Tool-request card speaks plainly; declining re-checks for a user-installed copy

Fact strip: 'OpenWorker installs its own verified copy from <publisher>' replaces
supply-chain jargon. On decline the engine re-resolves — a copy the user installed
themselves is handed to the agent as theirs, not treated as a refusal.

surfaces/gui/e2e/toolreq.spec.ts

@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ test("request_tool surfaces a card naming the tool, the reason and the pinned ve
   // the coworker's quoted reason (mixing them is what made the card confusing, 2026-08-14).
   const facts = card.locator(".toolreq-facts");
   await expect(facts).toContainText("8.30.1");
-  await expect(facts).toContainText(/checksum-verified/i);
-  await expect(facts).toContainText("from github.com/gitleaks");
+  // Plain-language consent: who installs (OpenWorker), from where, and the self-install
+  // alternative — no supply-chain jargon on the card (owner feedback 2026-08-15).
+  await expect(facts).toContainText(
+    "OpenWorker installs its own verified copy from github.com/gitleaks — or install it yourself and continue.",
+  );
   // Declining must read as a normal choice that continues the run, not a failure.
   await expect(card.getByTestId("toolreq-skip")).toHaveText("Continue without it");
 });

surfaces/gui/src/components/ToolRequestCard.tsx

@@ -30,20 +30,25 @@ export function ToolRequestCard({
           coworker's quoted ask above — mixing the two voices is what made the card confusing. */}
       {item.installable ? (
         <div className="toolreq-facts">
-          <code>
-            {item.tool}
-            {item.version ? ` ${item.version}` : ""}
-          </code>
-          {item.summary && <span className="toolreq-fact">{item.summary}</span>}
-          <span className="toolreq-fact">pinned &amp; checksum-verified</span>
-          {item.source && <span className="toolreq-fact">from {item.source}</span>}
+          <div className="toolreq-factrow">
+            <code>
+              {item.tool}
+              {item.version ? ` ${item.version}` : ""}
+            </code>
+            {item.summary && <span className="toolreq-fact">{item.summary}</span>}
+          </div>
+          <div className="toolreq-explain">
+            OpenWorker installs its own verified copy
+            {item.source ? ` from ${item.source}` : ""} — or install it yourself and
+            continue.
+          </div>
         </div>
       ) : (
         <div className="toolreq-facts">
-          <span className="toolreq-fact">
-            No verified build is available for this machine — install it yourself if you want
-            this check, or continue and the coworker will note the gap.
-          </span>
+          <div className="toolreq-explain">
+            OpenWorker has no verified build for this machine — install it yourself if you
+            want this check, or continue and the coworker will note the gap.
+          </div>
         </div>
       )}
       <div className="dirreq-actions">

surfaces/gui/src/styles.css

@@ -800,14 +800,15 @@ button.btn.danger { color: var(--accent); }
 /* request_tool fact strip — the product's own metadata (version, publisher, checksum),
    deliberately NOT italic so it can't be misread as the coworker still talking */
 .toolreq-facts {
-  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: baseline; gap: 4px 10px;
   font-size: 12.5px; color: var(--muted); font-style: normal;
   background: var(--paper); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 8px;
   padding: 7px 10px; margin: 2px 0 10px;
 }
 .toolreq-facts code { color: var(--ink); font-size: 12.5px; }
-.toolreq-fact + .toolreq-fact::before,
-.toolreq-facts code + .toolreq-fact::before { content: "· "; color: var(--muted); }
+.toolreq-factrow { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: baseline; gap: 4px 10px; }
+.toolreq-factrow code + .toolreq-fact::before { content: "· "; color: var(--muted); }
+.toolreq-explain { margin-top: 4px; }
+.toolreq-factrow + .toolreq-explain { margin-top: 5px; }
 /* a disabled Install must LOOK disabled — the whole card exists to not oversell */
 .dirreq-actions .btn:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: not-allowed; }
 .dirreq-pathrow { display: flex; gap: 8px; align-items: center; }