diff --git a/studio/agent.js b/studio/agent.js
index 29d35d5..f0ad29c 100644
--- a/studio/agent.js
+++ b/studio/agent.js
@@ -251,6 +251,15 @@
     ["z", "rot", "name", "tag", "props", "levels", "locked", "hidden"].forEach(function (k) { if (o[k] !== undefined && o[k] !== null && o[k] !== "") c[k] = o[k]; });
     return c;
   }
+  /** World directions of the user's screen right and up, for "left of", "above", shapes meant to be read. */
+  function screenAxes(rot) {
+    function dir(sx, sy) {
+      var a = IsoKit.unproject(rot, sx, sy, 0), o = IsoKit.unproject(rot, 0, 0, 0), x = a[0] - o[0], y = a[1] - o[1], l = Math.hypot(x, y) || 1;
+      return "(" + +(x / l).toFixed(3) + ", " + +(y / l).toFixed(3) + ")";
+    }
+    return "On the user's screen, right is the world direction " + dir(1, 0) + " and up is " + dir(0, -1) +
+      " (unit vectors in x, y). The view is isometric: a metre along screen-up looks half as long as a metre along screen-right, so a shape that should read correctly on screen (a letter, a logo) needs twice the depth in world metres along screen-up.";
+  }
   function system() {
     var s = st(), S = s.S, sel = S.sel && s.obj(S.sel), v = s.view;
     return {
@@ -259,9 +268,9 @@
         "You are the agent inside the isokit Studio, the page where the user edits an isometric scene. You change the scene with the tools; every edit appears on the user's map at once, and the user can take any edit back with Undo (Ctrl+Z).",
         A.instructions,
         "How to work: look before you build (list_objects shows what is where with world boxes; list_prefabs with a type gives its props). Place things inside the site, on free ground, and use the boxes to avoid overlaps. Put related edits into one apply_ops call so they undo as one step. After bigger changes, check with render_view or check_project. Use select_object to show the user what you mean. Ask back when a request is unclear instead of guessing at big changes.",
-        "Answer in the user's language, short and plain, without tables: say what you changed and give object ids in backticks (the user can click them).",
+        "Answer in the language of the user's latest message, short and plain, without tables: say what you changed and give object ids in backticks (the user can click them). To show the result, write the answer first and call select_object in the same step: that ends your turn.",
         "The Studio right now: project \"" + S.meta.title + "\", " + (S.doc.objects || []).length + " objects; view level \"" + v.getLevel() + "\", rotation " + v.getRotation() + "; snap step " + (s.snapStep() || "off") + ". " +
-          (sel ? "Selected (\"this\", \"it\"): " + JSON.stringify(compact(sel)) : "Nothing is selected.")
+          (sel ? "Selected (\"this\", \"it\"): " + JSON.stringify(compact(sel)) : "Nothing is selected.") + " " + screenAxes(v.getRotation())
       ].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n")
     };
   }
@@ -290,6 +299,9 @@
           return null;
         }
         pending = out.tool_calls.slice();
+        // pointing at things (select_object, set_view) after a written answer ends the turn: asked
+        // again with nothing left to say, models ramble (Qwen even switches language)
+        var gesture = !!m.content.trim() && out.tool_calls.every(function (c) { return PAGE[c["function"].name]; });
         return out.tool_calls.reduce(function (p, c) {
           return p.then(function () {
             if (ctl.signal.aborted) return;
@@ -300,7 +312,7 @@
               pending.shift();
             });
           });
-        }, Promise.resolve()).then(follow).then(function () { if (!ctl.signal.aborted) return turn(); });
+        }, Promise.resolve()).then(follow).then(function () { if (!ctl.signal.aborted && !gesture) return turn(); });
       }, function (e) {
         view.done(null);
         throw e;
diff --git a/tools/agent_checks.py b/tools/agent_checks.py
index 1fc0240..95b5287 100644
--- a/tools/agent_checks.py
+++ b/tools/agent_checks.py
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ def run(pg, objects, shot, check, can_set_key):
     pg.wait_for_function("() => !document.querySelector('.ag-busy')", timeout=10000)
     check(('"id":"%s"' % tid) in chats()[-1]["body"]["messages"][0]["content"], "the system prompt names the selection")
 
+    # an answer that ends by pointing at an object ends the turn there
+    n_chat = len(chats())
+    pg.locator("#agtext").fill("show me " + tid)
+    pg.locator("#agtext").press("Enter")
+    pg.wait_for_function("() => !document.querySelector('.ag-busy')", timeout=10000)
+    pg.wait_for_timeout(600)
+    check(len(chats()) == n_chat + 1 and ("id " + tid) in pg.locator("#right .st-sub").inner_text(),
+          "answer + select_object ends the turn (no extra request), the object is selected")
+    tail = pg.evaluate("() => __agent.A.msgs.slice(-2).map(m => m.role + ':' + (m.tool_call_id || (m.tool_calls || []).length))")
+    check(tail == ["assistant:1", "tool:call_s"], f"the history stays valid for the next request {tail}")
+
     # Undo takes the agent's edit back
     pg.locator("#undo").click()
     pg.wait_for_timeout(700)
diff --git a/tools/mock_llm.py b/tools/mock_llm.py
index 03ff42e..194d625 100644
--- a/tools/mock_llm.py
+++ b/tools/mock_llm.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Wants the key `test-key`. Answers like a model that uses tools:
   list_objects {type: tree} and add_object {type: tree, x: X, y: Y, name: "Agent tree"}
 - tool results -> a short answer naming the new object's id in backticks
 - a user message containing "slow" -> a long, slow answer (to test Stop)
+- a user message "show me X" -> an answer and a select_object call for X in one step
+  (that ends the turn: no request follows)
 - anything else -> a plain answer
 Streams (SSE) when asked to. Every page origin may call it (CORS, also the
 preflight). GET /_requests lists the requests seen (headers and bodies).
@@ -76,6 +78,12 @@ class H(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         if last.get("role") == "user" and "slow" in last.get("content", ""):
             deltas = [{"content": "word%d " % i} for i in range(80)]
             return self.stream(body, deltas, finish, pause=0.1)
+        show = re.search(r"show me (\S+)", last.get("content", "")) if last.get("role") == "user" else None
+        if show:
+            deltas = [{"content": "Here is `%s`." % show.group(1)},
+                      {"tool_calls": [{"index": 0, "id": "call_s", "type": "function",
+                                       "function": {"name": "select_object", "arguments": json.dumps({"id": show.group(1)})}}]}]
+            return self.stream(body, deltas, "tool_calls")
         m = re.search(r"tree at (-?[\d.]+),\s*(-?[\d.]+)", last.get("content", "")) if last.get("role") == "user" else None
         if m:
             x, y = float(m.group(1)), float(m.group(2))