diff --git a/strix/interface/tool_components/python_renderer.py b/strix/interface/tool_components/python_renderer.py
index c61f3df..e784989 100644
--- a/strix/interface/tool_components/python_renderer.py
+++ b/strix/interface/tool_components/python_renderer.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from .registry import register_tool_renderer
 MAX_OUTPUT_LINES = 50
 MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 200
 
+ANSI_PATTERN = re.compile(r"\x1b(?:[@-Z\\-_]|\[[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]|\][^\x07]*\x07)")
+
 STRIP_PATTERNS = [
     r"\.\.\. \[(stdout|stderr|result|output|error) truncated at \d+k? chars\]",
 ]
@@ -25,31 +27,32 @@ def _get_style_colors() -> dict[Any, str]:
     return {token: f"#{style_def['color']}" for token, style_def in style if style_def["color"]}
 
 
+@cache
+def _get_lexer() -> PythonLexer:
+    return PythonLexer()
+
+
+@cache
+def _get_token_color(token_type: Any) -> str | None:
+    colors = _get_style_colors()
+    while token_type:
+        if token_type in colors:
+            return colors[token_type]
+        token_type = token_type.parent
+    return None
+
+
 @register_tool_renderer
 class PythonRenderer(BaseToolRenderer):
     tool_name: ClassVar[str] = "python_action"
     css_classes: ClassVar[list[str]] = ["tool-call", "python-tool"]
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _get_token_color(cls, token_type: Any) -> str | None:
-        colors = _get_style_colors()
-        while token_type:
-            if token_type in colors:
-                return colors[token_type]
-            token_type = token_type.parent
-        return None
-
     @classmethod
     def _highlight_python(cls, code: str) -> Text:
-        lexer = PythonLexer()
         text = Text()
-
-        for token_type, token_value in lexer.get_tokens(code):
-            if not token_value:
-                continue
-            color = cls._get_token_color(token_type)
-            text.append(token_value, style=color)
-
+        for token_type, token_value in _get_lexer().get_tokens(code):
+            if token_value:
+                text.append(token_value, style=_get_token_color(token_type))
         return text
 
     @classmethod
@@ -59,11 +62,16 @@ class PythonRenderer(BaseToolRenderer):
             cleaned = re.sub(pattern, "", cleaned)
         return cleaned.strip()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _strip_ansi(cls, text: str) -> str:
+        return ANSI_PATTERN.sub("", text)
+
     @classmethod
     def _truncate_line(cls, line: str) -> str:
-        if len(line) > MAX_LINE_LENGTH:
-            return line[: MAX_LINE_LENGTH - 3] + "..."
-        return line
+        clean_line = cls._strip_ansi(line)
+        if len(clean_line) > MAX_LINE_LENGTH:
+            return clean_line[: MAX_LINE_LENGTH - 3] + "..."
+        return clean_line
 
     @classmethod
     def _format_output(cls, output: str) -> Text: