diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/folder-links.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/folder-links.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbc16a88e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/folder-links.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { expect, test, type Page } from "../support/fixtures";
+import { openAgentRoute, seedMockAgentWorkspace } from "../support/helpers/mock-agent";
+
+async function openReportedFolderLink(page: Page, name: string) {
+  const link = page.getByTestId("assistant-message").getByRole("link", { name, exact: true });
+  await link.click();
+}
+
+async function expectFolderContents(page: Page) {
+  await expect(page.getByText("Requested path is not a file", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("file-explorer-tree-scroll")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByTestId("file-explorer-tree-scroll").getByText("guide.md", { exact: true }),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+for (const folder of ["docs/guides", "docs/guides/", "docs/reports.v1"]) {
+  test(`chat folder link opens folder contents: ${folder}`, async ({ page }) => {
+    const session = await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "folder-link-repro-",
+      title: "Folder link reproduction",
+      initialPrompt: "Show the folder link",
+      featureValues: { mockAssistantResponse: `[Open folder](./${folder})` },
+    });
+    try {
+      await mkdir(path.join(session.cwd, folder), { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(path.join(session.cwd, folder, "guide.md"), "# Folder link destination\n");
+      await session.client.waitForFinish(session.agentId, 30_000);
+      await openAgentRoute(page, session);
+      await openReportedFolderLink(page, "Open folder");
+      await expectFolderContents(page);
+    } finally {
+      await page.screenshot({ path: test.info().outputPath("folder-link-result.png") });
+      await session.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/inline-path-open.test.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/inline-path-open.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d2a80a82b7..0000000000
--- a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/inline-path-open.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { planInlinePathOpen } from "./inline-path-open";
-
-describe("planInlinePathOpen", () => {
-  it("opens paths with a line number directly as files", () => {
-    expect(
-      planInlinePathOpen({
-        file: "src/moys-asr-workflow",
-        lineStart: 12,
-        workspaceRoot: "/repo",
-      }),
-    ).toEqual({ kind: "file" });
-  });
-
-  it("opens paths with a file extension directly as files", () => {
-    expect(
-      planInlinePathOpen({ file: "src/components/message.tsx", workspaceRoot: "/repo" }),
-    ).toEqual({ kind: "file" });
-    expect(planInlinePathOpen({ file: "README.md", workspaceRoot: "/repo" })).toEqual({
-      kind: "file",
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("treats a missing file segment as a directory", () => {
-    expect(planInlinePathOpen({ file: undefined, workspaceRoot: "/repo" })).toEqual({
-      kind: "directory",
-      directoryPath: ".",
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("probes extension-less workspace-relative paths", () => {
-    expect(
-      planInlinePathOpen({ file: "packages/app/moys-asr-workflow", workspaceRoot: "/repo" }),
-    ).toEqual({ kind: "probe", directoryPath: "packages/app/moys-asr-workflow" });
-    expect(planInlinePathOpen({ file: "Makefile", workspaceRoot: "/repo" })).toEqual({
-      kind: "probe",
-      directoryPath: "Makefile",
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("opens extension-less absolute paths directly as files", () => {
-    expect(planInlinePathOpen({ file: "C:/Tools/some-folder", workspaceRoot: "C:/repo" })).toEqual({
-      kind: "file",
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("opens extension-less paths directly as files when there is no workspace root", () => {
-    expect(planInlinePathOpen({ file: "some-folder", workspaceRoot: "  " })).toEqual({
-      kind: "file",
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/inline-path-open.ts b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/inline-path-open.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 80793cf061..0000000000
--- a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/inline-path-open.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import { isAbsolutePath } from "@/utils/path";
-
-export type InlinePathOpenPlan =
-  | { kind: "file" }
-  | { kind: "directory"; directoryPath: string }
-  | { kind: "probe"; directoryPath: string };
-
-/**
- * Decides how an inline path press opens. Extension-less workspace-relative paths without a
- * line number cannot be told apart from folders lexically ("moys-asr-workflow" is a folder,
- * "Makefile" is a file), so they come back as "probe" and the caller asks the daemon which
- * one it is before opening a file tab that would fail with "Requested path is not a file".
- */
-export function planInlinePathOpen(input: {
-  file?: string;
-  lineStart?: number;
-  workspaceRoot: string;
-}): InlinePathOpenPlan {
-  const { file, lineStart, workspaceRoot } = input;
-  if (!file) {
-    // Lexical directory: a trailing slash, ".", or the workspace root itself.
-    return { kind: "directory", directoryPath: "." };
-  }
-  if (lineStart !== undefined || hasFileExtension(file)) {
-    return { kind: "file" };
-  }
-  if (isAbsolutePath(file) || !workspaceRoot.trim()) {
-    return { kind: "file" };
-  }
-  return { kind: "probe", directoryPath: file };
-}
-
-function hasFileExtension(value: string): boolean {
-  const lastSegment = value.split("/").pop() ?? "";
-  return /\.[A-Za-z0-9]+$/.test(lastSegment);
-}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/view.tsx b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/view.tsx
index 83123c1b77..83cfca9ced 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/agent-stream/view.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/agent-stream/view.tsx
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ import { AssistantSelectionCopySurface } from "@/assistant-selection-copy/surfac
 import {
   AssistantFileLinkResolverProvider,
   normalizeInlinePathTarget,
+  resolveInlinePathOpen,
 } from "@/assistant-file-links";
-import { planInlinePathOpen } from "./inline-path-open";
 import {
   createWorkspaceFileTabTarget,
   normalizeWorkspaceFileLocation,
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
     );
 
     const workspaceRoot = context.cwd?.trim() || "";
-    const { requestDirectoryListing } = useFileExplorerActions({
+    const { revealDirectory } = useFileExplorerActions({
       serverId: resolvedServerId,
       workspaceId: context.workspaceId,
       workspaceRoot,
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
         };
 
         const openFilesExplorerAt = (directoryPath: string) => {
-          void requestDirectoryListing(directoryPath);
+          void revealDirectory(directoryPath);
 
           openExplorerSidebarView({
             isCompact: isMobile,
@@ -486,31 +486,19 @@ const AgentStreamViewComponent = forwardRef<AgentStreamViewHandle, AgentStreamVi
           });
         };
 
-        const plan = planInlinePathOpen({
+        void resolveInlinePathOpen({
           file: normalized.file,
+          directory: normalized.directory,
           lineStart: target.lineStart,
           workspaceRoot,
+          client,
+        }).then((destination) => {
+          if (destination.kind === "directory") {
+            return openFilesExplorerAt(destination.directoryPath);
+          } else {
+            return openFileLocation();
+          }
         });
-
-        if (plan.kind === "file") {
-          openFileLocation();
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (plan.kind === "directory") {
-          openFilesExplorerAt(normalized.directory || ".");
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (!client) {
-          openFileLocation();
-          return;
-        }
-
-        void client.listDirectory(workspaceRoot, plan.directoryPath).then(
-          () => openFilesExplorerAt(plan.directoryPath),
-          () => openFileLocation(),
-        );
       },
     );
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/index.ts b/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/index.ts
index 169afc38b0..e91aaf9c33 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/index.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ export {
 } from "./provider";
 export type { AssistantFileLinkSource } from "./resolver";
 export { useAssistantFileLinkActions, useFileLink } from "./use-file-link";
+
+export { resolveInlinePathOpen } from "./path-open";
diff --git a/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/path-open.test.ts b/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/path-open.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..852feb8127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/path-open.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { mkdtemp, mkdir, readdir, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { resolveInlinePathOpen } from "./path-open";
+
+const roots: string[] = [];
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(roots.splice(0).map((root) => rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })));
+});
+
+it("distinguishes dotted and extensionless folders from files using the filesystem", async () => {
+  const workspaceRoot = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "folder-link-"));
+  roots.push(workspaceRoot);
+  await mkdir(path.join(workspaceRoot, "docs/guides"), { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(path.join(workspaceRoot, "docs/reports.v1"));
+  await writeFile(path.join(workspaceRoot, "Makefile"), "all:\n");
+  await writeFile(path.join(workspaceRoot, "README.md"), "# Readme\n");
+  const client = {
+    listDirectory: (root: string, file: string) => readdir(path.resolve(root, file)),
+  };
+  for (const file of ["docs/guides", "docs/reports.v1"]) {
+    await expect(
+      resolveInlinePathOpen({ file, directory: "docs", workspaceRoot, client }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ kind: "directory", directoryPath: file });
+  }
+  for (const file of ["Makefile", "README.md", "missing.md"]) {
+    await expect(
+      resolveInlinePathOpen({ file, directory: ".", workspaceRoot, client }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ kind: "file" });
+  }
+});
+
+it("preserves explicit directory destinations and file line references", async () => {
+  const workspaceRoot = "/repo";
+  await expect(
+    resolveInlinePathOpen({ directory: "docs/guides", workspaceRoot, client: null }),
+  ).resolves.toEqual({ kind: "directory", directoryPath: "docs/guides" });
+  await expect(
+    resolveInlinePathOpen({
+      file: "docs/guides",
+      directory: "docs",
+      lineStart: 12,
+      workspaceRoot,
+      client: null,
+    }),
+  ).resolves.toEqual({ kind: "file" });
+});
+
+it("keeps unavailable probes and external paths on the existing file-open path", async () => {
+  for (const file of ["Makefile", "/external/folder", "C:/external/folder"]) {
+    await expect(
+      resolveInlinePathOpen({ file, directory: ".", workspaceRoot: "/repo", client: null }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ kind: "file" });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/path-open.ts b/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/path-open.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b08e2f9680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/assistant-file-links/path-open.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { isAbsolutePath } from "@/utils/path";
+
+interface PathOpenInput {
+  file?: string;
+  directory: string;
+  lineStart?: number;
+  workspaceRoot: string;
+  client: { listDirectory(root: string, path: string): Promise<unknown> } | null;
+}
+
+type PathOpenTarget = { kind: "file" } | { kind: "directory"; directoryPath: string };
+
+/** Resolve workspace folders from filesystem facts, including names that contain dots. */
+export async function resolveInlinePathOpen(input: PathOpenInput): Promise<PathOpenTarget> {
+  if (!input.file) {
+    return { kind: "directory", directoryPath: input.directory };
+  }
+  if (
+    input.lineStart !== undefined ||
+    isAbsolutePath(input.file) ||
+    !input.workspaceRoot.trim() ||
+    !input.client
+  ) {
+    return { kind: "file" };
+  }
+  try {
+    await input.client.listDirectory(input.workspaceRoot, input.file);
+  } catch {
+    return { kind: "file" };
+  }
+  return { kind: "directory", directoryPath: input.file };
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/file-explorer/tree.ts b/packages/app/src/file-explorer/tree.ts
index 472c3d7075..13f94c7f3e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/file-explorer/tree.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/file-explorer/tree.ts
@@ -201,3 +201,22 @@ function sortExplorerEntries(entries: ExplorerEntry[], sortOption: SortOption):
   });
   return sorted;
 }
+
+/** Load and expand the path to a directory selected outside the tree. */
+export async function revealExplorerDirectory(input: {
+  directoryPath: string;
+  requestDirectoryListing: (path: string) => Promise<ExplorerDirectory | null>;
+  expandPaths: (paths: string[]) => void;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const paths = ["."];
+  if (input.directoryPath !== ".") {
+    const segments = input.directoryPath.split("/").filter(Boolean);
+    for (let length = 1; length <= segments.length; length += 1) {
+      paths.push(segments.slice(0, length).join("/"));
+    }
+  }
+  for (const path of paths) {
+    if (!(await input.requestDirectoryListing(path))) return;
+  }
+  input.expandPaths(paths);
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-file-explorer-actions.ts b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-file-explorer-actions.ts
index c29feb5241..e9d258c27c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-file-explorer-actions.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-file-explorer-actions.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import {
   type ExplorerDirectory,
 } from "@/stores/session-store";
 import { explorerFileFromReadResult } from "@/file-explorer/read-result";
+import { usePanelStore } from "@/stores/panel-store";
+import { revealExplorerDirectory } from "@/file-explorer/tree";
 import { parentExplorerPath } from "@/utils/explorer-paths";
 
 function createExplorerState(): AgentFileExplorerState {
@@ -172,6 +174,23 @@ export function useFileExplorerActions(params: { serverId: string } & FileExplor
     [client, normalizedWorkspaceRoot, t, updateExplorerState, workspaceStateKey],
   );
 
+  const revealDirectory = useCallback(
+    async (directoryPath: string) => {
+      if (!workspaceStateKey) return;
+      await revealExplorerDirectory({
+        directoryPath,
+        requestDirectoryListing,
+        expandPaths: (paths) =>
+          usePanelStore
+            .getState()
+            .setExpandedPathsForWorkspace(workspaceStateKey, (current) =>
+              Array.from(new Set([...current, ...paths])),
+            ),
+      });
+    },
+    [requestDirectoryListing, workspaceStateKey],
+  );
+
   const requestFilePreview = useCallback(
     async (path: string) => {
       if (!workspaceStateKey) {
@@ -354,6 +373,7 @@ export function useFileExplorerActions(params: { serverId: string } & FileExplor
 
   return {
     workspaceStateKey,
+    revealDirectory,
     requestDirectoryListing,
     requestFilePreview,
     requestFileDownloadToken,