diff --git a/apps/coder/src/services/__tests__/dcp-strip.test.ts b/apps/coder/src/services/__tests__/dcp-strip.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7878634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/coder/src/services/__tests__/dcp-strip.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { stripDcpTags, makeDcpStreamStripper } from '../dcp-strip.js';
+
+// Feed chunks through a fresh stripper and return the fully reassembled output
+// (everything emitted during streaming + the final flush) — i.e. what the
+// dispatcher would accumulate into the persisted message content.
+function run(chunks: string[]): string {
+  const s = makeDcpStreamStripper();
+  let out = '';
+  for (const c of chunks) out += s.push(c);
+  out += s.flush();
+  return out;
+}
+
+describe('stripDcpTags (one-shot)', () => {
+  it('removes a complete tag', () => {
+    expect(stripDcpTags('Yes — "Test".\n\n<dcp-message-id>m0019</dcp-message-id>')).toBe(
+      'Yes — "Test".\n\n',
+    );
+  });
+  it('leaves text without a tag untouched', () => {
+    expect(stripDcpTags('no tag here')).toBe('no tag here');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('per-chunk strip is INSUFFICIENT (documents the bug)', () => {
+  it('a tag split across chunks survives a naive per-chunk .replace()', () => {
+    const chunks = ['Yes.\n\n<dcp', '-message', '-id>m0019</dcp', '-message-id>'];
+    const naive = chunks.map(stripDcpTags).join('');
+    // The reassembled content still contains the tag — this is the screenshot bug.
+    expect(naive).toContain('<dcp-message-id>m0019</dcp-message-id>');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('makeDcpStreamStripper (cross-chunk fix)', () => {
+  it('strips a tag split across chunks (the real opencode case)', () => {
+    expect(run(['Yes.\n\n<dcp', '-message', '-id>m0019</dcp', '-message-id>'])).toBe('Yes.\n\n');
+  });
+
+  it('strips a tag split at EVERY character boundary', () => {
+    const full = 'Answer.<dcp-message-id>m0019</dcp-message-id>';
+    expect(run([...full])).toBe('Answer.');
+  });
+
+  it('strips a tag delivered whole in one chunk', () => {
+    expect(run(['Answer.<dcp-message-id>m0019</dcp-message-id>'])).toBe('Answer.');
+  });
+
+  it('passes through text with no tag', () => {
+    expect(run(['hello ', 'world'])).toBe('hello world');
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT swallow legitimate < content (code/HTML/generics)', () => {
+    expect(run(['use ', '<div>', ' and ', 'Array<', 'string>'])).toBe('use <div> and Array<string>');
+  });
+
+  it('handles a lone < that is not a dcp tag, split across chunks', () => {
+    expect(run(['a <', 'b c'])).toBe('a <b c');
+  });
+
+  it('emits surrounding text and strips a mid-text tag', () => {
+    expect(run(['before ', '<dcp-message-id>', 'm1', '</dcp-message-id>', ' after'])).toBe(
+      'before  after',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('flushes a truncated/never-closed partial tag without leaking it as a complete tag', () => {
+    // If the stream ends mid-tag, flush strips complete tags; an incomplete
+    // remnant is returned as-is (no complete tag ever existed to render).
+    const out = run(['done.<dcp-message-id>m00']);
+    expect(out).not.toContain('</dcp-message-id>');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/coder/src/services/dcp-strip.ts b/apps/coder/src/services/dcp-strip.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..107d95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/coder/src/services/dcp-strip.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Strip opencode-dcp plugin tags (`<dcp-message-id>mNNNN</dcp-message-id>`) that
+ * the @tarquinen/opencode-dcp plugin appends to assistant text and which
+ * otherwise render as literal text in the UI.
+ *
+ * Why a streaming stripper and not a per-chunk `.replace()`: opencode streams
+ * assistant text token-by-token, so the tag arrives SPLIT across many SSE deltas
+ * (`<dcp`, `-message`, `-id>`, `m0019`, `</dcp`, …). A per-chunk regex never sees
+ * a complete tag in any single fragment, so the fragments pass through and the
+ * dispatcher reassembles the full tag in the persisted/displayed content. The
+ * stripper below buffers across chunks: it emits everything that cannot be part
+ * of a forming tag and holds back only a trailing partial-tag prefix until the
+ * next chunk resolves it — without holding back legitimate `<…>` content.
+ */
+
+const DCP_TAG_RE = /<dcp-message-id>[^<]*<\/dcp-message-id>/g;
+const OPEN = '<dcp-message-id>';
+const CLOSE = '</dcp-message-id>';
+
+/** One-shot strip of COMPLETE tags. Safe for non-streaming / final content. */
+export function stripDcpTags(s: string): string {
+  return s.replace(DCP_TAG_RE, '');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Could `tail` (a substring starting at a `<`) still grow into a complete dcp
+ * tag on a future chunk? If so the caller must hold it back rather than emit it.
+ * Returns false for unrelated `<` content (`<div>`, `<T>`, …) so those stream
+ * normally.
+ */
+function isPartialDcp(tail: string): boolean {
+  // A prefix of the opening marker: '<', '<d', …, '<dcp-message-id'.
+  if (OPEN.startsWith(tail)) return true;
+  // Opening marker fully seen — content (and maybe a forming close) still streaming.
+  if (tail.startsWith(OPEN)) {
+    const rest = tail.slice(OPEN.length);
+    const lt = rest.indexOf('<');
+    if (lt === -1) return true; // still inside the [^<]* content run
+    return CLOSE.startsWith(rest.slice(lt)); // a partial close marker forming
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+export interface DcpStreamStripper {
+  /** Feed one text chunk; returns the portion safe to emit now (may be ''). */
+  push(chunk: string): string;
+  /** Stream end: returns whatever was held back, with complete tags stripped. */
+  flush(): string;
+}
+
+/** Stateful, cross-chunk-safe dcp stripper. One instance per turn. */
+export function makeDcpStreamStripper(): DcpStreamStripper {
+  let buf = '';
+  return {
+    push(chunk: string): string {
+      buf += chunk;
+      buf = buf.replace(DCP_TAG_RE, ''); // drop any now-complete tags
+      // Find the earliest `<` whose suffix is a forming dcp tag; hold from there,
+      // emit everything before it (real text, including unrelated `<…>`).
+      for (let i = buf.indexOf('<'); i !== -1; i = buf.indexOf('<', i + 1)) {
+        if (isPartialDcp(buf.slice(i))) {
+          const emit = buf.slice(0, i);
+          buf = buf.slice(i);
+          return emit;
+        }
+      }
+      const emit = buf;
+      buf = '';
+      return emit;
+    },
+    flush(): string {
+      const out = stripDcpTags(buf);
+      buf = '';
+      return out;
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/coder/src/services/dispatcher.ts b/apps/coder/src/services/dispatcher.ts
index fe14c4d..fdbf716 100644
--- a/apps/coder/src/services/dispatcher.ts
+++ b/apps/coder/src/services/dispatcher.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Broker } from '@boocode/server/broker';
 import type { WsFrame } from '@boocode/server/ws-frames';
 import type { Config } from '../config.js';
 import { createWorktree, diffWorktree, cleanupWorktree, ensureSessionWorktree } from './worktrees.js';
+import { makeDcpStreamStripper } from './dcp-strip.js';
 import { dispatchViaAcp } from './acp-dispatch.js';
 import { getResolvedRegistry } from './provider-config-registry.js';
 import { dispatchViaPty } from './pty-dispatch.js';
@@ -620,21 +621,30 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
       const textChunks: string[] = [];
       const reasoningChunks: string[] = [];
       const toolSnaps = new Map<string, AcpToolSnapshot>();
+      // opencode's dcp plugin appends <dcp-message-id>…</dcp-message-id> to the
+      // text, streamed split across deltas — a per-chunk regex misses it (see
+      // dcp-strip.ts). Buffer text through a cross-chunk stripper so neither the
+      // live `delta` frames nor the persisted content ever carry the tag.
+      const dcp = makeDcpStreamStripper();
 
       // Map transport-agnostic AgentEvents → the SAME WS frames the ACP path emits.
       // This boundary is where message_id/chat_id get attached (the backend never
       // owns them).
       const onEvent = (e: AgentEvent): void => {
         switch (e.type) {
-          case 'text':
-            textChunks.push(e.text);
-            broker.publishFrame(sessionId, {
-              type: 'delta',
-              message_id: assistantId,
-              chat_id: chatId,
-              content: e.text,
-            } as WsFrame);
+          case 'text': {
+            const safe = dcp.push(e.text);
+            if (safe) {
+              textChunks.push(safe);
+              broker.publishFrame(sessionId, {
+                type: 'delta',
+                message_id: assistantId,
+                chat_id: chatId,
+                content: safe,
+              } as WsFrame);
+            }
             break;
+          }
           case 'reasoning':
             reasoningChunks.push(e.text);
             broker.publishFrame(sessionId, {
@@ -680,6 +690,18 @@ export function createDispatcher(deps: Deps): { start(): void; stop(): Promise<v
         onEvent,
       });
 
+      // Flush any text held back mid-tag at stream end (complete tags stripped).
+      const dcpTail = dcp.flush();
+      if (dcpTail) {
+        textChunks.push(dcpTail);
+        broker.publishFrame(sessionId, {
+          type: 'delta',
+          message_id: assistantId,
+          chat_id: chatId,
+          content: dcpTail,
+        } as WsFrame);
+      }
+
       const assistantContent = textChunks.join('').slice(0, 50_000);
       const reasoningText = reasoningChunks.join('').slice(0, 200_000);
       const outputSummary = (result.ok ? textChunks.join('') : result.error ?? 'opencode turn failed').slice(0, 500);