diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/permissions-step.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/permissions-step.tsx
index c17ee9dd..e9832b00 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/permissions-step.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/permissions-step.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export default function PermissionsStep({ onNext }: PermissionsStepProps) {
   const [agreed, setAgreed] = useState(false)
 
   return (
-    <div className="h-full flex items-center justify-center px-6 py-8">
+    <div className="h-full flex items-center justify-center px-6 py-8 animate-in fade-in duration-300">
       <div className="w-full max-w-md space-y-6">
         {/* Header */}
         <div className="space-y-2">
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/try-it-step.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/try-it-step.tsx
index e6d43b69..4435991a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/try-it-step.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/try-it-step.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,34 @@
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { Button } from '@multica/ui/components/ui/button'
-import { Loading } from '@multica/ui/components/ui/loading'
-import { ChatView } from '@multica/ui/components/chat-view'
+import { Separator } from '@multica/ui/components/ui/separator'
 import { HugeiconsIcon } from '@hugeicons/react'
-import { ArrowLeft02Icon } from '@hugeicons/core-free-icons'
-import { SamplePrompt } from '../../../components/onboarding/sample-prompt'
+import {
+  ArrowLeft02Icon,
+  ArrowRight01Icon,
+  Search01Icon,
+  FolderOpenIcon,
+  CommandLineIcon,
+} from '@hugeicons/core-free-icons'
 import { StepDots } from './step-dots'
-import { useLocalChat } from '../../../hooks/use-local-chat'
 
-const samplePrompts = [
+const tryPrompts = [
   {
-    title: 'Latest AI news',
-    prompt:
-      "Search the web for today's top AI news and give me a 3-bullet summary with sources.",
+    icon: Search01Icon,
+    title: 'Search the web',
+    description: "Get today's AI news",
+    prompt: "Search the web for today's top AI news and give me a 3-bullet summary with sources.",
   },
   {
-    title: 'Analyze this project',
-    prompt:
-      'Look at the files in my current directory and give me a brief summary of what this project is about.',
+    icon: FolderOpenIcon,
+    title: 'Read your files',
+    description: 'Summarize this directory',
+    prompt: 'Look at the files in my current directory and give me a brief summary of what this project is about.',
   },
   {
-    title: 'Quick task',
-    prompt:
-      'Write a one-liner shell command that shows my system info (OS, CPU cores, memory) and run it.',
+    icon: CommandLineIcon,
+    title: 'Run a command',
+    description: 'Show system info',
+    prompt: 'Write a one-liner shell command that shows my system info (OS, CPU cores, memory) and run it.',
   },
 ]
 
@@ -31,91 +38,81 @@ interface TryItStepProps {
 }
 
 export default function TryItStep({ onComplete, onBack }: TryItStepProps) {
-  const {
-    agentId,
-    initError,
-    messages,
-    streamingIds,
-    isLoading,
-    isLoadingHistory,
-    isLoadingMore,
-    hasMore,
-    error,
-    pendingApprovals,
-    sendMessage,
-    loadMore,
-    resolveApproval,
-  } = useLocalChat()
+  const navigate = useNavigate()
+
+  const handlePromptClick = (prompt: string) => {
+    console.log('[TryItStep] Selected prompt:', prompt)
+    // TODO: Pass prompt to chat page
+    onComplete()
+    navigate('/chat')
+  }
 
   return (
-    <div className="h-full flex">
-      {/* Left column — prompts */}
-      <div className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center px-12 py-8">
-        <div className="max-w-md w-full space-y-6">
-          <button
-            onClick={onBack}
-            className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground transition-colors"
-          >
-            <HugeiconsIcon icon={ArrowLeft02Icon} className="size-4" />
-            Back
-          </button>
+    <div className="h-full flex items-center justify-center px-6 py-8 animate-in fade-in duration-300">
+      <div className="w-full max-w-md space-y-6">
+        {/* Back button */}
+        <button
+          onClick={onBack}
+          className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground transition-colors"
+        >
+          <HugeiconsIcon icon={ArrowLeft02Icon} className="size-4" />
+          Back
+        </button>
 
-          <div className="space-y-2">
-            <h1 className="text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">
-              Try it out
-            </h1>
-            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-              Your agent can search the web, read files, and run commands.
-              Click a prompt to see it in action.
-            </p>
-          </div>
+        {/* Header */}
+        <div className="space-y-2">
+          <h1 className="text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">
+            You're all set 🎉
+          </h1>
+          <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+            Your agent is ready to help. Try a sample task, or dive right in.
+          </p>
+        </div>
 
-          <div className="space-y-2">
-            {samplePrompts.map((sp) => (
-              <SamplePrompt
-                key={sp.title}
-                title={sp.title}
-                prompt={sp.prompt}
-                onClick={() => sendMessage(sp.prompt)}
-              />
+        {/* Try prompts */}
+        <div className="space-y-2">
+          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+            ✨ Quick start
+          </p>
+          <div className="rounded-xl border border-border bg-card divide-y divide-border">
+            {tryPrompts.map((item) => (
+              <button
+                key={item.title}
+                onClick={() => handlePromptClick(item.prompt)}
+                className="w-full flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-3 hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors text-left"
+              >
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+                  <div className="flex items-center justify-center size-8 rounded-lg bg-muted shrink-0">
+                    <HugeiconsIcon
+                      icon={item.icon}
+                      className="size-4 text-muted-foreground"
+                    />
+                  </div>
+                  <div>
+                    <p className="text-sm font-medium">{item.title}</p>
+                    <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                      {item.description}
+                    </p>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+                <HugeiconsIcon
+                  icon={ArrowRight01Icon}
+                  className="size-4 text-muted-foreground"
+                />
+              </button>
             ))}
           </div>
-
-          <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
-            <StepDots />
-            <Button size="lg" onClick={onComplete}>
-              Open Multica
-            </Button>
-          </div>
         </div>
-      </div>
 
-      {/* Right column — live chat */}
-      <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col min-h-0 border-l">
-        {initError ? (
-          <div className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center text-sm text-destructive px-8 text-center">
-            {initError}
-          </div>
-        ) : !agentId ? (
-          <div className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center gap-2 text-muted-foreground text-sm">
-            <Loading />
-            Initializing agent...
-          </div>
-        ) : (
-          <ChatView
-            messages={messages}
-            streamingIds={streamingIds}
-            isLoading={isLoading}
-            isLoadingHistory={isLoadingHistory}
-            isLoadingMore={isLoadingMore}
-            hasMore={hasMore}
-            error={error}
-            pendingApprovals={pendingApprovals}
-            sendMessage={sendMessage}
-            loadMore={loadMore}
-            resolveApproval={resolveApproval}
-          />
-        )}
+        <Separator />
+
+        {/* Footer */}
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+          <StepDots />
+          <Button size="sm" onClick={onComplete}>
+            Go to Multica
+          </Button>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/welcome-step.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/welcome-step.tsx
index c779cf22..2e278cf2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/welcome-step.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/components/welcome-step.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ interface WelcomeStepProps {
 
 export default function WelcomeStep({ onStart }: WelcomeStepProps) {
   return (
-    <div className="h-full flex items-center justify-center px-12 py-8">
+    <div className="h-full flex items-center justify-center px-12 py-8 animate-in fade-in duration-300">
       <div className="max-w-md w-full flex flex-col items-center text-center space-y-6">
         {/* Brand Title */}
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2.5">
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/index.tsx
index b0c7ff4e..6dbfe723 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/pages/onboarding/index.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default function OnboardingPage() {
         />
         <main
           key={currentStep}
-          className="flex-1 overflow-auto animate-in fade-in duration-300"
+          className="flex-1 overflow-auto"
         >
           <WelcomeStep onStart={nextStep} />
         </main>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default function OnboardingPage() {
       {/* Step content */}
       <main
         key={currentStep}
-        className="flex-1 overflow-auto animate-in fade-in duration-300"
+        className="flex-1 overflow-auto"
       >
         {currentStep === 1 && <PermissionsStep onNext={nextStep} />}
         {currentStep === 2 && <SetupStep onNext={nextStep} onBack={prevStep} />}