fix(ui): grey subagent tool calls and soften failure copy

[TheodoreSpeaks]

Summary

• Apply opacity-60 to subagent tool-call rows so they fade to match the surrounding subagent text (previously text was greyed but tool calls stayed full-opacity).
• Replace user-facing "Failed" tool-result label with "Attempted to" — Failed reading X → Attempted to read X, and humanized fallback Failed Foo Bar → Attempted to Foo Bar.

Type of Change

• Bug fix

Testing

Tested manually. bun run lint and bun run check:api-validation:strict pass.

Checklist

• Code follows project style guidelines
• Self-reviewed my changes
• Tests added/updated and passing
• No new warnings introduced
• I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms outlined in the Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

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PR Summary

Low Risk
Low risk UI-only tweaks: adjusts opacity styling for subagent message rows and changes tool-call error labels from “Failed” to “Attempted to”, with no behavior or data-flow changes.

Overview
Subagent message groups now render all inner rows (including ToolCallItems) at reduced opacity, so tool-call entries visually match the already-muted subagent text.

Tool-call display copy is softened for error states: Read tools show Attempted to read … instead of Failed reading …, and the generic humanized fallback similarly reports Attempted to … for errors.

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[greptile-apps]

Greptile Summary

This PR makes two small UI polish fixes for subagent tool-call rows: all rows are faded to 60% opacity to visually match the surrounding dimmed subagent text, and the user-facing error label is softened from "Failed" to "Attempted to".

• tool-call-item.tsx: Adds opacity-60 unconditionally to every ToolCallItem wrapper, including the animated executing state.
• store-utils.ts: Updates formatReadingLabel and humanizedFallback to use "Attempted to" instead of "Failed" for ClientToolCallState.error, affecting both the dedicated Read tool path and the generic fallback for all other tools.

Confidence Score: 4/5

Safe to merge — changes are purely visual and copy-only with no logic or data impact.

Both changes are narrow in scope. The opacity tweak dims all tool-call rows uniformly, including the live spinner during the executing state, which may slightly reduce the visibility of in-progress operations. The "Attempted to" copy lands a bit awkwardly for tool names that don't begin with a verb (e.g. "Attempted to File Context"), but this is a pre-existing structural quirk of the fallback formatter rather than a regression.

tool-call-item.tsx warrants a second look if the executing-state dimming turns out to be noticeable in practice.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/home/components/message-content/components/agent-group/tool-call-item.tsx	Adds unconditional opacity-60 to every ToolCallItem regardless of status, including the live executing state where the spinning indicator may become harder to notice.
apps/sim/lib/copilot/tools/client/store-utils.ts	Replaces "Failed" with "Attempted to" in both the dedicated read-label formatter and the generic humanized fallback; copy change only, no logic impact.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
A[resolveToolDisplay] --> B{toolName defined?}
B -- No --> Z[undefined]
B -- Yes --> C{isToolHiddenInUi?}
C -- Yes --> Z
C -- No --> D{specialToolDisplay?}
D -- respond/respond suffix --> E[formatRespondLabel 'Gathering thoughts']
D -- Read tool --> F[formatReadingLabel]
F --> F1{state}
F1 -- success --> F2[Read suffix]
F1 -- error --> F3[Attempted to read suffix]
F1 -- rejected/aborted --> F4[Skipped reading suffix]
F1 -- default --> F5[Reading suffix]
D -- other --> G[humanizedFallback]
G --> G1{state}
G1 -- success --> G2[Executed FormattedName]
G1 -- error --> G3[Attempted to FormattedName]
G1 -- rejected/aborted --> G4[Skipped FormattedName]
G1 -- default --> G5[Executing FormattedName]

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Comments Outside Diff (1)

1. apps/sim/lib/copilot/tools/client/store-utils.ts, line 131-139 (link)

   "Attempted to" precedes a Title-Case noun phrase

   humanizedFallback builds the string as `${stateVerb} ${formattedName}` where formattedName is the tool name converted to Title Case (e.g. Read File). For the error state this yields "Attempted to Read File" — grammatically fine because the capitalised words happen to double as an infinitive + noun. For tool names that don't start with a verb (e.g. file_context → "Attempted to File Context") the phrase is odd. The dedicated formatReadingLabel path uses lowercase "read" which works because it's explicitly a verb. You may want to lowercase formattedName in the fallback, or use a different template for error state.

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Opacity applied during active execution

opacity-60 is unconditional, so the animated PillsRing spinner shown while status === 'executing' is also dimmed to 60%. In practice this may be subtle, but the in-progress indicator is the most important visual affordance when a subagent is working — users may miss that a tool call is still running. Consider limiting the fade to completed states (success, cancelled, error) and keeping the executing row at full opacity.

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