diff --git a/frontend/src/adapters/mock/index.ts b/frontend/src/adapters/mock/index.ts
index 41ba72f..96b380b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/adapters/mock/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/adapters/mock/index.ts
@@ -1662,7 +1662,9 @@ export class MockWorkStateGateway implements WorkStateGateway {
   }
 
   async getProjectWorkState(projectId: string): Promise<ProjectWorkState> {
-    return structuredClone(this.states.get(projectId) ?? { agents: [] });
+    return structuredClone(
+      this.states.get(projectId) ?? { agents: [], conversations: [] },
+    );
   }
 }
 
@@ -1670,6 +1672,7 @@ type LegacyProjectWorkState = {
   agents: Array<Omit<ProjectWorkState["agents"][number], "tickets"> & {
     tickets?: ProjectWorkState["agents"][number]["tickets"];
   }>;
+  conversations?: ProjectWorkState["conversations"];
 };
 
 function normalizeProjectWorkState(
@@ -1680,6 +1683,7 @@ function normalizeProjectWorkState(
       ...structuredClone(agent),
       tickets: structuredClone(agent.tickets ?? []),
     })),
+    conversations: structuredClone(state.conversations ?? []),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/domain/index.ts b/frontend/src/domain/index.ts
index 06cb66a..2319b63 100644
--- a/frontend/src/domain/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/domain/index.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,33 @@ export interface AgentTicketState {
   taskLen: number;
 }
 
+/** Availability of a compact conversation summary in the work-state read-model. */
+export type ConversationPreviewStatus =
+  | "ready"
+  | "missing"
+  | "partial"
+  | "unavailable";
+
+/** Recent turn preview attached to a conversation summary. */
+export interface ConversationTurnWorkPreview {
+  role: "prompt" | "response" | "toolActivity";
+  source: TicketWorkSource;
+  atMs: number;
+  textPreview: string;
+  textLen: number;
+}
+
+/** Compact thread context joined to tickets by conversation id. */
+export interface ConversationWorkSummary {
+  conversationId: string;
+  status: ConversationPreviewStatus;
+  objectivePreview: string | null;
+  summaryPreview: string | null;
+  summaryLen: number;
+  upTo: string | null;
+  recentTurns: ConversationTurnWorkPreview[];
+}
+
 /** One agent row in the project work-state read-model. */
 export interface AgentWorkState {
   agentId: string;
@@ -182,6 +209,7 @@ export interface AgentWorkState {
 /** Minimal read-only live-state surface for a project. */
 export interface ProjectWorkState {
   agents: AgentWorkState[];
+  conversations: ConversationWorkSummary[];
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/workstate/ProjectWorkStatePanel.tsx b/frontend/src/features/workstate/ProjectWorkStatePanel.tsx
index 969c606..0fc783c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/workstate/ProjectWorkStatePanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/workstate/ProjectWorkStatePanel.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
  * and idle/busy state from the backend read-model, plus the current input queue.
  */
 
-import type { AgentTicketState, AgentWorkState } from "@/domain";
+import type {
+  AgentTicketState,
+  AgentWorkState,
+  ConversationPreviewStatus,
+  ConversationWorkSummary,
+} from "@/domain";
 import { Button, Panel, Spinner, cn } from "@/shared";
 import { useProjectWorkState } from "./useProjectWorkState";
 
@@ -27,46 +32,105 @@ function requesterLabel(ticket: AgentTicketState): string {
     : `Agent ${id}`;
 }
 
-function TicketRow({ ticket }: { ticket: AgentTicketState }) {
-  const truncated = ticket.taskLen > ticket.taskPreview.length;
+function summaryLabel(status: ConversationPreviewStatus): string {
+  switch (status) {
+    case "ready":
+      return "Summary";
+    case "missing":
+      return "No summary";
+    case "partial":
+      return "Partial";
+    case "unavailable":
+      return "Unavailable";
+  }
+}
+
+function summaryText(summary: ConversationWorkSummary): string | null {
+  if (summary.objectivePreview) return `Goal: ${summary.objectivePreview}`;
+  if (summary.summaryPreview) return summary.summaryPreview;
+  const lastTurn = summary.recentTurns.at(-1);
+  return lastTurn ? `Last: ${lastTurn.textPreview}` : null;
+}
+
+function ConversationSummaryLine({
+  summary,
+}: {
+  summary: ConversationWorkSummary;
+}) {
+  const text = summaryText(summary);
+  if (!text) return null;
   return (
-    <li className="flex min-w-0 items-start gap-2 text-xs text-muted">
+    <div className="mt-1 flex min-w-0 items-start gap-2 pl-1 text-xs text-muted">
       <span
         className={cn(
           "mt-0.5 shrink-0 rounded-full px-1.5 py-0.5 font-medium",
-          ticket.status === "inProgress"
-            ? "bg-warning/15 text-warning"
+          summary.status === "ready"
+            ? "bg-success/10 text-success"
             : "bg-raised text-muted",
         )}
       >
-        #{ticket.position + 1} {formatStatus(ticket.status)}
+        {summaryLabel(summary.status)}
       </span>
-      <span className="min-w-0 flex-1">
-        <span className="font-medium text-content">{requesterLabel(ticket)}</span>
-        <span className="text-muted"> · </span>
-        <span className="break-words">{ticket.taskPreview}</span>
-        {truncated && (
-          <span
-            aria-label={`${ticket.taskLen - ticket.taskPreview.length} more characters`}
-            className="text-muted"
-          >
-            {" "}
-            +{ticket.taskLen - ticket.taskPreview.length}
-          </span>
-        )}
-      </span>
-      <code
-        aria-label={`ticket ${shortTicket(ticket.ticketId)}`}
-        title={ticket.ticketId}
-        className="mt-0.5 shrink-0 rounded bg-raised px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[11px] text-muted"
-      >
-        {shortTicket(ticket.ticketId)}
-      </code>
+      <span className="min-w-0 break-words">{text}</span>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function TicketRow({
+  ticket,
+  summary,
+}: {
+  ticket: AgentTicketState;
+  summary?: ConversationWorkSummary;
+}) {
+  const truncated = ticket.taskLen > ticket.taskPreview.length;
+  return (
+    <li className="min-w-0 text-xs text-muted">
+      <div className="flex min-w-0 items-start gap-2">
+        <span
+          className={cn(
+            "mt-0.5 shrink-0 rounded-full px-1.5 py-0.5 font-medium",
+            ticket.status === "inProgress"
+              ? "bg-warning/15 text-warning"
+              : "bg-raised text-muted",
+          )}
+        >
+          #{ticket.position + 1} {formatStatus(ticket.status)}
+        </span>
+        <span className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+          <span className="font-medium text-content">{requesterLabel(ticket)}</span>
+          <span className="text-muted"> · </span>
+          <span className="break-words">{ticket.taskPreview}</span>
+          {truncated && (
+            <span
+              aria-label={`${ticket.taskLen - ticket.taskPreview.length} more characters`}
+              className="text-muted"
+            >
+              {" "}
+              +{ticket.taskLen - ticket.taskPreview.length}
+            </span>
+          )}
+        </span>
+        <code
+          aria-label={`ticket ${shortTicket(ticket.ticketId)}`}
+          title={ticket.ticketId}
+          className="mt-0.5 shrink-0 rounded bg-raised px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[11px] text-muted"
+        >
+          {shortTicket(ticket.ticketId)}
+        </code>
+      </div>
+      {summary && <ConversationSummaryLine summary={summary} />}
     </li>
   );
 }
 
-function AgentRow({ agent }: { agent: AgentWorkState }) {
+function AgentRow({
+  agent,
+  conversations,
+}: {
+  agent: AgentWorkState;
+  conversations: Map<string, ConversationWorkSummary>;
+}) {
   const live = agent.live !== undefined;
   const busy = agent.busy.state === "busy";
   const tickets = [...agent.tickets].sort((a, b) => a.position - b.position);
@@ -117,7 +181,11 @@ function AgentRow({ agent }: { agent: AgentWorkState }) {
           className="mt-2 flex flex-col gap-1"
         >
           {tickets.map((ticket) => (
-            <TicketRow key={ticket.ticketId} ticket={ticket} />
+            <TicketRow
+              key={ticket.ticketId}
+              ticket={ticket}
+              summary={conversations.get(ticket.conversationId)}
+            />
           ))}
         </ul>
       )}
@@ -128,6 +196,12 @@ function AgentRow({ agent }: { agent: AgentWorkState }) {
 export function ProjectWorkStatePanel({ projectId }: ProjectWorkStatePanelProps) {
   const vm = useProjectWorkState(projectId);
   const agents = vm.state?.agents ?? [];
+  const conversations = new Map(
+    (vm.state?.conversations ?? []).map((summary) => [
+      summary.conversationId,
+      summary,
+    ]),
+  );
 
   return (
     <Panel
@@ -161,7 +235,11 @@ export function ProjectWorkStatePanel({ projectId }: ProjectWorkStatePanelProps)
       ) : (
         <ul className="flex flex-col divide-y divide-border">
           {agents.map((agent) => (
-            <AgentRow key={agent.agentId} agent={agent} />
+            <AgentRow
+              key={agent.agentId}
+              agent={agent}
+              conversations={conversations}
+            />
           ))}
         </ul>
       )}
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/workstate/workstate.test.tsx b/frontend/src/features/workstate/workstate.test.tsx
index 003dc27..0063029 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/workstate/workstate.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/workstate/workstate.test.tsx
@@ -189,9 +189,159 @@ describe("ProjectWorkStatePanel", () => {
           tickets: [],
         },
       ],
+      conversations: [],
     });
   });
 
+  it("renders conversation objective and summary joined by conversation id", async () => {
+    const workState = new MockWorkStateGateway();
+    workState._setProjectWorkState(PROJECT_ID, {
+      agents: [
+        {
+          agentId: "agent-8",
+          name: "Summarizer",
+          profileId: "codex",
+          busy: { state: "busy", ticket: "ticket-goal-abcdef", sinceMs: 123 },
+          tickets: [
+            {
+              ticketId: "ticket-goal-abcdef",
+              conversationId: "conversation-goal",
+              position: 0,
+              status: "inProgress",
+              source: { kind: "human" },
+              requesterLabel: "Anthony",
+              taskPreview: "Continue implementation",
+              taskLen: 23,
+            },
+            {
+              ticketId: "ticket-summary-abcdef",
+              conversationId: "conversation-summary",
+              position: 1,
+              status: "queued",
+              source: { kind: "agent", agentId: "agent-main-123456" },
+              requesterLabel: "Main",
+              taskPreview: "Follow up",
+              taskLen: 9,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      conversations: [
+        {
+          conversationId: "conversation-summary",
+          status: "ready",
+          objectivePreview: null,
+          summaryPreview: "Previous turn established the adapter boundary.",
+          summaryLen: 47,
+          upTo: "turn-2",
+          recentTurns: [],
+        },
+        {
+          conversationId: "conversation-goal",
+          status: "ready",
+          objectivePreview: "Ship the Work panel summaries",
+          summaryPreview: "This should be lower priority than the goal.",
+          summaryLen: 48,
+          upTo: "turn-1",
+          recentTurns: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    renderPanel(workState);
+
+    const list = await screen.findByLabelText("Summarizer tickets");
+    expect(within(list).getAllByText("Summary")).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(
+      within(list).getByText("Goal: Ship the Work panel summaries"),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      within(list).getByText(
+        "Previous turn established the adapter boundary.",
+      ),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps partial and unavailable summaries compact without hiding tickets", async () => {
+    const workState = new MockWorkStateGateway();
+    workState._setProjectWorkState(PROJECT_ID, {
+      agents: [
+        {
+          agentId: "agent-9",
+          name: "Contextualizer",
+          profileId: "claude",
+          busy: { state: "idle" },
+          tickets: [
+            {
+              ticketId: "ticket-partial-abcdef",
+              conversationId: "conversation-partial",
+              position: 0,
+              status: "inProgress",
+              source: { kind: "agent", agentId: "agent-qa-123456" },
+              requesterLabel: "QA",
+              taskPreview: "Validate partial context",
+              taskLen: 24,
+            },
+            {
+              ticketId: "ticket-unavailable-abcdef",
+              conversationId: "conversation-unavailable",
+              position: 1,
+              status: "queued",
+              source: { kind: "human" },
+              requesterLabel: "Anthony",
+              taskPreview: "Validate unavailable context",
+              taskLen: 28,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+      conversations: [
+        {
+          conversationId: "conversation-partial",
+          status: "partial",
+          objectivePreview: null,
+          summaryPreview: null,
+          summaryLen: 0,
+          upTo: null,
+          recentTurns: [
+            {
+              role: "prompt",
+              source: { kind: "agent", agentId: "agent-qa-123456" },
+              atMs: 100,
+              textPreview: "Only the latest prompt was available.",
+              textLen: 37,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          conversationId: "conversation-unavailable",
+          status: "unavailable",
+          objectivePreview: null,
+          summaryPreview: "Summary service unavailable right now.",
+          summaryLen: 38,
+          upTo: null,
+          recentTurns: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    renderPanel(workState);
+
+    const list = await screen.findByLabelText("Contextualizer tickets");
+    expect(within(list).getByText("#1 In progress")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(within(list).getByText("Validate partial context")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(within(list).getByText("Partial")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      within(list).getByText("Last: Only the latest prompt was available."),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(within(list).getByText("#2 Queued")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(within(list).getByText("Validate unavailable context")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(within(list).getByText("Unavailable")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      within(list).getByText("Summary service unavailable right now."),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
   it("refreshes when a relevant domain event fires", async () => {
     const workState = new MockWorkStateGateway();
     const system = new MockSystemGateway();