diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index e9bff77..fdf5b53 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ function App() {
   const [triageError, setTriageError] = useState('')
   const [triageBatchStatus, setTriageBatchStatus] = useState<'idle' | 'running'>('idle')
   const [triageEditMode, setTriageEditMode] = useState(false)
+  const [triageClarificationAnswer, setTriageClarificationAnswer] = useState('')
   const [triageSavedMessage, setTriageSavedMessage] = useState('')
   const [showManualFeatureEditor, setShowManualFeatureEditor] = useState(false)
   const [showManualParkingEditor, setShowManualParkingEditor] = useState(false)
@@ -656,6 +657,7 @@ function App() {
     setTriageOpen(true)
     setTriageError('')
     setTriageEditMode(false)
+    setTriageClarificationAnswer('')
     setTriageSavedMessage('')
     setTriageStatus(triageRecommendation && !seed ? 'ready' : 'idle')
     if (seed) {
@@ -671,6 +673,7 @@ function App() {
     setTriageStatus('idle')
     setTriageError('')
     setTriageEditMode(false)
+    setTriageClarificationAnswer('')
   }
 
   const openDecisionPulse = (pulseId?: string | null) => {
@@ -741,7 +744,7 @@ function App() {
       .map((pulse) => ({ message: pulse.message, evidence_refs: pulse.evidence_refs })),
   })
 
-  const runAiTriage = async () => {
+  const runAiTriage = async (optionalContextOverride?: string) => {
     const rawIdea = triageDraft.rawIdea.trim()
     if (!rawIdea) {
       setTriageError('Write the idea first. The scope goblin needs bait.')
@@ -749,6 +752,8 @@ function App() {
       return
     }
 
+    const optionalContext = optionalContextOverride ?? triageDraft.optionalContext.trim()
+
     setTriageStatus('loading')
     setTriageError('')
     setTriageSavedMessage('')
@@ -757,7 +762,7 @@ function App() {
     try {
       const recommendation = await triageIdeaWithAi({
         raw_idea: rawIdea,
-        optional_context: triageDraft.optionalContext.trim(),
+        optional_context: optionalContext,
         app_context: buildAiTriageContext(),
       })
       const timestamp = nowIso()
@@ -765,7 +770,7 @@ function App() {
         id: `rec_${slugify(rawIdea)}_${timestamp.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '')}`,
         created_at: timestamp,
         raw_idea: rawIdea,
-        optional_context: triageDraft.optionalContext.trim(),
+        optional_context: optionalContext,
         context_summary: `${appState.project.name}: ${appState.project.current_goal}`,
         ...recommendation,
         user_decision: 'pending',
@@ -786,6 +791,7 @@ function App() {
       })
       setTriageStatus('ready')
       setTriageEditMode(false)
+      setTriageClarificationAnswer('')
       setStatusMessage(`AI suggested ${placementLabels[fullRecommendation.suggested_placement]} with ${fullRecommendation.scope_risk} scope risk.`)
     } catch (error) {
       setTriageStatus('error')
@@ -1203,6 +1209,28 @@ function App() {
     setStatusMessage('Pulse deleted.')
   }
 
+  const answerClarifyingQuestion = async () => {
+    const answer = triageClarificationAnswer.trim()
+    if (!answer) {
+      setTriageError('Give the AI a real answer first.')
+      setTriageStatus('error')
+      return
+    }
+
+    const mergedContext = [triageDraft.optionalContext.trim(), `Clarification answer: ${answer}`]
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .join('\n\n')
+
+    setTriageDraft((current) => ({
+      ...current,
+      optionalContext: mergedContext,
+    }))
+    setTriageRecommendation(null)
+    setTriageEditMode(false)
+    setStatusMessage('Re-running triage with your clarification…')
+    await runAiTriage(mergedContext)
+  }
+
   const copyMarkdown = async (filename: string) => {
     try {
       await navigator.clipboard.writeText(markdownPackage[filename as keyof typeof markdownPackage])
@@ -1274,8 +1302,10 @@ function App() {
           ? `${target} handoff for “${feature.title}” copied${shouldLogIntent ? ' and INTENT logged' : ''}.`
           : `${target} handoff copied${shouldLogIntent ? ' and INTENT logged' : ''}.`,
       )
+      return true
     } catch {
       setStatusMessage('Clipboard copy failed. Browser said no.')
+      return false
     }
   }
 
@@ -1292,9 +1322,15 @@ function App() {
   }
 
   const syncHandoffPreviewTarget = (target: (typeof PROMPT_TARGETS)[number]) => {
-    const { prompt } = buildHandoffPrompt(handoffPreviewFeatureId || undefined, target)
+    const { prompt } = buildHandoffPrompt(handoffPreviewFeatureId || undefined, handoffPreviewTarget)
+    if (handoffPreviewDraft.trim() !== prompt.trim()) {
+      const shouldReplace = window.confirm('Switching target will replace your current edits with the new preset. Continue?')
+      if (!shouldReplace) return
+    }
+
+    const { prompt: nextPrompt } = buildHandoffPrompt(handoffPreviewFeatureId || undefined, target)
     setHandoffPreviewTarget(target)
-    setHandoffPreviewDraft(prompt)
+    setHandoffPreviewDraft(nextPrompt)
   }
 
   const resetHandoffPreview = () => {
@@ -1621,16 +1657,20 @@ function App() {
 
                     <div className="triage-step-card triage-decision-box">
                       <p className="eyebrow">Step 3 of 3</p>
-                      <h3>Choose action</h3>
-                      <p>AI advises. You decide.</p>
+                      <h3>{triageNeedsClarification ? 'Clarify before deciding' : 'Choose action'}</h3>
+                      <p>{triageNeedsClarification ? 'Answer the question, then re-run triage with the missing detail.' : 'AI advises. You decide.'}</p>
                       <div className="button-row triage-action-stack">
                         {triageNeedsClarification ? (
                           <>
-                            <button type="button" onClick={() => setTriageEditMode(true)}>Answer Question</button>
+                            <button type="button" className="primary" onClick={() => {
+                              setTriageEditMode(true)
+                              setStatusMessage('Answer the clarification question below, then re-run triage.')
+                            }}>Answer + Retry</button>
                             <button type="button" className="ghost" onClick={() => {
                               setTriageRecommendation(null)
                               setTriageStatus('idle')
                               setTriageEditMode(false)
+                              setTriageClarificationAnswer('')
                             }}>Edit Idea</button>
                             <button type="button" className="danger small" onClick={rejectTriageRecommendation}>Reject</button>
                           </>
@@ -1656,7 +1696,32 @@ function App() {
 
                     {triageEditMode && (
                       <div className="triage-step-card triage-edit-fields form-grid">
-                        <p className="eyebrow">Edit before saving</p>
+                        <p className="eyebrow">{triageNeedsClarification ? 'Answer and refine' : 'Edit before saving'}</p>
+                        {triageNeedsClarification && (
+                          <>
+                            <div className="triage-callout warning full-span">
+                              <strong>Answer the question</strong>
+                              <p>{triageRecommendation?.clarifying_question || 'Clarify the idea, then re-run triage.'}</p>
+                            </div>
+                            <label className="full-span">
+                              Your answer
+                              <textarea
+                                rows={4}
+                                value={triageClarificationAnswer}
+                                onChange={(event) => setTriageClarificationAnswer(event.target.value)}
+                                placeholder="Add the missing detail so the AI can classify the idea properly."
+                              />
+                            </label>
+                            <div className="button-inline-row full-span">
+                              <button type="button" onClick={() => void answerClarifyingQuestion()} disabled={triageStatus === 'loading'}>
+                                {triageStatus === 'loading' ? 'Re-running…' : 'Re-run with Answer'}
+                              </button>
+                              <button type="button" className="ghost small" onClick={() => setTriageEditMode(false)}>
+                                Hide Clarification
+                              </button>
+                            </div>
+                          </>
+                        )}
                         <label>
                           Placement
                           <select value={triageEditable.placement} onChange={(event) => setTriageEditable((current) => ({ ...current, placement: event.target.value as AiPlacement }))}>
@@ -1734,7 +1799,7 @@ function App() {
                     <button
                       key={target}
                       type="button"
-                      className={handoffPreviewTarget === target ? 'small' : 'ghost small'}
+                      className={handoffPreviewTarget === target ? 'primary small' : 'ghost small'}
                       onClick={() => syncHandoffPreviewTarget(target)}
                     >
                       {target}
@@ -1742,6 +1807,7 @@ function App() {
                   ))}
                 </div>
                 <p className="tap-hint">Preview mode is the safer path when you want to edit wording or create a clean INTENT pulse.</p>
+                <p className="tap-hint">Switching targets resets the draft to that target’s preset.</p>
                 <div className="button-inline-row">
                   <button type="button" className="ghost small" onClick={resetHandoffPreview}>Reset to preset</button>
                   <button type="button" className="ghost small" onClick={() => openFeatureHandoff(handoffPreviewFeature.id)}>Open in Export</button>
@@ -1761,19 +1827,20 @@ function App() {
             <div className="button-row sheet-actions">
               <button
                 type="button"
-                onClick={() => {
-                  void copyFocusedHandoff(handoffPreviewFeature.id, handoffPreviewTarget, false, handoffPreviewDraft)
-                  setHandoffPreviewOpen(false)
+                className="ghost"
+                onClick={async () => {
+                  const ok = await copyFocusedHandoff(handoffPreviewFeature.id, handoffPreviewTarget, false, handoffPreviewDraft)
+                  if (ok) setHandoffPreviewOpen(false)
                 }}
               >
                 Copy Handoff
               </button>
               <button
                 type="button"
-                className="ghost"
-                onClick={() => {
-                  void copyFocusedHandoff(handoffPreviewFeature.id, handoffPreviewTarget, true, handoffPreviewDraft)
-                  setHandoffPreviewOpen(false)
+                className="primary"
+                onClick={async () => {
+                  const ok = await copyFocusedHandoff(handoffPreviewFeature.id, handoffPreviewTarget, true, handoffPreviewDraft)
+                  if (ok) setHandoffPreviewOpen(false)
                 }}
               >
                 Copy + INTENT Pulse
@@ -1848,13 +1915,14 @@ function App() {
                       Log Feature Pulse
                     </button>
                     <button type="button" className="ghost small" onClick={() => openFeatureHandoff(selectedFeature.id)}>
-                      Prepare AI Handoff
+                      Open in Export
                     </button>
-                    <button type="button" className="ghost small" onClick={() => openHandoffPreview(selectedFeature.id, 'OpenClaw')}>
+                    <button type="button" className="primary small" onClick={() => openHandoffPreview(selectedFeature.id, 'OpenClaw')}>
                       Preview / Edit Handoff
                     </button>
                   </div>
-                  <p className="tap-hint">Quick copy if you already know the target. Use preview when you want to tweak the brief or log an INTENT cleanly.</p>
+                  <p className="tap-hint">Preview is the safer path. Quick-copy is for when you already know the target and do not need edits.</p>
+                  <p className="tap-hint">Quick copy targets</p>
                   <div className="button-inline-row">
                     <button type="button" className="ghost small" onClick={() => void copyFocusedHandoff(selectedFeature.id, 'OpenClaw', false)}>
                       Copy for OpenClaw
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index 62b856f..1fc582d 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -325,26 +325,43 @@ textarea {
 button,
 .import-label {
   border: 0;
-  border-radius: 14px;
+  border-radius: 10px;
   background: linear-gradient(135deg, #60a5fa, #818cf8);
   color: white;
   padding: 0.8rem 1rem;
-  transition: transform 120ms ease, opacity 120ms ease;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
+  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(37, 99, 235, 0.2);
+  transition: transform 120ms ease, opacity 120ms ease, box-shadow 120ms ease, background 120ms ease;
 }
 
 button:hover,
 .import-label:hover {
   transform: translateY(-1px);
+  box-shadow: 0 14px 28px rgba(37, 99, 235, 0.24);
+}
+
+button.primary {
+  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #67e8f9, #818cf8);
+  color: #06111c;
 }
 
 button.ghost,
 .import-label {
-  background: rgba(30, 41, 59, 0.84);
-  border: 1px solid rgba(148, 163, 184, 0.16);
+  background: rgba(18, 25, 40, 0.88);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(148, 163, 184, 0.18);
+  color: #dbe7ff;
+  box-shadow: none;
+}
+
+button.ghost:hover,
+.import-label:hover {
+  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.22);
 }
 
 button.danger {
   background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f97316, #ef4444);
+  color: white;
 }
 
 button.small {
@@ -946,7 +963,7 @@ body::before {
   overscroll-behavior-x: contain;
   scrollbar-width: none;
   border: 1px solid rgba(148, 163, 184, 0.2);
-  border-radius: 999px;
+  border-radius: 18px;
   background: rgba(3, 7, 18, 0.78);
   box-shadow: 0 18px 36px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28);
   backdrop-filter: blur(18px);
@@ -958,7 +975,7 @@ body::before {
 
 .tab {
   min-width: 8.5rem;
-  border-radius: 999px;
+  border-radius: 14px;
   border-color: transparent;
   background: transparent;
   color: #9fb0c9;