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+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+import { cn } from "@/lib/cva.config";
+
+import { SPAN_PILL_CLASS, SpanTypePill } from "./TracePills";
+import { fmtCost, fmtMs, previewText, spanLabel, type TraceStep } from "./traceUtils";
+
+interface TraceStepsProps {
+  steps: TraceStep[];
+  selectedId: string | null;
+  onSelect: (spanId: string) => void;
+}
+
+const SUBAGENT_INDENT_PX = 28;
+const BASE_PADDING_PX = 12;
+
+function StepTitle({ step }: { step: TraceStep }) {
+  const { span } = step;
+  if (span.type === "agent") {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <SpanTypePill type="agent" />
+        <span>subagent: {span.name}</span>
+        <span className="text-muted-foreground">{fmtMs(span.duration_ms)}</span>
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+  const cost = span.type === "llm" ? ` · ${fmtCost(span.litellm?.spend)}` : "";
+  return (
+    <>
+      <SpanTypePill type={span.type} />
+      <span className={cn(span.status === "error" && "text-destructive")}>{spanLabel(span)}</span>
+      <span className="text-muted-foreground">
+        {fmtMs(span.duration_ms)}
+        {cost}
+      </span>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+/** Numbered narrative: every LLM decision and tool result in time order, subagent steps indented. */
+export function TraceSteps({ steps, selectedId, onSelect }: TraceStepsProps) {
+  const listRef = useRef<HTMLOListElement>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!selectedId) return;
+    const node = listRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-span-id="${selectedId}"]`);
+    if (node && "scrollIntoView" in node) (node as HTMLElement).scrollIntoView({ block: "nearest" });
+  }, [selectedId]);
+
+  if (steps.length === 0) {
+    return <div className="p-4 text-sm text-muted-foreground">This trace has no LLM or tool spans.</div>;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <ol ref={listRef} aria-label="Trace steps" className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-auto py-1 text-[13px]">
+      {steps.map((step) => {
+        const pill = step.span.type === "agent" ? "agent" : step.span.type;
+        return (
+          <li
+            key={step.span.span_id}
+            data-span-id={step.span.span_id}
+            aria-current={step.span.span_id === selectedId ? "step" : undefined}
+            onClick={() => onSelect(step.span.span_id)}
+            style={{ paddingLeft: BASE_PADDING_PX + step.depth * SUBAGENT_INDENT_PX }}
+            className={cn(
+              "grid cursor-pointer grid-cols-[22px_1fr] gap-2.5 py-2 pr-3 hover:bg-muted/60",
+              step.span.span_id === selectedId && "bg-primary/5",
+            )}
+          >
+            <span
+              className={cn(
+                "flex size-[22px] items-center justify-center rounded-full border text-[11px] font-semibold",
+                SPAN_PILL_CLASS[pill],
+              )}
+            >
+              {step.number}
+            </span>
+            <div className="min-w-0">
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5 font-medium">
+                <StepTitle step={step} />
+                {step.subagent && <span className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">in {step.subagent}</span>}
+              </div>
+              {step.span.input_preview && (
+                <div className="mt-0.5 line-clamp-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                  {previewText(step.span.input_preview)}
+                </div>
+              )}
+              {step.toolNames.length > 0 && (
+                <div className="mt-1 flex flex-wrap gap-1">
+                  {step.toolNames.map((name, i) => (
+                    <span
+                      key={`${name}-${i}`}
+                      className={cn("rounded border px-1.5 font-mono text-[11px]", SPAN_PILL_CLASS.tool)}
+                    >
+                      {name}()
+                    </span>
+                  ))}
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          </li>
+        );
+      })}
+    </ol>
+  );
+}