diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
index d896f0a..9e4613b 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Composer.swift
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ struct StartChatComposer: View {
     @State private var useWorktree = true
 
     private var projects: [WireProject] { store.dashboard.projects }
+    /// The picker defaults to "No project" (nil) rather than auto-selecting the first project, so a
+    /// typed prompt never quietly starts an agent in a repo the user didn't choose — they pick one
+    /// explicitly before the send button lights. A project page's composer stays scoped via
+    /// `lockedProject`.
     private var selected: WireProject? {
-        lockedProject ?? (projects.first { $0.id == projectID } ?? projects.first)
+        lockedProject ?? projects.first { $0.id == projectID }
     }
     private var controlled: Bool { selected?.isNucleicControlled ?? false }
     /// Auto-approve for the chat about to start: the user's choice off-control, but forced on for a