diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 8b68c3b80..c9faceb4e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ export default function Sidebar() {
                                       render={<div role="button" tabIndex={0} />}
                                       size="sm"
                                       isActive={isActive}
-                                      className={`h-7 w-full translate-x-0 cursor-default justify-start px-2 text-left select-none hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground focus-visible:ring-0 ${
+                                      className={`h-7 w-full translate-x-0 justify-start px-2 text-left select-none hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground focus-visible:ring-0 ${
                                         isSelected
                                           ? "bg-primary/15 text-foreground dark:bg-primary/10"
                                           : isActive
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..124649236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  SidebarMenuAction,
+  SidebarMenuButton,
+  SidebarMenuSubButton,
+  SidebarProvider,
+} from "./sidebar";
+
+function renderSidebarButton(className?: string) {
+  return renderToStaticMarkup(
+    <SidebarProvider>
+      <SidebarMenuButton className={className}>Projects</SidebarMenuButton>
+    </SidebarProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+describe("sidebar interactive cursors", () => {
+  it("uses a pointer cursor for menu buttons by default", () => {
+    const html = renderSidebarButton();
+
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="sidebar-menu-button"');
+    expect(html).toContain("cursor-pointer");
+  });
+
+  it("lets project drag handles override the default pointer cursor", () => {
+    const html = renderSidebarButton("cursor-grab");
+
+    expect(html).toContain("cursor-grab");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("cursor-pointer");
+  });
+
+  it("uses a pointer cursor for menu actions", () => {
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <SidebarMenuAction aria-label="Create thread">
+        <span>+</span>
+      </SidebarMenuAction>,
+    );
+
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="sidebar-menu-action"');
+    expect(html).toContain("cursor-pointer");
+  });
+
+  it("uses a pointer cursor for submenu buttons", () => {
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <SidebarMenuSubButton render={<button type="button" />}>Show more</SidebarMenuSubButton>,
+    );
+
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="sidebar-menu-sub-button"');
+    expect(html).toContain("cursor-pointer");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx
index 3876d3513..3d83d7472 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ function SidebarMenuItem({ className, ...props }: React.ComponentProps<"li">) {
 }
 
 const sidebarMenuButtonVariants = cva(
-  "peer/menu-button flex w-full items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded-lg p-2 text-left text-sm outline-hidden ring-sidebar-ring transition-[width,height,padding] hover:bg-sidebar-accent hover:text-sidebar-accent-foreground focus-visible:ring-2 active:bg-sidebar-accent active:text-sidebar-accent-foreground disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 group-has-data-[sidebar=menu-action]/menu-item:pe-8 aria-disabled:pointer-events-none aria-disabled:opacity-50 data-[active=true]:bg-sidebar-accent data-[active=true]:font-medium data-[active=true]:text-sidebar-accent-foreground data-[state=open]:hover:bg-sidebar-accent data-[state=open]:hover:text-sidebar-accent-foreground group-data-[collapsible=icon]:size-8! group-data-[collapsible=icon]:p-2! [&>span:last-child]:truncate [&>svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4 [&>svg]:shrink-0",
+  "peer/menu-button flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded-lg p-2 text-left text-sm outline-hidden ring-sidebar-ring transition-[width,height,padding] hover:bg-sidebar-accent hover:text-sidebar-accent-foreground focus-visible:ring-2 active:bg-sidebar-accent active:text-sidebar-accent-foreground disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 group-has-data-[sidebar=menu-action]/menu-item:pe-8 aria-disabled:pointer-events-none aria-disabled:opacity-50 data-[active=true]:bg-sidebar-accent data-[active=true]:font-medium data-[active=true]:text-sidebar-accent-foreground data-[state=open]:hover:bg-sidebar-accent data-[state=open]:hover:text-sidebar-accent-foreground group-data-[collapsible=icon]:size-8! group-data-[collapsible=icon]:p-2! [&>span:last-child]:truncate [&>svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4 [&>svg]:shrink-0",
   {
     defaultVariants: {
       size: "default",
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ function SidebarMenuAction({
 }) {
   const defaultProps = {
     className: cn(
-      "absolute top-1.5 right-1 flex aspect-square w-5 items-center justify-center rounded-lg p-0 text-sidebar-foreground outline-hidden ring-sidebar-ring transition-transform hover:bg-sidebar-accent hover:text-sidebar-accent-foreground focus-visible:ring-2 peer-hover/menu-button:text-sidebar-accent-foreground [&>svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4 [&>svg]:shrink-0",
+      "absolute top-1.5 right-1 flex aspect-square w-5 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-lg p-0 text-sidebar-foreground outline-hidden ring-sidebar-ring transition-transform hover:bg-sidebar-accent hover:text-sidebar-accent-foreground focus-visible:ring-2 peer-hover/menu-button:text-sidebar-accent-foreground [&>svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4 [&>svg]:shrink-0",
       // Increases the hit area of the button on mobile.
       "after:-inset-2 after:absolute md:after:hidden",
       "peer-data-[size=sm]/menu-button:top-1",
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ function SidebarMenuSubButton({
 }) {
   const defaultProps = {
     className: cn(
-      "-translate-x-px flex h-7 min-w-0 items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded-lg px-2 text-sidebar-foreground outline-hidden ring-sidebar-ring hover:bg-sidebar-accent hover:text-sidebar-accent-foreground focus-visible:ring-2 active:bg-sidebar-accent active:text-sidebar-accent-foreground disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-disabled:pointer-events-none aria-disabled:opacity-50 [&>span:last-child]:truncate [&>svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4 [&>svg]:shrink-0 [&>svg]:text-sidebar-accent-foreground",
+      "-translate-x-px flex h-7 min-w-0 cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded-lg px-2 text-sidebar-foreground outline-hidden ring-sidebar-ring hover:bg-sidebar-accent hover:text-sidebar-accent-foreground focus-visible:ring-2 active:bg-sidebar-accent active:text-sidebar-accent-foreground disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-disabled:pointer-events-none aria-disabled:opacity-50 [&>span:last-child]:truncate [&>svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4 [&>svg]:shrink-0 [&>svg]:text-sidebar-accent-foreground",
       "data-[active=true]:bg-sidebar-accent data-[active=true]:text-sidebar-accent-foreground",
       size === "sm" && "text-xs",
       size === "md" && "text-sm",