diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/autocompleteService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/autocompleteService.ts
index 12d83d2c..8d219f1c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/autocompleteService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/autocompleteService.ts
@@ -769,8 +769,6 @@ export class AutocompleteService extends Disposable implements IAutocompleteServ
 
 
 
-		// console.log('B')
-
 		// create a new autocompletion and add it to cache
 		const newAutocompletion: Autocompletion = {
 			id: this._autocompletionId++,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/chatThreadService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/chatThreadService.ts
index ad130a16..afd62eda 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/chatThreadService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/chatThreadService.ts
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@ class ChatThreadService extends Disposable implements IChatThreadService {
 				if (llmCancelToken === null) break
 				this._setStreamState(threadId, { streamingToken: llmCancelToken })
 
-				console.log('awaiting agentloop')
+				console.log('awaiting agentloop...')
 				await awaitable
-				console.log('done')
+				console.log('done with agentloop!')
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
index 30cefbb3..cc9d779e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
@@ -1231,7 +1231,9 @@ const toolNameToComponent: { [T in ToolName]: {
 			const { params } = toolRequest
 			return <DropdownComponent title={title} desc1={getBasename(params.uri.fsPath)} icon={<Dot className={`stroke-orange-500`} />}
 				onClick={() => { commandService.executeCommand('vscode.open', params.uri, { preview: true }) }}
-			/>
+			>
+				<ChatMarkdownRender string={params.changeDescription} />
+			</DropdownComponent>
 		},
 		resultWrapper: ({ toolMessage }) => {
 			const accessor = useAccessor()
@@ -1392,6 +1394,9 @@ export const SidebarChat = () => {
 
 		// send message to LLM
 		const userMessage = textAreaRef.current?.value ?? ''
+
+		// getModelCapabilities() // TODO!!! check if can go into agent mode
+
 		await chatThreadsService.addUserMessageAndStreamResponse({ userMessage, chatMode: 'agent' })
 
 		setSelections([]) // clear staging
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/toolsService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/toolsService.ts
index a598c254..fe8dc41c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/toolsService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/toolsService.ts
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ export class ToolsService implements IToolsService {
 				const uri = validateURI(uriStr)
 				const changeDescription = validateStr('changeDescription', changeDescriptionUnknown)
 
+				console.log('done validating!!!')
 				return { uri, changeDescription }
 			},
 
@@ -453,8 +454,6 @@ export class ToolsService implements IToolsService {
 					from: 'ClickApply',
 					type: 'searchReplace',
 				}) ?? []
-				console.log('B')
-
 				await p
 				return {}
 			},
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/preprocessLLMMessages.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/preprocessLLMMessages.ts
index 514e3125..6ff7906e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/preprocessLLMMessages.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/electron-main/llmMessage/preprocessLLMMessages.ts
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ type PrepareMessagesToolsOpenAI = (
 		}[]
 	} | {
 		role: 'tool',
-		id: string; // old val
-		tool_call_id: string; // new val
+		tool_call_id: string;
 		content: string;
 	}
 )[]
@@ -199,9 +198,8 @@ const prepareMessages_tools_openai = ({ messages }: { messages: InternalLLMChatM
 		// add the tool
 		newMessages.push({
 			role: 'tool',
-			id: currMsg.id,
-			content: currMsg.content || EMPTY_TOOL_CONTENT,
 			tool_call_id: currMsg.id,
+			content: currMsg.content || EMPTY_TOOL_CONTENT,
 		})
 	}
 	return { messages: newMessages }
@@ -344,16 +342,31 @@ const prepareMessages_anthropicContent = ({ messages, supportsAnthropicReasoning
 const prepareMessages_noEmptyMessage = ({ messages }: { messages: PrepareMessagesTools }): { messages: PrepareMessagesTools } => {
 	for (const currMsg of messages) {
 
-		if (currMsg.role === 'assistant' || currMsg.role === 'user') {
-			if (typeof currMsg.content === 'string') {
-				currMsg.content = currMsg.content || EMPTY_MESSAGE
+		// don't do this for tools
+		if (currMsg.role === 'tool') continue
+
+		// don't do this for assistant or user messages that have tool_calls or tool_results
+		const oai = currMsg as PrepareMessagesToolsOpenAI[0]
+		if (oai.role === 'assistant') {
+			if (oai.tool_calls) continue
+		}
+		const anth = currMsg as PrepareMessagesToolsAnthropic[0]
+		if (anth.role === 'assistant' || anth.role === 'user') {
+			if (typeof anth.content !== 'string') {
+				const hasContent = anth.content.find(c => c.type === 'tool_use' || c.type === 'tool_result')
+				if (hasContent) continue
 			}
-			else {
-				for (const c of currMsg.content) {
-					if (c.type === 'text') c.text = c.text || EMPTY_MESSAGE
-					else if (c.type === 'tool_use') { }
-					else if (c.type === 'tool_result') { }
-				}
+		}
+
+
+		if (typeof currMsg.content === 'string') {
+			currMsg.content = currMsg.content || EMPTY_MESSAGE
+		}
+		else {
+			for (const c of currMsg.content) {
+				if (c.type === 'text') c.text = c.text || EMPTY_MESSAGE
+				else if (c.type === 'tool_use') { }
+				else if (c.type === 'tool_result') { }
 			}
 		}