diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/eslint-suppressions.json b/ui/litellm-dashboard/eslint-suppressions.json
index b9b27e6cbb5..269348ec054 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -1098,11 +1098,6 @@
       "count": 1
     }
   },
-  "src/app/(dashboard)/transform-request/TransformRequestPanel.tsx": {
-    "no-restricted-imports": {
-      "count": 1
-    }
-  },
   "src/app/(dashboard)/ui-theme/UIThemeSettings.tsx": {
     "no-restricted-imports": {
       "count": 1
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/transform-request/TransformRequestPanel.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/transform-request/TransformRequestPanel.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0add153116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/transform-request/TransformRequestPanel.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import TransformRequestPanel from "./TransformRequestPanel";
+import { transformRequestCall } from "@/components/networking";
+import NotificationsManager from "@/components/molecules/notifications_manager";
+
+vi.mock("@/components/networking", () => ({
+  transformRequestCall: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/components/molecules/notifications_manager", () => ({
+  default: {
+    success: vi.fn(),
+    info: vi.fn(),
+    fromBackend: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+const transformRequestCallMock = vi.mocked(transformRequestCall);
+const notify = vi.mocked(NotificationsManager);
+
+const ACCESS_TOKEN = "sk-test-token";
+
+const getRequestTextarea = () => screen.getByPlaceholderText(/press cmd\/ctrl \+ enter to transform/i);
+
+const getTransformButton = () => screen.getByRole("button", { name: /transform/i });
+
+const getCopyButton = () => screen.getByRole("button", { name: /copy to clipboard/i });
+
+describe("TransformRequestPanel", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("renders both panels, the prefilled request and the placeholder curl", () => {
+    render(<TransformRequestPanel accessToken={ACCESS_TOKEN} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Original Request")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Transformed Request")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/sensitive headers are not shown/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    expect((getRequestTextarea() as HTMLTextAreaElement).value).toContain('"model": "openai/gpt-4o"');
+    expect(screen.getByText(/https:\/\/api\.openai\.com\/v1\/chat\/completions/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: /here/i })).toHaveAttribute(
+      "href",
+      "https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("sends the edited request body as a completion call and renders the returned curl", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    transformRequestCallMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      raw_request_api_base: "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages",
+      raw_request_body: { model: "claude-opus-4-8", max_tokens: 42 },
+      raw_request_headers: { "x-api-key": "redacted" },
+    });
+
+    render(<TransformRequestPanel accessToken={ACCESS_TOKEN} />);
+
+    const textarea = getRequestTextarea();
+    await user.clear(textarea);
+    await user.type(textarea, '{{"model": "claude-opus-4-8"}');
+
+    await user.click(getTransformButton());
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(transformRequestCallMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    expect(transformRequestCallMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ACCESS_TOKEN, {
+      call_type: "completion",
+      request_body: { model: "claude-opus-4-8" },
+    });
+
+    const output = await screen.findByText(/api\.anthropic\.com\/v1\/messages/);
+    expect(output.textContent).toContain("curl -X POST");
+    expect(output.textContent).toContain("-H 'x-api-key: redacted'");
+    expect(output.textContent).toContain('"model": "claude-opus-4-8"');
+    expect(output.textContent).toContain('"max_tokens": 42');
+    expect(notify.success).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Request transformed successfully");
+  });
+
+  it("transforms on Cmd/Ctrl + Enter without clicking the button", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    transformRequestCallMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      raw_request_api_base: "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions",
+      raw_request_body: { model: "gpt-4o" },
+      raw_request_headers: {},
+    });
+
+    render(<TransformRequestPanel accessToken={ACCESS_TOKEN} />);
+
+    getRequestTextarea().focus();
+    await user.keyboard("{Meta>}{Enter}{/Meta}");
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(transformRequestCallMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+  });
+
+  it("rejects invalid JSON without calling the backend", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+    render(<TransformRequestPanel accessToken={ACCESS_TOKEN} />);
+
+    const textarea = getRequestTextarea();
+    await user.clear(textarea);
+    await user.type(textarea, "not json");
+    await user.click(getTransformButton());
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(notify.fromBackend).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Invalid JSON in request body"));
+    expect(transformRequestCallMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does not call the backend when there is no access token", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+    render(<TransformRequestPanel accessToken={null} />);
+
+    await user.click(getTransformButton());
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(notify.fromBackend).toHaveBeenCalledWith("No access token found"));
+    expect(transformRequestCallMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("reports a failed transform and leaves the placeholder curl in place", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    transformRequestCallMock.mockRejectedValue(new Error("boom"));
+
+    render(<TransformRequestPanel accessToken={ACCESS_TOKEN} />);
+
+    await user.click(getTransformButton());
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(notify.fromBackend).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Failed to transform request"));
+    expect(screen.getByText(/https:\/\/api\.openai\.com\/v1\/chat\/completions/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("copies the transformed request to the clipboard", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const writeText = vi.spyOn(navigator.clipboard, "writeText");
+    transformRequestCallMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      raw_request_api_base: "https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages",
+      raw_request_body: { model: "claude-opus-4-8" },
+      raw_request_headers: {},
+    });
+
+    render(<TransformRequestPanel accessToken={ACCESS_TOKEN} />);
+
+    await user.click(getTransformButton());
+    await screen.findByText(/api\.anthropic\.com\/v1\/messages/);
+
+    await user.click(getCopyButton());
+
+    expect(writeText).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(writeText.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toContain("https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages");
+    expect(notify.success).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Copied to clipboard");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/transform-request/TransformRequestPanel.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/transform-request/TransformRequestPanel.tsx
index 04d1701de3f..0c41547b9b7 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/transform-request/TransformRequestPanel.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/transform-request/TransformRequestPanel.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import React, { useState } from "react";
-import { Button } from "antd";
-import { CopyOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
-import { Title } from "@tremor/react";
+import { ArrowRight, Copy } from "lucide-react";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardFooter, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { Textarea } from "@/components/ui/textarea";
+import { UiLoadingSpinner } from "@/components/ui/ui-loading-spinner";
 import { transformRequestCall } from "@/components/networking";
 import NotificationsManager from "@/components/molecules/notifications_manager";
+
 interface TransformRequestPanelProps {
   accessToken: string | null;
 }
@@ -128,130 +131,50 @@ ${formattedBody}
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className="w-full m-2" style={{ overflow: "hidden" }}>
-      <Title>Playground</Title>
-      <p className="text-sm text-gray-500">See how LiteLLM transforms your request for the specified provider.</p>
-      <div
-        style={{
-          display: "flex",
-          gap: "16px",
-          width: "100%",
-          minWidth: 0,
-          overflow: "hidden",
-        }}
-        className="mt-4"
-      >
+    <div className="p-2">
+      <h1 className="text-lg font-medium text-foreground">Playground</h1>
+      <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+        See how LiteLLM transforms your request for the specified provider.
+      </p>
+      <div className="mt-4 grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 lg:grid-cols-2">
         {/* Original Request Panel */}
-        <div
-          style={{
-            flex: "1 1 50%",
-            display: "flex",
-            flexDirection: "column",
-            border: "1px solid #e8e8e8",
-            borderRadius: "8px",
-            padding: "24px",
-            overflow: "hidden",
-            maxHeight: "600px",
-            minWidth: 0,
-          }}
-        >
-          <div style={{ marginBottom: "24px" }}>
-            <h2 style={{ fontSize: "24px", fontWeight: "bold", margin: "0 0 4px 0" }}>Original Request</h2>
-            <p style={{ color: "#666", margin: 0 }}>
-              The request you would send to LiteLLM /chat/completions endpoint.
-            </p>
-          </div>
+        <Card>
+          <CardHeader>
+            <CardTitle className="text-2xl font-bold">Original Request</CardTitle>
+            <CardDescription>The request you would send to LiteLLM /chat/completions endpoint.</CardDescription>
+          </CardHeader>
 
-          <textarea
-            style={{
-              flex: "1 1 auto",
-              width: "100%",
-              minHeight: "240px",
-              padding: "16px",
-              border: "1px solid #e8e8e8",
-              borderRadius: "6px",
-              fontFamily: "monospace",
-              fontSize: "14px",
-              resize: "none",
-              marginBottom: "24px",
-              overflow: "auto",
-            }}
-            value={originalRequestJSON}
-            onChange={(e) => setOriginalRequestJSON(e.target.value)}
-            onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
-            placeholder="Press Cmd/Ctrl + Enter to transform"
-          />
+          <CardContent>
+            <Textarea
+              className="h-72 resize-none p-4 font-mono text-sm field-sizing-fixed"
+              value={originalRequestJSON}
+              onChange={(e) => setOriginalRequestJSON(e.target.value)}
+              onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
+              placeholder="Press Cmd/Ctrl + Enter to transform"
+            />
+          </CardContent>
 
-          <div
-            style={{
-              display: "flex",
-              justifyContent: "flex-end",
-              marginTop: "auto",
-            }}
-          >
-            <Button
-              type="primary"
-              style={{
-                backgroundColor: "#000",
-                display: "flex",
-                alignItems: "center",
-                gap: "8px",
-              }}
-              onClick={handleTransform}
-              loading={isLoading}
-            >
+          <CardFooter className="justify-end">
+            <Button onClick={handleTransform} disabled={isLoading}>
               <span>Transform</span>
-              <span>→</span>
+              {isLoading ? <UiLoadingSpinner className="size-4" /> : <ArrowRight />}
             </Button>
-          </div>
-        </div>
+          </CardFooter>
+        </Card>
 
         {/* Transformed Request Panel */}
-        <div
-          style={{
-            flex: "1 1 50%",
-            display: "flex",
-            flexDirection: "column",
-            border: "1px solid #e8e8e8",
-            borderRadius: "8px",
-            padding: "24px",
-            overflow: "hidden",
-            maxHeight: "800px",
-            minWidth: 0,
-          }}
-        >
-          <div style={{ marginBottom: "24px" }}>
-            <h2 style={{ fontSize: "24px", fontWeight: "bold", margin: "0 0 4px 0" }}>Transformed Request</h2>
-            <p style={{ color: "#666", margin: 0 }}>How LiteLLM transforms your request for the specified provider.</p>
-            <br />
-            <p style={{ color: "#666", margin: 0 }} className="text-xs">
-              Note: Sensitive headers are not shown.
-            </p>
-          </div>
+        <Card>
+          <CardHeader>
+            <CardTitle className="text-2xl font-bold">Transformed Request</CardTitle>
+            <CardDescription>How LiteLLM transforms your request for the specified provider.</CardDescription>
+            <p className="mt-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">Note: Sensitive headers are not shown.</p>
+          </CardHeader>
 
-          <div
-            style={{
-              position: "relative",
-              backgroundColor: "#f5f5f5",
-              borderRadius: "6px",
-              flex: "1 1 auto",
-              display: "flex",
-              flexDirection: "column",
-              overflow: "hidden",
-            }}
-          >
-            <pre
-              style={{
-                padding: "16px",
-                fontFamily: "monospace",
-                fontSize: "14px",
-                margin: 0,
-                overflow: "auto",
-                flex: "1 1 auto",
-              }}
-            >
-              {transformedResponse ||
-                `curl -X POST \\
+          <CardContent>
+            <div className="relative rounded-md bg-muted">
+              <pre className="h-72 overflow-auto p-4 font-mono text-sm">
+                {transformedResponse ||
+                  `curl -X POST \\
   https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions \\
   -H 'Authorization: Bearer sk-xxx' \\
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\
@@ -265,29 +188,33 @@ ${formattedBody}
   ],
   "temperature": 0.7
   }'`}
-            </pre>
+              </pre>
 
-            <Button
-              type="text"
-              icon={<CopyOutlined />}
-              style={{
-                position: "absolute",
-                right: "8px",
-                top: "8px",
-              }}
-              size="small"
-              onClick={() => {
-                navigator.clipboard.writeText(transformedResponse || "");
-                NotificationsManager.success("Copied to clipboard");
-              }}
-            />
-          </div>
-        </div>
+              <Button
+                variant="ghost"
+                size="icon-sm"
+                aria-label="Copy to clipboard"
+                className="absolute top-2 right-2"
+                onClick={() => {
+                  navigator.clipboard.writeText(transformedResponse || "");
+                  NotificationsManager.success("Copied to clipboard");
+                }}
+              >
+                <Copy />
+              </Button>
+            </div>
+          </CardContent>
+        </Card>
       </div>
-      <div className="mt-4 text-right w-full">
-        <p className="text-sm text-gray-500">
+      <div className="mt-4 text-right">
+        <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
           Found an error? File an issue{" "}
-          <a href="https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+          <a
+            className="underline underline-offset-4"
+            href="https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues"
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          >
             here
           </a>
           .