diff --git a/src/views/components/AddTaskModal.jsx b/src/views/components/AddTaskModal.jsx
index ef9a402..75dabc7 100644
--- a/src/views/components/AddTaskModal.jsx
+++ b/src/views/components/AddTaskModal.jsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const getDefaultNotification = () => {
   return defaultNotification
 }
 
-const TaskInput = ({ onChoreUpdate, isModalOpen, onClose }) => {
+const TaskInput = ({ onChoreUpdate, isModalOpen, onClose, initialMode }) => {
   const { ResponsiveModal } = useResponsiveModal()
   const isMobile = useMediaQuery(theme => theme.breakpoints.down('sm'))
   const pickerEmptyDisplay = isMobile ? 'icon' : 'icon-text'
@@ -136,6 +136,29 @@ const TaskInput = ({ onChoreUpdate, isModalOpen, onClose }) => {
     voiceInputService.isSupported().then(setVoiceAvailable)
   }, [])
 
+  // Quick-capture widget entry points (donetick://chores/add?mode=voice|scan)
+  // land here: open straight into the requested panel, once per modal open so
+  // backing out of the panel doesn't bounce the user right back into it.
+  const appliedInitialModeRef = useRef(false)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isModalOpen) {
+      appliedInitialModeRef.current = false
+      return
+    }
+    if (appliedInitialModeRef.current) return
+
+    if (initialMode === 'voice') {
+      // isSupported() resolves async — wait for the answer before deciding.
+      if (!voiceAvailable) return
+      appliedInitialModeRef.current = true
+      setShowVoice(true)
+    } else if (initialMode === 'scan') {
+      appliedInitialModeRef.current = true
+      setScanAutoCapture(true)
+      setShowScan(true)
+    }
+  }, [isModalOpen, initialMode, voiceAvailable])
+
   // Priority colors
   const priorityColors = {
     0: TASK_COLOR.NO_PRIORITY,
@@ -817,18 +840,21 @@ const TaskInput = ({ onChoreUpdate, isModalOpen, onClose }) => {
                 />
               )}
             </Button>
-            <Button
-              size='lg'
-              variant='solid'
-              color='primary'
-              disabled={!taskTitle.trim()}
-              onClick={createChore}
-            >
-              Create
-              {showKeyboardShortcuts && (
-                <KeyboardShortcutHint shortcut='Enter' sx={{ ml: 1 }} />
-              )}
-            </Button>
+            {/* Sub-panels (voice/scan) own their own confirm action */}
+            {!showScan && !showVoice && (
+              <Button
+                size='lg'
+                variant='solid'
+                color='primary'
+                disabled={!taskTitle.trim()}
+                onClick={createChore}
+              >
+                Create
+                {showKeyboardShortcuts && (
+                  <KeyboardShortcutHint shortcut='Enter' sx={{ ml: 1 }} />
+                )}
+              </Button>
+            )}
           </Box>
         }
       >
@@ -1177,7 +1203,6 @@ const TaskInput = ({ onChoreUpdate, isModalOpen, onClose }) => {
             userLabels={userLabels || []}
             members={circleMembers?.res || []}
             userProfile={userProfile}
-            onClose={() => setShowVoice(false)}
             onUseSingle={handleVoiceSingle}
             onCreateMany={handleVoiceCreateMany}
           />
diff --git a/src/views/components/ScanToTask/ScanPanel.jsx b/src/views/components/ScanToTask/ScanPanel.jsx
index 4732193..be7aa02 100644
--- a/src/views/components/ScanToTask/ScanPanel.jsx
+++ b/src/views/components/ScanToTask/ScanPanel.jsx
@@ -171,9 +171,6 @@ const ScanPanel = ({ open, onTaskExtracted, onClose, initialImageUrl, autoCaptur
             />
 
             <Box sx={{ ml: 'auto', display: 'flex', gap: 1 }}>
-              <Button size='sm' variant='plain' color='neutral' onClick={onClose}>
-                Cancel
-              </Button>
               {isNativeScanner ? (
                 <Button
                   size='sm'
@@ -297,9 +294,6 @@ const ScanPanel = ({ open, onTaskExtracted, onClose, initialImageUrl, autoCaptur
             >
               Retake
             </Button>
-            <Button size='sm' variant='plain' color='neutral' onClick={onClose}>
-              Cancel
-            </Button>
           </Box>
         </Box>
       )}
diff --git a/src/views/components/VoiceToTask/VoicePanel.jsx b/src/views/components/VoiceToTask/VoicePanel.jsx
index 97601d2..7d6bae3 100644
--- a/src/views/components/VoiceToTask/VoicePanel.jsx
+++ b/src/views/components/VoiceToTask/VoicePanel.jsx
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ const VoicePanel = ({
   userLabels = [],
   members = [],
   userProfile,
-  onClose,
   onUseSingle,
   onCreateMany,
 }) => {
@@ -426,7 +425,6 @@ const VoicePanel = ({
     removeSegment,
     updateSegment,
     patchSegment,
-    reset,
     isNative,
   } = useVoiceToTask({ members, userLabels })
   const [creating, setCreating] = useState(false)
@@ -463,11 +461,6 @@ const VoicePanel = ({
   const isListening = phase === 'listening'
   const showActions = segments.length > 0 && !isListening && !creating
 
-  const handleCancel = () => {
-    reset()
-    onClose()
-  }
-
   const mergedTask = segment => ({
     ...parseVoiceTask(segment.text, parseCtx),
     ...(segment.overrides || {}),
@@ -644,62 +637,52 @@ const VoicePanel = ({
             level='body-xs'
             sx={{ opacity: 0.5, px: 2, textAlign: 'center' }}
           >
-            Pause or say &ldquo;also&rdquo; between tasks &middot; say
-            &ldquo;scratch that&rdquo; to remove the last one
+            Pause between tasks &middot; say &ldquo;scratch that&rdquo; to
+            remove the last one
           </Typography>
         </Box>
       )}
 
-      {/* ── Footer ── */}
-      <Box
-        sx={{
-          px: 1.5,
-          py: 1,
-          display: 'flex',
-          alignItems: 'center',
-          gap: 1,
-          borderTop: '1px solid',
-          borderColor: 'divider',
-        }}
-      >
-        <Button
-          size='sm'
-          variant='plain'
-          color='neutral'
-          onClick={handleCancel}
+      {/* ── Footer — dismissing is the modal's Cancel; this owns confirm only ── */}
+      {(creating || showActions) && (
+        <Box
+          sx={{
+            px: 1.5,
+            py: 1,
+            display: 'flex',
+            justifyContent: 'flex-end',
+            gap: 1,
+            borderTop: '1px solid',
+            borderColor: 'divider',
+          }}
         >
-          Cancel
-        </Button>
-        <Box sx={{ ml: 'auto', display: 'flex', gap: 1 }}>
-          {creating && (
+          {creating ? (
             <Button size='sm' variant='solid' color='primary' loading>
               Creating…
             </Button>
+          ) : segments.length === 1 ? (
+            <Button
+              size='sm'
+              variant='solid'
+              color='primary'
+              onClick={() =>
+                onUseSingle(segments[0].text, segments[0].overrides || {})
+              }
+            >
+              Use Task
+            </Button>
+          ) : (
+            <Button
+              size='sm'
+              variant='solid'
+              color='primary'
+              onClick={handleCreateAll}
+            >
+              Create {segments.length} Tasks
+            </Button>
           )}
-          {showActions &&
-            (segments.length === 1 ? (
-              <Button
-                size='sm'
-                variant='solid'
-                color='primary'
-                onClick={() =>
-                  onUseSingle(segments[0].text, segments[0].overrides || {})
-                }
-              >
-                Use Task
-              </Button>
-            ) : (
-              <Button
-                size='sm'
-                variant='solid'
-                color='primary'
-                onClick={handleCreateAll}
-              >
-                Create {segments.length} Tasks
-              </Button>
-            ))}
         </Box>
-      </Box>
+      )}
     </Box>
   )
 }