diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.test.tsx
index 0e2f16c5d93..d5df371d7c2 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.test.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@ import type { ToolSpendResponse } from "@/components/networking";
 import type { DailyData, SpendMetrics } from "@/components/UsagePage/types";
 
 const mockGetToolSpend = vi.fn();
+const mockPush = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock("next/navigation", () => ({
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: mockPush }),
+}));
 
 vi.mock("@/components/networking", () => ({
   getToolSpend: (...args: unknown[]) => mockGetToolSpend(...args),
+  serverRootPath: "",
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/components/shared/advanced_date_picker", () => ({
@@ -22,8 +28,26 @@ vi.mock("@/components/shared/charts", () => ({
   DonutChart: ({ data, label }: { data: unknown; label: string }) => (
     <div data-testid="donut-chart" data-label={label} data-slices={JSON.stringify(data)} />
   ),
-  BarChart: ({ data, categories }: { data: unknown; categories: string[] }) => (
-    <div data-testid="bar-chart" data-categories={categories.join(",")} data-series={JSON.stringify(data)} />
+  BarChart: ({
+    data,
+    categories,
+    onValueChange,
+  }: {
+    data: Record<string, unknown>[];
+    categories: string[];
+    onValueChange?: (item: Record<string, unknown> & { categoryClicked: string }) => void;
+  }) => (
+    <div data-testid="bar-chart" data-categories={categories.join(",")} data-series={JSON.stringify(data)}>
+      {data.map((datum, i) =>
+        categories.map((category) => (
+          <button
+            key={`${i}-${category}`}
+            data-testid={`bar-${i}-${category}`}
+            onClick={() => onValueChange?.({ ...datum, categoryClicked: category })}
+          />
+        )),
+      )}
+    </div>
   ),
   DEFAULT_COLOR_CYCLE: ["emerald", "blue", "violet", "amber"],
 }));
@@ -137,4 +161,21 @@ describe("UsageTab", () => {
     const series = JSON.parse(bars[0].getAttribute("data-series") ?? "[]");
     expect(series[0]).toMatchObject({ tool_name: "search", spend: 4.0 });
   });
+
+  it("opens the tool's logs when a bar is clicked", async () => {
+    const toolSpend = {
+      by_tool: [{ tool_name: "my tool/read", spend: 4.0, call_count: 3, total_tokens: 150 }],
+      daily: [{ date: "2026-07-12", tool_name: "my tool/read", spend: 4.0, call_count: 3 }],
+      total_spend: 4.0,
+      start_date: "2026-07-12",
+      end_date: "2026-07-12",
+    };
+    const { findByTestId } = renderWith([day("2026-07-12", {})], toolSpend);
+
+    (await findByTestId("bar-0-spend")).click();
+    expect(mockPush).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/ui/tool-policies?tool=my+tool%2Fread");
+
+    (await findByTestId("bar-0-my tool/read")).click();
+    expect(mockPush).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("/ui/tool-policies?tool=my+tool%2Fread");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.tsx
index 9216dbfaad2..f4a6a19e8b9 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/UsageTab.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 "use client";
 
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { Collapse } from "antd";
+import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 
 import { AreaChart, BarChart, DonutChart, DEFAULT_COLOR_CYCLE } from "@/components/shared/charts";
 import AdvancedDatePicker from "@/components/shared/advanced_date_picker";
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import { SpendMetrics } from "@/components/UsagePage/types";
 import { formatNumberWithCommas } from "@/utils/dataUtils";
 import { buildDailyToolSeries, topToolsBySpend, usd } from "./costOptimizationUtils";
 import { DailyActivityRange } from "./useDailyActivityRange";
+import { migratedHref } from "@/utils/migratedPages";
+import { TOOL_QUERY_PARAM } from "@/components/ToolPoliciesView";
 
 interface UsageTabProps {
   accessToken: string | null;
@@ -82,8 +85,17 @@ const SummaryCard = ({ label, value, hint }: { label: string; value: string; hin
 );
 
 const UsageTab: React.FC<UsageTabProps> = ({ accessToken, activity }) => {
+  const router = useRouter();
   const { dateValue, onDateChange, results, loading, isFetchingMore } = activity;
 
+  const openToolLogs = useCallback(
+    (toolName: string) => {
+      const params = new URLSearchParams({ [TOOL_QUERY_PARAM]: toolName });
+      router.push(`${migratedHref("tool-policies")}?${params.toString()}`);
+    },
+    [router],
+  );
+
   const startTime = dateValue.from ?? null;
   const endTime = dateValue.to ?? null;
 
@@ -209,7 +221,8 @@ const UsageTab: React.FC<UsageTabProps> = ({ accessToken, activity }) => {
           <CardTitle>Spend by tool</CardTitle>
           <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
             Spend on requests that called each tool (MCP and client-side tools). A request that used multiple tools
-            counts its full spend toward each, so this attributes rather than partitions spend.
+            counts its full spend toward each, so this attributes rather than partitions spend. Click a bar to see the
+            logs for that tool.
           </p>
         </CardHeader>
         <CardContent>
@@ -230,6 +243,7 @@ const UsageTab: React.FC<UsageTabProps> = ({ accessToken, activity }) => {
                   yAxisWidth={140}
                   showLegend={false}
                   valueFormatter={usd}
+                  onValueChange={(item) => openToolLogs(String(item.tool_name))}
                 />
               </div>
               <div>
@@ -241,6 +255,7 @@ const UsageTab: React.FC<UsageTabProps> = ({ accessToken, activity }) => {
                   colors={toolColors}
                   stack
                   valueFormatter={usd}
+                  onValueChange={(item) => openToolLogs(item.categoryClicked)}
                 />
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ToolPoliciesView.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ToolPoliciesView.test.tsx
index 34c697a98d1..d5aff1e409f 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ToolPoliciesView.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ToolPoliciesView.test.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,36 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { beforeEach, describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
 import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import { renderWithProviders } from "../../tests/test-utils";
 import ToolPoliciesView from "./ToolPoliciesView";
 
+let currentUrl = "/ui/tool-policies";
+const urlListeners = new Set<() => void>();
+
+vi.mock("next/navigation", async () => {
+  const react = await import("react");
+  return {
+    useRouter: () => ({
+      push: (url: string) => {
+        currentUrl = url;
+        urlListeners.forEach((listener) => listener());
+      },
+    }),
+    usePathname: () => currentUrl.split("?")[0],
+    useSearchParams: () => {
+      const [, rerender] = react.useReducer((n: number) => n + 1, 0);
+      react.useEffect(() => {
+        urlListeners.add(rerender);
+        return () => {
+          urlListeners.delete(rerender);
+        };
+      }, [rerender]);
+      return new URLSearchParams(currentUrl.split("?")[1] ?? "");
+    },
+  };
+});
+
 vi.mock("@/components/ToolDetail", () => ({
   ToolDetail: ({ toolName, onBack }: { toolName: string; onBack: () => void }) => (
     <div>
@@ -26,6 +52,10 @@ vi.mock("@/components/ToolPolicies/ToolPoliciesPanel", () => ({
 }));
 
 describe("ToolPoliciesView", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    currentUrl = "/ui/tool-policies";
+  });
+
   it("should render the overview by default", () => {
     renderWithProviders(<ToolPoliciesView accessToken="token" />);
 
@@ -40,6 +70,14 @@ describe("ToolPoliciesView", () => {
 
     expect(screen.getByText("Detail: my-tool")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByText("Tool Policies Overview")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(currentUrl).toBe("/ui/tool-policies?tool=my-tool");
+  });
+
+  it("should open a tool's detail directly from the ?tool= deep link", () => {
+    currentUrl = "/ui/tool-policies?tool=deep-linked-tool";
+    renderWithProviders(<ToolPoliciesView accessToken="token" />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Detail: deep-linked-tool")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it("should navigate back to overview when back is clicked", async () => {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ToolPoliciesView.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ToolPoliciesView.tsx
index bdff40153b9..59f4e1cdcb6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ToolPoliciesView.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ToolPoliciesView.tsx
@@ -1,30 +1,43 @@
 "use client";
 
-import React, { useState } from "react";
+import React, { useCallback } from "react";
+import { usePathname, useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { ToolDetail } from "@/components/ToolDetail";
 import { ToolPoliciesPanel } from "@/components/ToolPolicies/ToolPoliciesPanel";
 
-type View = { type: "overview" } | { type: "detail"; toolName: string };
+export const TOOL_QUERY_PARAM = "tool";
 
 interface ToolPoliciesViewProps {
   accessToken: string | null;
 }
 
 export default function ToolPoliciesView({ accessToken }: ToolPoliciesViewProps) {
-  const [view, setView] = useState<View>({ type: "overview" });
+  const router = useRouter();
+  const pathname = usePathname();
+  const searchParams = useSearchParams();
+  const selectedTool = searchParams.get(TOOL_QUERY_PARAM);
 
-  const handleSelectTool = (toolName: string) => {
-    setView({ type: "detail", toolName });
-  };
+  const navigateToTool = useCallback(
+    (toolName: string | null) => {
+      const params = new URLSearchParams(searchParams.toString());
+      if (toolName) {
+        params.set(TOOL_QUERY_PARAM, toolName);
+      } else {
+        params.delete(TOOL_QUERY_PARAM);
+      }
+      const query = params.toString();
+      router.push(query ? `${pathname}?${query}` : pathname);
+    },
+    [pathname, router, searchParams],
+  );
 
-  const handleBack = () => {
-    setView({ type: "overview" });
-  };
+  const handleSelectTool = useCallback((toolName: string) => navigateToTool(toolName), [navigateToTool]);
+  const handleBack = useCallback(() => navigateToTool(null), [navigateToTool]);
 
   return (
     <div className="p-6 w-full min-w-0 flex-1">
-      {view.type === "detail" ? (
-        <ToolDetail toolName={view.toolName} onBack={handleBack} accessToken={accessToken} />
+      {selectedTool ? (
+        <ToolDetail toolName={selectedTool} onBack={handleBack} accessToken={accessToken} />
       ) : (
         <ToolPoliciesPanel accessToken={accessToken} onSelectTool={handleSelectTool} />
       )}
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/charts/bar_chart.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/charts/bar_chart.tsx
index 6ee3319dc10..c7ae0387244 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/charts/bar_chart.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/shared/charts/bar_chart.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export function BarChart<TDatum extends Record<string, unknown>>({
             fill={fills[i]}
             stackId={stack ? "stack" : undefined}
             isAnimationActive={false}
+            className={onValueChange ? "cursor-pointer" : undefined}
             onClick={
               onValueChange
                 ? (item: { payload?: TDatum }) => {