diff --git a/packages/hub-ui/src/client/components/display/ToastOverlay.stories.ts b/packages/hub-ui/src/client/components/display/ToastOverlay.stories.ts
index 08b29191..70837db5 100644
--- a/packages/hub-ui/src/client/components/display/ToastOverlay.stories.ts
+++ b/packages/hub-ui/src/client/components/display/ToastOverlay.stories.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/vue3-vite'
 import { h, onMounted } from 'vue'
+import { MESSAGES_DOCK_ID } from '../../constants'
 import { addToast } from '../../state/toasts'
 import { message } from '../../stories/fixtures'
 import ToastOverlay from './ToastOverlay.vue'
@@ -36,3 +37,23 @@ export const Stack: Story = {
     },
   }),
 }
+
+/** A toast whose message carries an `activate` action, rendered alongside the dismiss control. */
+export const WithAction: Story = {
+  render: () => ({
+    setup() {
+      onMounted(() => {
+        addToast(message({
+          level: 'warn',
+          message: 'New a11y violation detected',
+          notify: true,
+          autoDismiss: 10 ** 7,
+          actions: [
+            { id: 'view', label: 'View', kind: 'activate', activate: { dockId: MESSAGES_DOCK_ID } },
+          ],
+        }))
+      })
+      return () => h(ToastOverlay)
+    },
+  }),
+}
diff --git a/packages/hub-ui/src/client/components/display/ToastOverlay.vue b/packages/hub-ui/src/client/components/display/ToastOverlay.vue
index f9b35ab7..bcd03f32 100644
--- a/packages/hub-ui/src/client/components/display/ToastOverlay.vue
+++ b/packages/hub-ui/src/client/components/display/ToastOverlay.vue
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import type { DevframeMessageAction } from '@devframes/hub'
 import type { DocksContext } from '@devframes/hub/client'
 import { MESSAGES_DOCK_ID } from '../../constants'
 import { selectMessage, useMessages } from '../../state/messages'
@@ -23,6 +24,20 @@ function openMessages(toastId: string) {
   // (its dock id is the plugin's devframe id).
   props.context?.docks.switchEntry(MESSAGES_DOCK_ID)
 }
+
+/**
+ * Mirrors `@devframes/plugin-messages`'s own `onActivate` dispatch (its
+ * `App.vue`) — the toast's own `entry.actions` buttons behave identically to
+ * the ones in the messages panel's detail view, without waiting for that
+ * panel to be open. `context.docks`/`context.commands` reach the hub
+ * directly here, whereas the plugin (an iframe) goes through RPC.
+ */
+function dispatchAction(action: DevframeMessageAction) {
+  if (action.kind === 'activate')
+    props.context?.docks.switchEntry(action.activate.dockId)
+  else if (action.kind === 'command')
+    props.context?.commands.execute(action.command.id, ...(action.command.params ?? []))
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -44,6 +59,14 @@ function openMessages(toastId: string) {
       >
         <MessageItem :entry="toast.entry" compact class="px-3 py-2.5">
           <template #actions>
+            <button
+              v-for="action of toast.entry.actions"
+              :key="action.id"
+              class="flex-none text-xs px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded border border-base op70 hover:op100 hover:bg-active transition"
+              @click.stop="dispatchAction(action)"
+            >
+              {{ action.label }}
+            </button>
             <button
               class="flex-none op30 hover:op100 p-0.5 rounded hover:bg-active transition"
               @click.stop="dismissToast(toast.id)"