diff --git a/content/solid/composer.mdx b/content/solid/composer.mdx
index 879f51a..86ea7fe 100644
--- a/content/solid/composer.mdx
+++ b/content/solid/composer.mdx
@@ -31,9 +31,19 @@ import { Composer } from "@/components/ui/composer"
 ```tsx
 const [text, setText] = React.useState("")
 
-<Composer value={text} onValueChange={setText} onSubmit={send} />
+<Composer
+  value={text}
+  onValueChange={setText}
+  onSubmit={send}
+  textareaProps={{ "aria-label": "Message" }}
+/>
 ```
 
+`textareaProps` names and describes the input itself. It accepts `id`, `aria-label`,
+`aria-labelledby`, and `aria-describedby`; use its `id` with an external label's
+`htmlFor`. Other HTML attributes, including a top-level `id` or `aria-label`,
+continue to apply to the outer wrapper.
+
 ## While a turn runs
 
 The send mark has no block behind it in any state: its brightness says what it will do. With `running`, it is the quiet square that stops the turn, until something is typed, which is then sent behind it.
@@ -52,6 +62,7 @@ The send mark has no block behind it in any state: its brightness says what it w
 | `onValueChange` | `(value: string) => void` | - |
 | `onSubmit` | `(value: string) => void` | - |
 | `onStop` | `() => void` | - |
+| `textareaProps` | `Pick<ComponentProps<"textarea">, "id" \| "aria-label" \| "aria-labelledby" \| "aria-describedby">` | - |
 | `running` | `boolean` | `false` |
 | `leading` | `ReactNode` | - |
 | `tags` | `ReactNode` | - |
diff --git a/src/blocks/agent-workspace.tsx b/src/blocks/agent-workspace.tsx
index 00da0d1..3466cee 100644
--- a/src/blocks/agent-workspace.tsx
+++ b/src/blocks/agent-workspace.tsx
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ export default function AgentWorkspace() {
         <div className="flex shrink-0 justify-center px-4 pb-4 md:px-6">
           <div className="w-full max-w-[600px]">
             <Composer
+              textareaProps={{ "aria-label": "Message" }}
               value={value}
               onValueChange={setValue}
               onSubmit={send}
diff --git a/src/components/ui/composer.tsx b/src/components/ui/composer.tsx
index b6a3152..db1ab76 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/composer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/composer.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ function Composer({
   onStop,
   running = false,
   placeholder,
+  textareaProps,
   leading,
   tags,
   above,
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ function Composer({
   onStop?: () => void
   running?: boolean
   placeholder?: string
+  /** Names and describes the input; other HTML attributes belong to the wrapper. */
+  textareaProps?: Pick<React.ComponentProps<"textarea">, "id" | "aria-label" | "aria-labelledby" | "aria-describedby">
   leading?: React.ReactNode
   tags?: React.ReactNode
   /** Stands above the line of text: pictures going with the message. */
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ function Composer({
             mark is never left on a line of its own. */}
         <div className={cn("flex min-w-48 flex-1 items-end gap-1", Boolean(tags) && "ml-1.5", !leading && !tags && "pl-1.5")}>
           <textarea
+            {...textareaProps}
             ref={textarea}
             rows={1}
             value={value}
diff --git a/src/examples/composer-demo.tsx b/src/examples/composer-demo.tsx
index 34f337b..0ac2df4 100644
--- a/src/examples/composer-demo.tsx
+++ b/src/examples/composer-demo.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export default function ComposerDemo() {
   return (
     <div className="w-full max-w-lg">
       <Composer
+        textareaProps={{ "aria-label": "Message" }}
         value={text}
         onValueChange={(value) => {
           setText(value)
diff --git a/src/examples/composer-running.tsx b/src/examples/composer-running.tsx
index bc8f241..f2808ac 100644
--- a/src/examples/composer-running.tsx
+++ b/src/examples/composer-running.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export default function ComposerRunning() {
   const [text, setText] = React.useState("")
   return (
     <Composer
+      textareaProps={{ "aria-label": "Next message" }}
       className="w-full max-w-lg"
       value={text}
       onValueChange={setText}