diff --git a/crates/assistant2/src/active_thread.rs b/crates/assistant2/src/active_thread.rs
index 9963f8913b..e420aa9c55 100644
--- a/crates/assistant2/src/active_thread.rs
+++ b/crates/assistant2/src/active_thread.rs
@@ -270,8 +270,15 @@ impl ActiveThread {
                     let model_registry = LanguageModelRegistry::read_global(cx);
                     if let Some(model) = model_registry.active_model() {
                         self.thread.update(cx, |thread, cx| {
-                            // Insert an empty user message to contain the tool results.
-                            thread.insert_user_message("", Vec::new(), cx);
+                            // Insert a user message to contain the tool results.
+                            thread.insert_user_message(
+                                // TODO: Sending up a user message without any content results in the model sending back
+                                // responses that also don't have any content. We currently don't handle this case well,
+                                // so for now we provide some text to keep the model on track.
+                                "Here are the tool results.",
+                                Vec::new(),
+                                cx,
+                            );
                             thread.send_to_model(model, RequestKind::Chat, true, cx);
                         });
                     }
@@ -295,10 +302,7 @@ impl ActiveThread {
         let colors = cx.theme().colors();
 
         // Don't render user messages that are just there for returning tool results.
-        if message.role == Role::User
-            && message.text.is_empty()
-            && self.thread.read(cx).message_has_tool_results(message_id)
-        {
+        if message.role == Role::User && self.thread.read(cx).message_has_tool_results(message_id) {
             return Empty.into_any();
         }