diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.css b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.css
index 1435b7f3eb..88471cddd3 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.css
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.css
@@ -277,10 +277,29 @@
   flex-direction: column;
   gap: 0.4rem;
 }
+.ce-flow-text textarea,
+.ce-flow-guidance-row textarea {
+  background: var(--surface);
+  color: var(--text);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  font-family: var(--font-primary);
+  outline: none;
+  transition: border-color var(--transition-fast), box-shadow var(--transition-fast);
+}
 .ce-flow-text textarea {
   width: 100%;
   resize: vertical;
 }
+.ce-flow-text textarea:focus,
+.ce-flow-guidance-row textarea:focus {
+  border-color: var(--todo);
+  box-shadow: var(--focus-ring);
+}
+.ce-flow-text textarea::placeholder,
+.ce-flow-guidance-row textarea::placeholder {
+  color: var(--text-dim);
+}
 .ce-flow-confirm {
   display: flex;
   gap: 0.5rem;
diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/__tests__/theme-tokens.test.ts b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/__tests__/theme-tokens.test.ts
index 257b1eeffe..1e8c371424 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/__tests__/theme-tokens.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/__tests__/theme-tokens.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ function selectorBlocks(selector: string): string[] {
   return css.match(pattern) ?? [];
 }
 
+function selectorGroupBlocks(selector: string): string[] {
+  const blocks: string[] = [];
+  const rulePattern = /([^{}]+)\{([^}]*)\}/g;
+  for (const match of css.matchAll(rulePattern)) {
+    const selectors = match[1]
+      .split(",")
+      .map((candidate) => candidate.trim())
+      .filter(Boolean);
+    if (selectors.includes(selector)) {
+      blocks.push(match[0]);
+    }
+  }
+  return blocks;
+}
+
+function expectTextareaThemeTokens(selector: string, surfaceName: string) {
+  const blocks = selectorGroupBlocks(selector);
+  expect(blocks, `expected themed textarea block for ${surfaceName} (${selector})`).not.toHaveLength(0);
+  const block = blocks.join("\n");
+  expect(block, `expected ${surfaceName} to set theme surface background`).toMatch(/background:\s*var\(--surface\)\s*;/);
+  expect(block, `expected ${surfaceName} to set theme text color`).toMatch(/color:\s*var\(--text\)\s*;/);
+  expect(block, `expected ${surfaceName} to set theme border`).toMatch(/border:\s*1px\s+solid\s+var\(--border\)\s*;/);
+  expect(block, `expected ${surfaceName} not to rely on a transparent background`).not.toMatch(/background:\s*transparent\s*;/);
+}
+
 describe("CompoundEngineeringView theme tokens", () => {
   it("does not use hardcoded legacy color fallbacks", () => {
     const forbiddenPatterns = [
@@ -63,6 +88,52 @@ describe("CompoundEngineeringView theme tokens", () => {
     expect(viewBlock).toMatch(/color:\s*var\(--text\)\s*;/);
   });
 
+  it("themes every CE free-text textarea with dashboard input tokens", () => {
+    const textareaSurfaces = [
+      {
+        name: 'standard question/answer textarea (data-testid="ce-flow-text-input")',
+        selector: ".ce-flow-text textarea",
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'degraded chat fallback textarea (data-testid="ce-flow-degraded-input")',
+        selector: ".ce-flow-text textarea",
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'guidance textarea (data-testid="ce-flow-guidance-input")',
+        selector: ".ce-flow-guidance-row textarea",
+      },
+    ];
+
+    for (const surface of textareaSurfaces) {
+      expectTextareaThemeTokens(surface.selector, surface.name);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("themes CE textarea focus and placeholder states", () => {
+    const textFocusBlocks = selectorGroupBlocks(".ce-flow-text textarea:focus");
+    const guidanceFocusBlocks = selectorGroupBlocks(".ce-flow-guidance-row textarea:focus");
+    const textPlaceholderBlocks = selectorGroupBlocks(".ce-flow-text textarea::placeholder");
+    const guidancePlaceholderBlocks = selectorGroupBlocks(".ce-flow-guidance-row textarea::placeholder");
+
+    for (const [selector, blocks] of [
+      [".ce-flow-text textarea:focus", textFocusBlocks],
+      [".ce-flow-guidance-row textarea:focus", guidanceFocusBlocks],
+    ] as const) {
+      expect(blocks, `expected focus block for ${selector}`).not.toHaveLength(0);
+      const block = blocks.join("\n");
+      expect(block, `expected ${selector} to use themed focus border`).toMatch(/border-color:\s*var\(--todo\)\s*;/);
+      expect(block, `expected ${selector} to use themed focus ring`).toMatch(/box-shadow:\s*var\(--focus-ring\)\s*;/);
+    }
+
+    for (const [selector, blocks] of [
+      [".ce-flow-text textarea::placeholder", textPlaceholderBlocks],
+      [".ce-flow-guidance-row textarea::placeholder", guidancePlaceholderBlocks],
+    ] as const) {
+      expect(blocks, `expected placeholder block for ${selector}`).not.toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(blocks.join("\n"), `expected ${selector} to use dim text token`).toMatch(/color:\s*var\(--text-dim\)\s*;/);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("does not use opacity to dim text selectors", () => {
     const textDimmingSelectors = [
       ".ce-view-summary",