diff --git a/app/src/components/skills/RecentCallsSection.test.tsx b/app/src/components/skills/RecentCallsSection.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2b013a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/components/skills/RecentCallsSection.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for the recent-calls panel's expandable rows.
+ *
+ * Confirms a row lazily fetches its transcript + summary on first expand,
+ * renders both, and degrades gracefully when the core has no detail or the
+ * fetch fails (with a working retry).
+ */
+import { configureStore } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+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 { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+
+import { I18nProvider } from '../../lib/i18n/I18nContext';
+import type { MeetCallDetail, MeetCallRecord } from '../../services/meetCallService';
+import localeReducer from '../../store/localeSlice';
+import { RecentCallsSection } from './RecentCallsSection';
+
+const getMeetCallDetail = vi.fn<(requestId: string) => Promise<MeetCallDetail | null>>();
+
+vi.mock('../../services/meetCallService', () => ({
+  getMeetCallDetail: (requestId: string) => getMeetCallDetail(requestId),
+}));
+
+function call(overrides: Partial<MeetCallRecord> = {}): MeetCallRecord {
+  return {
+    request_id: 'corr-1',
+    meet_url: 'https://meet.google.com/yfj-hcek-zyv',
+    bot_display_name: 'Tiny',
+    owner_display_name: 'Shanu',
+    started_at_ms: Date.now() - 60_000,
+    ended_at_ms: Date.now(),
+    listened_seconds: 100,
+    spoken_seconds: 20,
+    turn_count: 3,
+    participants: ['Shanu', 'Alan'],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function renderSection(rows: MeetCallRecord[]) {
+  const store = configureStore({
+    reducer: { locale: localeReducer },
+    preloadedState: { locale: { current: 'en' as const } },
+  });
+  return render(
+    <Provider store={store}>
+      <I18nProvider>
+        <RecentCallsSection rows={rows} error={null} />
+      </I18nProvider>
+    </Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+describe('RecentCallsSection', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    getMeetCallDetail.mockReset();
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('lazily loads and renders summary + transcript on expand', async () => {
+    getMeetCallDetail.mockResolvedValue({
+      request_id: 'corr-1',
+      summary: {
+        headline: 'Agreed to ship Friday.',
+        key_points: ['Ship Friday', 'QA owns sign-off'],
+        action_items: [
+          { description: 'Send release notes', kind: 'executable', tool_name: 'gmail', assignee: 'Sam' },
+        ],
+      },
+      transcript: [
+        { role: 'participant', content: '[00:51] [Shanu] your time' },
+        { role: 'assistant', content: '[00:55] [Tiny] On it.' },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    renderSection([call()]);
+    // Not fetched until the row is expanded.
+    expect(getMeetCallDetail).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button'));
+
+    expect(getMeetCallDetail).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith('corr-1');
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Agreed to ship Friday.')).toBeInTheDocument());
+    expect(screen.getByText('Summary')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Ship Friday')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Transcript')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('[00:55] [Tiny] On it.')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // Action item description + assignee/tool meta.
+    expect(screen.getByText('Send release notes')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('shows an empty state when the call has no recorded detail', async () => {
+    getMeetCallDetail.mockResolvedValue(null);
+    renderSection([call()]);
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button'));
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(
+        screen.getByText('No transcript or summary was captured for this call.')
+      ).toBeInTheDocument()
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('surfaces an error with a working retry', async () => {
+    getMeetCallDetail.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('boom')).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      request_id: 'corr-1',
+      summary: null,
+      transcript: [{ role: 'participant', content: 'recovered line' }],
+    });
+
+    renderSection([call()]);
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button'));
+
+    const retry = await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Retry' });
+    await userEvent.click(retry);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('recovered line')).toBeInTheDocument());
+    expect(getMeetCallDetail).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it('does not refetch when collapsing and re-expanding a fully-loaded call', async () => {
+    getMeetCallDetail.mockResolvedValue({
+      request_id: 'corr-1',
+      summary: { headline: 'All set.', key_points: [], action_items: [] },
+      transcript: [{ role: 'participant', content: 'cached line' }],
+    });
+
+    renderSection([call()]);
+    const toggle = screen.getByRole('button');
+    await userEvent.click(toggle); // expand → fetch
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('cached line')).toBeInTheDocument());
+    await userEvent.click(toggle); // collapse
+    await userEvent.click(toggle); // re-expand → reuse cache (summary already present)
+
+    expect(getMeetCallDetail).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('refetches on re-expand to pick up a summary generated after call-end', async () => {
+    // First load: transcript persisted, summary still generating (null).
+    getMeetCallDetail
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        request_id: 'corr-1',
+        summary: null,
+        transcript: [{ role: 'participant', content: 'early line' }],
+      })
+      // Second load: summary has since landed.
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        request_id: 'corr-1',
+        summary: { headline: 'Summary arrived.', key_points: [], action_items: [] },
+        transcript: [{ role: 'participant', content: 'early line' }],
+      });
+
+    renderSection([call()]);
+    const toggle = screen.getByRole('button');
+    await userEvent.click(toggle); // expand → first fetch (no summary yet)
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('early line')).toBeInTheDocument());
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Summary arrived.')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await userEvent.click(toggle); // collapse
+    await userEvent.click(toggle); // re-expand → refetch (summary was missing)
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('Summary arrived.')).toBeInTheDocument());
+    expect(getMeetCallDetail).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/src/components/skills/RecentCallsSection.tsx b/app/src/components/skills/RecentCallsSection.tsx
index 22e85bffe..b04e30932 100644
--- a/app/src/components/skills/RecentCallsSection.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/skills/RecentCallsSection.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
+import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+
 import { useT } from '../../lib/i18n/I18nContext';
-import { type MeetCallRecord } from '../../services/meetCallService';
+import {
+  getMeetCallDetail,
+  type MeetCallDetail,
+  type MeetCallRecord,
+  type MeetCallSummary,
+  type MeetCallTranscriptLine,
+} from '../../services/meetCallService';
 
 /**
  * Recent-calls history shown under the meeting-bot join form. Renders the
  * loading / empty / populated states and one row per completed call (meeting
  * code, relative time, turn count, duration, owner, and participants).
  *
+ * Each row is expandable: on first expand it lazily fetches the call's
+ * transcript + summary via `meet_agent_get_call_detail` so the list payload
+ * stays lean. Older calls recorded before the feature have no detail and show
+ * a "nothing captured" state.
+ *
  * Extracted from `MeetingBotsCard` to keep that component within the repo's
  * ~500-line file-size guideline.
  */
@@ -43,7 +56,7 @@ export function RecentCallsSection({
           {t('skills.meetingBots.recentCallsEmpty')}
         </p>
       ) : (
-        <ul className="mt-2 max-h-48 space-y-1 overflow-y-auto pr-1">
+        <ul className="mt-2 max-h-72 space-y-1 overflow-y-auto pr-1">
           {rows.map(call => (
             <RecentCallRow key={call.request_id} call={call} />
           ))}
@@ -53,8 +66,29 @@ export function RecentCallsSection({
   );
 }
 
+type DetailStatus = 'idle' | 'loading' | 'loaded' | 'error';
+
+/**
+ * True when `detail` carries a non-empty generated summary. The summary lands
+ * asynchronously after the transcript at call-end, so this gates whether a
+ * re-expand should refetch (still pending) or reuse the cache (already present).
+ */
+function hasSummaryDetail(detail: MeetCallDetail | null): boolean {
+  const summary = detail?.summary;
+  return (
+    !!summary &&
+    (summary.headline.trim().length > 0 ||
+      summary.key_points.length > 0 ||
+      summary.action_items.length > 0)
+  );
+}
+
 function RecentCallRow({ call }: { call: MeetCallRecord }) {
   const { t } = useT();
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<DetailStatus>('idle');
+  const [detail, setDetail] = useState<MeetCallDetail | null>(null);
+
   const meetingCode = (() => {
     try {
       const parsed = new URL(call.meet_url);
@@ -67,39 +101,239 @@ function RecentCallRow({ call }: { call: MeetCallRecord }) {
   const duration = Math.max(0, Math.round(call.spoken_seconds + call.listened_seconds));
   const owner = call.owner_display_name?.trim();
   const participants = (call.participants ?? []).map(p => p.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+
+  const loadDetail = useCallback(async () => {
+    setStatus('loading');
+    try {
+      const result = await getMeetCallDetail(call.request_id);
+      setDetail(result);
+      setStatus('loaded');
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('[recent-calls] failed to load call detail', call.request_id, err);
+      setStatus('error');
+    }
+  }, [call.request_id]);
+
+  const toggle = useCallback(() => {
+    setExpanded(prev => {
+      const next = !prev;
+      // Lazy-load on first expand. The transcript is persisted at call-end but
+      // the summary is generated asynchronously and patched in moments later, so
+      // re-expanding a row whose cached detail still lacks a summary refetches to
+      // pick it up. A complete (summary-present) detail is reused as-is.
+      if (next && (status === 'idle' || (status === 'loaded' && !hasSummaryDetail(detail)))) {
+        void loadDetail();
+      }
+      return next;
+    });
+  }, [status, detail, loadDetail]);
+
   return (
-    <li className="rounded-lg px-2 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-stone-700 dark:text-neutral-300 hover:bg-stone-50 dark:hover:bg-neutral-800/40">
-      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
-        <span className="truncate font-mono text-stone-800 dark:text-neutral-200">
-          {meetingCode}
-        </span>
-        <span className="shrink-0 text-stone-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
-          {formatRelativeTime(call.started_at_ms)}
-        </span>
-      </div>
-      <div className="mt-0.5 flex items-center gap-3 text-[10px] text-stone-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
-        <span>
-          {call.turn_count} turn{call.turn_count === 1 ? '' : 's'}
-        </span>
-        <span>{duration}s on call</span>
-        {owner && (
-          <span className="truncate">
-            {t('skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy').replace('{name}', owner)}
+    <li className="rounded-lg text-[11px] text-stone-700 dark:text-neutral-300">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={toggle}
+        aria-expanded={expanded}
+        className="w-full rounded-lg px-2 py-1.5 text-left hover:bg-stone-50 dark:hover:bg-neutral-800/40">
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+          <span className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1">
+            <Chevron expanded={expanded} />
+            <span className="truncate font-mono text-stone-800 dark:text-neutral-200">
+              {meetingCode}
+            </span>
           </span>
-        )}
-      </div>
-      {participants.length > 0 && (
-        <div className="mt-0.5 truncate text-[10px] text-stone-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
-          {t('skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants').replace(
-            '{names}',
-            participants.join(', ')
+          <span className="shrink-0 text-stone-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
+            {formatRelativeTime(call.started_at_ms)}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <div className="mt-0.5 flex items-center gap-3 pl-4 text-[10px] text-stone-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+          <span>
+            {t(
+              call.turn_count === 1
+                ? 'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular'
+                : 'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural'
+            ).replace('{count}', String(call.turn_count))}
+          </span>
+          <span>
+            {t('skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration').replace('{seconds}', String(duration))}
+          </span>
+          {owner && (
+            <span className="truncate">
+              {t('skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy').replace('{name}', owner)}
+            </span>
           )}
         </div>
+        {participants.length > 0 && (
+          <div className="mt-0.5 truncate pl-4 text-[10px] text-stone-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+            {t('skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants').replace(
+              '{names}',
+              participants.join(', ')
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </button>
+
+      {expanded && (
+        <div className="px-2 pb-2 pl-6">
+          <RecentCallDetailBody status={status} detail={detail} onRetry={loadDetail} />
+        </div>
       )}
     </li>
   );
 }
 
+function RecentCallDetailBody({
+  status,
+  detail,
+  onRetry,
+}: {
+  status: DetailStatus;
+  detail: MeetCallDetail | null;
+  onRetry: () => void;
+}) {
+  const { t } = useT();
+
+  if (status === 'idle' || status === 'loading') {
+    return (
+      <p className="text-[10px] text-stone-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
+        {t('skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading')}
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (status === 'error') {
+    return (
+      <p className="text-[10px] text-coral-600 dark:text-coral-400">
+        {t('skills.meetingBots.callDetailError')}{' '}
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={onRetry}
+          className="underline underline-offset-2 hover:text-coral-700 dark:hover:text-coral-300">
+          {t('skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry')}
+        </button>
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
+
+  const summary = detail?.summary ?? null;
+  const transcript = detail?.transcript ?? [];
+  const hasSummary = hasSummaryDetail(detail);
+
+  if (!hasSummary && transcript.length === 0) {
+    return (
+      <p className="text-[10px] text-stone-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
+        {t('skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty')}
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-3">
+      {hasSummary && summary && <CallSummary summary={summary} />}
+      {transcript.length > 0 && <CallTranscript lines={transcript} />}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function CallSummary({ summary }: { summary: MeetCallSummary }) {
+  const { t } = useT();
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-1.5">
+      <SectionLabel>{t('skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading')}</SectionLabel>
+      {summary.headline.trim() && (
+        <p className="text-[11px] text-stone-700 dark:text-neutral-300">{summary.headline}</p>
+      )}
+      {summary.key_points.length > 0 && (
+        <div>
+          <p className="text-[10px] font-medium text-stone-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+            {t('skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading')}
+          </p>
+          <ul className="mt-0.5 list-disc space-y-0.5 pl-4 text-[10px] text-stone-600 dark:text-neutral-400">
+            {summary.key_points.map((point, i) => (
+              <li key={i}>{point}</li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {summary.action_items.length > 0 && (
+        <div>
+          <p className="text-[10px] font-medium text-stone-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+            {t('skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading')}
+          </p>
+          <ul className="mt-0.5 space-y-0.5 text-[10px] text-stone-600 dark:text-neutral-400">
+            {summary.action_items.map((item, i) => {
+              const meta = [
+                item.assignee?.trim() || undefined,
+                item.kind === 'executable' ? item.tool_name?.trim() || undefined : undefined,
+              ].filter(Boolean);
+              return (
+                <li key={i} className="flex gap-1">
+                  <span aria-hidden="true">•</span>
+                  <span>
+                    {item.description}
+                    {meta.length > 0 && (
+                      <span className="text-stone-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
+                        {' '}
+                        ({meta.join(' · ')})
+                      </span>
+                    )}
+                  </span>
+                </li>
+              );
+            })}
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function CallTranscript({ lines }: { lines: MeetCallTranscriptLine[] }) {
+  const { t } = useT();
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-1">
+      <SectionLabel>{t('skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading')}</SectionLabel>
+      <div className="max-h-48 space-y-0.5 overflow-y-auto rounded-md bg-stone-50 p-2 dark:bg-neutral-800/40">
+        {lines.map((line, i) => (
+          <p
+            key={i}
+            className={
+              line.role === 'assistant'
+                ? 'text-[10px] text-ocean-700 dark:text-ocean-300'
+                : 'text-[10px] text-stone-600 dark:text-neutral-400'
+            }>
+            {line.content}
+          </p>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function SectionLabel({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <p className="text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-stone-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
+      {children}
+    </p>
+  );
+}
+
+function Chevron({ expanded }: { expanded: boolean }) {
+  return (
+    <svg
+      aria-hidden="true"
+      viewBox="0 0 16 16"
+      className={`h-3 w-3 shrink-0 text-stone-400 transition-transform dark:text-neutral-500 ${
+        expanded ? 'rotate-90' : ''
+      }`}
+      fill="none"
+      stroke="currentColor"
+      strokeWidth="2">
+      <path d="M6 4l4 4-4 4" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
+
 function formatRelativeTime(ms: number): string {
   if (!ms) return '—';
   const diff = Date.now() - ms;
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/ar.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/ar.ts
index 0d8fd9411..2bbf695e2 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/ar.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/ar.ts
@@ -4918,6 +4918,17 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'جارٍ التحميل\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'أضافه {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'مع {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} دور',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} أدوار',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds} ث في المكالمة',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'جارٍ تحميل النص…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'تعذّر تحميل النص.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'إعادة المحاولة',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty': 'لم يُسجَّل أي نص أو ملخّص لهذه المكالمة.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'الملخّص',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'النقاط الرئيسية',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'بنود الإجراءات',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'النص',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'مباشر',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'في اجتماع',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'جارٍ الانضمام\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/bn.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/bn.ts
index 8a777053e..21ff7d350 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/bn.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/bn.ts
@@ -5018,6 +5018,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'লোড হচ্ছে\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': '{name} যোগ করেছেন',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': '{names} এর সাথে',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count}টি পালা',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count}টি পালা',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': 'কলে {seconds} সেকেন্ড',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'ট্রান্সক্রিপ্ট লোড হচ্ছে…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'ট্রান্সক্রিপ্ট লোড করা যায়নি।',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'আবার চেষ্টা করুন',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'এই কলের জন্য কোনো ট্রান্সক্রিপ্ট বা সারাংশ রেকর্ড করা হয়নি।',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'সারাংশ',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'মূল পয়েন্ট',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'করণীয় কাজ',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'ট্রান্সক্রিপ্ট',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'লাইভ',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'মিটিংয়ে',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'যোগ দিচ্ছে\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/de.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/de.ts
index 726ca9656..41f2bbe09 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/de.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/de.ts
@@ -5146,6 +5146,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Laden\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Hinzugefügt von {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'Mit {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} Beitrag',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} Beiträge',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds}s im Gespräch',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Transkript wird geladen…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'Transkript konnte nicht geladen werden.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Wiederholen',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'Für diesen Anruf wurde kein Transkript und keine Zusammenfassung erfasst.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Zusammenfassung',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Kernpunkte',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Aktionspunkte',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Transkript',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'Live',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'Im Meeting',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Beitritt\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/en.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/en.ts
index c2664a74d..53412ac6d 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/en.ts
@@ -5667,6 +5667,17 @@ const en: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Loading\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Added by {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'With {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} turn',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} turns',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds}s on call',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Loading transcript…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'Couldn’t load the transcript.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Retry',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty': 'No transcript or summary was captured for this call.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Summary',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Key points',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Action items',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Transcript',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'Live',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'In Meeting',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Joining\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/es.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/es.ts
index 9cc55210c..f8b4aa53d 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/es.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/es.ts
@@ -5111,6 +5111,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Cargando\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Añadido por {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'Con {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} turno',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} turnos',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds}s en llamada',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Cargando transcripción…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'No se pudo cargar la transcripción.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Reintentar',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'No se registró ninguna transcripción ni resumen de esta llamada.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Resumen',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Puntos clave',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Tareas pendientes',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Transcripción',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'En vivo',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'En reunión',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Uniéndose\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/fr.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/fr.ts
index e1aea1dfc..3636e4b55 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/fr.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/fr.ts
@@ -5130,6 +5130,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Chargement\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Ajouté par {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'Avec {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} tour',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} tours',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds}s en appel',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Chargement de la transcription…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'Impossible de charger la transcription.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Réessayer',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'Aucune transcription ni aucun résumé n’a été enregistré pour cet appel.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Résumé',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Points clés',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Actions à mener',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Transcription',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'En direct',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'En réunion',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Connexion\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/hi.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/hi.ts
index 1dfba806e..56f61fc92 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/hi.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/hi.ts
@@ -5022,6 +5022,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'लोड हो रहा है\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': '{name} द्वारा जोड़ा गया',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': '{names} के साथ',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} बारी',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} बारियां',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': 'कॉल पर {seconds} सेकंड',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'ट्रांसक्रिप्ट लोड हो रहा है…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'ट्रांसक्रिप्ट लोड नहीं हो सका।',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'पुनः प्रयास करें',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'इस कॉल के लिए कोई ट्रांसक्रिप्ट या सारांश दर्ज नहीं किया गया।',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'सारांश',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'मुख्य बिंदु',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'कार्य आइटम',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'ट्रांसक्रिप्ट',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'लाइव',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'मीटिंग में',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'शामिल हो रहा है\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/id.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/id.ts
index d28b59192..e896cc4b3 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/id.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/id.ts
@@ -5033,6 +5033,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Memuat\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Ditambahkan oleh {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'Dengan {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} giliran',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} giliran',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds}d dalam panggilan',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Memuat transkrip…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'Tidak dapat memuat transkrip.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Coba lagi',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'Tidak ada transkrip atau ringkasan yang direkam untuk panggilan ini.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Ringkasan',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Poin penting',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Item tindakan',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Transkrip',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'Langsung',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'Dalam Rapat',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Bergabung\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/it.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/it.ts
index 3174e2dab..d3a5e65d9 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/it.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/it.ts
@@ -5098,6 +5098,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Caricamento\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Aggiunto da {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'Con {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} turno',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} turni',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds}s in chiamata',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Caricamento della trascrizione…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'Impossibile caricare la trascrizione.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Riprova',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'Per questa chiamata non è stata registrata alcuna trascrizione o riepilogo.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Riepilogo',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Punti chiave',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Azioni da svolgere',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Trascrizione',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'In diretta',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'In Riunione',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Partecipando\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/ko.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/ko.ts
index 6cdb0db51..e23b41e3f 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/ko.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/ko.ts
@@ -4973,6 +4973,17 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': '로딩 중\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': '{name}님이 추가함',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': '{names}님과 함께',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count}회 발언',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count}회 발언',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '통화 {seconds}초',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': '스크립트를 불러오는 중…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': '스크립트를 불러오지 못했습니다.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': '다시 시도',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty': '이 통화에 대한 스크립트나 요약이 기록되지 않았습니다.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': '요약',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': '핵심 사항',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': '실행 항목',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': '스크립트',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': '라이브',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': '회의 중',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': '참가 중\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/pl.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/pl.ts
index f603e130a..2f2bdf210 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/pl.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/pl.ts
@@ -5090,6 +5090,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Ładowanie\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Dodane przez {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'Uczestnicy: {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} tura',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} tury',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds}s rozmowy',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Ładowanie transkrypcji…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'Nie udało się załadować transkrypcji.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Spróbuj ponownie',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'Dla tego połączenia nie zarejestrowano transkrypcji ani podsumowania.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Podsumowanie',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Kluczowe punkty',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Zadania do wykonania',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Transkrypcja',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'Na żywo',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'Na spotkaniu',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Dołączanie\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/pt.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/pt.ts
index 0ef31b242..29935cc5f 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/pt.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/pt.ts
@@ -5102,6 +5102,18 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Carregando\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Adicionado por {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'Com {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} turno',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} turnos',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds}s em chamada',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Carregando transcrição…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'Não foi possível carregar a transcrição.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Tentar novamente',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty':
+    'Nenhuma transcrição ou resumo foi registrado para esta chamada.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Resumo',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Pontos principais',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Itens de ação',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Transcrição',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'Ao vivo',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'Em reunião',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Entrando\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/ru.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/ru.ts
index 52abf4a11..c82e15881 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/ru.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/ru.ts
@@ -5063,6 +5063,17 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': 'Загрузка\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': 'Добавил {name}',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': 'С {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} реплика',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} реплик',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '{seconds} с в разговоре',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': 'Загрузка стенограммы…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': 'Не удалось загрузить стенограмму.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': 'Повторить',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty': 'Для этого звонка не записаны стенограмма или сводка.',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': 'Сводка',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': 'Ключевые моменты',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': 'Задачи',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': 'Стенограмма',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': 'Эфир',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': 'На встрече',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': 'Подключение\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/lib/i18n/zh-CN.ts b/app/src/lib/i18n/zh-CN.ts
index aeaa68e5c..a0a2281dc 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/i18n/zh-CN.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/i18n/zh-CN.ts
@@ -4776,6 +4776,17 @@ const messages: TranslationMap = {
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallsLoading': '加载中\u2026',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallAddedBy': '由 {name} 添加',
   'skills.meetingBots.recentCallParticipants': '与 {names}',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnSingular': '{count} 轮发言',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallTurnPlural': '{count} 轮发言',
+  'skills.meetingBots.recentCallDuration': '通话 {seconds} 秒',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailLoading': '正在加载文字记录…',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailError': '无法加载文字记录。',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailRetry': '重试',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callDetailEmpty': '此通话未记录任何文字记录或摘要。',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callSummaryHeading': '摘要',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callKeyPointsHeading': '要点',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callActionItemsHeading': '待办事项',
+  'skills.meetingBots.callTranscriptHeading': '文字记录',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveBadge': '直播',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveTitle': '会议中',
   'skills.meetingBots.liveStatusJoining': '正在加入\u2026',
diff --git a/app/src/services/meetCallService.ts b/app/src/services/meetCallService.ts
index 37ea4ed90..24115d7a7 100644
--- a/app/src/services/meetCallService.ts
+++ b/app/src/services/meetCallService.ts
@@ -136,12 +136,53 @@ export interface MeetCallRecord {
   participants?: string[];
 }
 
+/** One transcript line of a recorded call. Mirrors `MeetCallTranscriptLine`. */
+export interface MeetCallTranscriptLine {
+  /** Lowercased speaker role: `'participant'` or `'assistant'`. */
+  role: string;
+  /** The line as the backend delivered it (may carry a `[MM:SS] [Name]` prefix). */
+  content: string;
+}
+
+/** One action item mined from a call. Mirrors `MeetCallActionItem`. */
+export interface MeetCallActionItem {
+  description: string;
+  /** `'executable'` or `'advisory'`. */
+  kind: string;
+  tool_name?: string | null;
+  assignee?: string | null;
+}
+
+/** Structured post-call summary. Mirrors `MeetCallSummary`. */
+export interface MeetCallSummary {
+  headline: string;
+  key_points: string[];
+  action_items: MeetCallActionItem[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Transcript + summary for one completed call. Mirrors `MeetCallDetail` in
+ * `src/openhuman/meet_agent/store.rs`. Lazy-loaded by the recent-calls panel
+ * when a row is expanded, so the list payload stays lean. `summary` is null
+ * when summarisation failed or timed out at call-end.
+ */
+export interface MeetCallDetail {
+  request_id: string;
+  summary?: MeetCallSummary | null;
+  transcript: MeetCallTranscriptLine[];
+}
+
 interface CoreListCallsResponse {
   ok: boolean;
   calls: MeetCallRecord[];
   count: number;
 }
 
+interface CoreGetCallDetailResponse {
+  ok: boolean;
+  detail: MeetCallDetail | null;
+}
+
 /**
  * Fetch the most recent completed Meet calls (newest first). Used
  * by the Skills "Meeting Bots" modal to render a history list
@@ -160,6 +201,23 @@ export async function listMeetCalls(limit = 20): Promise<MeetCallRecord[]> {
   return result.calls ?? [];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fetch the transcript + summary for one completed call. Lazy-loaded when the
+ * user expands a recent-call row. Returns `null` when the core has no detail
+ * for this call (older calls recorded before the feature, or a failed write) —
+ * the panel renders a "no transcript yet" state in that case.
+ */
+export async function getMeetCallDetail(requestId: string): Promise<MeetCallDetail | null> {
+  const result = await callCoreRpc<CoreGetCallDetailResponse>({
+    method: 'openhuman.meet_agent_get_call_detail',
+    params: { request_id: requestId },
+  });
+  if (!result?.ok) {
+    throw new Error('Core rejected the meet_agent_get_call_detail request.');
+  }
+  return result.detail ?? null;
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Backend Meet Bot via Core Socket.IO bridge
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/bus.rs b/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/bus.rs
index f93ad8108..5d635b997 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/bus.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/bus.rs
@@ -61,23 +61,54 @@ impl EventHandler for MeetingEventSubscriber {
                     "{LOG_PREFIX} transcript received — creating meeting thread"
                 );
 
-                // Record a recent-calls entry (meet id, duration, owner,
-                // participants) so the meeting-bots panel shows call history.
-                // Done first (before the heavier thread-creation path) so the
-                // record is on disk by the time the panel refetches at call-end.
-                // Best-effort: never blocks; logs on failure internally.
-                super::recent_calls::record_backend_call(
+                // 1. Record a lean recent-calls entry (meet id, duration, owner,
+                //    participants) first — before any LLM work — so the row is on
+                //    disk by the time the panel refetches at call-end. Returns the
+                //    request_id so the detail below is keyed to the same call.
+                //    Best-effort: never blocks; logs on failure internally.
+                let request_id = super::recent_calls::record_backend_call(
                     turns,
                     *duration_ms,
                     correlation_id.as_deref(),
                 )
                 .await;
 
-                // Create the meeting thread with transcript.
+                // 2. Persist the transcript immediately — decoupled from the
+                //    (bounded, up to 30s) summary LLM call below. Without this the
+                //    detail file wouldn't exist until summarisation returned, so a
+                //    row expanded right after call-end showed "nothing captured"
+                //    even though the transcript was already in hand. The summary is
+                //    patched in by step 4 once it's ready.
+                super::recent_calls::record_backend_call_detail(&request_id, turns, None).await;
+
+                // 3. Generate the post-call summary once. Shared by the call-detail
+                //    store (step 4) and the meeting thread (step 5) so the
+                //    summarisation LLM call isn't paid for twice.
+                let generated = super::summary::generate_meeting_summary_bounded(
+                    turns,
+                    correlation_id.as_deref(),
+                )
+                .await;
+
+                // 4. Upgrade the stored detail with the summary once it's ready.
+                //    Skipped when summarisation failed/timed out — the transcript
+                //    written in step 2 stands on its own.
+                if generated.is_some() {
+                    super::recent_calls::record_backend_call_detail(
+                        &request_id,
+                        turns,
+                        generated.as_ref(),
+                    )
+                    .await;
+                }
+
+                // 5. Create the meeting thread with transcript, reusing the
+                //    summary generated in step 3.
                 if let Err(e) = create_meeting_thread_with_transcript(
                     turns,
                     *duration_ms,
                     correlation_id.clone(),
+                    generated.as_ref(),
                 )
                 .await
                 {
diff --git a/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/ops.rs b/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/ops.rs
index 72bbb964f..6aa3f24f7 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/ops.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/ops.rs
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ const ALLOWED_HOSTS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("webex.com", "webex"),
 ];
 
-/// Upper bound on the best-effort post-call summarisation call. The provider
-/// has a 120s per-request timeout and the reliable wrapper retries transient
-/// failures with backoff, so without a bound a slow/flaky `summarization`
-/// provider could stall the post-call persistence pipeline for minutes. On
-/// timeout we fall back to the plain-transcript thread.
-const SUMMARY_GENERATION_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(30);
-
 fn transcript_turns_to_chat_batch(
     turns: &[BackendMeetTurn],
     duration_ms: u64,
@@ -110,8 +103,10 @@ pub async fn ingest_backend_meeting_transcript(
         "[agent_meetings] transcript ingested into memory tree"
     );
 
-    // Create a meeting thread with the transcript for the thread system.
-    if let Err(e) = create_meeting_thread_with_transcript(&turns, duration_ms, correlation_id).await
+    // Create a meeting thread with the transcript for the thread system. This
+    // path has no pre-generated summary, so the thread generates its own.
+    if let Err(e) =
+        create_meeting_thread_with_transcript(&turns, duration_ms, correlation_id, None).await
     {
         tracing::warn!("[agent_meetings] meeting thread creation failed: {e}");
     }
@@ -124,10 +119,15 @@ pub async fn ingest_backend_meeting_transcript(
 /// The correlation_id (when present) is embedded in the transcript body as an
 /// external reference for tracing — it does not deduplicate; each call creates
 /// a new thread.
+/// `generated` lets the caller pass a summary it already produced so the
+/// call-end pipeline can share one generation across the recent-call detail
+/// store and this thread. When `None`, the summary is generated here (bounded)
+/// — preserving the behaviour of callers that don't pre-generate.
 pub async fn create_meeting_thread_with_transcript(
     turns: &[BackendMeetTurn],
     duration_ms: u64,
     correlation_id: Option<String>,
+    generated: Option<&super::summary::GeneratedSummary>,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
     use crate::openhuman::memory::{
         AppendConversationMessageRequest, ConversationMessageRecord,
@@ -203,36 +203,21 @@ pub async fn create_meeting_thread_with_transcript(
         );
     }
 
-    // 3. Best-effort enrichment: generate a structured post-call summary + short
-    //    context label. Bounded by `SUMMARY_GENERATION_TIMEOUT` so a slow/flaky
-    //    provider can never dominate the path. Any failure or timeout logs a
-    //    warning and leaves the plain-transcript thread untouched.
-    let generated = match tokio::time::timeout(
-        SUMMARY_GENERATION_TIMEOUT,
-        super::summary::generate_meeting_summary(turns, correlation_id.as_deref()),
-    )
-    .await
-    {
-        Ok(Ok(g)) => Some(g),
-        Ok(Err(e)) => {
-            tracing::warn!("[agent_meetings] summary generation failed: {e}");
-            None
-        }
-        Err(_) => {
-            tracing::warn!(
-                timeout_secs = SUMMARY_GENERATION_TIMEOUT.as_secs(),
-                "[agent_meetings] summary generation timed out"
-            );
-            None
-        }
+    // 3. Best-effort enrichment: reuse a summary the caller already generated
+    //    (the call-end pipeline shares one across the recent-call detail store
+    //    and this thread); otherwise generate one here, bounded so a slow/flaky
+    //    provider can never dominate the path. Any failure or timeout leaves the
+    //    plain-transcript thread untouched.
+    let owned_generated = if generated.is_none() {
+        super::summary::generate_meeting_summary_bounded(turns, correlation_id.as_deref()).await
+    } else {
+        None
     };
+    let generated = generated.or(owned_generated.as_ref());
 
     // 3a. Title the thread with the context label (e.g. "Q3 Roadmap") so the
     //     meeting is identifiable in the list (default title is "Chat <date>").
-    let context_label = generated
-        .as_ref()
-        .map(|g| g.label.trim())
-        .filter(|l| !l.is_empty());
+    let context_label = generated.map(|g| g.label.trim()).filter(|l| !l.is_empty());
     if let Some(title) = context_label {
         if let Err(e) = ops::thread_update_title(UpdateConversationThreadTitleRequest {
             thread_id: thread_id.clone(),
@@ -249,7 +234,7 @@ pub async fn create_meeting_thread_with_transcript(
 
     // 3b. Append the structured summary as a closing message, so the thread ends
     //     with the headline / key points / action items.
-    if let Some(g) = &generated {
+    if let Some(g) = generated {
         let summary_body = super::summary::format_summary_markdown(&g.summary, &g.label);
         let summary_msg = ConversationMessageRecord {
             id: uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
diff --git a/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/recent_calls.rs b/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/recent_calls.rs
index 902ba1506..63ccfac4f 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/recent_calls.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/recent_calls.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::{Mutex, OnceLock};
 
 use crate::core::event_bus::BackendMeetTurn;
-use crate::openhuman::meet_agent::store::{self, MeetCallRecord};
+use crate::openhuman::meet_agent::store::{
+    self, MeetCallActionItem, MeetCallDetail, MeetCallRecord, MeetCallSummary,
+    MeetCallTranscriptLine,
+};
+
+use super::summary::GeneratedSummary;
+use super::types::ActionItemKind;
 
 const LOG_PREFIX: &str = "[agent_meetings::recent_calls]";
 
@@ -93,16 +99,21 @@ fn take_join(correlation_id: Option<&str>) -> Option<JoinMeta> {
 }
 
 /// Build and persist a [`MeetCallRecord`] for a finished backend-meet call.
+/// Returns the `request_id` the record was keyed by so the caller can persist
+/// the matching call detail under the same id.
 ///
 /// Best-effort: any failure is logged and swallowed — the call is already
-/// over and the UI degrades to "no record" rather than erroring.
+/// over and the UI degrades to "no record" rather than erroring. The id is
+/// returned even when the append fails, since it is deterministic and the
+/// detail write should still use it.
 pub async fn record_backend_call(
     turns: &[BackendMeetTurn],
     duration_ms: u64,
     correlation_id: Option<&str>,
-) {
+) -> String {
     let meta = take_join(correlation_id);
     let record = build_record(meta.as_ref(), turns, duration_ms, correlation_id, now_ms());
+    let request_id = record.request_id.clone();
     match store::append_record(&record).await {
         Ok(()) => log::info!(
             "{LOG_PREFIX} recorded call request_id={} participants={} duration_s={:.0}",
@@ -112,6 +123,73 @@ pub async fn record_backend_call(
         ),
         Err(e) => log::warn!("{LOG_PREFIX} append_record failed: {e}"),
     }
+    request_id
+}
+
+/// Persist the per-call detail (transcript + optional summary) under the same
+/// `request_id` the lean record used, so the recent-calls panel can lazy-load
+/// it when a row is expanded. Best-effort: logs and swallows failures.
+pub async fn record_backend_call_detail(
+    request_id: &str,
+    turns: &[BackendMeetTurn],
+    generated: Option<&GeneratedSummary>,
+) {
+    let detail = build_detail(request_id, turns, generated);
+    match store::write_detail(&detail).await {
+        Ok(()) => log::info!(
+            "{LOG_PREFIX} recorded call detail request_id={} transcript_lines={} has_summary={}",
+            request_id,
+            detail.transcript.len(),
+            detail.summary.is_some()
+        ),
+        Err(e) => log::warn!("{LOG_PREFIX} write_detail failed request_id={request_id}: {e}"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Map a finished call's turns + optional summary into a persisted
+/// [`MeetCallDetail`]. Pure (no I/O) so the field-mapping is unit-testable.
+/// Blank turns are dropped so the stored transcript matches what the summary
+/// was generated from.
+fn build_detail(
+    request_id: &str,
+    turns: &[BackendMeetTurn],
+    generated: Option<&GeneratedSummary>,
+) -> MeetCallDetail {
+    let transcript = turns
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|t| !t.content.trim().is_empty())
+        .map(|t| MeetCallTranscriptLine {
+            role: if t.role.eq_ignore_ascii_case("assistant") {
+                "assistant".to_string()
+            } else {
+                "participant".to_string()
+            },
+            content: t.content.trim().to_string(),
+        })
+        .collect();
+    let summary = generated.map(|g| MeetCallSummary {
+        headline: g.summary.headline.clone(),
+        key_points: g.summary.key_points.clone(),
+        action_items: g
+            .summary
+            .action_items
+            .iter()
+            .map(|a| MeetCallActionItem {
+                description: a.description.clone(),
+                kind: match a.kind {
+                    ActionItemKind::Executable => "executable".to_string(),
+                    ActionItemKind::Advisory => "advisory".to_string(),
+                },
+                tool_name: a.tool_name.clone(),
+                assignee: a.assignee.clone(),
+            })
+            .collect(),
+    });
+    MeetCallDetail {
+        request_id: request_id.to_string(),
+        summary,
+        transcript,
+    }
 }
 
 /// Map a finished call's inputs to a [`MeetCallRecord`]. Pure (takes `now_ms`,
@@ -355,4 +433,52 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(take_join(None).is_none());
         assert!(take_join(Some("   ")).is_none());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn build_detail_maps_transcript_and_summary() {
+        use super::super::types::{ActionItem, MeetingSummary};
+
+        let turns = vec![
+            turn("user", "[00:51] [Shanu] your time"),
+            turn("user", "   "), // blank → dropped
+            turn("assistant", "[00:55] [Tiny] On it."),
+        ];
+        let generated = GeneratedSummary {
+            label: "Q3 Roadmap".into(),
+            summary: MeetingSummary {
+                meeting_id: "corr-9".into(),
+                headline: "Agreed to ship Friday.".into(),
+                key_points: vec!["Ship Friday".into()],
+                action_items: vec![ActionItem {
+                    description: "Send release notes".into(),
+                    kind: ActionItemKind::Executable,
+                    tool_name: Some("gmail".into()),
+                    assignee: Some("Sam".into()),
+                }],
+                generated_at_ms: 0,
+            },
+        };
+
+        let detail = build_detail("corr-9", &turns, Some(&generated));
+        assert_eq!(detail.request_id, "corr-9");
+        // Blank turn dropped; roles normalised to participant/assistant.
+        assert_eq!(detail.transcript.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(detail.transcript[0].role, "participant");
+        assert_eq!(detail.transcript[0].content, "[00:51] [Shanu] your time");
+        assert_eq!(detail.transcript[1].role, "assistant");
+        let summary = detail.summary.expect("summary present");
+        assert_eq!(summary.headline, "Agreed to ship Friday.");
+        assert_eq!(summary.key_points, vec!["Ship Friday".to_string()]);
+        assert_eq!(summary.action_items.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(summary.action_items[0].kind, "executable");
+        assert_eq!(summary.action_items[0].tool_name.as_deref(), Some("gmail"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn build_detail_without_summary_keeps_transcript() {
+        let turns = vec![turn("user", "[00:10] [Shanu] hi")];
+        let detail = build_detail("corr-x", &turns, None);
+        assert!(detail.summary.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(detail.transcript.len(), 1);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/summary.rs b/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/summary.rs
index e367ac01b..c6b1913e0 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/summary.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/agent_meetings/summary.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,43 @@ pub async fn generate_meeting_summary(
     })
 }
 
+/// Upper bound on the best-effort post-call summarisation call. The provider
+/// has a 120s per-request timeout and the reliable wrapper retries transient
+/// failures with backoff, so without a bound a slow/flaky `summarization`
+/// provider could stall the call-end pipeline for minutes. 30s sits well above
+/// a healthy summarisation latency while capping the worst case.
+pub const SUMMARY_GENERATION_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(30);
+
+/// Generate a summary bounded by [`SUMMARY_GENERATION_TIMEOUT`], returning
+/// `None` on failure or timeout. Centralises the best-effort policy so the
+/// call-end pipeline can generate a single summary and share it across the
+/// recent-call detail store and the meeting thread instead of paying for the
+/// LLM call twice.
+pub async fn generate_meeting_summary_bounded(
+    turns: &[BackendMeetTurn],
+    correlation_id: Option<&str>,
+) -> Option<GeneratedSummary> {
+    match tokio::time::timeout(
+        SUMMARY_GENERATION_TIMEOUT,
+        generate_meeting_summary(turns, correlation_id),
+    )
+    .await
+    {
+        Ok(Ok(g)) => Some(g),
+        Ok(Err(e)) => {
+            tracing::warn!("{LOG_PREFIX} summary generation failed: {e}");
+            None
+        }
+        Err(_) => {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                timeout_secs = SUMMARY_GENERATION_TIMEOUT.as_secs(),
+                "{LOG_PREFIX} summary generation timed out"
+            );
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Render a [`MeetingSummary`] as a markdown body for the thread message.
 pub fn format_summary_markdown(summary: &MeetingSummary, label: &str) -> String {
     let mut md = String::from("## Meeting summary\n\n");
diff --git a/src/openhuman/meet_agent/rpc.rs b/src/openhuman/meet_agent/rpc.rs
index efdb6b88d..319f7e609 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/meet_agent/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/meet_agent/rpc.rs
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ use super::ops::VadEvent;
 use super::session::{registry, CaptionOutcome};
 use super::store::{self, MeetCallRecord};
 use super::types::{
-    ListCallsRequest, ListCallsResponse, PollSpeechRequest, PushCaptionRequest,
-    PushListenPcmRequest, StartSessionRequest, StopSessionRequest,
+    GetCallDetailRequest, GetCallDetailResponse, ListCallsRequest, ListCallsResponse,
+    PollSpeechRequest, PushCaptionRequest, PushListenPcmRequest, StartSessionRequest,
+    StopSessionRequest,
 };
 
 /// Default `limit` for `handle_list_calls` when the caller omits one.
@@ -277,6 +278,21 @@ pub async fn handle_list_calls(params: Map<String, Value>) -> Result<Value, Stri
     RpcOutcome::new(value, vec![]).into_cli_compatible_json()
 }
 
+pub async fn handle_get_call_detail(params: Map<String, Value>) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    let req: GetCallDetailRequest = serde_json::from_value(Value::Object(params))
+        .map_err(|e| format!("{LOG_PREFIX} invalid get_call_detail params: {e}"))?;
+    let detail = store::read_detail(&req.request_id).await?;
+    log::info!(
+        "{LOG_PREFIX} get_call_detail request_id={} found={}",
+        req.request_id,
+        detail.is_some()
+    );
+    let response = GetCallDetailResponse { ok: true, detail };
+    let value = serde_json::to_value(&response)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("{LOG_PREFIX} serialize get_call_detail response: {e}"))?;
+    RpcOutcome::new(value, vec![]).into_cli_compatible_json()
+}
+
 /// Decode a base64 string of PCM16LE bytes into samples. Empty input is
 /// a "heartbeat" push (no audio this tick) and yields an empty Vec.
 fn decode_pcm16le_b64(b64: &str) -> Result<Vec<i16>, String> {
@@ -385,6 +401,29 @@ mod tests {
         handle_stop_session(stop).await.unwrap();
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn get_call_detail_missing_returns_ok_with_null() {
+        // A call with no recorded detail (older call, or a best-effort write
+        // that failed) must resolve to `ok: true, detail: null` — the contract
+        // the recent-calls panel relies on to render its "nothing captured"
+        // state rather than surfacing an error.
+        let mut params = Map::new();
+        params.insert(
+            "request_id".into(),
+            json!("rpc-detail-never-recorded-3f9c1a"),
+        );
+        let out = handle_get_call_detail(params).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(out.get("ok"), Some(&json!(true)));
+        assert_eq!(out.get("detail"), Some(&json!(null)));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn get_call_detail_rejects_missing_request_id() {
+        // Empty params → deserialization error, surfaced as Err rather than a
+        // panic, so the RPC layer can return a clean error to the caller.
+        assert!(handle_get_call_detail(Map::new()).await.is_err());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn decode_pcm16le_b64_handles_empty() {
         assert!(decode_pcm16le_b64("").unwrap().is_empty());
diff --git a/src/openhuman/meet_agent/schemas.rs b/src/openhuman/meet_agent/schemas.rs
index 87b9d0098..7a62ccfd1 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/meet_agent/schemas.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/meet_agent/schemas.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ const DEFS: &[Def] = &[
         schema: schema_list_calls,
         handler: handle_list_calls,
     },
+    Def {
+        function: "get_call_detail",
+        schema: schema_get_call_detail,
+        handler: handle_get_call_detail,
+    },
 ];
 
 pub fn all_controller_schemas() -> Vec<ControllerSchema> {
@@ -344,6 +349,38 @@ fn schema_list_calls() -> ControllerSchema {
     }
 }
 
+fn schema_get_call_detail() -> ControllerSchema {
+    ControllerSchema {
+        namespace: "meet_agent",
+        function: "get_call_detail",
+        description:
+            "Return the persisted transcript + summary for one completed Meet call, keyed by \
+                      request_id. Used by the recent-calls panel to lazy-load detail when a row is \
+                      expanded. `detail` is null when no detail was recorded for the call.",
+        inputs: vec![FieldSchema {
+            name: "request_id",
+            ty: TypeSchema::String,
+            comment: "request_id of the call (matches a MeetCallRecord row from list_calls).",
+            required: true,
+        }],
+        outputs: vec![
+            FieldSchema {
+                name: "ok",
+                ty: TypeSchema::Bool,
+                comment: "True when the read succeeded (even if no detail exists yet).",
+                required: true,
+            },
+            FieldSchema {
+                name: "detail",
+                ty: TypeSchema::Json,
+                comment:
+                    "MeetCallDetail object (transcript + summary), or null when none recorded.",
+                required: false,
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+}
+
 fn schema_unknown() -> ControllerSchema {
     ControllerSchema {
         namespace: "meet_agent",
@@ -383,6 +420,10 @@ fn handle_list_calls(p: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
     Box::pin(async move { super::rpc::handle_list_calls(p).await })
 }
 
+fn handle_get_call_detail(p: Map<String, Value>) -> ControllerFuture {
+    Box::pin(async move { super::rpc::handle_get_call_detail(p).await })
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -407,6 +448,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "poll_speech",
                 "stop_session",
                 "list_calls",
+                "get_call_detail",
             ]
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/openhuman/meet_agent/store.rs b/src/openhuman/meet_agent/store.rs
index a1e9cfa04..600f9223f 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/meet_agent/store.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/meet_agent/store.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,136 @@ async fn read_recent_from(path: &Path, limit: usize) -> Result<Vec<MeetCallRecor
     Ok(all)
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Per-call detail (transcript + summary)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// The recent-calls list (`calls.jsonl`) is deliberately lean so the list
+// endpoint stays a cheap whole-file read. The transcript and generated summary
+// are heavier and only needed when the user expands one row, so they live in a
+// sibling per-call JSON file loaded on demand by `meet_agent_get_call_detail`.
+
+/// One transcript line for a recorded call. `role` is the lowercased speaker
+/// role ("participant" / "assistant"); `content` is the line as the backend
+/// delivered it (may carry a `[MM:SS] [Name]` prefix).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct MeetCallTranscriptLine {
+    pub role: String,
+    pub content: String,
+}
+
+/// One action item mined from the call. Mirrors the `agent_meetings` summary
+/// type but is kept dependency-free here so this store never depends back on
+/// `agent_meetings` (which already depends on it — that would be a cycle).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct MeetCallActionItem {
+    pub description: String,
+    /// `"executable"` or `"advisory"`.
+    pub kind: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub tool_name: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub assignee: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Structured post-call summary persisted alongside the transcript.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct MeetCallSummary {
+    pub headline: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub key_points: Vec<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub action_items: Vec<MeetCallActionItem>,
+}
+
+/// Full detail for a single recorded call: the transcript and the best-effort
+/// generated summary. Persisted as one JSON file per call (keyed by
+/// `request_id`) so the recent-calls list stays lean and the transcript is
+/// only read when a row is expanded.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct MeetCallDetail {
+    pub request_id: String,
+    /// `None` when summarisation failed or timed out — the UI falls back to the
+    /// transcript alone. `#[serde(default)]` keeps older files parseable.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub summary: Option<MeetCallSummary>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub transcript: Vec<MeetCallTranscriptLine>,
+}
+
+/// Directory holding per-call detail JSON files — a sibling of `calls.jsonl`.
+async fn meet_call_details_dir() -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    let workspace = Config::load_or_init()
+        .await
+        .map(|c| c.workspace_dir)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("load config: {e}"))?;
+    Ok(workspace.join("meet_agent").join("call_details"))
+}
+
+/// Map a `request_id` to a filesystem-safe, **injective** file stem.
+///
+/// ASCII alphanumerics and `-`/`_` pass through unchanged so the common cases —
+/// UUID correlation ids and `backend-<ts>` — stay human-readable; every other
+/// byte, `%` included, is percent-encoded as `%XX`. Because `%` is itself
+/// escaped the mapping is reversible, and therefore collision-free: distinct
+/// ids like `a/b`, `a:b`, and `a_b` map to distinct stems (`a%2Fb`, `a%3Ab`,
+/// `a_b`) instead of all collapsing onto one file and overwriting each other's
+/// detail. It also can never escape the details directory — `/`, `\`, and the
+/// `.` in `..` are all encoded.
+fn sanitize_stem(request_id: &str) -> String {
+    if request_id.is_empty() {
+        return "unknown".to_string();
+    }
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(request_id.len());
+    for &b in request_id.as_bytes() {
+        if b.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || b == b'-' || b == b'_' {
+            out.push(b as char);
+        } else {
+            out.push('%');
+            out.push_str(&format!("{b:02X}"));
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Persist the detail for one call. Creates the details directory on demand.
+/// Best-effort at the call site: callers log and swallow failures since the
+/// call is already over and the list row still renders without detail.
+pub async fn write_detail(detail: &MeetCallDetail) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let dir = meet_call_details_dir().await?;
+    write_detail_to(&dir, detail).await
+}
+
+async fn write_detail_to(dir: &Path, detail: &MeetCallDetail) -> Result<(), String> {
+    tokio::fs::create_dir_all(dir)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("mkdir {}: {e}", dir.display()))?;
+    let path = dir.join(format!("{}.json", sanitize_stem(&detail.request_id)));
+    let json = serde_json::to_string(detail).map_err(|e| format!("serialize detail: {e}"))?;
+    tokio::fs::write(&path, json.as_bytes())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("write {}: {e}", path.display()))?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Read the detail for one call. Missing file → `Ok(None)` (older calls
+/// recorded before this feature, or a call whose detail write failed).
+pub async fn read_detail(request_id: &str) -> Result<Option<MeetCallDetail>, String> {
+    let dir = meet_call_details_dir().await?;
+    read_detail_from(&dir, request_id).await
+}
+
+async fn read_detail_from(dir: &Path, request_id: &str) -> Result<Option<MeetCallDetail>, String> {
+    let path = dir.join(format!("{}.json", sanitize_stem(request_id)));
+    match tokio::fs::read_to_string(&path).await {
+        Ok(s) => serde_json::from_str::<MeetCallDetail>(&s)
+            .map(Some)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("parse {}: {e}", path.display())),
+        Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(None),
+        Err(err) => Err(format!("read {}: {err}", path.display())),
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -258,4 +388,96 @@ mod tests {
         let recent = read_recent_from(&path, usize::MAX).await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(recent.len(), 1);
     }
+
+    fn sample_detail(request_id: &str) -> MeetCallDetail {
+        MeetCallDetail {
+            request_id: request_id.to_string(),
+            summary: Some(MeetCallSummary {
+                headline: "Agreed to ship Friday.".into(),
+                key_points: vec!["Ship Friday".into(), "QA owns sign-off".into()],
+                action_items: vec![MeetCallActionItem {
+                    description: "Send release notes".into(),
+                    kind: "executable".into(),
+                    tool_name: Some("gmail".into()),
+                    assignee: Some("Sam".into()),
+                }],
+            }),
+            transcript: vec![
+                MeetCallTranscriptLine {
+                    role: "participant".into(),
+                    content: "[00:51] [Shanu] your time".into(),
+                },
+                MeetCallTranscriptLine {
+                    role: "assistant".into(),
+                    content: "[00:55] [Tiny] On it.".into(),
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn write_then_read_detail_round_trip() {
+        let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let dir = tmp.path().join("call_details");
+        let detail = sample_detail("corr-42");
+        write_detail_to(&dir, &detail).await.unwrap();
+        let got = read_detail_from(&dir, "corr-42").await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(got.as_ref(), Some(&detail));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn read_detail_missing_returns_none() {
+        let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let dir = tmp.path().join("call_details");
+        // Directory never created → still resolves to None, not an error.
+        let got = read_detail_from(&dir, "never-recorded").await.unwrap();
+        assert!(got.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn detail_id_with_unsafe_chars_round_trips_via_sanitized_stem() {
+        let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let dir = tmp.path().join("call_details");
+        // A request_id with path separators must not escape the directory and
+        // must read back under the same sanitized stem it was written with.
+        let detail = sample_detail("../weird/id:99");
+        write_detail_to(&dir, &detail).await.unwrap();
+        let got = read_detail_from(&dir, "../weird/id:99").await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(got, Some(detail));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sanitize_stem_encodes_path_chars_and_never_empty() {
+        // Safe chars (alnum, -, _) pass through so UUIDs stay readable.
+        assert_eq!(sanitize_stem("abc-DEF_123"), "abc-DEF_123");
+        // Path separators / dots are percent-encoded, never bare.
+        assert_eq!(sanitize_stem("../a/b.json"), "%2E%2E%2Fa%2Fb%2Ejson");
+        assert_eq!(sanitize_stem(""), "unknown");
+        assert_eq!(sanitize_stem("///"), "%2F%2F%2F");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sanitize_stem_is_injective_for_ids_that_differ_only_in_punctuation() {
+        // The old lossy scheme collapsed all of these onto `a_b`, so the second
+        // write clobbered the first. Percent-encoding keeps them distinct.
+        let stems = ["a/b", "a:b", "a_b", "a.b"].map(sanitize_stem);
+        let unique: std::collections::HashSet<_> = stems.iter().collect();
+        assert_eq!(unique.len(), stems.len(), "stems collided: {stems:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn details_with_punctuation_differing_ids_do_not_overwrite() {
+        let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let dir = tmp.path().join("call_details");
+        // Two distinct calls whose ids differ only by a separator the old
+        // sanitizer flattened — each must keep its own detail file.
+        let mut a = sample_detail("call/1");
+        a.transcript[0].content = "from call/1".into();
+        let mut b = sample_detail("call_1");
+        b.transcript[0].content = "from call_1".into();
+        write_detail_to(&dir, &a).await.unwrap();
+        write_detail_to(&dir, &b).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(read_detail_from(&dir, "call/1").await.unwrap(), Some(a));
+        assert_eq!(read_detail_from(&dir, "call_1").await.unwrap(), Some(b));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/openhuman/meet_agent/types.rs b/src/openhuman/meet_agent/types.rs
index 35b4bb6b7..ceadd85b3 100644
--- a/src/openhuman/meet_agent/types.rs
+++ b/src/openhuman/meet_agent/types.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,27 @@ pub struct ListCallsResponse {
     pub count: usize,
 }
 
+/// Inputs to `openhuman.meet_agent_get_call_detail`.
+///
+/// Loads the transcript + generated summary for a single completed call so the
+/// recent-calls panel can expand a row without bloating the list payload.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct GetCallDetailRequest {
+    /// request_id of the call. Matches the `request_id` field of the
+    /// `MeetCallRecord` rows returned by `list_calls`.
+    pub request_id: String,
+}
+
+/// Outputs from `openhuman.meet_agent_get_call_detail`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct GetCallDetailResponse {
+    pub ok: bool,
+    /// The persisted detail, or `null` when none exists for this call (older
+    /// calls recorded before the feature, or a best-effort detail write that
+    /// failed). The UI degrades to "no transcript yet" in that case.
+    pub detail: Option<super::store::MeetCallDetail>,
+}
+
 /// Inputs to `openhuman.meet_agent_stop_session`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct StopSessionRequest {