diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/CreateAgentDialogSections.tsx b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/CreateAgentDialogSections.tsx
index f0af718dd..f066b0834 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/CreateAgentDialogSections.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/CreateAgentDialogSections.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export function CreateAgentBasicsFields({
         Agent name
       </label>
       <Input
+        aria-describedby="help-agent-name"
         autoCapitalize="none"
         autoCorrect="off"
         data-testid="agent-name-input"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export function CreateAgentBasicsFields({
         spellCheck={false}
         value={name}
       />
-      <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+      <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground" id="help-agent-name">
         Used as the local label and synced to the agent profile display name
         when the relay accepts the create-time auth.
       </p>
@@ -139,11 +140,19 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
             Relay URL
           </label>
           <Input
+            aria-describedby="help-agent-relay-url"
             id="agent-relay-url"
             onChange={(event) => onRelayUrlChange(event.target.value)}
             placeholder="Leave blank to use the desktop relay"
             value={relayUrl}
           />
+          <p
+            className="text-xs text-muted-foreground"
+            id="help-agent-relay-url"
+          >
+            WebSocket URL of the relay this agent connects to. Leave blank to
+            use the built-in desktop relay.
+          </p>
         </div>
 
         <div className="space-y-1.5">
@@ -151,10 +160,18 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
             ACP command
           </label>
           <Input
+            aria-describedby="help-agent-acp-command"
             id="agent-acp-command"
             onChange={(event) => onAcpCommandChange(event.target.value)}
             value={acpCommand}
           />
+          <p
+            className="text-xs text-muted-foreground"
+            id="help-agent-acp-command"
+          >
+            The sprout-acp binary path or alias used to launch the ACP harness
+            process.
+          </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
@@ -167,10 +184,18 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
             Custom agent runtime command
           </label>
           <Input
+            aria-describedby="help-agent-runtime-command"
             id="agent-runtime-command"
             onChange={(event) => onAgentCommandChange(event.target.value)}
             value={agentCommand}
           />
+          <p
+            className="text-xs text-muted-foreground"
+            id="help-agent-runtime-command"
+          >
+            Full path or shell command for the agent binary when no known ACP
+            runtime was detected.
+          </p>
         </div>
       ) : null}
 
@@ -180,13 +205,17 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
             Agent runtime args
           </label>
           <Input
+            aria-describedby="help-agent-runtime-args"
             id="agent-runtime-args"
             onChange={(event) => onAgentArgsChange(event.target.value)}
             placeholder="Comma-separated"
             value={agentArgs}
           />
-          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-            `sprout-acp` splits args on commas, matching the testing guide.
+          <p
+            className="text-xs text-muted-foreground"
+            id="help-agent-runtime-args"
+          >
+            sprout-acp splits args on commas, matching the testing guide.
           </p>
         </div>
 
@@ -195,10 +224,18 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
             MCP command
           </label>
           <Input
+            aria-describedby="help-agent-mcp-command"
             id="agent-mcp-command"
             onChange={(event) => onMcpCommandChange(event.target.value)}
             value={mcpCommand}
           />
+          <p
+            className="text-xs text-muted-foreground"
+            id="help-agent-mcp-command"
+          >
+            Command the ACP harness uses to start the MCP tool server for this
+            agent.
+          </p>
         </div>
 
         <div className="space-y-1.5">
@@ -206,11 +243,15 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
             Turn timeout
           </label>
           <Input
+            aria-describedby="help-agent-timeout"
             id="agent-timeout"
             onChange={(event) => onTurnTimeoutChange(event.target.value)}
             placeholder="300"
             value={turnTimeoutSeconds}
           />
+          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground" id="help-agent-timeout">
+            Seconds before an agent turn is cancelled. Defaults to 300.
+          </p>
         </div>
 
         <div className="space-y-1.5">
@@ -218,6 +259,7 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
             Parallelism
           </label>
           <Input
+            aria-describedby="help-agent-parallelism"
             data-testid="agent-parallelism-input"
             id="agent-parallelism"
             inputMode="numeric"
@@ -229,8 +271,11 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
             type="number"
             value={parallelism}
           />
-          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-            Number of ACP worker subprocesses. `sprout-acp` allows 1-32.
+          <p
+            className="text-xs text-muted-foreground"
+            id="help-agent-parallelism"
+          >
+            Number of ACP worker subprocesses. sprout-acp allows 1-32.
           </p>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -240,15 +285,18 @@ export function CreateAgentRuntimeFields({
           System prompt override
         </label>
         <Textarea
+          aria-describedby="help-agent-system-prompt"
           data-testid="agent-system-prompt-input"
           id="agent-system-prompt"
           onChange={(event) => onSystemPromptChange(event.target.value)}
           placeholder="Leave blank to send no ACP system prompt"
           value={systemPrompt}
         />
-        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-          Blank means no override. `sprout-acp` will not add a `[System]`
-          prompt.
+        <p
+          className="text-xs text-muted-foreground"
+          id="help-agent-system-prompt"
+        >
+          Blank means no override. sprout-acp will not add a [System] prompt.
         </p>
       </div>
     </>
@@ -302,7 +350,7 @@ export function CreateAgentOptionToggles({
         <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-foreground/70">
           {prereqs !== null && !isMintSupported
             ? `Unavailable until ${prereqs.admin.command} is installed.`
-            : "Use `sprout-admin` to create a bearer token for this agent."}
+            : "Use sprout-admin to create a bearer token for this agent."}
         </p>
       </button>
 
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/ManagedAgentRow.tsx b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/ManagedAgentRow.tsx
index 372414a45..9904687e5 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/ManagedAgentRow.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/ManagedAgentRow.tsx
@@ -321,14 +321,26 @@ function AgentActionsMenu({
               onClick={() => onStart(agent.pubkey)}
             >
               <Play className="h-4 w-4" />
-              {isActive ? "Redeploy" : "Deploy"}
+              <div className="flex flex-col">
+                <span>{isActive ? "Redeploy" : "Deploy"}</span>
+                <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                  {isActive
+                    ? "Push a new deployment to the provider"
+                    : "Deploy this agent to the provider"}
+                </span>
+              </div>
             </DropdownMenuItem>
             <DropdownMenuItem
               disabled={isActionPending}
               onClick={() => onStop(agent.pubkey)}
             >
               <Square className="h-4 w-4" />
-              Shutdown
+              <div className="flex flex-col">
+                <span>Shutdown</span>
+                <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                  Stop the provider deployment and free its resources
+                </span>
+              </div>
             </DropdownMenuItem>
           </>
         ) : isActive ? (
@@ -337,7 +349,12 @@ function AgentActionsMenu({
             onClick={() => onStop(agent.pubkey)}
           >
             <Square className="h-4 w-4" />
-            Stop
+            <div className="flex flex-col">
+              <span>Stop</span>
+              <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                Stop the running ACP harness process
+              </span>
+            </div>
           </DropdownMenuItem>
         ) : (
           <DropdownMenuItem
@@ -345,7 +362,12 @@ function AgentActionsMenu({
             onClick={() => onStart(agent.pubkey)}
           >
             <Play className="h-4 w-4" />
-            Spawn
+            <div className="flex flex-col">
+              <span>Spawn</span>
+              <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                Launch the local ACP harness process for this agent
+              </span>
+            </div>
           </DropdownMenuItem>
         )}
 
@@ -354,7 +376,13 @@ function AgentActionsMenu({
           onClick={() => onAddToChannel(agent)}
         >
           <UserPlus className="h-4 w-4" />
-          Add to channel
+          <div className="flex flex-col">
+            <span>Add to channel</span>
+            <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+              Invite this agent to a channel so it can participate in
+              conversations
+            </span>
+          </div>
         </DropdownMenuItem>
 
         <DropdownMenuItem
@@ -362,20 +390,36 @@ function AgentActionsMenu({
           onClick={() => onMintToken(agent.pubkey, agent.name)}
         >
           <KeyRound className="h-4 w-4" />
-          Mint token
+          <div className="flex flex-col">
+            <span>Mint token</span>
+            <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+              Generate a bearer token this agent uses to authenticate with the
+              relay
+            </span>
+          </div>
         </DropdownMenuItem>
 
         <DropdownMenuItem
           onClick={() => navigator.clipboard.writeText(agent.pubkey)}
         >
           <Clipboard className="h-4 w-4" />
-          Copy pubkey
+          <div className="flex flex-col">
+            <span>Copy pubkey</span>
+            <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+              Copy the agent&apos;s public key to the clipboard
+            </span>
+          </div>
         </DropdownMenuItem>
 
         {agent.backend.type === "local" ? (
           <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => onOpenLogs(agent.pubkey)}>
             <FileText className="h-4 w-4" />
-            View logs
+            <div className="flex flex-col">
+              <span>View logs</span>
+              <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                Show the ACP harness stdout/stderr log inline
+              </span>
+            </div>
           </DropdownMenuItem>
         ) : null}
 
@@ -387,9 +431,18 @@ function AgentActionsMenu({
             }
           >
             <Power className="h-4 w-4" />
-            {agent.startOnAppLaunch
-              ? "Disable auto-start"
-              : "Enable auto-start"}
+            <div className="flex flex-col">
+              <span>
+                {agent.startOnAppLaunch
+                  ? "Disable auto-start"
+                  : "Enable auto-start"}
+              </span>
+              <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                {agent.startOnAppLaunch
+                  ? "Stop launching this agent automatically when the desktop app starts"
+                  : "Launch this agent automatically every time the desktop app starts"}
+              </span>
+            </div>
           </DropdownMenuItem>
         ) : null}
 
@@ -401,7 +454,12 @@ function AgentActionsMenu({
           onClick={() => onDelete(agent.pubkey)}
         >
           <Trash2 className="h-4 w-4" />
-          Delete
+          <div className="flex flex-col">
+            <span>Delete</span>
+            <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+              Permanently remove this agent profile from the desktop app
+            </span>
+          </div>
         </DropdownMenuItem>
       </DropdownMenuContent>
     </DropdownMenu>
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/PersonasSection.tsx b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/PersonasSection.tsx
index f4123cef8..5f974a7ea 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/PersonasSection.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/PersonasSection.tsx
@@ -155,7 +155,13 @@ export function PersonasSection({
                         onClick={() => onEdit(persona)}
                       >
                         <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
-                        Edit
+                        <div className="flex flex-col">
+                          <span>Edit</span>
+                          <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                            Edit this persona&apos;s name, avatar, and system
+                            prompt
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
                       </DropdownMenuItem>
                     ) : null}
                     <DropdownMenuItem
@@ -163,14 +169,26 @@ export function PersonasSection({
                       onClick={() => onDuplicate(persona)}
                     >
                       <CopyPlus className="h-4 w-4" />
-                      Duplicate
+                      <div className="flex flex-col">
+                        <span>Duplicate</span>
+                        <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                          Create a copy of this persona you can customize
+                          independently
+                        </span>
+                      </div>
                     </DropdownMenuItem>
                     <DropdownMenuItem
                       disabled={isPending}
                       onClick={() => onExport(persona)}
                     >
                       <Download className="h-4 w-4" />
-                      Export
+                      <div className="flex flex-col">
+                        <span>Export</span>
+                        <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                          Save this persona as a .persona.json file you can
+                          share or back up
+                        </span>
+                      </div>
                     </DropdownMenuItem>
                     {persona.isBuiltIn ? (
                       <DropdownMenuItem
@@ -179,7 +197,12 @@ export function PersonasSection({
                         onClick={() => onDeactivate(persona)}
                       >
                         <Trash2 className="h-4 w-4" />
-                        Remove from My Agents
+                        <div className="flex flex-col">
+                          <span>Remove from My Agents</span>
+                          <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                            Remove this built-in persona from your agent library
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
                       </DropdownMenuItem>
                     ) : (
                       <DropdownMenuItem
@@ -188,7 +211,12 @@ export function PersonasSection({
                         onClick={() => onDelete(persona)}
                       >
                         <Trash2 className="h-4 w-4" />
-                        Delete
+                        <div className="flex flex-col">
+                          <span>Delete</span>
+                          <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                            Permanently delete this persona
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
                       </DropdownMenuItem>
                     )}
                   </DropdownMenuContent>
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/TeamsSection.tsx b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/TeamsSection.tsx
index 91d27fccb..cb2435dd7 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/TeamsSection.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/TeamsSection.tsx
@@ -202,7 +202,12 @@ export function TeamsSection({
                         onClick={() => onAddToChannel(team)}
                       >
                         <Rocket className="h-4 w-4" />
-                        Deploy to channel
+                        <div className="flex flex-col">
+                          <span>Deploy to channel</span>
+                          <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                            Add all personas in this team to a channel at once
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
                       </DropdownMenuItem>
                       <DropdownMenuSeparator />
                       <DropdownMenuItem
@@ -210,21 +215,39 @@ export function TeamsSection({
                         onClick={() => onEdit(team)}
                       >
                         <Pencil className="h-4 w-4" />
-                        Edit
+                        <div className="flex flex-col">
+                          <span>Edit</span>
+                          <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                            Edit this team&apos;s name, description, and persona
+                            membership
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
                       </DropdownMenuItem>
                       <DropdownMenuItem
                         disabled={isPending || hasMissingPersonas}
                         onClick={() => onDuplicate(team)}
                       >
                         <CopyPlus className="h-4 w-4" />
-                        Duplicate
+                        <div className="flex flex-col">
+                          <span>Duplicate</span>
+                          <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                            Create a copy of this team you can customize
+                            independently
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
                       </DropdownMenuItem>
                       <DropdownMenuItem
                         disabled={isPending || hasMissingPersonas}
                         onClick={() => onExport(team)}
                       >
                         <Download className="h-4 w-4" />
-                        Export
+                        <div className="flex flex-col">
+                          <span>Export</span>
+                          <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                            Save this team as a .team.json file you can share or
+                            back up
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
                       </DropdownMenuItem>
                       <DropdownMenuSeparator />
                       <DropdownMenuItem
@@ -233,7 +256,12 @@ export function TeamsSection({
                         onClick={() => onDelete(team)}
                       >
                         <Trash2 className="h-4 w-4" />
-                        Delete
+                        <div className="flex flex-col">
+                          <span>Delete</span>
+                          <span className="text-xs font-normal text-muted-foreground">
+                            Permanently delete this team
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
                       </DropdownMenuItem>
                     </DropdownMenuContent>
                   </DropdownMenu>