test suite for add and slu…",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"docs: add CONTRIBUTING.md\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -m \"docs: add CONTRIBUTING.md",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"refactor: split index.js into lib/ modules behind an index.…\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -m \"refactor: split index.js into lib/ module…",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"docs: add full JSDoc to every function and module\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -m \"docs: add full JSDoc to every function an…",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/web-page-node-test.expected.json b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/web-page-node-test.expected.json
index 25b07845..7735f903 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/story-corpus/web-page-node-test.expected.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/story-corpus/web-page-node-test.expected.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "save",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude saves the work: \"feat: add pomodoro timer with tests\".",
         "director": "git commit -q -m \"feat: add pomodoro timer with tests\" -m \"…",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
diff --git a/test/story-mode.test.ts b/test/story-mode.test.ts
index 00735647..6d83ac2e 100644
--- a/test/story-mode.test.ts
+++ b/test/story-mode.test.ts
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ describe('buildStoryPage', () => {
     expect(byKind.backup.caption.director).toContain('3 calls inside');
     expect(byKind.loop).toMatchObject({ rounds: 2, ok: true, added: 2, removed: 1 });
     expect(byKind.loop.caption.story).toBe('Fix and test: the first run fails, the second passes.');
-    expect(byKind.save.caption.story).toBe('Claude saves the work.');
+    expect(byKind.save.caption.story).toBe('Claude saves the work: "fix: banner".');
     expect(byKind.complete.caption.story).toBe('Done in 7 minutes.');
     expect(byKind.complete.caption.director).toContain('7 min 12 s');
   });