diff --git a/crates/ai/src/ai.rs b/crates/ai/src/ai.rs
index cd42ee1153..64d8b69628 100644
--- a/crates/ai/src/ai.rs
+++ b/crates/ai/src/ai.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::fs;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::{io, sync::Arc};
-use util::channel::{ReleaseChannel, RELEASE_CHANNEL};
 use util::{ResultExt, TryFutureExt};
 
 pub use assistant::AssistantPanel;
diff --git a/crates/ai/src/assistant.rs b/crates/ai/src/assistant.rs
index 0c58f7a479..72e4e9fa42 100644
--- a/crates/ai/src/assistant.rs
+++ b/crates/ai/src/assistant.rs
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ impl ContextEditor {
         let editor = cx.add_view(|cx| {
             let mut editor = Editor::for_multibuffer(multibuffer, None, cx);
             editor.set_soft_wrap_mode(SoftWrap::EditorWidth, cx);
+            editor.set_show_gutter(false, cx);
             editor
         });
 
@@ -328,7 +329,12 @@ impl View for ContextEditor {
     }
 
     fn render(&mut self, cx: &mut ViewContext<Self>) -> AnyElement<Self> {
-        ChildView::new(&self.editor, cx).into_any()
+        let theme = &theme::current(cx).assistant;
+
+        ChildView::new(&self.editor, cx)
+            .contained()
+            .with_style(theme.container)
+            .into_any()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
index f5d109e15b..31df5069db 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ pub struct Editor {
     blink_manager: ModelHandle<BlinkManager>,
     show_local_selections: bool,
     mode: EditorMode,
+    show_gutter: bool,
     placeholder_text: Option<Arc<str>>,
     highlighted_rows: Option<Range<u32>>,
     #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ pub struct Editor {
 
 pub struct EditorSnapshot {
     pub mode: EditorMode,
+    pub show_gutter: bool,
     pub display_snapshot: DisplaySnapshot,
     pub placeholder_text: Option<Arc<str>>,
     is_focused: bool,
@@ -1297,6 +1299,7 @@ impl Editor {
             blink_manager: blink_manager.clone(),
             show_local_selections: true,
             mode,
+            show_gutter: mode == EditorMode::Full,
             placeholder_text: None,
             highlighted_rows: None,
             background_highlights: Default::default(),
@@ -1393,6 +1396,7 @@ impl Editor {
     pub fn snapshot(&mut self, cx: &mut WindowContext) -> EditorSnapshot {
         EditorSnapshot {
             mode: self.mode,
+            show_gutter: self.show_gutter,
             display_snapshot: self.display_map.update(cx, |map, cx| map.snapshot(cx)),
             scroll_anchor: self.scroll_manager.anchor(),
             ongoing_scroll: self.scroll_manager.ongoing_scroll(),
@@ -6654,6 +6658,11 @@ impl Editor {
         cx.notify();
     }
 
+    pub fn set_show_gutter(&mut self, show_gutter: bool, cx: &mut ViewContext<Self>) {
+        self.show_gutter = show_gutter;
+        cx.notify();
+    }
+
     pub fn reveal_in_finder(&mut self, _: &RevealInFinder, cx: &mut ViewContext<Self>) {
         if let Some(buffer) = self.buffer().read(cx).as_singleton() {
             if let Some(file) = buffer.read(cx).file().and_then(|f| f.as_local()) {
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/element.rs b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
index 6be0650848..5b4da44073 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ impl Element<Editor> for EditorElement {
         let gutter_padding;
         let gutter_width;
         let gutter_margin;
-        if snapshot.mode == EditorMode::Full {
+        if snapshot.show_gutter {
             let em_width = style.text.em_width(cx.font_cache());
             gutter_padding = (em_width * style.gutter_padding_factor).round();
             gutter_width = self.max_line_number_width(&snapshot, cx) + gutter_padding * 2.0;
diff --git a/crates/theme/src/theme.rs b/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
index b1c9e9c215..010d6956eb 100644
--- a/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
+++ b/crates/theme/src/theme.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pub struct Theme {
     pub incoming_call_notification: IncomingCallNotification,
     pub tooltip: TooltipStyle,
     pub terminal: TerminalStyle,
+    pub assistant: AssistantStyle,
     pub feedback: FeedbackStyle,
     pub welcome: WelcomeStyle,
     pub color_scheme: ColorScheme,
@@ -967,6 +968,11 @@ pub struct TerminalStyle {
     pub dim_foreground: Color,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Default)]
+pub struct AssistantStyle {
+    pub container: ContainerStyle,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Default)]
 pub struct FeedbackStyle {
     pub submit_button: Interactive<ContainedText>,
diff --git a/styles/src/styleTree/app.ts b/styles/src/styleTree/app.ts
index 6238e1abe1..a9700a8d99 100644
--- a/styles/src/styleTree/app.ts
+++ b/styles/src/styleTree/app.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { ColorScheme } from "../themes/common/colorScheme"
 import feedback from "./feedback"
 import welcome from "./welcome"
 import copilot from "./copilot"
+import assistant from "./assistant"
 
 export default function app(colorScheme: ColorScheme): Object {
     return {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export default function app(colorScheme: ColorScheme): Object {
         simpleMessageNotification: simpleMessageNotification(colorScheme),
         tooltip: tooltip(colorScheme),
         terminal: terminal(colorScheme),
+        assistant: assistant(colorScheme),
         feedback: feedback(colorScheme),
         colorScheme: {
             ...colorScheme,
diff --git a/styles/src/styleTree/assistant.ts b/styles/src/styleTree/assistant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..810831285e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styles/src/styleTree/assistant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { ColorScheme } from "../themes/common/colorScheme"
+import editor from "./editor"
+
+export default function assistant(colorScheme: ColorScheme) {
+    return {
+      container: {
+        background: editor(colorScheme).background,
+        padding: {
+          left: 10,
+        }
+      }
+    }
+}