diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/NotificationController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/NotificationController.php
index ed0dda90e..5016aa424 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/NotificationController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/NotificationController.php
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ public function index(ListNotificationsRequest $request, #[CurrentUser] User $us
         $type = $request->type($user);
 
         return Inertia::render('notification/index', [
-            'notifications' => Inertia::scroll(fn (): CursorPaginator => ShownStreams::notifications($query->withStarredCommitImages($query->withQuotedCommits($user, $query->paginate($user, $type, $request->through())))))->matchOn('data.group_id'),
+            'notifications' => Inertia::scroll(function () use ($request, $user, $type, $query): CursorPaginator {
+                $groups = $query->withStarredCommitImages($query->withQuotedCommits($user, $query->paginate($user, $type, $request->through())));
+
+                return ShownStreams::notifications($groups, $query->commitStars($user, $groups->items()));
+            })->matchOn('data.group_id'),
             'filters' => ['type' => $type],
             'readAt' => CarbonImmutable::now()->startOfSecond()->toJSON(),
         ]);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/NotificationGroupController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/NotificationGroupController.php
index 00c2d4ee4..ad004cb5c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/NotificationGroupController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/NotificationGroupController.php
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 {
     public function show(ShowNotificationGroupRequest $request, #[CurrentUser] User $user, Notification $notification, NotificationGroupsQuery $query): JsonResponse
     {
-        return response()->json(ShownStreams::notifications($query->members($user, $notification, $request->type())
-            ->with('commit')->latest()->latest('id')->cursorPaginate(20)->withQueryString()));
+        $members = $query->members($user, $notification, $request->type())
+            ->with('commit')->latest()->latest('id')->cursorPaginate(20)->withQueryString();
+
+        return response()->json(ShownStreams::notifications($members, $query->commitStars($user, $members->items())));
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/ShownNotificationResource.php b/app/Http/Resources/ShownNotificationResource.php
index 0054fbfda..fd1492ede 100644
--- a/app/Http/Resources/ShownNotificationResource.php
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/ShownNotificationResource.php
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
  */
 final class ShownNotificationResource extends JsonResource implements Arrayable
 {
+    /**
+     * @param  array{stars_count: int, starred: bool}|null  $commitStars  how starred the commit is, when the inbox lets the user star it
+     */
+    public function __construct(Notification $notification, private readonly ?array $commitStars = null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($notification);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array<mixed>
      */
@@ -22,9 +30,12 @@ public function toArray(?Request $request = null): array
     {
         $notification = $this->resource;
         assert($notification instanceof Notification);
+        $shown = $notification->toArray();
+        $commit = $shown['commit'] ?? null;
 
         return [
-            ...$notification->toArray(),
+            ...$shown,
+            ...is_array($commit) && $this->commitStars !== null ? ['commit' => [...$commit, ...$this->commitStars]] : [],
             'actor' => ShownStreams::profile($notification->actor),
             ...$notification->relationLoaded('actors') ? [
                 'actors' => $notification->actors->map(fn (Profile $actor): array => ShownStreams::profile($actor))->all(),
diff --git a/app/Http/Resources/ShownStreams.php b/app/Http/Resources/ShownStreams.php
index febea11a2..7d2e03776 100644
--- a/app/Http/Resources/ShownStreams.php
+++ b/app/Http/Resources/ShownStreams.php
@@ -114,12 +114,13 @@ public static function page(CursorPaginator $page): CursorPaginator
 
     /**
      * @param  CursorPaginator<int, Notification>  $page
+     * @param  array<string, array{stars_count: int, starred: bool}>  $commitStars  how starred each notification's commit is, by the notification's ID
      * @return CursorPaginator<int, ShownNotificationResource>
      */
-    public static function notifications(CursorPaginator $page): CursorPaginator
+    public static function notifications(CursorPaginator $page, array $commitStars): CursorPaginator
     {
         $shown = clone $page;
-        $shown->setCollection($page->getCollection()->map(fn (Notification $notification): ShownNotificationResource => new ShownNotificationResource($notification)));
+        $shown->setCollection($page->getCollection()->map(fn (Notification $notification): ShownNotificationResource => new ShownNotificationResource($notification, $commitStars[$notification->id] ?? null)));
 
         return $shown;
     }
diff --git a/app/Queries/NotificationGroupsQuery.php b/app/Queries/NotificationGroupsQuery.php
index 5bc772c5d..d91e57d0a 100644
--- a/app/Queries/NotificationGroupsQuery.php
+++ b/app/Queries/NotificationGroupsQuery.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace App\Queries;
 
 use App\Enums\NotificationType;
+use App\Models\Commit;
 use App\Models\Notification;
 use App\Models\Profile;
 use App\Models\User;
@@ -74,6 +75,41 @@ public function withQuotedCommits(User $user, CursorPaginator $groups): CursorPa
         return $groups;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * How many stars the commit an actor wrote has and whether the user starred it, keyed by the notification's ID, so
+     * the inbox can star and quote it from the notification. Stars, approvals and rejections are about the user's own
+     * commits, so those are left out, even when they share a commit with a notification that is not.
+     *
+     * @param  iterable<int, Notification>  $notifications
+     * @return array<string, array{stars_count: int, starred: bool}>
+     */
+    public function commitStars(User $user, iterable $notifications): array
+    {
+        $actorsCommits = new Collection($notifications)
+            ->whereIn('type', [NotificationType::Replied, NotificationType::Quoted, NotificationType::Mentioned, NotificationType::FirstCommit]);
+        $commitIds = $actorsCommits->pluck('commit_id')->filter()->unique()->all();
+
+        if ($commitIds === []) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        $stars = Commit::query()->whereKey($commitIds)->select('commits.id')->withStarsFor($user)->get()
+            ->mapWithKeys(fn (Commit $commit): array => [$commit->id => [
+                'stars_count' => (int) $commit->stars_count,
+                'starred' => $commit->starred,
+            ]])
+            ->all();
+        $shown = [];
+
+        foreach ($actorsCommits as $notification) {
+            if ($notification->commit_id !== null && isset($stars[$notification->commit_id])) {
+                $shown[$notification->id] = $stars[$notification->commit_id];
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $shown;
+    }
+
     /**
      * A star is always on the recipient's own commit, or the organization's they heard about it for, so its images may
      * show beside it: an image-only commit has nothing else to show.
diff --git a/resources/js/pages/notification/index.tsx b/resources/js/pages/notification/index.tsx
index ddacc8d9f..2d0f9db13 100644
--- a/resources/js/pages/notification/index.tsx
+++ b/resources/js/pages/notification/index.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import { AuthorAvatar } from '@/components/author-avatar';
 import { CommitBodyExcerpt } from '@/components/commit-body';
 import { EmptyFeed } from '@/components/commit-feed';
 import { replaceFailedImage } from '@/components/commit-images';
+import { CommitQuoteButton } from '@/components/commit-quote-button';
+import { CommitStarButton } from '@/components/commit-star-button';
 import { FollowIconButton } from '@/components/follow-button';
 import { GraphCanvas } from '@/components/graph-canvas';
 import { GraphRail, RailSegment } from '@/components/graph-rail';
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ import type {
     Actor,
     BodySegment,
     Commit,
+    CommitAuthor,
     CursorPaginated,
     DeletedCommit,
     Notification,
@@ -1080,6 +1083,28 @@ function QuotedOwnCommit({
     return <OwnCommitExcerpt segments={commit.body_segments} />;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Stars and quotes the actor's commit right from the notification, as a commit card would. The actor stands in for
+ * the commit's author, which the inbox doesn't load: replies, quotes and mentions come from the author, and a first
+ * commit from whoever posted it.
+ */
+function CommitActions({
+    commit,
+    author,
+}: {
+    commit: Omit<Commit, 'author' | 'quoted_commit'>;
+    author: CommitAuthor;
+}) {
+    const card = { ...commit, author };
+
+    return (
+        <div className="relative z-10 mt-1 -ml-2 flex w-fit items-center gap-0.5 text-[13px] not-has-[button]:hidden">
+            <CommitStarButton commit={card} className="px-2 py-0.5" />
+            <CommitQuoteButton commit={card} />
+        </div>
+    );
+}
+
 export function ActorAvatar({
     user,
     anchor,
@@ -1176,6 +1201,18 @@ export function NotificationContent({
         notification.type === 'mentioned' ||
         notification.type === 'first_commit';
     const level = notification.type === 'leveled_up' ? notification : null;
+    // An open group keeps naming who it led with, but its commit is still the newest one, from `actor_id`.
+    const commitAuthor =
+        actors.find((member) => member.id === notification.actor_id) ?? actor;
+    // Keyed by the commit, so when a newer commit takes over the group, a quote being written closes and its draft
+    // stays stashed for the commit it was started on.
+    const actions = isActorsCommit && (
+        <CommitActions
+            key={notification.commit.id}
+            commit={notification.commit}
+            author={commitAuthor}
+        />
+    );
     const Icon = {
         followed: UserPlus,
         leveled_up: ChevronsUp,
@@ -1322,6 +1359,7 @@ export function NotificationContent({
                     <Link href={href} prefetch tabIndex={-1} className="block">
                         {excerpt}
                     </Link>
+                    {actions}
                 </div>
             </div>
         );
@@ -1666,6 +1704,7 @@ export function NotificationContent({
                         {excerpt}
                         {quote}
                         {reason}
+                        {actions}
                     </div>
                     {notification.type === 'followed' &&
                         actorsCount === 1 &&
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Controllers/NotificationControllerTest.php b/tests/Feature/Controllers/NotificationControllerTest.php
index a3a875e6c..9876c90e3 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Controllers/NotificationControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Controllers/NotificationControllerTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use App\Actions\CreateCommitStar;
 use App\Actions\DeleteUserFollow;
+use App\Enums\NotificationType;
 use App\Models\Commit;
 use App\Models\CommitImage;
 use App\Models\Notification;
@@ -127,6 +128,36 @@
         ->missing('notifications.data.0.position'));
 });
 
+it('says how starred the commit of a notification is and whether the user starred it, so they can star it from there', function (bool $starred): void {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    $replied = Notification::factory()->for($user, 'recipient')->replied()->create();
+    $replied->commit->stars()->attach([User::factory()->create()->id, ...$starred ? [$user->id] : []]);
+    $count = $starred ? 2 : 1;
+
+    $this->actingAs($user)->get(route('notification.index'))
+        ->assertInertia(fn ($page) => $page
+            ->where('notifications.data.0.commit.starred', $starred)
+            ->where('notifications.data.0.commit.stars_count', $count));
+
+    $this->getJson(route('notification-group.show', $replied))
+        ->assertOk()
+        ->assertJsonPath('data.0.commit.starred', $starred)
+        ->assertJsonPath('data.0.commit.stars_count', $count);
+})->with(['starred' => true, 'not starred' => false]);
+
+it('leaves the stars out of a star notification, even on a commit a reply in the inbox shares', function (): void {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    $replied = Notification::factory()->for($user, 'recipient')->replied()->create(['created_at' => now()->subMinute()]);
+    Notification::factory()->for($user, 'recipient')->create(['type' => NotificationType::Starred, 'commit_id' => $replied->commit_id]);
+
+    $this->actingAs($user)->get(route('notification.index'))
+        ->assertInertia(fn ($page) => $page
+            ->where('notifications.data.0.type', 'starred')
+            ->missing('notifications.data.0.commit.starred')
+            ->where('notifications.data.1.type', 'replied')
+            ->where('notifications.data.1.commit.starred', false));
+});
+
 it('shows the images of a starred commit', function (): void {
     $user = User::factory()->create();
     $commit = Commit::factory()->for($user)->create(['body' => '']);
@@ -138,7 +169,8 @@
     $response->assertInertia(fn ($page) => $page
         ->where('notifications.data.0.type', 'starred')
         ->has('notifications.data.0.commit.images', 1)
-        ->where('notifications.data.0.commit.images.0.url', route('commit-image.show', $image)));
+        ->where('notifications.data.0.commit.images.0.url', route('commit-image.show', $image))
+        ->missing('notifications.data.0.commit.starred'));
 });
 
 it('shows the level reached with its rank, in all notifications only', function (): void {