diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.i18n.yaml
index 25e8aa06b6..737a9da6ca 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write
-2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md: 354602cac465b20157af563ccc32acf82cc54e73
-2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.zh.md: 97178d723b92b243f3bb1b58aa86b681eb9e8573
+2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md: 069fd33a8874d9ad3d4472dd13f5130b2df65f08
+2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.zh.md: 580f36b2563e21231a22cab3f0c1689c6f3e8d9d
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md
index 354602cac4..069fd33a88 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Status: implemented
 
 English | [中文](2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.zh.md)
 
+> **Superseded** by the [session-title consolidation Agent Note](../simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md): the TUI-local `autoTitle` generation is removed; titles come from the log-backed session-title service, and the terminal rename consumes `session/title` events.
+
 > **Superseded** for the default and the resume behavior by the [auto-title default-on Agent Note](2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md): `autoTitle` now defaults on, and a resumed session re-derives its title from the stored first message instead of keeping the static one. The OSC 0 path, the one-shot latch, the model-summary shape, the fire-and-forget call, and every failure fallback below stand.
 
 ## Problem
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.zh.md
index 97178d723b..580f36b256 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.zh.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Status: implemented
 
 [English](2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md) | 中文
 
+> **已被取代**：见[标题归一 Agent Note](../simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md)。TUI 本地的 `autoTitle` 生成已移除；标题来自日志承载的 session-title 服务，终端重命名消费 `session/title` 事件。
+
 > **已被取代**（就默认值与恢复行为而言），见[自动标题默认开启 Agent Note](2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md)：`autoTitle` 现默认开启，恢复会话会从已存储的首条消息重新推导标题，而非保留静态标题。下文的 OSC 0 路径、一次性门闩、模型概括形态、发出后不等待其返回的调用，以及每一条失败兜底，均仍然成立。
 
 ## Problem
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.i18n.yaml
index 2137e9d594..830ca3e2e0 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write
-2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md: 1121cf39c79b01dc5e45ff31fccbe82ccee6d101
-2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.zh.md: 5569c9d71b7481bcf74e39320a52f1f47e7161ed
+2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md: 35809e1ef6bade3e09c34b17608eff5f8fb5bd22
+2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.zh.md: aa20cfde1359605f2ac5a8f0427f4518c611ecd1
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md
index 1121cf39c7..35809e1ef6 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Status: implemented
 
 English | [中文](2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.zh.md)
 
+> **Superseded** by the [session-title consolidation Agent Note](../simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md): the TUI-local `autoTitle` generation is removed; titles come from the log-backed session-title service, and the terminal rename consumes `session/title` events.
+
 ## Problem
 
 The [auto-title Agent Note](2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md) shipped `autoTitle` off by default and, on a resumed session, kept the static title because the first `user/message` was already logged. In use both choices defeated the feature's purpose. A per-session descriptive pane title is what makes one tmux pane or terminal tab distinguishable from the next; leaving it off by default means the product ships an inert feature that almost no user turns on, and skipping re-derivation on resume means a resumed session — exactly the long-lived session most worth labelling — falls back to the shared static string. The user asked for a descriptive per-session name to be the normal experience.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.zh.md
index 5569c9d71b..aa20cfde13 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.zh.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Status: implemented
 
 [English](2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md) | 中文
 
+> **已被取代**：见[标题归一 Agent Note](../simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md)。TUI 本地的 `autoTitle` 生成已移除；标题来自日志承载的 session-title 服务，终端重命名消费 `session/title` 事件。
+
 ## Problem
 
 [自动标题 Agent Note](2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md) 交付时 `autoTitle` 默认关闭，并且在恢复会话中因首条 `user/message` 已入日志而保留静态标题。实际使用中这两个选择都违背了该功能的初衷。让一个 tmux 窗格或终端标签页区别于下一个的，正是每会话各异的描述性窗格标题；默认关闭意味着产品交付了一个几乎无人开启的惰性功能，而恢复时不重新推导，则意味着恢复会话——恰恰是最值得标记的长命会话——退回到共用的静态字符串。用户要求把每会话的描述性名称做成常态体验。
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e2341385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write
+2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md: b54b99647230255cf241415f94aa21b2630c44cd
+2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.zh.md: 67cc3332f0694887d5af0d71997d140b74669f46
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b54b996472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Agent Note: TUI titles come from the session-title service
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+Two model-title implementations coexisted after the tui-staging line merged onto master. The TUI carried its own `autoTitle` feature: a fire-and-forget `ctx.llm.stream` call after the first user message that set the terminal window title via OSC 0, with a one-shot latch, its own prompt, its own 40-character cap, and its own resume re-derivation ([auto-title Agent Note](../feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md), [default-on Agent Note](../feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md)). Master had meanwhile landed [log-backed session titles](../feature/2026-07-21-log-backed-session-titles.md): a `sessionTitle` capability whose accepted revisions are durable `session/title` events, with a deterministic fallback and optional model providers. The TUI already consumed `session/title` for its header subtitle and window title, so a session could be titled twice by different strategies, and the TUI's process-local title was invisible to every other consumer (ACP, resume listings, forks).
+
+## Decision
+
+The TUI-local generation is removed; the session-title service is the one title source. `TuiConfig.autoTitle`, the latch, the abort controller, the title prompt, and `titleLine` are gone from `dsh-tui`. The terminal rename stays: the TUI folds the latest logged title on mount (`foldSessionTitle`), renders it as the banner subtitle, and sets the terminal window title to `<session title> — <configured title>` on every accepted `session/title` event — including resumed sessions, whose titles now replay from the log instead of being re-generated.
+
+Model-made titles are a composition choice: `examples/tui-agent/cordis.yml` (and the scripted PTY fixture) mount `@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm`, which inherits the main request's route and replaces the spine's deterministic fallback with a short model summary. Deployments without the provider keep the fallback title from `dsh-agent-spine-demo`'s bundled `SessionTitleService`.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Keep both, letting the logged title win.** This was the first merge resolution: auto-title owned the whole window title until a logged `session/title` arrived in suffix form. It preserved behavior but doubled the model calls on every fresh session and left the TUI's title unobservable in the log, violating model-visible ⟺ logged in spirit and splitting the title contract across two owners.
+
+**Port auto-title's prompt and cap into the service as a third provider.** The first-message-llm provider already exists with the same cadence, a reviewed prompt contract, durable request records, and supersession fencing; a second near-identical provider would be pure duplication.
+
+## Consequences
+
+One title pipeline: durable, replayable, visible to every consumer, and fenced against stale completions by the service. The TUI sheds ~90 lines and its `llm`-streaming path. The cost is that a title now requires the provider plugin in the composition for model quality — a leaf choice, not a TUI default — and the terminal title changes shape from the bare model summary to the suffixed `<title> — <product>` form the log-backed path always used. The superseded auto-title Agent Notes carry pointers here.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67cc3332f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Agent Note: TUI 标题来自 session-title 服务
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-07-22-tui-titles-from-session-title-service.md) | 中文
+
+## 问题
+
+tui-staging 分支合入 master 后，两套模型标题实现并存。TUI 自带 `autoTitle` 特性：在首条用户消息后发起一次 fire-and-forget 的 `ctx.llm.stream` 调用，通过 OSC 0 设置终端窗口标题，带有一次性闩锁、自己的提示词、自己的 40 字符截断和自己的恢复重推导（[auto-title Agent Note](../feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-pane-title.md)、[default-on Agent Note](../feature/2026-07-21-tui-auto-title-default-on.md)）。而 master 已落地[日志承载的会话标题](../feature/2026-07-21-log-backed-session-titles.md)：一个 `sessionTitle` 能力，其被接受的修订是持久的 `session/title` 事件，带确定性回退和可选的模型 provider。TUI 已经消费 `session/title` 作为横幅副标题和窗口标题，于是一个会话可能被两种策略各标题一次，且 TUI 的进程本地标题对其他所有消费者（ACP、恢复列表、fork）不可见。
+
+## 决策
+
+移除 TUI 本地生成；session-title 服务是唯一的标题来源。`TuiConfig.autoTitle`、闩锁、abort controller、标题提示词和 `titleLine` 全部从 `dsh-tui` 删除。终端重命名保留：TUI 在挂载时折叠最新的已记录标题（`foldSessionTitle`），将其渲染为横幅副标题，并在每个被接受的 `session/title` 事件上把终端窗口标题设为 `<会话标题> — <配置标题>` —— 包括恢复的会话，其标题现在从日志回放而不是重新生成。
+
+模型生成的标题是组合选择：`examples/tui-agent/cordis.yml`（以及脚本化 PTY fixture）挂载 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm`，它继承主请求的确切路由，用简短的模型摘要替换 spine 的确定性回退。未挂载该 provider 的部署保留 `dsh-agent-spine-demo` 内置 `SessionTitleService` 的回退标题。
+
+## 备选方案
+
+**两者并存，已记录标题胜出。** 这是第一版合并决议：auto-title 独占整个窗口标题，直到已记录的 `session/title` 以后缀形式到达。它保留了行为，但每个新会话产生双倍模型调用，且 TUI 的标题在日志中不可观察，实质上违反 model-visible ⟺ logged，并把标题契约拆给两个所有者。
+
+**把 auto-title 的提示词和截断移植为服务的第三个 provider。** first-message-llm provider 已经存在，节奏相同，且有经过评审的提示词契约、持久的请求记录和替换围栏；再造一个近乎相同的 provider 纯属重复。
+
+## 影响
+
+标题管线归一：持久、可回放、对所有消费者可见，并由服务对过期完成设防。TUI 削减约 90 行及其 `llm` 流式路径。代价是模型质量的标题现在需要在组合中挂载 provider 插件 —— 这是叶配置选择，不是 TUI 默认值 —— 且终端标题形状从裸模型摘要变为日志路径一贯使用的 `<标题> — <产品>` 后缀形式。被取代的 auto-title Agent Note 携带指向本文的指针。
diff --git a/docs/config-catalog.md b/docs/config-catalog.md
index 496c254ef3..db5254d0c7 100644
--- a/docs/config-catalog.md
+++ b/docs/config-catalog.md
@@ -1460,10 +1460,18 @@ Requires: `agents` · `commands` · `userInteraction` · `tools` · `llm` · `sy
 ```ts config-catalog
 /** Serializable plugin configuration. */
 export interface Config extends TuiConfig {
-  /** Header subtitle. Defaults to `ready.`. */
+  /** Banner subtitle line. When absent, the banner has no subtitle and sweeps in on start. */
   welcome?: string
   /** Exact shared agent/session identity driven by this terminal. Defaults to `main`. */
   sessionId?: string
+  /**
+   * Shell command template shown for resuming this session: printed on exit and
+   * listed by `/resume`, with every `{session}` occurrence replaced by the live
+   * session id. Absent disables both surfaces. Deployments set it only when a
+   * persistence backend makes the session resumable (e.g.
+   * `RESUME_SESSION_ID={session} dsh`).
+   */
+  resumeCommand?: string
 }
 
 /** Presentation settings for the pi-tui terminal mode. */
@@ -1488,12 +1496,19 @@ export interface TuiConfig {
   showHardwareCursor?: boolean
   /** Apply the built-in ANSI color palette. */
   color?: boolean
-  /** Terminal window title while the UI is mounted. */
+  /**
+   * Paint the startup banner's product name in the DeepSeek brand gradient
+   * using 24-bit truecolor. Requires {@link TuiConfig.color}; falls back to the
+   * flat accent color when either is off. Unset auto-detects `COLORTERM` at the
+   * process boundary, so most deployments leave it unset.
+   */
+  truecolor?: boolean
+  /** Terminal window title while the UI is mounted; a logged session title prefixes it. */
   title?: string
 }
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts:129`](../packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts:145`](../packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tui-demo`
 
@@ -1520,8 +1535,15 @@ export interface Config {
   persistenceRoot?: string
   /** JSONL artifact encoding; defaults to checksummed Zstandard frames. */
   persistenceCompression?: JsonlCompression
-  /** TUI subtitle rendered on start. Defaults to `ready.`. */
+  /** TUI transcript's optional first line; absent renders nothing on start. */
   welcome?: string
+  /**
+   * Shell command template the TUI prints on exit and lists under `/resume`,
+   * with `{session}` replaced by the live session id (forwarded to the front
+   * door). Set it to a command that resumes via this app's env var, e.g.
+   * `RESUME_SESSION_ID={session} dsh`.
+   */
+  resumeCommand?: string
   /** Full-screen TUI presentation settings. */
   ui?: uiTui.TuiConfig
   /** Skill registry, local-provider, and model-facing consumer config. */
@@ -1541,7 +1563,7 @@ export interface Config {
 
 Depends on: [`agentCore`](../packages/examples/agent-spine-demo/src/index.ts) · [`JsonlCompression`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence-jsonl/src/index.ts) · [`ToolsConfig`](#deepseek-aidsh-tools) · [`uiTui`](../packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts)
 
-Source: [`packages/examples/tui-demo/src/index.ts:33`](../packages/examples/tui-demo/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/examples/tui-demo/src/index.ts:32`](../packages/examples/tui-demo/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-user-approval`
 
@@ -1726,12 +1748,20 @@ export interface Config {
   maxBytes: number
   /** Maximum UTF-8 bytes read from one instruction file; larger files are ignored. */
   maxSourceBytes?: number
-  /** Ordered same-directory project candidates; the first existing regular file wins in each scope. */
+  /**
+   * Ordered same-directory project candidates; every existing file loads, with
+   * per-directory trimmed-content duplicates collapsed to the earliest candidate.
+   */
   instructionFileCandidates?: string[]
+  /**
+   * Ordered same-directory local-overlay candidates loaded after the base files
+   * under the same per-directory trimmed-content dedup; empty disables the overlay.
+   */
+  localInstructionFileCandidates?: string[]
 }
 ```
 
-Source: [`packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts:16`](../packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts)
+Source: [`packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts:17`](../packages/context/workspace-context/src/config.ts)
 
 ## Loadable plugins with no config
 
diff --git a/examples/tui-agent/composition.md b/examples/tui-agent/composition.md
index 2f1b3201c9..b380e7610c 100644
--- a/examples/tui-agent/composition.md
+++ b/examples/tui-agent/composition.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ flowchart LR
   bundle_agent_core --> spine_sessions["ctx.sessions"]
   bundle_agent_core --> spine_tools["ctx.tools + tool-bash"]
   bundle_agent_core --> spine_loop["ctx.agents + ctx.agentLoop"]
+  plugin_tui_session_title_llm["session-title-llm<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm"]
+  cfg --> plugin_tui_session_title_llm
   plugin_tui_token_meter["token-meter<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter"]
   cfg --> plugin_tui_token_meter
   plugin_tui_tool_result_prune["tool-result-prune<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune"]
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ flowchart LR
 | `llm-deepseek` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek` |
 | `bash` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-local` |
 | `tui-agent` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tui-demo` |
+| `session-title-llm` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm` |
 | `token-meter` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter` |
 | `tool-result-prune` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-tool-result-prune` |
 | `compact-basic` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-compact-basic` |
diff --git a/examples/tui-agent/cordis.yml b/examples/tui-agent/cordis.yml
index efbf67307d..e7a1c8877a 100644
--- a/examples/tui-agent/cordis.yml
+++ b/examples/tui-agent/cordis.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
     ui:
       showReasoning: true
       maxToolOutputLines: 6
-      # Rename the terminal after the first message with a short model-made title.
-      autoTitle: true
     # Keep the persona to identity and behavior; tool plugins own tool guidance.
     # The loop resolves {{model}} from this agent's configuration.
     persona: |
@@ -55,6 +53,19 @@
       Verify your work by running the code or tests. Keep answers brief and
       factual.
 
+# Model-made session titles on the first-message cadence: replaces the spine's
+# deterministic fallback title with a short model summary. The TUI renders the
+# logged `session/title` as the banner subtitle and the terminal window title.
+# Omitting provider/model inherits the main request's exact route.
+- id: session-title-llm
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm'
+  config:
+    targetWords: 5
+    targetCjkCharacters: 10
+    maxInputBytes: 4096
+    maxOutputTokens: 64
+    timeoutMs: 60000
+
 # Replay-aware request pressure with one service-wide context window.
 - id: token-meter
   name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter'
diff --git a/examples/tui-agent/tests/fixtures/tui-scripted-llm.ts b/examples/tui-agent/tests/fixtures/tui-scripted-llm.ts
index 72253b52aa..b90f69f47e 100644
--- a/examples/tui-agent/tests/fixtures/tui-scripted-llm.ts
+++ b/examples/tui-agent/tests/fixtures/tui-scripted-llm.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ class ScriptedTuiAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
   }
 
   override async * stream(options: GenerateOptions): AsyncIterable<StreamChunk> {
-    // The TUI's auto-title request carries no tool schemas, unlike every agent
-    // turn; answer it with a fixed title so the PTY test can assert the OSC set.
+    // The session-title provider's auxiliary request carries no tool schemas,
+    // unlike every agent turn; answer it with a fixed title so the PTY test can
+    // assert the logged title reaches the terminal window title.
     if ((options.tools?.length ?? 0) === 0) {
       for (const chunk of textChunks(TITLE_TEXT)) yield chunk
       return
diff --git a/examples/tui-agent/tests/fixtures/tui-scripted.cordis.yml b/examples/tui-agent/tests/fixtures/tui-scripted.cordis.yml
index 6bed7fa57e..cfc7a8e344 100644
--- a/examples/tui-agent/tests/fixtures/tui-scripted.cordis.yml
+++ b/examples/tui-agent/tests/fixtures/tui-scripted.cordis.yml
@@ -30,4 +30,15 @@
     persona: 'Scripted model {{model}}.'
     ui:
       showReasoning: true
-      autoTitle: true
+
+# Model-made session titles, as in the shipped cordis.yml: the scripted adapter
+# answers the tool-less title request with a fixed string so the PTY test can
+# assert the logged title reaches the terminal window title.
+- id: session-title-llm
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-title-first-message-llm'
+  config:
+    targetWords: 5
+    targetCjkCharacters: 10
+    maxInputBytes: 4096
+    maxOutputTokens: 64
+    timeoutMs: 10000
diff --git a/examples/tui-agent/tests/tui-keyless-smoke.e2e.ts b/examples/tui-agent/tests/tui-keyless-smoke.e2e.ts
index 15ccba479a..c069e72ae9 100644
--- a/examples/tui-agent/tests/tui-keyless-smoke.e2e.ts
+++ b/examples/tui-agent/tests/tui-keyless-smoke.e2e.ts
@@ -256,9 +256,11 @@ describe('tui-agent keyless smoke (real Loader tree in a PTY)', () => {
     expect(output).toContain('How should the scripted run proceed?')
     expect(output).toContain('Safe')
     expect(output).toContain('Decision received. Scripted TUI run complete.')
-    // Auto-title: the first user message drives a tool-less title call that the
-    // scripted adapter answers, and the TUI sets it via OSC 0.
-    expect(output).toContain('\u001B]0;scripted session title\u0007')
+    // Session title: the first user message drives the first-message-llm
+    // provider's tool-less title call; the scripted adapter answers it, the
+    // accepted title lands in the log, and the TUI renders the terminal window
+    // title as `<session title> — <configured title>` via OSC 0.
+    expect(output).toContain('\u001B]0;scripted session title — DeepSeek Harness\u0007')
     expect(output).toContain('\u001B[?2004l')
   }, LOADER_SMOKE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
 
diff --git a/examples/tui-agent/tests/tui.snapshot.ts b/examples/tui-agent/tests/tui.snapshot.ts
index 41d8d8160e..e0272d8a71 100644
--- a/examples/tui-agent/tests/tui.snapshot.ts
+++ b/examples/tui-agent/tests/tui.snapshot.ts
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ async function runScenario(scenario: Scenario): Promise<ScenarioResult> {
       color: true,
       showReasoning: true,
       title: 'DSH TUI snapshot',
-      // Off so replay stays deterministic: an auto-title request is not among the
-      // recorded turns. Auto-title's PTY coverage lives in the keyless smoke.
-      autoTitle: false,
       welcome: `Recorded replay: ${scenario.name}`,
       maxToolOutputLines: 8,
     }, {
diff --git a/packages/ui/tui/README.md b/packages/ui/tui/README.md
index d11712367f..bc6521d058 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tui/README.md
+++ b/packages/ui/tui/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ When `resumeCommand` is set and a `sessionPersistence` backend is mounted, exiti
 | `color` | `true` | Apply the built-in ANSI palette (see [Color](#color)) |
 | `title` | `DeepSeek Harness` | Product suffix for the terminal window title. |
 | `resumeCommand` | — | Shell command template for the exit hint and `/resume`, with `{session}` expanded to the session id; unset disables both. Needs a `sessionPersistence` backend |
-| `autoTitle` | `true` | Replace `title` with a short model-made title derived from the session's first user message; a resumed session re-derives it from that stored message on mount (needs an `llm` service and an agent provider/model) |
 
 ```yaml
 - id: terminal
diff --git a/packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts b/packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts
index f56803adec..77857c0d71 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ import {
 import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop'
 import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-token-meter'
 import type {} from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-commands'
-import { assertNever, BlockAssembler, errorChain } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { assertNever, errorChain } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 import type {
   ContentBlock,
-  GenerateOptions,
   LlmModelInfo,
   StreamChunk,
   TokenUsage,
@@ -108,15 +107,8 @@ export interface TuiConfig {
    * process boundary, so most deployments leave it unset.
    */
   truecolor?: boolean
-  /** Terminal window title while the UI is mounted. */
+  /** Terminal window title while the UI is mounted; a logged session title prefixes it. */
   title?: string
-  /**
-   * Replace {@link TuiConfig.title} with a short model-generated title derived
-   * from the session's first user message; a resumed session re-derives it from
-   * that stored message on mount. No-op without an `llm` service or an agent
-   * provider/model. On by default.
-   */
-  autoTitle?: boolean
 }
 
 const showReasoningSchema = z.boolean().default(true)
@@ -132,7 +124,6 @@ const colorSchema = z.boolean().default(true)
 // No default: an unset value auto-detects truecolor from COLORTERM in `apply`.
 const truecolorSchema = z.boolean()
 const titleSchema = z.string().default('DeepSeek Harness')
-const autoTitleSchema = z.boolean().default(true)
 
 /** Schemastery schema for presentation settings embedded by app bundles. */
 export const TuiConfigSchema: z<TuiConfig> = z.object({
@@ -148,7 +139,6 @@ export const TuiConfigSchema: z<TuiConfig> = z.object({
   color: colorSchema,
   truecolor: truecolorSchema,
   title: titleSchema,
-  autoTitle: autoTitleSchema,
 })
 
 /** Serializable plugin configuration. */
@@ -183,7 +173,6 @@ export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({
   color: colorSchema,
   truecolor: truecolorSchema,
   title: titleSchema,
-  autoTitle: autoTitleSchema,
 })
 
 /** Fully defaulted TUI presentation settings. */
@@ -200,7 +189,6 @@ export interface ResolvedTuiConfig {
   color: boolean
   truecolor: boolean
   title: string
-  autoTitle: boolean
 }
 
 /** Runtime boundary used by the interactive TUI. */
@@ -239,7 +227,6 @@ export function resolveTuiConfig(config: TuiConfig | undefined): ResolvedTuiConf
     color: config?.color ?? true,
     truecolor: config?.truecolor ?? false,
     title: config?.title ?? 'DeepSeek Harness',
-    autoTitle: config?.autoTitle ?? true,
   }
 }
 
@@ -426,24 +413,6 @@ function contentText(content: readonly ContentBlock[]): string {
   return parts.join('')
 }
 
-/** Longest auto-generated title kept before the tail is elided; fits common tmux/tab widths. */
-const AUTO_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH = 40
-
-/** Task framing for the auto-title model call; written from the model's view, not the UI's. */
-const AUTO_TITLE_SYSTEM_PROMPT = [
-  "Summarize the user's request as a short title of 2 to 5 lowercase words.",
-  'Use no punctuation or quotation marks. Reply with only the title.',
-].join('\n')
-
-/** First non-empty line of the model's reply, trimmed and capped for a terminal title. */
-function titleLine(text: string): string {
-  const line = text.split('\n').map(part => part.trim()).find(part => part.length > 0) ?? ''
-  return line.length > AUTO_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH ? `${line.slice(0, AUTO_TITLE_MAX_LENGTH - 1)}…` : line
-}
-
-/** Auto-title is best-effort: a stream error or shutdown abort leaves the current title unchanged. */
-const ignoreTitleFailure = (): void => {}
-
 function textBlocks(content: readonly ContentBlock[], type: 'text' | 'reasoning'): string {
   return content
     .filter((block): block is Extract<ContentBlock, { type: typeof type }> => block.type === type)
@@ -1351,14 +1320,6 @@ export function createTuiChat(
   const skills = ctx.get('skills')
   const cwd = agent.session.header.cwd ?? process.cwd()
   const skillAbort = new AbortController()
-  // Auto-title replaces the static title with a short model-generated title
-  // derived from the session's first user message. A resumed session re-derives
-  // it from that stored message on mount (see below); a fresh session derives it
-  // when the first message arrives. It is already settled — keeping the static
-  // title — only when the feature is off. The abort cancels an in-flight title
-  // stream at shutdown.
-  const titleAbort = new AbortController()
-  let titleSettled = !resolved.autoTitle
   const tokens = sessionTokens(agent.session)
   const toolCards = new Map<string, ToolCardComponent>()
   const allToolCards = new Set<ToolCardComponent>()
@@ -1534,44 +1495,6 @@ export function createTuiChat(
     })
   }
 
-  // Fire-and-forget a title request. The prompt is the trimmed first-message
-  // text; an empty one is skipped without consuming the one-shot slot. The `llm`
-  // service is optional, so a deployment without it (or without an agent
-  // provider/model) silently keeps the static title.
-  const generateTitle = (prompt: string): void => {
-    if (titleSettled || prompt.length === 0) return
-    titleSettled = true
-    const llm = ctx.get('llm')
-    const { provider, model } = agent.options
-    if (llm === undefined || !provider || !model) return
-    const options: GenerateOptions = {
-      provider,
-      model,
-      system: AUTO_TITLE_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
-      messages: [{ role: 'user', content: [{ type: 'text', text: prompt }] }],
-      sessionId: agent.session.id,
-      signal: titleAbort.signal,
-    }
-    const applyTitle = async (): Promise<void> => {
-      const assembler = new BlockAssembler()
-      for await (const chunk of llm.stream(options)) assembler.push(chunk)
-      const title = titleLine(contentText(assembler.message().content))
-      // Unlike a logged `session/title` (which suffixes the product title), the
-      // process-local auto-title owns the whole terminal title. A logged title
-      // arriving later still wins through `updateTerminalTitle`.
-      if (!disposed && title.length > 0) runtime.terminal.setTitle(displayText(title))
-    }
-    void applyTitle().catch(ignoreTitleFailure)
-  }
-
-  // Resume: derive the title from the session's already-logged first user
-  // message. A fresh session has none here and titles from the live message via
-  // the session-event listener instead.
-  const firstUserMessage = agent.session.events.find(
-    (event): event is Extract<SessionEvent, { type: 'user/message' }> => event.type === 'user/message',
-  )
-  if (firstUserMessage !== undefined) generateTitle(contentText(firstUserMessage.data.content).trim())
-
   const clearStatus = (): void => {
     if (runningStatus !== undefined) {
       clearInterval(runningStatus.timer)
@@ -1929,7 +1852,6 @@ export function createTuiChat(
     shuttingDown ??= (async () => {
       disposed = true
       contextResolution = undefined
-      titleAbort.abort()
       clearStatus()
       modelOverlay?.hide()
       modelOverlay = undefined
@@ -2318,7 +2240,6 @@ export function createTuiChat(
     if (session !== agent.session) return
     recordEventUsage(tokens, event)
     advanceTurnPhase(event)
-    if (event.type === 'user/message') generateTitle(contentText(event.data.content).trim())
     if (event.type === 'steering/message' && pendingSteering > 0) {
       // A queued steering message reached the model as it drained; drop it from
       // the badge. Clamped because loop-authored steering (e.g. continuation
diff --git a/packages/ui/tui/tests/tui.spec.ts b/packages/ui/tui/tests/tui.spec.ts
index 4598da4d9a..10be7f99bf 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tui/tests/tui.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tui/tests/tui.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { Context } from 'cordis'
 import type { Terminal } from '@earendil-works/pi-tui'
 import AgentRegistry, { agentEvents, assembleContextFor, type Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
-import LlmService, { LlmAdapter, type GenerateOptions, type LlmCallConfig, type StreamChunk } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { type LlmCallConfig } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 import CommandService, { type CommandInvocation } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-commands'
 import SessionStore, { SessionId, type SessionHeader } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
 import SkillService, { type SkillDefinition, type SkillSummary } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-skill'
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ describe('TUI config', () => {
       color: true,
       truecolor: false,
       title: 'DeepSeek Harness',
-      autoTitle: true,
     })
     expect(resolveTuiConfig({
       showReasoning: false,
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ describe('TUI config', () => {
       color: false,
       truecolor: true,
       title: 'DSH',
-      autoTitle: false,
     })).toEqual({
       showReasoning: false,
       maxToolOutputLines: 2,
@@ -177,7 +175,6 @@ describe('TUI config', () => {
       color: false,
       truecolor: true,
       title: 'DSH',
-      autoTitle: false,
     })
   })
 })
@@ -2148,222 +2145,3 @@ describe('banner sweep reveal', () => {
     expect(result.terminal.output.length).toBe(settled)
   })
 })
-
-/** Streams one fixed reply (or throws) so a test can drive the auto-title call. */
-class TitleAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
-  lastOptions: GenerateOptions | undefined
-  calls = 0
-  constructor(private readonly reply: string | Error) {
-    super()
-  }
-
-  async *stream(options: GenerateOptions): AsyncIterable<StreamChunk> {
-    this.calls += 1
-    this.lastOptions = options
-    if (this.reply instanceof Error) throw this.reply
-    yield { type: 'block-start', index: 0, blockType: 'text' }
-    yield { type: 'text-delta', index: 0, text: this.reply }
-    yield { type: 'block-end', index: 0, block: { type: 'text', text: this.reply } }
-    yield { type: 'finish', reason: { kind: 'stop' } }
-  }
-}
-
-/** Provide the `llm` service (with `adapter` on provider `mock`) plus the tools stub the TUI injects. */
-function withLlm(adapter: LlmAdapter): (ctx: Context) => Promise<void> {
-  return async (ctx: Context) => {
-    await ctx.plugin(LlmService)
-    ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], adapter)
-    ctx.provide('tools', { get: () => undefined } as never)
-  }
-}
-
-describe('TUI auto-title', () => {
-  const agentOptions: Agent['options'] = { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock-model' }
-
-  it('replaces the title with a model-generated title after the first user message', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('fix the login redirect')
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(adapter) })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'the login page throws a 500 on submit, please investigate')
-    await tick()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('fix the login redirect')
-    // The request carries the task framing, the user's first message, and no tools.
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions?.provider).toBe('mock')
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions?.model).toBe('mock-model')
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions?.system).toContain('short title')
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions?.tools).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions?.messages).toEqual([
-      { role: 'user', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'the login page throws a 500 on submit, please investigate' }] },
-    ])
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('requests a title only once, even after later user messages', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('the settled title')
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(adapter) })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'the first request that earns the title')
-    await tick()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('the settled title')
-    appendUser(result.session, 'a second request that must not re-title')
-    await tick()
-    expect(adapter.calls).toBe(1)
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('the settled title')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('uses the first non-empty line and truncates an over-long title with an ellipsis', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('\n  this title is deliberately far too long to fit a terminal tab  \nextra')
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(adapter) })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'do the big thing')
-    await tick()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('this title is deliberately far too long…')
-    expect(result.terminal.title.length).toBe(40)
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('skips a whitespace-only first message without consuming the one-shot slot', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('the real title')
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(adapter) })
-    appendUser(result.session, '   ')
-    await tick()
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-    appendUser(result.session, 'the first real request')
-    await tick()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('the real title')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('leaves the title unchanged when the model returns no usable text', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('   \n  ')
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(adapter) })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'anything at all')
-    await tick()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('leaves the title unchanged when the title request fails', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter(new Error('router unavailable'))
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(adapter) })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'trigger a failing title request')
-    await tick()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('re-derives the title on resume from the already-logged first user message', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('resumed session title')
-    const result = await setup({
-      config: { autoTitle: true },
-      agentOptions,
-      configureContext: withLlm(adapter),
-      beforeMount: (session) => {
-        appendUser(session, 'the original first request')
-        appendUser(session, 'a later request that must not seed the title')
-      },
-    })
-    await tick()
-    // The title comes from the stored first message, not any later one.
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions?.messages).toEqual([
-      { role: 'user', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'the original first request' }] },
-    ])
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('resumed session title')
-    // A message that arrives after the resume must not re-title.
-    appendUser(result.session, 'a follow-up message')
-    await tick()
-    expect(adapter.calls).toBe(1)
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('resumed session title')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('keeps the static title when auto-title is disabled', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('should not run')
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: false }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(adapter) })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'a normal message with the feature off')
-    await tick()
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('keeps the static title when no llm service is available', async () => {
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'no model can answer this')
-    await tick()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('keeps the static title when the agent has no provider', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('unused')
-    const result = await setup({
-      config: { autoTitle: true },
-      agentOptions: { model: 'mock-model' },
-      configureContext: withLlm(adapter),
-    })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'the provider is missing')
-    await tick()
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('keeps the static title when the agent has no model', async () => {
-    const adapter = new TitleAdapter('unused')
-    const result = await setup({
-      config: { autoTitle: true },
-      agentOptions: { provider: 'mock' },
-      configureContext: withLlm(adapter),
-    })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'the model is missing')
-    await tick()
-    expect(adapter.lastOptions).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-    await dispose(result)
-  })
-
-  it('aborts an in-flight title request on shutdown', async () => {
-    const seen: { aborted: boolean } = { aborted: false }
-    class HangingAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
-      async *stream(options: GenerateOptions): AsyncIterable<StreamChunk> {
-        await new Promise<void>((_resolve, reject) => {
-          options.signal?.addEventListener('abort', () => {
-            seen.aborted = true
-            reject(new Error('aborted'))
-          })
-        })
-        yield { type: 'finish', reason: { kind: 'stop' } }
-      }
-    }
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(new HangingAdapter()) })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'start a title request that never resolves')
-    await tick()
-    await dispose(result)
-    expect(seen.aborted).toBe(true)
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-  })
-
-  it('does not set the title when the UI is torn down before the stream completes', async () => {
-    let release: () => void = () => {}
-    const gate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { release = resolve })
-    class GatedAdapter extends LlmAdapter {
-      // Yields a full reply, then blocks on the gate so the post-stream title
-      // apply runs only after the test has torn the UI down. Ignores `signal`,
-      // so shutdown's abort cannot cut the stream short.
-      async *stream(_options: GenerateOptions): AsyncIterable<StreamChunk> {
-        yield { type: 'block-start', index: 0, blockType: 'text' }
-        yield { type: 'text-delta', index: 0, text: 'title that arrives too late' }
-        yield { type: 'block-end', index: 0, block: { type: 'text', text: 'title that arrives too late' } }
-        yield { type: 'finish', reason: { kind: 'stop' } }
-        await gate
-      }
-    }
-    const result = await setup({ config: { autoTitle: true }, agentOptions, configureContext: withLlm(new GatedAdapter()) })
-    appendUser(result.session, 'start a title that finishes after teardown')
-    await tick()
-    await dispose(result)
-    release()
-    await tick()
-    expect(result.terminal.title).toBe('DeepSeek Harness')
-  })
-})