diff --git a/frontend/src/components/agents/AgentsHub.tsx b/frontend/src/components/agents/AgentsHub.tsx
index e0c1c27e3..ccf1654e7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/agents/AgentsHub.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/agents/AgentsHub.tsx
@@ -1333,7 +1333,10 @@ const AgentsHub = ({ currentPodId: propPodId = null }) => {
       if (!dmPodId) {
         throw new Error('DM pod not returned');
       }
-      navigate(`/pods/agent-admin/${dmPodId}`);
+      // Stay in the shell that launched this — a v2 card must not eject the
+      // user into the legacy ChatRoom. Mirrors the install handoff above.
+      const isV2Context = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.location.pathname.startsWith('/v2');
+      navigate(isV2Context ? `/v2/pods/${dmPodId}` : `/pods/agent-admin/${dmPodId}`);
     } catch (err) {
       setError(err.response?.data?.message || 'Failed to open agent DM');
     }
@@ -1352,7 +1355,10 @@ const AgentsHub = ({ currentPodId: propPodId = null }) => {
       if (!roomPodId) {
         throw new Error('Agent room not returned');
       }
-      navigate(`/pods/agent-room/${roomPodId}`);
+      // Stay in the shell that launched this — a v2 card must not eject the
+      // user into the legacy ChatRoom. Mirrors the install handoff above.
+      const isV2Context = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.location.pathname.startsWith('/v2');
+      navigate(isV2Context ? `/v2/pods/${roomPodId}` : `/pods/agent-room/${roomPodId}`);
     } catch (err) {
       setError(err.response?.data?.message || 'Failed to open agent room');
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/components/V2YourTeamPage.tsx b/frontend/src/v2/components/V2YourTeamPage.tsx
index 0e61621e1..1e6053987 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/components/V2YourTeamPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/components/V2YourTeamPage.tsx
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ const V2YourTeamPage: React.FC = () => {
   // from the union of categories present on loaded agents so a sparse team
   // doesn't render empty filters.
   const [filter, setFilter] = useState<string>('all');
+  // Key (`name:instanceId`) of the agent whose 1:1 room is currently opening,
+  // so its "Talk to" button can show progress and block a double-submit.
+  const [opening, setOpening] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
@@ -144,6 +147,33 @@ const V2YourTeamPage: React.FC = () => {
       : sortedAgents.filter((a) => (a.category || 'Uncategorized') === filter)
   ), [sortedAgents, filter]);
 
+  // Open the coached 1:1 (agent-room) for this agent — the same surface the
+  // post-install handoff lands on. Without this, "talk to your agent" is only
+  // reachable from the project pod (a group), so the 1:1 relationship a user
+  // forms at install has no entry point on their primary team surface.
+  const handleTalkTo = async (a: AgentInstallationSummary, e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    const key = `${a.name}:${a.instanceId}`;
+    setOpening(key);
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      const token = localStorage.getItem('token');
+      const headers = token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : undefined;
+      const res = await axios.post<{ room?: { _id?: string } }>(
+        '/api/agents/runtime/room',
+        { agentName: a.name, instanceId: a.instanceId || 'default', podId: a.podId || undefined },
+        { headers },
+      );
+      const roomId = res.data?.room?._id;
+      if (!roomId) throw new Error('Agent room not returned');
+      navigate(`/v2/pods/${roomId}`);
+    } catch (err: unknown) {
+      const resp = (err as { response?: { data?: { message?: string } } })?.response;
+      setError(resp?.data?.message || 'Could not open a 1:1 with this agent — try again.');
+      setOpening(null);
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <div className="v2-team">
       <header className="v2-team__header">
@@ -221,12 +251,14 @@ const V2YourTeamPage: React.FC = () => {
           const podLabel = a.podName || 'Untitled project';
           const runtimeLabel = formatRuntime(a);
           const lastSeen = formatRelative(a.lastHeartbeatAt);
+          const cardKey = `${a.name}:${a.instanceId}`;
+          const isOpening = opening === cardKey;
           const onCardClick = () => {
             if (a.podId) navigate(`/v2/pods/${a.podId}`);
           };
           return (
             <article
-              key={`${a.name}:${a.instanceId}`}
+              key={cardKey}
               className="v2-team-card"
               onClick={onCardClick}
               role="button"
@@ -253,6 +285,15 @@ const V2YourTeamPage: React.FC = () => {
                   {lastSeen}
                 </div>
               </div>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="v2-team-card__talk"
+                onClick={(e) => handleTalkTo(a, e)}
+                disabled={isOpening}
+                aria-label={`Talk to ${display} one-to-one`}
+              >
+                {isOpening ? 'Opening…' : 'Talk to'}
+              </button>
             </article>
           );
         })}
diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/v2.css b/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
index 24a059d7c..cfd9bdf14 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
@@ -4359,6 +4359,34 @@
   background: #25c281;
 }
 
+/* Specificity-matched against the global .v2-root button:not(.MuiButtonBase-root)
+   reset (0,0,2,1) — prefix with .v2-root button.X so source order wins. Same
+   pattern as .v2-chat__send / .v2-pods__item--active. */
+.v2-root button.v2-team-card__talk {
+  align-self: center;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  height: 32px;
+  padding: 0 14px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: var(--v2-accent);
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 1px solid var(--v2-accent);
+  border-radius: var(--v2-radius-sm);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  transition: background 80ms ease, color 80ms ease;
+}
+.v2-root button.v2-team-card__talk:hover {
+  background: var(--v2-accent);
+  color: #fff;
+}
+.v2-root button.v2-team-card__talk:disabled {
+  opacity: 0.6;
+  cursor: default;
+}
+
 @media (max-width: 760px) {
   .v2-team { padding: 20px 16px 48px; }
   .v2-team__header { flex-direction: column; }