diff --git a/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/index.ts b/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/index.ts
index ea73bca..b7334d6 100644
--- a/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/index.ts
+++ b/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { SubprocessRpcRunner } from "./runner.ts";
 import { Supervisor } from "./supervisor.ts";
 import { milestoneNotification } from "./status.ts";
 import type { SpawnRequest, SubagentStatus } from "./types.ts";
-import { widget } from "./ui.ts";
+import { attachedChildView, widget } from "./ui.ts";
 
 let supervisor: Supervisor | undefined;
 let lastDiagnostics: Diagnostics = { warnings: [] };
@@ -230,6 +230,28 @@ export default function subagents(pi: ExtensionAPI) {
     },
   });
 
+  pi.registerCommand("subagent-attach", {
+    description: "Open a read-only attached view for a subagent id",
+    handler: async (args, ctx) => {
+      const id = args.trim();
+      if (!id) {
+        ctx.ui.notify("Usage: /subagent-attach <id>", "warning");
+        return;
+      }
+      const currentSupervisor = getSupervisor(ctx);
+      currentSupervisor.status(id);
+      await ctx.ui.custom<void>((tui, _theme, _keybindings, done) => attachedChildView({
+        status: () => currentSupervisor.status(id),
+        activity: () => currentSupervisor.activity(id),
+        onDetach: () => done(),
+        onChange: () => tui.requestRender(),
+      }), {
+        overlay: true,
+        overlayOptions: { width: "90%", maxHeight: "90%", minWidth: 60 },
+      });
+    },
+  });
+
   pi.registerCommand("subagent-wait", {
     description: "Wait for subagent ids separated by spaces",
     handler: async (args, ctx) => {
diff --git a/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/supervisor.ts b/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/supervisor.ts
index 9bcf5a9..7073e8c 100644
--- a/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/supervisor.ts
+++ b/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/supervisor.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {
   ChildHandle,
   ChildRecord,
   ChildRunner,
+  SubagentActivityEvent,
   ContextMode,
   RunnerActivity,
   RunnerEvents,
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ export class Supervisor {
     return [...this.children.values()].find((child) => child.record === record);
   }
 
-  activity(id: string) {
+  activity(id: string): SubagentActivityEvent[] {
     return this.require(id).record.activityEvents.map((event) => ({ ...event }));
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/ui.test.ts b/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/ui.test.ts
index b659e64..0c7ff57 100644
--- a/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/ui.test.ts
+++ b/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/ui.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import test from "node:test";
 import type { SubagentState, SubagentStatus } from "./types.ts";
-import { renderInspector, renderSummary, widget } from "./ui.ts";
+import { attachedChildView, renderAttachedChildView, renderInspector, renderSummary, widget } from "./ui.ts";
 
 function status(overrides: Partial<SubagentStatus> & { id: string; label: string; state: SubagentState }): SubagentStatus {
   return {
@@ -55,6 +55,42 @@ test("expanded monitor shows concise current activity summaries instead of raw e
   assert.doesNotMatch(rendered.join("\n"), /message_update|private transcript body/u);
 });
 
+test("attached child view is read-only, renders transcript activity, and supports detach plus scrolling", () => {
+  const child = status({ id: "sg-child", label: "Research worker", state: "running" });
+  const activity = Array.from({ length: 24 }, (_, index) => ({
+    type: "message_update",
+    summary: `assistant message ${index + 1}`,
+    at: `2026-08-01T00:00:${String(index + 1).padStart(2, "0")}.000Z`,
+    role: "assistant",
+    text: `captured child message ${index + 1}`,
+  }));
+
+  const bottom = renderAttachedChildView(child, activity, { width: 100, scrollOffset: 0 });
+  assert.match(bottom.join("\n"), /read-only attached view/u);
+  assert.match(bottom.join("\n"), /Esc\/q detach/u);
+  assert.match(bottom.join("\n"), /captured child message 24/u);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(bottom.join("\n"), /> |prompt|send|input channel/ui);
+
+  const scrolled = renderAttachedChildView(child, activity, { width: 100, scrollOffset: 6 });
+  assert.match(scrolled.join("\n"), /captured child message 1[0-9]/u);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(scrolled.join("\n"), /captured child message 24/u);
+
+  let detached = false;
+  const component = attachedChildView({
+    status: () => child,
+    activity: () => activity,
+    onDetach: () => {
+      detached = true;
+    },
+  });
+  component.handleInput("\u001b[A");
+  assert.doesNotMatch(component.render(100).join("\n"), /captured child message 24/u);
+  component.handleInput("\u001b[B");
+  assert.match(component.render(100).join("\n"), /captured child message 24/u);
+  component.handleInput("q");
+  assert.equal(detached, true);
+});
+
 test("expanded monitor renders one truncated row per child with state, elapsed time, and activity marker", () => {
   const lines = renderInspector([
     status({
diff --git a/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/ui.ts b/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/ui.ts
index 25907c4..2176440 100644
--- a/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/ui.ts
+++ b/modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/ui.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { SubagentState, SubagentStatus } from "./types.ts";
+import type { SubagentActivityEvent, SubagentState, SubagentStatus } from "./types.ts";
 
 const COMPACT_GROUPS: Array<{ label: string; states: SubagentState[] }> = [
   { label: "queued", states: ["queued"] },
@@ -46,6 +46,58 @@ export function widget(statuses: SubagentStatus[], expanded: boolean) {
   });
 }
 
+export interface AttachedChildViewOptions {
+  status: () => SubagentStatus;
+  activity: () => SubagentActivityEvent[];
+  onDetach: () => void;
+  onChange?: () => void;
+}
+
+export function attachedChildView(options: AttachedChildViewOptions) {
+  let scrollOffset = 0;
+  return {
+    invalidate() {},
+    render(width: number) {
+      const status = options.status();
+      const activity = options.activity();
+      const lines = renderAttachedChildView(status, activity, { width, scrollOffset });
+      scrollOffset = clampScrollOffset(scrollOffset, transcriptLines(activity).length, attachedViewportHeight(width));
+      return lines;
+    },
+    handleInput(data: string) {
+      const key = keyName(data);
+      if (key === "escape" || data === "q") {
+        options.onDetach();
+        return;
+      }
+      const viewportHeight = attachedViewportHeight(80);
+      if (key === "up") scrollOffset += 1;
+      else if (key === "down") scrollOffset -= 1;
+      else if (key === "pageup") scrollOffset += viewportHeight;
+      else if (key === "pagedown") scrollOffset -= viewportHeight;
+      else return;
+      scrollOffset = clampScrollOffset(scrollOffset, options.activity().length, viewportHeight);
+      options.onChange?.();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export function renderAttachedChildView(status: SubagentStatus, activity: SubagentActivityEvent[], options: { width: number; scrollOffset?: number }): string[] {
+  const viewportHeight = attachedViewportHeight(options.width);
+  const body = transcriptLines(activity);
+  const offset = clampScrollOffset(options.scrollOffset ?? 0, body.length, viewportHeight);
+  const start = Math.max(0, body.length - viewportHeight - offset);
+  const visible = body.slice(start, start + viewportHeight);
+  const scrollHint = body.length > viewportHeight ? ` · ${start + 1}-${start + visible.length}/${body.length}` : "";
+  const lines = [
+    `subagent ${status.id} · ${status.label} · ${STATE_PRESENTATION[status.state].label}`,
+    `read-only attached view · ↑/↓ scroll · PgUp/PgDn · Esc/q detach${scrollHint}`,
+    "",
+    ...(visible.length > 0 ? visible : ["system  no captured child activity yet"]),
+  ];
+  return lines.map((line) => truncateLine(line, options.width));
+}
+
 function renderStatusRow(status: SubagentStatus): string {
   const presentation = STATE_PRESENTATION[status.state];
   const marker = statusMarker(status);
@@ -79,3 +131,47 @@ function truncateLine(line: string, width: number): string {
   if (width === 1) return "…";
   return `${line.slice(0, width - 1)}…`;
 }
+
+function attachedViewportHeight(width: number): number {
+  return width < 60 ? 8 : 18;
+}
+
+function transcriptLines(activity: SubagentActivityEvent[]): string[] {
+  return activity.map((event) => transcriptLine(event));
+}
+
+function transcriptLine(event: SubagentActivityEvent): string {
+  if (event.error) return `tool    ${event.tool ?? event.type} failed: ${event.error}`;
+  if (event.tool) return `tool    ${event.tool}${event.phase ? ` ${event.phase}` : ""}${valueHint(event.input)}`;
+  if (event.text) return `${(event.role ?? "assistant").padEnd(8)} ${event.text}`;
+  if (event.output !== undefined) return `tool    ${event.type} output${valueHint(event.output)}`;
+  return `system  ${event.summary}`;
+}
+
+function valueHint(value: unknown): string {
+  if (value === undefined) return "";
+  if (typeof value === "string") return ` ${truncateActivityHint(value)}`;
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) return "";
+  const path = (value as { path?: unknown }).path;
+  if (typeof path === "string" && path.trim()) return ` ${path.trim()}`;
+  const command = (value as { command?: unknown }).command;
+  if (typeof command === "string" && command.trim()) return ` ${truncateActivityHint(command.trim())}`;
+  return "";
+}
+
+function truncateActivityHint(value: string): string {
+  return value.length <= 80 ? value : `${value.slice(0, 79).trimEnd()}…`;
+}
+
+function clampScrollOffset(offset: number, lineCount: number, viewportHeight: number): number {
+  return Math.max(0, Math.min(offset, Math.max(0, lineCount - viewportHeight)));
+}
+
+function keyName(data: string): string {
+  if (data === "\u001b") return "escape";
+  if (data === "\u001b[A") return "up";
+  if (data === "\u001b[B") return "down";
+  if (data === "\u001b[5~") return "pageup";
+  if (data === "\u001b[6~") return "pagedown";
+  return data;
+}