diff --git a/packages/appkit-ui/src/react/genie/__tests__/genie-chat-message.test.tsx b/packages/appkit-ui/src/react/genie/__tests__/genie-chat-message.test.tsx
index 862d24d57..c247b24df 100644
--- a/packages/appkit-ui/src/react/genie/__tests__/genie-chat-message.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/appkit-ui/src/react/genie/__tests__/genie-chat-message.test.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,15 @@ import { cleanup, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 
 vi.mock("../genie-query-visualization", () => ({
-  GenieQueryVisualization: (props: { chartImageUrl?: string }) => (
-    <div data-testid="query-result" data-chart-image={props.chartImageUrl} />
+  GenieQueryVisualization: (props: {
+    chartImageUrl?: string;
+    chartImageAlt?: string;
+  }) => (
+    <div
+      data-testid="query-result"
+      data-chart-image={props.chartImageUrl}
+      data-chart-alt={props.chartImageAlt}
+    />
   ),
 }));
 
@@ -81,6 +88,55 @@ describe("GenieChatMessage", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByTestId("query-result")).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  test("describes a chat-mode chart by its query's description", () => {
+    render(
+      <GenieChatMessage
+        message={assistant({
+          attachments: [
+            {
+              attachmentId: "query-1",
+              query: {
+                description:
+                  "You want to see the number of franchises by size.",
+                query: "SELECT size, COUNT(*) FROM franchises GROUP BY size",
+              },
+            },
+            { attachmentId: "viz-1", viz: { queryAttachmentId: "query-1" } },
+          ],
+          visualizationUrls: { "viz-1": "/api/genie/a/viz-1.png" },
+        })}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole("img", {
+        name: "You want to see the number of franchises by size.",
+      }),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  test("names a chat-mode chart in the result by its query's title first", () => {
+    render(
+      <GenieChatMessage
+        message={assistant({
+          attachments: [
+            {
+              attachmentId: "query-1",
+              query: { title: "Franchises", description: "Franchise counts." },
+            },
+            { attachmentId: "viz-1", viz: { queryAttachmentId: "query-1" } },
+          ],
+          queryResults: new Map([["query-1", queryResult]]),
+          visualizationUrls: { "viz-1": "/api/genie/a/viz-1.png" },
+        })}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getByTestId("query-result").getAttribute("data-chart-alt"),
+    ).toBe("Franchises");
+  });
+
   test("leaves the query result alone for a query without a visualization", () => {
     render(
       <GenieChatMessage
diff --git a/packages/appkit-ui/src/react/genie/genie-chat-message.tsx b/packages/appkit-ui/src/react/genie/genie-chat-message.tsx
index 17f445449..cedd48ecf 100644
--- a/packages/appkit-ui/src/react/genie/genie-chat-message.tsx
+++ b/packages/appkit-ui/src/react/genie/genie-chat-message.tsx
@@ -65,15 +65,21 @@ export function GenieChatMessage({
 }: GenieChatMessageProps) {
   const isUser = message.role === "user";
   const queryAttachments = message.attachments.filter(isQueryAttachment);
+  const queryById = new Map(
+    queryAttachments.map((att) => [att.attachmentId, att.query]),
+  );
   const visualizations: Visualization[] = message.attachments.flatMap((att) => {
     const url =
       att.attachmentId && message.visualizationUrls?.[att.attachmentId];
-    return att.viz && url ? [{ url, ...att.viz }] : [];
+    if (!att.viz || !url) return [];
+    const query = queryById.get(att.viz.queryAttachmentId);
+    // Chat-mode charts have no title; describe them by the query they plot.
+    const title = att.viz.title || query?.title || query?.description;
+    return [{ url, ...att.viz, title }];
   });
-  const queryIds = new Set(queryAttachments.map((att) => att.attachmentId));
   // Charts whose query isn't among the attachments still get shown, after the queries.
   const unmatchedVisualizations = visualizations.filter(
-    (viz) => !queryIds.has(viz.queryAttachmentId),
+    (viz) => !queryById.has(viz.queryAttachmentId),
   );
   const html = useMemo(
     () =>