diff --git a/src/components/call-desk/ai-chat-panel.tsx b/src/components/call-desk/ai-chat-panel.tsx
index 4e0b70f..3598bc1 100644
--- a/src/components/call-desk/ai-chat-panel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/call-desk/ai-chat-panel.tsx
@@ -120,22 +120,25 @@ export const AiChatPanel = ({ callerContext, callerSummary, onChatStart }: AiCha
         });
     }, [append]);
 
-    const displayMessages = messages.map(msg => {
-        if (msg.role === 'assistant') {
-            const parsed = parseAiResponse(msg.content);
-            return { ...msg, content: parsed.message };
-        }
-        return msg;
-    });
+    // Filter out the currently-streaming assistant message (shows raw JSON).
+    // Only display completed assistant messages with parsed content.
+    const displayMessages = messages
+        .filter((msg, i) => {
+            if (msg.role === 'assistant' && isLoading && i === messages.length - 1) return false;
+            return true;
+        })
+        .map(msg => {
+            if (msg.role === 'assistant') {
+                const parsed = parseAiResponse(msg.content);
+                return { ...msg, content: parsed.message };
+            }
+            return msg;
+        });
 
     return (
         <div className="flex h-full flex-col gap-2 p-3">
             {!isSupervisor && <AiSummaryCard caller={callerSummary ?? null} />}
 
-            {!isSupervisor && suggestions.length > 0 && (
-                <AiSuggestions suggestions={suggestions} onTellMeMore={handleTellMeMore} />
-            )}
-
             <div className="flex-1 space-y-3 overflow-y-auto min-h-0">
                 {displayMessages.length === 0 && (
                     <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center py-6 text-center">
@@ -187,6 +190,10 @@ export const AiChatPanel = ({ callerContext, callerSummary, onChatStart }: AiCha
                 <div ref={messagesEndRef} />
             </div>
 
+            {!isSupervisor && suggestions.length > 0 && (
+                <AiSuggestions suggestions={suggestions} onTellMeMore={handleTellMeMore} />
+            )}
+
             <form onSubmit={handleSubmit} className="flex items-center gap-2 shrink-0">
                 <div className="flex flex-1 items-center rounded-lg border border-secondary bg-primary shadow-xs transition duration-100 ease-linear focus-within:border-brand focus-within:ring-4 focus-within:ring-brand-100">
                     <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faUserHeadset} className="ml-2.5 size-3.5 text-fg-quaternary" />