diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts
index 8a30c3049ff1e..c9c5df71143f2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   findPrevious as findPreviousMatch,
   openFindBar
 } from '@/store/find-in-page'
+import { toggleHud } from '@/store/hud'
 import { $capture, $comboIndex, endCapture, setBinding } from '@/store/keybinds'
 import {
   requestSessionSearchFocus,
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ export function useKeybinds(deps: KeybindRuntimeDeps): void {
     'view.toggleReview': toggleReview,
     'view.toggleStatusbar': toggleStatusbarVisible,
     'view.showFiles': showFiles,
+    'view.toggleHud': () => toggleHud($selectedStoredSessionId.get()),
     'view.showTerminal': () => togglePaneVisible('terminal'),
     // Create first so the pane's open-effect ensure sees a non-empty set and
     // doesn't also spawn one — net effect is exactly one fresh terminal.
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx
index 6c3c3e5fc5fdb..9aa02aa67cce5 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { $hapticsMuted, toggleHapticsMuted } from '@/store/haptics'
+import { toggleHud } from '@/store/hud'
+import { $selectedStoredSessionId } from '@/store/session'
 import {
   $fileBrowserOpen,
   $sidebarOpen,
@@ -187,6 +189,20 @@ export function TitlebarControls({ leftTools = [], tools = [], onOpenSettings }:
       label: hapticsMuted ? t.titlebar.unmuteHaptics : t.titlebar.muteHaptics,
       onSelect: toggleHaptics
     },
+    {
+      // No `title`: TitlebarToolButton passes `title` to TipKeybindLabel as a
+      // text OVERRIDE, so a long sentence there replaces the short label and
+      // crowds the ⌘⇧H hint off the tooltip. Label only — the hint is appended
+      // from the action registry, same as every other tool here.
+      actionId: 'view.toggleHud',
+      icon: <Codicon name="comment-discussion" />,
+      id: 'hud',
+      label: t.titlebar.enterHud,
+      onSelect: () => {
+        triggerHaptic('open')
+        toggleHud($selectedStoredSessionId.get())
+      }
+    },
     {
       actionId: 'keybinds.openPanel',
       icon: <Codicon name="keyboard" />,
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts
index 65ba2f448dddf..02e7229400b40 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ export const ar = defineLocale({
     openSettings: 'فتح الإعدادات',
     openStarmap: 'فتح خريطة الذاكرة',
     openKeybinds: 'اختصارات لوحة المفاتيح',
+    enterHud: 'وضع HUD',
+    exitHud: 'إنهاء وضع HUD',
     layoutEditor: 'محرر التخطيط',
     layoutEditorTitle: 'محرر التخطيط — انقر مع ⌘ لإعادة ضبط التخطيط'
   },
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
index ee3eeed7df751..03ae6b5b2c403 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ export const en: Translations = {
     openSettings: 'Open settings',
     openStarmap: 'Open memory graph',
     openKeybinds: 'Keyboard shortcuts',
+    enterHud: 'HUD mode',
+    exitHud: 'Exit HUD mode',
     layoutEditor: 'Layout editor',
     layoutEditorTitle: 'Layout editor — ⌘-click resets the layout'
   },
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ export const en: Translations = {
       'view.toggleReview': 'Toggle review pane',
       'view.toggleStatusbar': 'Toggle status bar',
       'view.showFiles': 'Show file browser',
+      'view.toggleHud': 'Toggle HUD mode',
       'view.showTerminal': 'Toggle terminal',
       'view.newTerminal': 'New terminal',
       'view.nextTerminal': 'Next terminal',
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
index d29f3d38e0178..e9ca76d857bc0 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ export interface Translations {
     openSettings: string
     openStarmap: string
     openKeybinds: string
+    enterHud: string
+    exitHud: string
     layoutEditor: string
     layoutEditorTitle: string
   }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
index bb063e5752d35..e38735e7885e3 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ export const zh: Translations = {
     openSettings: '打开设置',
     openStarmap: '打开记忆图谱',
     openKeybinds: '键盘快捷键',
+    enterHud: 'HUD 模式',
+    exitHud: '退出 HUD 模式',
     layoutEditor: '布局编辑器',
     layoutEditorTitle: '布局编辑器 — ⌘ 点击重置布局'
   },
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts
index 392292bd7c2f7..be2d9d1317674 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ export const KEYBIND_ACTIONS: readonly KeybindActionMeta[] = [
   // ⌘G — "g" for git; the review pane is the source-control view.
   { id: 'view.toggleReview', category: 'view', defaults: ['mod+g'] },
   { id: 'view.showFiles', category: 'view', defaults: [] },
+  // ⌘⇧H — "h" for HUD. Enters/leaves the chrome-free floating chat: the app
+  // window steps aside and a composer + live reply float over whatever the
+  // user is working in. Ships bound because the whole point is leaving the app
+  // without reaching for it — but the titlebar button is the discoverable door.
+  { id: 'view.toggleHud', category: 'view', defaults: ['mod+shift+h'] },
   // Control+` everywhere (literal `ctrl`, NOT `mod`): ⌘` is macOS-reserved for
   // cycling app windows, so VS Code/Cursor/Zed bind the terminal to Ctrl+` on
   // every platform. Off macOS `ctrl` folds to `mod` (= Ctrl), so it's unchanged.