diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/features/project-workspace/resourceReferences.ts b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/features/project-workspace/resourceReferences.ts
index 2b6ac4d06..3f8cada72 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/features/project-workspace/resourceReferences.ts
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/features/project-workspace/resourceReferences.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ export function chatComposerDraftToDirectCodexUserItem(
 ): DirectCodexUserItem {
   let content: DirectCodexUserContentPart[];
   if (draft.content?.length) {
-    content = draft.content;
+    content = draft.content.filter(
+      (part) => part.type !== 'input_text' || part.text.trim().length > 0,
+    );
   } else if (draft.references.length > 0) {
     content = [
       ...(draft.text