diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
index 24fa52f..0e8da3f 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 import SwiftUI
 import NucleicProtocol
 
-/// Start a new chat in a project, straight from Home (control scope — mirrors the Mac's home
-/// composer). Picks a project, types a prompt, optionally toggles Auto.
+/// Start a new chat, presented in the `NewChatSheet` that the floating "+" opens. Styled as the
+/// same Liquid Glass composer bar the open session carries, for consistency: picks a project (or
+/// is scoped to one), types a prompt, optionally toggles Auto.
 struct StartChatComposer: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var store: RemoteStore
-    /// A one-shot request from the iPad `Cmd+N` shortcut to focus the prompt so a keyboard user can
-    /// start typing a new chat immediately. Consumed (reset to false) once handled, so it never
-    /// steals focus on a later Home appearance. `.constant(false)` for the iPhone/compact path.
-    var focusNewChat: Binding<Bool> = .constant(false)
-    /// Called after a chat is kicked off, so a host that presents the composer modally (e.g. the
-    /// Sessions tab's floating New-chat button) can dismiss itself. Home leaves it nil and stays put.
+    /// Called after a chat is kicked off, so the presenting sheet can dismiss itself.
     var onStart: (() -> Void)? = nil
+    /// When set, the composer is scoped to this project and the picker is hidden — used by a
+    /// project page's "+", so the chat always lands in that project.
+    var lockedProject: WireProject? = nil
     @State private var projectID: ProjectID?
     @State private var draft = ""
     @State private var auto = false
@@ -25,21 +24,27 @@ struct StartChatComposer: View {
 
     private var projects: [WireProject] { store.dashboard.projects }
     private var selected: WireProject? {
-        projects.first { $0.id == projectID } ?? projects.first
+        lockedProject ?? (projects.first { $0.id == projectID } ?? projects.first)
     }
     private var controlled: Bool { selected?.isNucleicControlled ?? false }
 
     var body: some View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 10) {
-            Text("New chat").font(.headline)
             HStack {
-                Menu {
-                    ForEach(projects) { project in
-                        Button(project.name) { projectID = project.id }
+                if lockedProject == nil {
+                    Menu {
+                        ForEach(projects) { project in
+                            Button(project.name) { projectID = project.id }
+                        }
+                    } label: {
+                        // The model also selects the backend, so the picker offers every project.
+                        Label(selected?.name ?? "Select a project", systemImage: "folder")
+                            .font(.subheadline)
                     }
-                } label: {
-                    Label(selected?.name ?? "Select a project", systemImage: "folder")
-                        .font(.subheadline)
+                } else {
+                    // Scoped to this project's page — show it as context, not a picker.
+                    Label(selected?.name ?? "", systemImage: "folder")
+                        .font(.subheadline).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                 }
                 Spacer()
                 Toggle(isOn: $auto) {
@@ -50,7 +55,6 @@ struct StartChatComposer: View {
                 .font(.caption)
             }
             HStack {
-                // The model also selects the backend, so the home composer offers every provider.
                 ModelMenu(model: $model, catalog: store.modelCatalog, backend: nil)
                 Spacer()
                 EffortMenu(effort: $effort, catalog: store.modelCatalog, modelSKU: model, controlled: controlled)
@@ -82,9 +86,12 @@ struct StartChatComposer: View {
                 .transition(.move(edge: .top).combined(with: .opacity))
             }
             HStack(alignment: .bottom, spacing: 8) {
+                // Plain, borderless field over the glass — matching the open session's chat bar
+                // rather than a boxed form control.
                 TextField("Describe a task…", text: $draft, axis: .vertical)
-                    .textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
+                    .textFieldStyle(.plain)
                     .lineLimit(1...5)
+                    .padding(.vertical, 3)
                     .orchestraGlow(active: MobileEfforts.isOrchestra(effort) && controlled)
                     .keyboardDismissable()
                     .focused($draftFocused)
@@ -108,7 +115,9 @@ struct StartChatComposer: View {
                 Text("This device is view-only.").font(.caption2).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
             }
         }
-        .card()
+        .padding(.horizontal, 14)
+        .padding(.vertical, 12)
+        .glassSurface(cornerRadius: 26)
         // Switching to a model with a lower effort cap can't leave an unsupported level selected.
         .onChange(of: model) { _, newModel in
             let levels = store.modelCatalog.offeredEfforts(forModel: newModel)
@@ -117,18 +126,84 @@ struct StartChatComposer: View {
                 effort = levels.last ?? MobileEfforts.fallback
             }
         }
-        // A Cmd+N (iPad) focuses the prompt so the keyboard user can type a new chat immediately.
-        // onAppear handles the case where Cmd+N switched to Home from a session (composer just
-        // mounted); onChange handles Cmd+N while Home is already on screen. Consumed either way.
-        .onAppear { consumeFocusRequest() }
-        .onChange(of: focusNewChat.wrappedValue) { consumeFocusRequest() }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The sheet the floating "+" opens: the glass `StartChatComposer` in a compact panel. `project`
+/// scopes it to one project (a project page's "+"); nil offers the picker (Home, Sessions).
+struct NewChatSheet: View {
+    var project: WireProject? = nil
+    var dismiss: () -> Void
+
+    var body: some View {
+        NavigationStack {
+            ScrollView {
+                StartChatComposer(onStart: dismiss, lockedProject: project)
+                    .padding()
+            }
+            .navigationTitle("New chat")
+            .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
+            .toolbar {
+                ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarLeading) {
+                    Button("Cancel") { dismiss() }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // The composer needs only a fraction of the screen — a compact height by default, still
+        // expandable if the advanced options are opened.
+        .presentationDetents([.height(360), .large])
+        .presentationDragIndicator(.visible)
+    }
+}
+
+/// The floating "+" start-chat affordance: a Liquid Glass circle in the lower-right that opens the
+/// `NewChatSheet`. Shared by Home, Sessions, and a project page (which scopes it to `project`), so
+/// all three offer the same control instead of an inline composer card.
+struct NewChatAffordance: ViewModifier {
+    @EnvironmentObject var store: RemoteStore
+    /// Scopes the composer to one project (project page); nil offers the picker (Home, Sessions).
+    var project: WireProject? = nil
+    /// Owned by the caller so it can also open the sheet programmatically (iPad ⌘N on Home).
+    @Binding var isPresented: Bool
+
+    /// The button only makes sense when this device can control a Mac and there's a project to
+    /// start a chat in; otherwise the composer it opens would be inert.
+    private var canStart: Bool {
+        store.canControl && (project != nil || !store.dashboard.projects.isEmpty)
     }
 
-    private func consumeFocusRequest() {
-        guard focusNewChat.wrappedValue else { return }
-        if projectID == nil { projectID = store.dashboard.projects.first?.id }
-        draftFocused = true
-        focusNewChat.wrappedValue = false
+    func body(content: Content) -> some View {
+        content
+            .overlay(alignment: .bottomTrailing) {
+                if canStart {
+                    Button { isPresented = true } label: {
+                        Image(systemName: "plus")
+                            .font(.system(size: 22, weight: .semibold))
+                            .foregroundStyle(Palette.accent)
+                            .frame(width: 56, height: 56)
+                            // The whole disc is the hit target — without this, taps on the
+                            // translucent glass outside the glyph fall through to the list row
+                            // behind the button.
+                            .contentShape(Circle())
+                            .glassCircle()
+                    }
+                    .buttonStyle(.plain)
+                    .padding(.trailing, 20)
+                    .padding(.bottom, 6)
+                    .accessibilityLabel("New chat")
+                }
+            }
+            .sheet(isPresented: $isPresented) {
+                NewChatSheet(project: project) { isPresented = false }
+            }
+    }
+}
+
+extension View {
+    /// Add the floating "+" start-chat affordance (glass circle → glass composer sheet). See
+    /// `NewChatAffordance`.
+    func newChatAffordance(project: WireProject? = nil, isPresented: Binding<Bool>) -> some View {
+        modifier(NewChatAffordance(project: project, isPresented: isPresented))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/HomeView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/HomeView.swift
index dfab55d..b9b4487 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/HomeView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/HomeView.swift
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import NucleicProtocol
 /// start-chat composer (control scope).
 struct HomeView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var store: RemoteStore
-    /// Set by the iPad `Cmd+N` shortcut to focus the start-chat composer below (consumed there).
+    /// Set by the iPad `Cmd+N` shortcut; opens the new-chat sheet (consumed here).
     var focusNewChat: Binding<Bool> = .constant(false)
+    @State private var showNewChat = false
 
     private var counts: DashboardCounts { store.dashboard.counts }
 
@@ -95,8 +96,6 @@ struct HomeView: View {
                     if !running.isEmpty { InProgressSessions(sessions: running) }
 
                     QuickTodos()
-
-                    StartChatComposer(focusNewChat: focusNewChat)
                 }
                 .padding()
                 // Cap + center the dashboard on a wide iPad so it reads like the Mac home rather
@@ -107,6 +106,12 @@ struct HomeView: View {
             .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
             .scrollDismissesKeyboard(.interactively)
             .refreshable { store.refreshSessions() }
+            // A floating "+" replaces the old inline start-chat card; opens the glass composer
+            // sheet. An iPad ⌘N (via focusNewChat) opens the same sheet.
+            .newChatAffordance(isPresented: $showNewChat)
+            .onChange(of: focusNewChat.wrappedValue) { _, want in
+                if want { showNewChat = true; focusNewChat.wrappedValue = false }
+            }
             .safeAreaInset(edge: .bottom) { ConnectionChip().padding(.bottom, 8) }
         }
     }
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/ProjectsView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/ProjectsView.swift
index 0ad0cfc..26d2c7c 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/ProjectsView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/ProjectsView.swift
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ struct ProjectsView: View {
 struct ProjectDetailView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var store: RemoteStore
     let project: WireProject
-    @State private var draft = ""
-    @State private var model: String?
-    @State private var effort = MobileEfforts.fallback
+    @State private var showNewChat = false
 
     private var sessions: [WireSessionSummary] {
         store.liveSessions
@@ -58,27 +56,6 @@ struct ProjectDetailView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         List {
-            Section {
-                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
-                    HStack {
-                        ModelMenu(model: $model, catalog: store.modelCatalog, backend: nil)
-                        Spacer()
-                        EffortMenu(effort: $effort, catalog: store.modelCatalog, modelSKU: model,
-                                   controlled: project.isNucleicControlled)
-                    }
-                    HStack(alignment: .bottom, spacing: 8) {
-                        TextField("Start a chat in \(project.name)…", text: $draft, axis: .vertical)
-                            .textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder).lineLimit(1...4)
-                            .orchestraGlow(active: MobileEfforts.isOrchestra(effort) && project.isNucleicControlled)
-                            .keyboardDismissable()
-                        Button {
-                            store.startChat(in: project.id, message: draft, model: model, effort: effort)
-                            draft = ""
-                        } label: { Image(systemName: "arrow.up.circle.fill").font(.title2) }
-                            .disabled(draft.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).isEmpty || !store.canControl)
-                    }
-                }
-            }
             Section("Sessions") {
                 if sessions.isEmpty {
                     Text("No sessions yet.").foregroundStyle(.secondary)
@@ -93,12 +70,8 @@ struct ProjectDetailView: View {
         .navigationTitle(project.name)
         .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
         .scrollDismissesKeyboard(.interactively)
-        .onChange(of: model) { _, newModel in
-            let levels = store.modelCatalog.offeredEfforts(forModel: newModel)
-            let sentinel = store.modelCatalog.orchestraSentinelOrFallback
-            if effort.caseInsensitiveCompare(sentinel) != .orderedSame, !levels.contains(effort) {
-                effort = levels.last ?? MobileEfforts.fallback
-            }
-        }
+        // A floating "+" scoped to this project — the glass composer sheet opens pre-locked to it,
+        // replacing the old inline start-chat card at the top of the page.
+        .newChatAffordance(project: project, isPresented: $showNewChat)
     }
 }
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionsView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionsView.swift
index 5597625..d6c9449 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionsView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionsView.swift
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ struct SessionsView: View {
     @State private var showNewChat = false
     @State private var path = NavigationPath()
 
-    /// The floating New-chat button only makes sense when this device can control a Mac and there's
-    /// at least one project to start a chat in; otherwise the composer it opens would be inert.
-    private var canStartChat: Bool { store.canControl && !store.dashboard.projects.isEmpty }
-
     private var grouped: [(title: String, rows: [WireSessionSummary])] {
         let pool = (showArchived ? store.sessions : store.liveSessions)
             .sorted(by: StatusStyle.attentionThenRecency)
@@ -90,52 +86,13 @@ struct SessionsView: View {
                 }
             }
             // A floating "new chat" affordance in the lower-right, mirroring the Mac's per-project
-            // "New chat" button. Picks a project + prompt in a sheet, then kicks off the chat.
-            .overlay(alignment: .bottomTrailing) {
-                if canStartChat { newChatButton }
-            }
-            .sheet(isPresented: $showNewChat) {
-                NavigationStack {
-                    ScrollView {
-                        StartChatComposer(onStart: { showNewChat = false })
-                            .padding()
-                    }
-                    .navigationTitle("New chat")
-                    .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
-                    .toolbar {
-                        ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarLeading) {
-                            Button("Cancel") { showNewChat = false }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                // The composer needs only a fraction of the screen — a compact height by default,
-                // still expandable if the advanced options are opened.
-                .presentationDetents([.height(360), .large])
-                .presentationDragIndicator(.visible)
-            }
+            // "New chat" button. Picks a project + prompt in a glass sheet, then kicks off the chat.
+            // Applied before the chip inset so it floats clear above the connection chip.
+            .newChatAffordance(isPresented: $showNewChat)
             .safeAreaInset(edge: .bottom) { ConnectionChip().padding(.bottom, 8) }
         }
     }
 
-    /// The circular plus button, on Liquid Glass rather than a solid teal disc — an accent-tinted
-    /// glyph over a translucent glass circle so it reads as a floating control, not a stamped
-    /// button. Sits low over the list, clear of the connection chip.
-    private var newChatButton: some View {
-        Button {
-            showNewChat = true
-        } label: {
-            Image(systemName: "plus")
-                .font(.system(size: 22, weight: .semibold))
-                .foregroundStyle(Palette.accent)
-                .frame(width: 56, height: 56)
-                .glassCircle()
-        }
-        .buttonStyle(.plain)
-        .padding(.trailing, 20)
-        .padding(.bottom, 6)
-        .accessibilityLabel("New chat")
-    }
-
     /// Push the session a notification tap asked for, then clear the request.
     private func consumeRoute() {
         guard let route = store.pendingRoute else { return }