diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/components/V2GithubPrCard.tsx b/frontend/src/v2/components/V2GithubPrCard.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f04a421c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/components/V2GithubPrCard.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+// Inline GitHub PR preview rendered when a message references
+// `https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/pull/<number>`. Detection lives in
+// V2MessageBubble; this component owns the fetch + render once given the
+// (owner, repo, number) tuple.
+//
+// Fetches via the public GitHub REST API (no auth required for public
+// repos). Rate limit is 60/hr per IP unauthenticated — fine for the demo
+// surface; a single PR is also memoized at module scope so re-renders and
+// repeat references in the same session are free.
+//
+// Failure mode: if the fetch errors (private repo, rate-limited, network),
+// the component renders nothing and the parent's clickable URL remains —
+// graceful degradation, never blocks the message bubble.
+
+interface PrSummary {
+  title: string;
+  state: 'open' | 'closed';
+  merged: boolean;
+  number: number;
+  htmlUrl: string;
+  user: { login: string; avatarUrl: string };
+  createdAt: string;
+  commits: number;
+  additions: number;
+  deletions: number;
+  changedFiles: number;
+  contributors: { login: string; avatarUrl: string }[];
+}
+
+const cache = new Map<string, Promise<PrSummary | null>>();
+
+async function fetchPrSummary(owner: string, repo: string, number: number): Promise<PrSummary | null> {
+  const key = `${owner}/${repo}#${number}`;
+  if (cache.has(key)) return cache.get(key)!;
+  const promise = (async () => {
+    try {
+      const base = `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/pulls/${number}`;
+      const [prRes, commitsRes] = await Promise.all([
+        fetch(base, { headers: { Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json' } }),
+        fetch(`${base}/commits?per_page=100`, { headers: { Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json' } }),
+      ]);
+      if (!prRes.ok) return null;
+      const pr: any = await prRes.json();
+      const commits: any[] = commitsRes.ok ? await commitsRes.json() : [];
+      const contribMap = new Map<string, { login: string; avatarUrl: string }>();
+      for (const c of commits) {
+        const author = c.author || c.commit?.author;
+        const login = (author?.login as string) || (c.commit?.author?.name as string) || '';
+        const avatarUrl = (author?.avatar_url as string) || '';
+        if (login && !contribMap.has(login)) {
+          contribMap.set(login, { login, avatarUrl });
+        }
+      }
+      return {
+        title: String(pr.title || ''),
+        state: pr.state === 'closed' ? 'closed' : 'open',
+        merged: !!pr.merged,
+        number: pr.number,
+        htmlUrl: pr.html_url,
+        user: {
+          login: pr.user?.login || '',
+          avatarUrl: pr.user?.avatar_url || '',
+        },
+        createdAt: pr.created_at,
+        commits: pr.commits || commits.length || 0,
+        additions: pr.additions || 0,
+        deletions: pr.deletions || 0,
+        changedFiles: pr.changed_files || 0,
+        contributors: Array.from(contribMap.values()),
+      };
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('[V2GithubPrCard] fetch failed:', (err as Error).message);
+      return null;
+    }
+  })();
+  cache.set(key, promise);
+  return promise;
+}
+
+interface V2GithubPrCardProps {
+  owner: string;
+  repo: string;
+  number: number;
+}
+
+const V2GithubPrCard: React.FC<V2GithubPrCardProps> = ({ owner, repo, number }) => {
+  const [pr, setPr] = useState<PrSummary | null | 'loading'>('loading');
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let alive = true;
+    fetchPrSummary(owner, repo, number).then((data) => {
+      if (alive) setPr(data);
+    });
+    return () => { alive = false; };
+  }, [owner, repo, number]);
+
+  if (pr === 'loading') {
+    return (
+      <a
+        className="v2-prcard v2-prcard--loading"
+        href={`https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/pull/${number}`}
+        target="_blank"
+        rel="noopener noreferrer"
+      >
+        <span className="v2-prcard__chip">PR #{number}</span>
+        <span className="v2-prcard__loading-text">loading…</span>
+      </a>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!pr) {
+    // Fetch failed — fall back to nothing so the bubble's clickable URL
+    // is the only artifact (parent has already rendered the URL).
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const stateLabel = pr.merged ? 'Merged' : (pr.state === 'open' ? 'Open' : 'Closed');
+  const stateClass = pr.merged ? 'v2-prcard__state--merged'
+    : pr.state === 'open' ? 'v2-prcard__state--open'
+      : 'v2-prcard__state--closed';
+
+  const visibleContributors = pr.contributors.slice(0, 4);
+  const overflowCount = Math.max(0, pr.contributors.length - visibleContributors.length);
+
+  return (
+    <a
+      className="v2-prcard"
+      href={pr.htmlUrl}
+      target="_blank"
+      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+      aria-label={`Pull request #${pr.number}: ${pr.title}`}
+    >
+      <div className="v2-prcard__head">
+        <span className="v2-prcard__repo">{owner}/{repo}</span>
+        <span className={`v2-prcard__state ${stateClass}`}>{stateLabel}</span>
+      </div>
+      <div className="v2-prcard__title">
+        <span className="v2-prcard__num">#{pr.number}</span> {pr.title}
+      </div>
+      <div className="v2-prcard__meta">
+        <span className="v2-prcard__metric">{pr.commits} commit{pr.commits === 1 ? '' : 's'}</span>
+        <span className="v2-prcard__metric">{pr.changedFiles} file{pr.changedFiles === 1 ? '' : 's'}</span>
+        <span className="v2-prcard__metric v2-prcard__metric--add">+{pr.additions}</span>
+        <span className="v2-prcard__metric v2-prcard__metric--del">−{pr.deletions}</span>
+        {pr.contributors.length > 0 && (
+          <span className="v2-prcard__contributors" aria-label={`${pr.contributors.length} contributor${pr.contributors.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}`}>
+            {visibleContributors.map((c) => (
+              <span
+                key={c.login}
+                className="v2-prcard__avatar"
+                style={c.avatarUrl ? { backgroundImage: `url(${c.avatarUrl})` } : undefined}
+                title={c.login}
+              >
+                {!c.avatarUrl && c.login.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase()}
+              </span>
+            ))}
+            {overflowCount > 0 && (
+              <span className="v2-prcard__avatar v2-prcard__avatar--overflow">+{overflowCount}</span>
+            )}
+          </span>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </a>
+  );
+};
+
+// Match a github.com PR URL anywhere in a string. Capture (owner, repo, number).
+// Anchored to a word boundary on either side so it doesn't match URLs nested
+// inside other tokens.
+export const GITHUB_PR_URL_RE = /https?:\/\/github\.com\/([\w.-]+)\/([\w.-]+)\/pull\/(\d+)(?=\b|$)/g;
+
+export interface ParsedGithubPr {
+  owner: string;
+  repo: string;
+  number: number;
+  fullUrl: string;
+}
+
+export const parseGithubPrUrls = (content: string): ParsedGithubPr[] => {
+  const results: ParsedGithubPr[] = [];
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+  GITHUB_PR_URL_RE.lastIndex = 0;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-cond-assign
+  while ((match = GITHUB_PR_URL_RE.exec(content)) !== null) {
+    const key = `${match[1]}/${match[2]}#${match[3]}`;
+    if (seen.has(key)) continue;
+    seen.add(key);
+    results.push({
+      owner: match[1],
+      repo: match[2],
+      number: parseInt(match[3], 10),
+      fullUrl: match[0],
+    });
+  }
+  return results;
+};
+
+export default V2GithubPrCard;
diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/components/V2MessageBubble.tsx b/frontend/src/v2/components/V2MessageBubble.tsx
index ed663b21..9e107ee1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/components/V2MessageBubble.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/components/V2MessageBubble.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
 import V2Avatar from './V2Avatar';
+import V2GithubPrCard, { parseGithubPrUrls } from './V2GithubPrCard';
 import { V2Message } from '../hooks/useV2PodDetail';
 import { formatRelativeTime } from '../utils/grouping';
 import { useAuth } from '../../context/AuthContext';
@@ -289,12 +290,32 @@ const V2MessageBubble: React.FC<V2MessageBubbleProps> = ({ message, isLead, agen
   // files. Order matters — files leave a trimmed body that we then read for
   // image rendering.
   const { stripped: noReactions, reactions } = parseReactions(message.content || '');
-  const { stripped, files } = parseFiles(noReactions);
-  const markdownImage = stripped.match(MARKDOWN_IMAGE_RE)?.[1];
-  const imageUrl = message.message_type === 'image' || message.messageType === 'image' || IMAGE_URL_RE.test(stripped)
-    ? stripped
+  const { stripped: afterFiles, files } = parseFiles(noReactions);
+  const markdownImage = afterFiles.match(MARKDOWN_IMAGE_RE)?.[1];
+  const imageUrl = message.message_type === 'image' || message.messageType === 'image' || IMAGE_URL_RE.test(afterFiles)
+    ? afterFiles
     : markdownImage;
 
+  // GitHub PR URL detection — if the message body contains a `pull/<n>` URL,
+  // we render an inline preview card below the text. Card fetch is lazy +
+  // memoized at module scope; one fetch per (owner, repo, number) per session.
+  // The bare URL is stripped from the rendered text so we don't double-show
+  // "URL as text + URL as card".
+  const prRefs = imageUrl ? [] : parseGithubPrUrls(afterFiles);
+  let stripped = afterFiles;
+  if (prRefs.length > 0) {
+    stripped = afterFiles.replace(/https?:\/\/github\.com\/[\w.-]+\/[\w.-]+\/pull\/\d+(?=\b|$)/g, '').trim();
+  }
+  // Auto-linkify bare http(s) URLs that aren't already inside markdown link
+  // syntax. Without this, agents posting raw URLs render as plain text and
+  // the user can't click them.
+  if (stripped) {
+    stripped = stripped.replace(
+      /(?<![(<[])(https?:\/\/[^\s<>"]+?[^\s<>".,!?;:])(?=[\s.,!?;:]|$)/g,
+      '[$1]($1)',
+    );
+  }
+
   // Highlight messages that @-mention the current user. Word-boundary so
   // `@foo` doesn't match `@foobar`. Skip for self-authored messages — no
   // value highlighting your own outgoing message.
@@ -352,6 +373,14 @@ const V2MessageBubble: React.FC<V2MessageBubbleProps> = ({ message, isLead, agen
         {files.map((file, idx) => (
           <FilePill key={`${file.name}-${idx}`} file={file} />
         ))}
+        {prRefs.map((pr) => (
+          <V2GithubPrCard
+            key={`${pr.owner}/${pr.repo}#${pr.number}`}
+            owner={pr.owner}
+            repo={pr.repo}
+            number={pr.number}
+          />
+        ))}
         {reactions.length > 0 && (
           <div className="v2-msg__reactions" aria-label="Reactions">
             {reactions.map((r, idx) => (
diff --git a/frontend/src/v2/v2.css b/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
index df1feac6..c8ba5d09 100644
--- a/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
+++ b/frontend/src/v2/v2.css
@@ -1519,6 +1519,139 @@
   background: var(--v2-accent-strong);
 }
 
+/* GitHub PR preview card. Rendered below a message body when the content
+   contains a `https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/pull/<n>` URL. Card fetches
+   from GitHub REST API on mount; failure mode is silent (parent's clickable
+   URL stays). Visual: borders not shadows, one accent color, no gradients —
+   matches the v2 design system. */
+.v2-prcard {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 6px;
+  margin-top: 8px;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+  background: var(--v2-surface);
+  border: 1px solid var(--v2-border-soft);
+  border-radius: var(--v2-radius);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  color: var(--v2-text-primary);
+  transition: border-color 120ms ease, background 120ms ease;
+}
+.v2-prcard:hover {
+  border-color: var(--v2-border);
+  background: var(--v2-surface-hover);
+}
+.v2-prcard--loading {
+  flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 8px;
+  color: var(--v2-text-secondary);
+  font-size: 12.5px;
+}
+.v2-prcard__chip {
+  font-family: var(--v2-font-mono, ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, monospace);
+  font-size: 12px;
+  padding: 2px 8px;
+  border-radius: var(--v2-radius-pill);
+  background: var(--v2-accent-soft);
+  color: var(--v2-accent-text);
+}
+.v2-prcard__loading-text {
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+.v2-prcard__head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 8px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: var(--v2-text-secondary);
+}
+.v2-prcard__repo {
+  font-family: var(--v2-font-mono, ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, monospace);
+  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
+}
+.v2-prcard__state {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+  padding: 2px 8px;
+  border-radius: var(--v2-radius-pill);
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+}
+.v2-prcard__state--open {
+  color: #16a34a;
+  background: rgba(22, 163, 74, 0.10);
+  border-color: rgba(22, 163, 74, 0.20);
+}
+.v2-prcard__state--merged {
+  color: #6f42c1;
+  background: rgba(111, 66, 193, 0.10);
+  border-color: rgba(111, 66, 193, 0.20);
+}
+.v2-prcard__state--closed {
+  color: #ef4444;
+  background: rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.10);
+  border-color: rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.20);
+}
+.v2-prcard__title {
+  font-size: 14px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+  color: var(--v2-text-primary);
+}
+.v2-prcard__num {
+  font-family: var(--v2-font-mono, ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, monospace);
+  color: var(--v2-text-secondary);
+  font-weight: 500;
+  margin-right: 4px;
+}
+.v2-prcard__meta {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 12px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: var(--v2-text-secondary);
+}
+.v2-prcard__metric {
+  font-family: var(--v2-font-mono, ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, monospace);
+  font-size: 11.5px;
+}
+.v2-prcard__metric--add { color: #16a34a; }
+.v2-prcard__metric--del { color: #ef4444; }
+.v2-prcard__contributors {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
+.v2-prcard__avatar {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 22px;
+  height: 22px;
+  margin-left: -6px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background-size: cover;
+  background-position: center;
+  background-color: var(--v2-accent-soft);
+  border: 2px solid var(--v2-surface);
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: var(--v2-accent-text);
+}
+.v2-prcard__avatar:first-child { margin-left: 0; }
+.v2-prcard__avatar--overflow {
+  background-color: var(--v2-border-soft);
+  color: var(--v2-text-secondary);
+  font-size: 10px;
+}
+
 /* @-mention dropdown anchored to the composer input wrap. Sits above the
    composer in DOM order but renders above-and-out via absolute positioning. */
 .v2-mention-dropdown {