chore(release): bump version to 1.6.7

The title and the four counters said a second time what the lane strip
already shows lane by lane (liveness dot, ⚠ marker), so they only cost a row
of height on a screen whose point is the terminal. `GET /api/lanes` still
returns `counts` for other callers.

Add lane becomes the strip's FIRST tile — creating a lane is the same kind of
act as picking one — and the per-lane Tools menu (agents install / mcp sync /
sync-base check) moves onto the lane-detail header row beside the pipeline
picker and the Model select, next to the lane it acts on.

client/src/components/lanes/LaneCard.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 /**
- * @file One lane's card: progress bar, branch/CI/PR facts, the "needs you"
+ * @file One lane's card: branch/CI/PR facts, the "needs you"
  * banner sourced from Claude Code's Notification hook, and (for managed
  * lanes only) a ⋯ menu holding the rare `reset worktree` action behind
  * DestructiveLaneModal. A dead lane (its driving session went silent while
  * it should have been working) is called out loudly — that is the failure
  * this view exists to catch. Stage, kind, and the "auto: <stage>" chip are
  * NOT repeated here — this card only ever renders inside the Workspace
- * lane-detail section, whose header above it already shows them. The repo
+ * lane-detail section, whose header above it already shows them. Neither is
+ * progress: the pipeline map directly below this card draws the same number
+ * as named, coloured nodes, so a bar and a percent beside it were a worse
+ * second telling of it. The repo
  * card also carries the lane's AI Router picker — the Add-lane modal is the
  * only other place one is chosen, and a lane outlives its creation. The repo
  * tooling dropdown (`LaneToolsMenu`, exported from this file) and the
@@ -427,23 +430,6 @@ export default function LaneCard({
         data-testid={`lane-card-${lane.id}`}
         className="flex flex-col rounded-lg border border-border bg-surface-4 p-2.5 transition-colors hover:border-border-light"
       >
-        {/* Progress line: how far through the pipeline. The stage's own name
-            and how long it's been running are already in the Workspace
-            header above; not repeated here. Omitted at 0% — an empty bar
-            is not information, just a blank row above a dead/idle lane. */}
-        {lane.progress > 0 && (
-          <div className="mb-1.5 flex items-center gap-2 text-xs">
-            <div className="h-1 flex-1 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-surface-2">
-              <div
-                data-testid="lane-progress-fill"
-                className="h-full rounded-full bg-blue-600 transition-[width]"
-                style={{ width: `${lane.progress}%` }}
-              />
-            </div>
-            <span className="tabular-nums text-fg-secondary">{lane.progress}%</span>
-          </div>
-        )}
-
         {(lane.ci_status || lane.tool === "codex") && (
           <div className="mb-2 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5 text-[11px]">
             {lane.ci_status && (
@@ -553,7 +539,20 @@ export default function LaneCard({
             <span className="shrink-0 text-fg-muted">{git.head}</span>
             <span className="truncate text-fg-muted">{git.subject}</span>
             {(git.dirty > 0 || git.untracked > 0) && (
-              <span className="shrink-0 text-status-warning/80">
+              <span
+                className="shrink-0 cursor-help text-status-warning/80"
+                /* Native title: the counts' own file list, capped server-side.
+                   A hover card would need a portal to escape this truncating
+                   row — the browser's tooltip already escapes it for free. */
+                title={
+                  git.files?.length
+                    ? git.files.join("\n") +
+                      (git.dirty + git.untracked > git.files.length
+                        ? `\n… +${git.dirty + git.untracked - git.files.length}`
+                        : "")
+                    : undefined
+                }
+              >
                 {t("git.uncommitted", { dirty: git.dirty, untracked: git.untracked })}
               </span>
             )}

client/src/components/lanes/__tests__/LaneCard.test.tsx

@@ -155,14 +155,12 @@ describe("LaneCard rebuilt layout", () => {
     expect(screen.getByTestId("lane-card-7")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it("shows the progress percentage", () => {
+  // The pipeline map below this card draws the same progress as named nodes,
+  // so the card no longer repeats it as a bar and a percent.
+  it("leaves progress to the pipeline map rather than drawing its own bar", () => {
     render(<LaneCard lane={full()} onAction={vi.fn()} />);
-    expect(screen.getByText("48%")).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  it("gives the progress bar a width matching the lane's progress", () => {
-    render(<LaneCard lane={full()} onAction={vi.fn()} />);
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("lane-progress-fill").getAttribute("style")).toContain("48%");
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId("lane-progress-fill")).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("48%")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("surfaces a needs-you message", () => {
@@ -209,6 +207,7 @@ describe("LaneCard git block", () => {
     subject: "free-text rule mode in the form",
     dirty: 2,
     untracked: 1,
+    files: [" M server/lib/alerts.js", " M client/src/lib/api.ts", "?? scratch.txt"],
   };
 
   it("renders the live branch, head, subject and uncommitted counts", async () => {
@@ -220,6 +219,10 @@ describe("LaneCard git block", () => {
     expect(block.textContent).toContain("9b3e74a");
     expect(block.textContent).toContain("free-text rule mode in the form");
     expect(block.textContent).toContain("2");
+    // Hovering the counts names the files behind them.
+    expect(screen.getByText(/modified/).title).toBe(
+      " M server/lib/alerts.js\n M client/src/lib/api.ts\n?? scratch.txt"
+    );
     // The live branch replaces the lane's recorded one rather than doubling it.
     expect(screen.queryByText(/stale\/recorded/)).toBeNull();
   });

client/src/components/run/LaneConsolePane.tsx

@@ -426,13 +426,17 @@ export function LaneConsolePane({
         </select>
       )}
 
-      <header className="flex items-start gap-3">
-        <div className="w-9 h-9 rounded-xl bg-accent/15 flex items-center justify-center flex-shrink-0">
-          <Play className="w-4.5 h-4.5 text-accent" />
+      {/* Title, live badge and blurb on ONE line: the blurb is a standing
+          description of the panel, not a message, so it does not earn the
+          second row it used to wrap onto. It drops out entirely below `sm`,
+          where the width would wrap it again. */}
+      <header className="flex items-center gap-2.5">
+        <div className="w-7 h-7 rounded-lg bg-accent/15 flex items-center justify-center flex-shrink-0">
+          <Play className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-accent" />
         </div>
-        <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-            <h1 className="text-lg font-semibold text-fg-primary">
+        <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2">
+          <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
+            <h1 className="text-base font-semibold text-fg-primary">
               {t("title", { tool: toolLabel })}
             </h1>
             {wsConnected ? (
@@ -447,7 +451,9 @@ export function LaneConsolePane({
               </span>
             )}
           </div>
-          <p className="text-xs text-fg-muted max-w-3xl">{t("subtitle", { tool: toolLabel })}</p>
+          <p className="hidden min-w-0 truncate text-[11px] text-fg-muted sm:block">
+            {t("subtitle", { tool: toolLabel })}
+          </p>
         </div>
         <ActiveRunsSwitcher
           activeRuns={activeRuns}

client/src/components/run/RunSetup.tsx

@@ -147,9 +147,83 @@ export function RunSetup(props: RunSetupProps) {
 
   return (
     <div className="rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface-1">
-      {/* Fresh vs resume source picker */}
-      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-3 gap-y-1.5 border-b border-border px-3 py-2 text-[11.5px]">
-        <div className="flex items-center rounded-md border border-border bg-surface-2 p-0.5">
+      {/* Run settings and the fresh-vs-resume source picker share one row:
+          settings left, source right. They used to be two rows with a divider
+          between them, which spent a band of height on four labelled selects
+          that are each one line tall. The resume picker below is the only part
+          that still gets a row of its own, and only while resume is chosen. */}
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-end gap-3 border-b border-border px-4 py-3">
+        <div className="grid min-w-0 flex-1 grid-cols-1 gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4">
+          <Field label={t("fields.cwd")}>
+            {isResume && props.resumeSession ? (
+              <div className="bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-mono text-fg-secondary flex items-center gap-2">
+                <Lock className="w-3 h-3 text-fg-muted flex-shrink-0" />
+                <span className="truncate">{props.resumeSession.cwd}</span>
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              <div title={t("fields.cwdHint")}>
+                <CwdAutocomplete
+                  value={props.cwd}
+                  onChange={props.onCwdChange}
+                  suggestions={props.cwdSuggestions}
+                />
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </Field>
+          <Field label={t("fields.model")}>
+            <ModelPicker value={props.model} onChange={props.onModelChange} tool={props.tool} />
+          </Field>
+          {props.tool === "codex" ? (
+            <>
+              <Field label={t("fields.sandbox")}>
+                <Select<CodexSandbox>
+                  value={props.sandbox}
+                  onChange={props.onSandboxChange}
+                  options={[
+                    { value: "read-only", label: t("fields.sandboxReadOnly") },
+                    { value: "workspace-write", label: t("fields.sandboxWorkspaceWrite") },
+                    { value: "danger-full-access", label: t("fields.sandboxFullAccess") },
+                  ]}
+                />
+              </Field>
+              <Field label={t("fields.approval")}>
+                <Select<CodexApproval>
+                  value={props.approval}
+                  onChange={props.onApprovalChange}
+                  options={[
+                    { value: "on-request", label: t("fields.approvalOnRequest") },
+                    { value: "never", label: t("fields.approvalNever") },
+                  ]}
+                />
+              </Field>
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            <Field label={t("fields.permissionMode")}>
+              <Select<PermissionMode>
+                value={props.permissionMode}
+                onChange={props.onPermissionModeChange}
+                options={[
+                  { value: "acceptEdits", label: t("fields.permissionAcceptEdits") },
+                  { value: "default", label: t("fields.permissionDefault") },
+                  { value: "plan", label: t("fields.permissionPlan") },
+                  { value: "bypassPermissions", label: t("fields.permissionBypass") },
+                ]}
+              />
+            </Field>
+          )}
+          <Field label={t("fields.effort")}>
+            <Select<EffortLevel>
+              value={props.effort}
+              onChange={props.onEffortChange}
+              options={RUN_EFFORT_CHOICES.map((c) => ({
+                value: c.id,
+                label: c.label,
+                hint: c.hint,
+              }))}
+            />
+          </Field>
+        </div>
+        <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center rounded-md border border-border bg-surface-2 p-0.5 text-[11.5px]">
           <Seg
             active={!resumePicked}
             label={t("resume.freshOption")}
@@ -166,8 +240,11 @@ export function RunSetup(props: RunSetupProps) {
             onClick={() => setResumePicked(true)}
           />
         </div>
-        {resumePicked && (
-          <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+      </div>
+
+      {resumePicked && (
+        <div className="border-b border-border px-4 py-2 text-[11.5px]">
+          <div className="min-w-0">
             {props.tool === "claude" ? (
               <SessionPicker
                 selected={props.resumeSession}
@@ -192,8 +269,8 @@ export function RunSetup(props: RunSetupProps) {
               </button>
             )}
           </div>
-        )}
-      </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
 
       {/* Prompt */}
       <div className="px-4 py-3 border-b border-border">
@@ -214,78 +291,6 @@ export function RunSetup(props: RunSetupProps) {
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      {/* Advanced fields */}
-      <div className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-3 px-4 py-3 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4">
-        <Field label={t("fields.cwd")}>
-          {isResume && props.resumeSession ? (
-            <div className="bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-mono text-fg-secondary flex items-center gap-2">
-              <Lock className="w-3 h-3 text-fg-muted flex-shrink-0" />
-              <span className="truncate">{props.resumeSession.cwd}</span>
-            </div>
-          ) : (
-            <div title={t("fields.cwdHint")}>
-              <CwdAutocomplete
-                value={props.cwd}
-                onChange={props.onCwdChange}
-                suggestions={props.cwdSuggestions}
-              />
-            </div>
-          )}
-        </Field>
-        <Field label={t("fields.model")}>
-          <ModelPicker value={props.model} onChange={props.onModelChange} tool={props.tool} />
-        </Field>
-        {props.tool === "codex" ? (
-          <>
-            <Field label={t("fields.sandbox")}>
-              <Select<CodexSandbox>
-                value={props.sandbox}
-                onChange={props.onSandboxChange}
-                options={[
-                  { value: "read-only", label: t("fields.sandboxReadOnly") },
-                  { value: "workspace-write", label: t("fields.sandboxWorkspaceWrite") },
-                  { value: "danger-full-access", label: t("fields.sandboxFullAccess") },
-                ]}
-              />
-            </Field>
-            <Field label={t("fields.approval")}>
-              <Select<CodexApproval>
-                value={props.approval}
-                onChange={props.onApprovalChange}
-                options={[
-                  { value: "on-request", label: t("fields.approvalOnRequest") },
-                  { value: "never", label: t("fields.approvalNever") },
-                ]}
-              />
-            </Field>
-          </>
-        ) : (
-          <Field label={t("fields.permissionMode")}>
-            <Select<PermissionMode>
-              value={props.permissionMode}
-              onChange={props.onPermissionModeChange}
-              options={[
-                { value: "acceptEdits", label: t("fields.permissionAcceptEdits") },
-                { value: "default", label: t("fields.permissionDefault") },
-                { value: "plan", label: t("fields.permissionPlan") },
-                { value: "bypassPermissions", label: t("fields.permissionBypass") },
-              ]}
-            />
-          </Field>
-        )}
-        <Field label={t("fields.effort")}>
-          <Select<EffortLevel>
-            value={props.effort}
-            onChange={props.onEffortChange}
-            options={RUN_EFFORT_CHOICES.map((c) => ({
-              value: c.id,
-              label: c.label,
-              hint: c.hint,
-            }))}
-          />
-        </Field>
-      </div>
-
       {props.tool === "codex" && props.sandbox === "danger-full-access" && (
         <div className="mx-4 mb-3 rounded-md border border-status-danger/40 bg-status-danger/10 px-3 py-2 text-[11px] text-status-danger flex items-start gap-2">
           <ShieldAlert className="w-3.5 h-3.5 flex-shrink-0 mt-0.5" />

client/src/i18n/locales/en/run.json

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     "permissionMode": "Mode",
     "session": "Session"
   },
-  "subtitle": "Spin up a {{tool}} session right inside the dashboard. Live streaming output, multi-turn conversation, and the same hooks-driven analytics as your terminal sessions.",
+  "subtitle": "Streamed output, multi-turn, same hooks and analytics as your terminal.",
   "title": "Run {{tool}}",
   "tokens": {
     "cacheRead": "Cache hit",

client/src/i18n/locales/vi/run.json

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     "permissionMode": "Mode",
     "session": "Session"
   },
-  "subtitle": "Khởi chạy một phiên {{tool}} ngay trong dashboard. Stream output trực tiếp, hội thoại đa lượt, và chia sẻ cùng pipeline hooks/analytics với phiên ở terminal.",
+  "subtitle": "Stream trực tiếp, hội thoại đa lượt, cùng hooks và analytics như ở terminal.",
   "title": "Chạy {{tool}}",
   "tokens": {
     "cacheRead": "Cache hit",

client/src/lib/types.ts

@@ -2592,6 +2592,8 @@ export type LaneGitFacts =
       dirty: number;
       /** Files git has never seen. */
       untracked: number;
+      /** Raw `git status --porcelain` lines, capped; the counts stay exact. */
+      files: string[];
     }
   | { available: false };
 

client/src/pages/Workspace.tsx

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
  * @file Workspace.tsx
  * @description Merged workspace page combining lanes (agent work units) and runs
  * (CLI spawns: Claude Code or Codex, determined per lane). Displays a horizontal
- * lane strip at the top with counters, the selected lane's pipeline map, and run
- * configuration/console/history below. Runs are tied to lanes: starting a run
+ * lane strip at the top (its first tile creates a lane), the selected lane's
+ * pipeline map, and run configuration/console/history below. Runs are tied to lanes: starting a run
  * posts to POST /api/lanes/:id/start with tool-appropriate fields. When a cwd
  * isn't owned by any lane, calls POST /api/lanes/ensure first. Polls GET
  * /api/sessions?status=active alongside the run list so Claude Code sessions
@@ -42,18 +42,10 @@
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { Plus } from "lucide-react";
+import { Plus, Square, Columns2, Grid2x2 } from "lucide-react";
 import { api } from "../lib/api";
 import type { CwdSuggestion, RunListResponse } from "../lib/api";
-import type {
-  Lane,
-  LaneFeature,
-  LaneCounts,
-  ProofFeature,
-  Session,
-  WSMessage,
-  LaneTool,
-} from "../lib/types";
+import type { Lane, LaneFeature, ProofFeature, Session, WSMessage, LaneTool } from "../lib/types";
 import { eventBus } from "../lib/eventBus";
 import { keepIfSame } from "../lib/keepIfSame";
 import { LaneConsolePane } from "../components/run/LaneConsolePane";
@@ -72,6 +64,14 @@ import type { SplitViewState, SplitLayout } from "../lib/splitViewStorage";
 
 // ── Page ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+/** One pane, two side by side, four in a grid — the conventional icons for
+ *  each, so the toggle reads at a glance without spending three words on it. */
+const LAYOUT_CHOICES = [
+  { n: 1 as const, Icon: Square },
+  { n: 2 as const, Icon: Columns2 },
+  { n: 4 as const, Icon: Grid2x2 },
+];
+
 function SplitLayoutToggle({
   splitView,
   setLayout,
@@ -83,21 +83,29 @@ function SplitLayoutToggle({
 
   return (
     <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
-      {([1, 2, 4] as const).map((n) => (
-        <button
-          key={n}
-          type="button"
-          aria-pressed={splitView.layout === n}
-          onClick={() => setLayout(n)}
-          className={`rounded border px-2 py-1 text-xs ${
-            splitView.layout === n
-              ? "border-accent bg-accent/15 text-accent"
-              : "border-border text-fg-secondary hover:border-border-light"
-          }`}
-        >
-          {tLanes("splitView.paneCount", { count: n })}
-        </button>
-      ))}
+      {LAYOUT_CHOICES.map(({ n, Icon }) => {
+        // The count still reaches assistive tech and the tooltip — only the
+        // rendered word is gone, and the icon says the same thing in the
+        // shape every other app uses for it.
+        const label = tLanes("splitView.paneCount", { count: n });
+        return (
+          <button
+            key={n}
+            type="button"
+            aria-pressed={splitView.layout === n}
+            aria-label={label}
+            title={label}
+            onClick={() => setLayout(n)}
+            className={`rounded border p-1.5 ${
+              splitView.layout === n
+                ? "border-accent bg-accent/15 text-accent"
+                : "border-border text-fg-secondary hover:border-border-light"
+            }`}
+          >
+            <Icon className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+          </button>
+        );
+      })}
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -187,7 +195,6 @@ export function Workspace() {
 
   // Lane state
   const [lanes, setLanes] = useState<Lane[]>([]);
-  const [counts, setCounts] = useState<LaneCounts>({ total: 0, running: 0, needs_you: 0, dead: 0 });
   const [selectedLaneId, setSelectedLaneId] = useState<number | null>(null);
   const [laneActionError, setLaneActionError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [addLaneOpen, setAddLaneOpen] = useState(false);
@@ -247,7 +254,6 @@ export function Workspace() {
     try {
       const r = await api.lanes.list();
       setLanes(keepIfSame(r.lanes));
-      setCounts(keepIfSame(r.counts));
       setSelectedLaneId((cur) =>
         cur !== null && r.lanes.some((l) => l.id === cur) ? cur : (r.lanes[0]?.id ?? null)
       );
@@ -499,60 +505,25 @@ export function Workspace() {
           : "space-y-5"
       }
     >
-      {/* Page header: what this screen is, and the four numbers that say
-          whether anything needs a human right now. */}
-      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3 border-b border-border pb-3">
-        <h2 className="text-base font-semibold tracking-tight text-fg-primary">
-          {tLanes("title")}
-        </h2>
-        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5 text-xs">
-          <span
-            data-testid="count-total"
-            className="rounded-full bg-surface-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-fg-secondary"
-          >
-            {counts.total} {tLanes("countTotal")}
-          </span>
-          <span
-            data-testid="count-running"
-            className="rounded-full bg-blue-600/20 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-blue-400"
-          >
-            {counts.running} {tLanes("countRunning")}
-          </span>
-          {counts.needs_you > 0 && (
-            <span
-              data-testid="count-needs-you"
-              className="rounded-full bg-status-warning/20 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-status-warning"
-            >
-              {counts.needs_you} {tLanes("countNeedsYou")}
-            </span>
-          )}
-          {counts.dead > 0 && (
-            <span
-              data-testid="count-dead"
-              className="rounded-full bg-status-danger/20 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-status-danger"
-            >
-              {counts.dead} {tLanes("countDead")}
-            </span>
-          )}
-        </div>
-        <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-2">
-          {currentLane && <LaneToolsMenu lane={currentLane} />}
-          <button
-            onClick={() => setAddLaneOpen(true)}
-            className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded border border-border-light px-3 py-1 text-xs text-fg-secondary transition-colors hover:border-border-light hover:text-fg-primary"
-            title={tLanes("addLane")}
-          >
-            <Plus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-            {tLanes("add")}
-          </button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
       {/* Lane strip + detail stack vertically: the strip is a horizontally
           scrolling row (holds any number of lanes), the detail/console area
           below it gets the full width and never competes for it. */}
       <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-4">
         <div data-testid="lane-strip" className="flex shrink-0 flex-row gap-2 overflow-x-auto pb-1">
+          {/* "Add lane" is a tile in the strip rather than a header button:
+              creating a lane is the same kind of act as picking one, so it
+              reads as the empty slot at the head of the row. Dashed border and
+              no liveness dot keep it from being mistaken for a lane. */}
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            data-testid="lane-tile-add"
+            onClick={() => setAddLaneOpen(true)}
+            title={tLanes("addLane")}
+            className="flex w-56 shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-dashed border-border-light p-3 text-[13px] font-medium text-fg-secondary transition-colors hover:border-accent hover:bg-accent/5 hover:text-fg-primary"
+          >
+            <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+            {tLanes("add")}
+          </button>
           {lanes.map((l) => (
             <LaneStripCard
               key={l.id}
@@ -674,6 +645,9 @@ export function Workspace() {
                 </>
               )}
               <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-2">
+                {/* Per-lane actions (agents install, mcp sync, sync-base check)
+                    belong beside the lane they act on, not in a page header. */}
+                <LaneToolsMenu lane={currentLane} />
                 <button
                   type="button"
                   data-testid="lane-detail-toggle"

client/src/pages/__tests__/Workspace.test.tsx

@@ -328,19 +328,11 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("Workspace page — lane integration", () => {
-  it("lane strip lists lanes and counters match the API response", async () => {
+  it("lane strip lists the lanes the API returned", async () => {
     await renderWorkspace();
 
-    // Verify lanes are rendered
     expect(screen.getByTestId("lane-tile-1").textContent).toContain("Lane A");
     expect(screen.getByTestId("lane-tile-2").textContent).toContain("Lane B");
-
-    // Verify counters are rendered with correct values
-    const counterTexts = screen.getAllByText((_, element) => {
-      if (!element) return false;
-      return element.textContent?.includes("2 lanes") || false;
-    });
-    expect(counterTexts.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   });
 
   it("selecting a lane switches the pipeline and run id", async () => {
@@ -497,22 +489,16 @@ describe("Workspace page — lane integration", () => {
 });
 
 describe("Workspace layout", () => {
-  it("shows the four counters with the values the API reported", async () => {
-    countsToReturn = { total: 2, running: 1, needs_you: 3, dead: 4 };
+  it("opens the add-lane modal from the strip's first tile", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
     await renderWorkspace();
 
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("count-total").textContent).toContain("2");
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("count-running").textContent).toContain("1");
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("count-needs-you").textContent).toContain("3");
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("count-dead").textContent).toContain("4");
-  });
+    // The tile leads the strip, so it is reachable without scrolling past lanes.
+    const strip = screen.getByTestId("lane-strip");
+    expect(strip.firstElementChild).toBe(screen.getByTestId("lane-tile-add"));
 
-  it("hides the needs-you and dead counters when they are zero", async () => {
-    countsToReturn = { total: 2, running: 1, needs_you: 0, dead: 0 };
-    await renderWorkspace();
-
-    expect(screen.queryByTestId("count-needs-you")).toBeNull();
-    expect(screen.queryByTestId("count-dead")).toBeNull();
+    await user.click(screen.getByTestId("lane-tile-add"));
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Create a lane from a working directory")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it("gives every lane a tile in the carousel", async () => {

client/src/pages/__tests__/__snapshots__/screens.snapshot.test.tsx.snap

@@ -5097,42 +5097,20 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
     class="space-y-5"
   >
     <div
-      class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3 border-b border-border pb-3"
+      class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-4"
     >
-      <h2
-        class="text-base font-semibold tracking-tight text-fg-primary"
-      >
-        Lanes
-      </h2>
       <div
-        class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5 text-xs"
-      >
-        <span
-          class="rounded-full bg-surface-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-fg-secondary"
-          data-testid="count-total"
-        >
-          0
-           
-          lanes
-        </span>
-        <span
-          class="rounded-full bg-blue-600/20 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-blue-400"
-          data-testid="count-running"
-        >
-          0
-           
-          running
-        </span>
-      </div>
-      <div
-        class="ml-auto flex items-center gap-2"
+        class="flex shrink-0 flex-row gap-2 overflow-x-auto pb-1"
+        data-testid="lane-strip"
       >
         <button
-          class="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded border border-border-light px-3 py-1 text-xs text-fg-secondary transition-colors hover:border-border-light hover:text-fg-primary"
+          class="flex w-56 shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-dashed border-border-light p-3 text-[13px] font-medium text-fg-secondary transition-colors hover:border-accent hover:bg-accent/5 hover:text-fg-primary"
+          data-testid="lane-tile-add"
           title="Create a lane from a working directory"
+          type="button"
         >
           <svg
-            class="lucide lucide-plus h-3.5 w-3.5"
+            class="lucide lucide-plus h-4 w-4"
             fill="none"
             height="24"
             stroke="currentColor"
@@ -5152,15 +5130,6 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
           </svg>
           Add lane
         </button>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    <div
-      class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-4"
-    >
-      <div
-        class="flex shrink-0 flex-row gap-2 overflow-x-auto pb-1"
-        data-testid="lane-strip"
-      >
         <p
           class="text-sm text-fg-muted"
         >
@@ -5182,25 +5151,97 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
             class="flex items-center gap-1.5"
           >
             <button
+              aria-label="1 pane"
               aria-pressed="true"
-              class="rounded border px-2 py-1 text-xs border-accent bg-accent/15 text-accent"
+              class="rounded border p-1.5 border-accent bg-accent/15 text-accent"
+              title="1 pane"
               type="button"
             >
-              1 pane
+              <svg
+                class="lucide lucide-square h-3.5 w-3.5"
+                fill="none"
+                height="24"
+                stroke="currentColor"
+                stroke-linecap="round"
+                stroke-linejoin="round"
+                stroke-width="2"
+                viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+                width="24"
+                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+              >
+                <rect
+                  height="18"
+                  rx="2"
+                  width="18"
+                  x="3"
+                  y="3"
+                />
+              </svg>
             </button>
             <button
+              aria-label="2 pane"
               aria-pressed="false"
-              class="rounded border px-2 py-1 text-xs border-border text-fg-secondary hover:border-border-light"
+              class="rounded border p-1.5 border-border text-fg-secondary hover:border-border-light"
+              title="2 pane"
               type="button"
             >
-              2 pane
+              <svg
+                class="lucide lucide-columns2 h-3.5 w-3.5"
+                fill="none"
+                height="24"
+                stroke="currentColor"
+                stroke-linecap="round"
+                stroke-linejoin="round"
+                stroke-width="2"
+                viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+                width="24"
+                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+              >
+                <rect
+                  height="18"
+                  rx="2"
+                  width="18"
+                  x="3"
+                  y="3"
+                />
+                <path
+                  d="M12 3v18"
+                />
+              </svg>
             </button>
             <button
+              aria-label="4 pane"
               aria-pressed="false"
-              class="rounded border px-2 py-1 text-xs border-border text-fg-secondary hover:border-border-light"
+              class="rounded border p-1.5 border-border text-fg-secondary hover:border-border-light"
+              title="4 pane"
               type="button"
             >
-              4 pane
+              <svg
+                class="lucide lucide-grid2x2 h-3.5 w-3.5"
+                fill="none"
+                height="24"
+                stroke="currentColor"
+                stroke-linecap="round"
+                stroke-linejoin="round"
+                stroke-width="2"
+                viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+                width="24"
+                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+              >
+                <path
+                  d="M12 3v18"
+                />
+                <path
+                  d="M3 12h18"
+                />
+                <rect
+                  height="18"
+                  rx="2"
+                  width="18"
+                  x="3"
+                  y="3"
+                />
+              </svg>
             </button>
           </div>
           <div
@@ -5208,13 +5249,13 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
             data-testid="console-body"
           >
             <header
-              class="flex items-start gap-3"
+              class="flex items-center gap-2.5"
             >
               <div
-                class="w-9 h-9 rounded-xl bg-accent/15 flex items-center justify-center flex-shrink-0"
+                class="w-7 h-7 rounded-lg bg-accent/15 flex items-center justify-center flex-shrink-0"
               >
                 <svg
-                  class="lucide lucide-play w-4.5 h-4.5 text-accent"
+                  class="lucide lucide-play w-3.5 h-3.5 text-accent"
                   fill="none"
                   height="24"
                   stroke="currentColor"
@@ -5231,13 +5272,13 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
                 </svg>
               </div>
               <div
-                class="min-w-0 flex-1"
+                class="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2"
               >
                 <div
-                  class="flex items-center gap-2"
+                  class="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2"
                 >
                   <h1
-                    class="text-lg font-semibold text-fg-primary"
+                    class="text-base font-semibold text-fg-primary"
                   >
                     Run Claude
                   </h1>
@@ -5251,9 +5292,9 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
                   </span>
                 </div>
                 <p
-                  class="text-xs text-fg-muted max-w-3xl"
+                  class="hidden min-w-0 truncate text-[11px] text-fg-muted sm:block"
                 >
-                  Spin up a Claude session right inside the dashboard. Live streaming output, multi-turn conversation, and the same hooks-driven analytics as your terminal sessions.
+                  Streamed output, multi-turn, same hooks and analytics as your terminal.
                 </p>
               </div>
               <button
@@ -5298,10 +5339,172 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
               class="rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface-1"
             >
               <div
-                class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-3 gap-y-1.5 border-b border-border px-3 py-2 text-[11.5px]"
+                class="flex flex-wrap items-end gap-3 border-b border-border px-4 py-3"
               >
                 <div
-                  class="flex items-center rounded-md border border-border bg-surface-2 p-0.5"
+                  class="grid min-w-0 flex-1 grid-cols-1 gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4"
+                >
+                  <div>
+                    <label
+                      class="block text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-fg-muted mb-1"
+                    >
+                      Working directory
+                    </label>
+                    <div
+                      title="Absolute path. Defaults to the dashboard's own cwd."
+                    >
+                      <div
+                        class="relative"
+                      >
+                        <div
+                          class="relative"
+                        >
+                          <svg
+                            class="lucide lucide-folder-open absolute left-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 w-3.5 h-3.5 text-fg-muted pointer-events-none"
+                            fill="none"
+                            height="24"
+                            stroke="currentColor"
+                            stroke-linecap="round"
+                            stroke-linejoin="round"
+                            stroke-width="2"
+                            viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+                            width="24"
+                            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+                          >
+                            <path
+                              d="m6 14 1.5-2.9A2 2 0 0 1 9.24 10H20a2 2 0 0 1 1.94 2.5l-1.54 6a2 2 0 0 1-1.95 1.5H4a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V5a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h3.9a2 2 0 0 1 1.69.9l.81 1.2a2 2 0 0 0 1.67.9H18a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2"
+                            />
+                          </svg>
+                          <input
+                            autocomplete="off"
+                            class="w-full bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md pl-7 pr-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-mono text-fg-primary placeholder:text-fg-muted focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/50"
+                            placeholder="Type to search or paste an absolute path…"
+                            spellcheck="false"
+                            type="text"
+                            value=""
+                          />
+                        </div>
+                      </div>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                  <div>
+                    <label
+                      class="block text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-fg-muted mb-1"
+                    >
+                      Model
+                    </label>
+                    <div
+                      class="space-y-1.5"
+                    >
+                      <div
+                        class="relative"
+                      >
+                        <button
+                          class="w-full flex items-center justify-between gap-2 bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-fg-primary focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/50 hover:bg-surface-3 transition-colors disabled:opacity-60 disabled:cursor-not-allowed"
+                          type="button"
+                        >
+                          <span
+                            class="truncate"
+                          >
+                            Inherit from settings
+                          </span>
+                          <svg
+                            class="lucide lucide-chevron-down w-3.5 h-3.5 text-fg-muted flex-shrink-0"
+                            fill="none"
+                            height="24"
+                            stroke="currentColor"
+                            stroke-linecap="round"
+                            stroke-linejoin="round"
+                            stroke-width="2"
+                            viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+                            width="24"
+                            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+                          >
+                            <path
+                              d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"
+                            />
+                          </svg>
+                        </button>
+                      </div>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                  <div>
+                    <label
+                      class="block text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-fg-muted mb-1"
+                    >
+                      Permission mode
+                    </label>
+                    <div
+                      class="relative"
+                    >
+                      <button
+                        class="w-full flex items-center justify-between gap-2 bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-fg-primary focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/50 hover:bg-surface-3 transition-colors disabled:opacity-60 disabled:cursor-not-allowed"
+                        type="button"
+                      >
+                        <span
+                          class="truncate"
+                        >
+                          acceptEdits (recommended)
+                        </span>
+                        <svg
+                          class="lucide lucide-chevron-down w-3.5 h-3.5 text-fg-muted flex-shrink-0"
+                          fill="none"
+                          height="24"
+                          stroke="currentColor"
+                          stroke-linecap="round"
+                          stroke-linejoin="round"
+                          stroke-width="2"
+                          viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+                          width="24"
+                          xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+                        >
+                          <path
+                            d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"
+                          />
+                        </svg>
+                      </button>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                  <div>
+                    <label
+                      class="block text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-fg-muted mb-1"
+                    >
+                      Thinking effort
+                    </label>
+                    <div
+                      class="relative"
+                    >
+                      <button
+                        class="w-full flex items-center justify-between gap-2 bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-fg-primary focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/50 hover:bg-surface-3 transition-colors disabled:opacity-60 disabled:cursor-not-allowed"
+                        type="button"
+                      >
+                        <span
+                          class="truncate"
+                        >
+                          Default (model decides)
+                        </span>
+                        <svg
+                          class="lucide lucide-chevron-down w-3.5 h-3.5 text-fg-muted flex-shrink-0"
+                          fill="none"
+                          height="24"
+                          stroke="currentColor"
+                          stroke-linecap="round"
+                          stroke-linejoin="round"
+                          stroke-width="2"
+                          viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+                          width="24"
+                          xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+                        >
+                          <path
+                            d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"
+                          />
+                        </svg>
+                      </button>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+                <div
+                  class="flex shrink-0 items-center rounded-md border border-border bg-surface-2 p-0.5 text-[11.5px]"
                 >
                   <button
                     aria-pressed="true"
@@ -5341,168 +5544,6 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Run 1`] = `
                    · / for slash commands · @ for file references
                 </div>
               </div>
-              <div
-                class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-3 px-4 py-3 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4"
-              >
-                <div>
-                  <label
-                    class="block text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-fg-muted mb-1"
-                  >
-                    Working directory
-                  </label>
-                  <div
-                    title="Absolute path. Defaults to the dashboard's own cwd."
-                  >
-                    <div
-                      class="relative"
-                    >
-                      <div
-                        class="relative"
-                      >
-                        <svg
-                          class="lucide lucide-folder-open absolute left-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 w-3.5 h-3.5 text-fg-muted pointer-events-none"
-                          fill="none"
-                          height="24"
-                          stroke="currentColor"
-                          stroke-linecap="round"
-                          stroke-linejoin="round"
-                          stroke-width="2"
-                          viewBox="0 0 24 24"
-                          width="24"
-                          xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                        >
-                          <path
-                            d="m6 14 1.5-2.9A2 2 0 0 1 9.24 10H20a2 2 0 0 1 1.94 2.5l-1.54 6a2 2 0 0 1-1.95 1.5H4a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V5a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h3.9a2 2 0 0 1 1.69.9l.81 1.2a2 2 0 0 0 1.67.9H18a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2"
-                          />
-                        </svg>
-                        <input
-                          autocomplete="off"
-                          class="w-full bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md pl-7 pr-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-mono text-fg-primary placeholder:text-fg-muted focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/50"
-                          placeholder="Type to search or paste an absolute path…"
-                          spellcheck="false"
-                          type="text"
-                          value=""
-                        />
-                      </div>
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <label
-                    class="block text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-fg-muted mb-1"
-                  >
-                    Model
-                  </label>
-                  <div
-                    class="space-y-1.5"
-                  >
-                    <div
-                      class="relative"
-                    >
-                      <button
-                        class="w-full flex items-center justify-between gap-2 bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-fg-primary focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/50 hover:bg-surface-3 transition-colors disabled:opacity-60 disabled:cursor-not-allowed"
-                        type="button"
-                      >
-                        <span
-                          class="truncate"
-                        >
-                          Inherit from settings
-                        </span>
-                        <svg
-                          class="lucide lucide-chevron-down w-3.5 h-3.5 text-fg-muted flex-shrink-0"
-                          fill="none"
-                          height="24"
-                          stroke="currentColor"
-                          stroke-linecap="round"
-                          stroke-linejoin="round"
-                          stroke-width="2"
-                          viewBox="0 0 24 24"
-                          width="24"
-                          xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                        >
-                          <path
-                            d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"
-                          />
-                        </svg>
-                      </button>
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <label
-                    class="block text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-fg-muted mb-1"
-                  >
-                    Permission mode
-                  </label>
-                  <div
-                    class="relative"
-                  >
-                    <button
-                      class="w-full flex items-center justify-between gap-2 bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-fg-primary focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/50 hover:bg-surface-3 transition-colors disabled:opacity-60 disabled:cursor-not-allowed"
-                      type="button"
-                    >
-                      <span
-                        class="truncate"
-                      >
-                        acceptEdits (recommended)
-                      </span>
-                      <svg
-                        class="lucide lucide-chevron-down w-3.5 h-3.5 text-fg-muted flex-shrink-0"
-                        fill="none"
-                        height="24"
-                        stroke="currentColor"
-                        stroke-linecap="round"
-                        stroke-linejoin="round"
-                        stroke-width="2"
-                        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
-                        width="24"
-                        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                      >
-                        <path
-                          d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"
-                        />
-                      </svg>
-                    </button>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <label
-                    class="block text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-fg-muted mb-1"
-                  >
-                    Thinking effort
-                  </label>
-                  <div
-                    class="relative"
-                  >
-                    <button
-                      class="w-full flex items-center justify-between gap-2 bg-surface-2 border border-border rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-fg-primary focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/50 hover:bg-surface-3 transition-colors disabled:opacity-60 disabled:cursor-not-allowed"
-                      type="button"
-                    >
-                      <span
-                        class="truncate"
-                      >
-                        Default (model decides)
-                      </span>
-                      <svg
-                        class="lucide lucide-chevron-down w-3.5 h-3.5 text-fg-muted flex-shrink-0"
-                        fill="none"
-                        height="24"
-                        stroke="currentColor"
-                        stroke-linecap="round"
-                        stroke-linejoin="round"
-                        stroke-width="2"
-                        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
-                        width="24"
-                        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-                      >
-                        <path
-                          d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"
-                        />
-                      </svg>
-                    </button>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
               <div
                 class="border-t border-border px-4 py-3 flex items-center justify-between gap-3 flex-wrap"
               >
@@ -9537,7 +9578,7 @@ exports[`screen snapshots > Settings 1`] = `
             <p
               class="text-[10px] text-status-warning/90 mt-1"
             >
-              UI build v1.6.5 (rebuild client to match)
+              UI build v1.6.7 (rebuild client to match)
             </p>
           </div>
           <div

docs/LANES.md

@@ -370,11 +370,13 @@ A missing source `.env` falls back to `.env.example` with a loud warning, never
 
 The dashboard web UI merges lanes and runs into a single **Workspace** page accessible at `/run` (the old `/lanes` route now redirects here). Top to bottom:
 
-- **Header** — the page title and four counters (`lanes`, `running`, `needs you`, `dead`), plus Add lane. The `needs you` and `dead` counters appear only when they are non-zero, so a quiet header means nothing is waiting on a human.
+- **No page header.** The page title and the four counters (`lanes`, `running`, `needs you`, `dead`) are gone: the lane strip below already shows every lane with its own liveness dot and its ⚠ marker, so the counters restated it a row higher and cost height on a screen whose point is the terminal. `GET /api/lanes` still returns `counts` for other callers.
+- **Lane strip** — the horizontally scrolling row of lane tiles. Its FIRST tile is **Add lane** (dashed border, no liveness dot), not a header button: creating a lane is the same kind of act as picking one, so it reads as the empty slot at the head of the row.
+- **Lane-detail header row** — one row, and every per-lane control lives on it: liveness + status, the lane's name, time-on-stage, the pipeline picker, the Model (AI Router) select, stage badges, the feature picker, and on the right the **Tools** menu (agents install / mcp sync / sync-base check, hidden when the lane declares no runtime profile), the info toggle, the split-view toggle and Remove. Tools sits here rather than in Settings because all three of its actions run against one lane's `cwd` — in Settings it would need a lane picker just to say which.
 - **Detail panel** — the selected lane's declared stage, its inferred stage when detection leads, a full-width pipeline map, and a legend naming all five node states plus the dashed-amber inferred treatment.
 - **Terminal** — a real interactive terminal (xterm.js) displaying the tmux session's PTY output, with full support for interactive commands, editors, and pagers. A live run keeps its rendered history and scroll position when scrolling.
-- **Split view** — a layout toggle (1 / 2 / 4 panes) renders that many independent terminal panes side by side (`grid-cols-2` for 2, a 2×2 grid for 4). Layout 1 is bound to the lane strip's selection, same as always; layouts 2 and 4 give each pane its own lane picker, independent of the strip. The chosen layout and each pane's lane persist to `localStorage` (`agenthub.workspace.splitView`) across reloads.
-- **Lane grid** — one card per lane, 1 column, 2 at `md`, 3 at `xl`. Each card carries the lane id, liveness dot and status, title, declared stage with a progress bar and time-on-stage, the `auto:` chip when detection leads, the kind and CI tags, the working-copy facts from `GET /api/lanes/:id/git`, the needs-you banner, and the action row.
+- **Split view** — a layout toggle (one pane / two side by side / a 2×2 grid, drawn as icons rather than the words, with the count kept as each button's `aria-label` and tooltip) renders that many independent terminal panes side by side (`grid-cols-2` for 2, a 2×2 grid for 4). Layout 1 is bound to the lane strip's selection, same as always; layouts 2 and 4 give each pane its own lane picker, independent of the strip. The chosen layout and each pane's lane persist to `localStorage` (`agenthub.workspace.splitView`) across reloads.
+- **Lane grid** — one card per lane, 1 column, 2 at `md`, 3 at `xl`. Each card carries the lane id, liveness dot and status, title, declared stage and time-on-stage, the `auto:` chip when detection leads, the kind and CI tags, the working-copy facts from `GET /api/lanes/:id/git`, the needs-you banner, and the action row.
 
 Run history is per lane, queryable via `GET /api/run/history?laneId=<n>`.
 
@@ -442,7 +444,8 @@ curl http://localhost:4820/api/lanes/5/git
   "head": "9b3e74a",
   "subject": "free-text rule mode in the form",
   "dirty": 2,
-  "untracked": 1
+  "untracked": 1,
+  "files": [" M server/lib/alerts.js", " M client/src/lib/api.ts", "?? scratch.txt"]
 }
 ```
 
@@ -451,6 +454,11 @@ curl http://localhost:4820/api/lanes/5/git
   is a normal state, not a fault, and the card simply renders without a git row.
 - A detached checkout reports the literal `HEAD` that git returns, rather than a
   prettier invention.
+- `files` holds the raw `git status --porcelain` lines the two counts came from,
+  **capped at 20** — the card hovers them as a tooltip on the
+  `N modified · N untracked` text, and a lane mid-`npm install` would otherwise
+  ship thousands of paths through a polled endpoint. The counts are never
+  capped, so the tooltip appends `… +N` when it is showing less than all of it.
 - An unknown lane id is a `404`.
 
 This is **not** folded into `GET /api/lanes` on purpose: it shells out to git
@@ -617,7 +625,7 @@ agenthub stage implement --evidence "Schema created, migrations run"
 This command:
 - **Declares the stage** the work is now at
 - **Records evidence** (optional, but highly encouraged) — a short text description of what was completed
-- **Moves the progress bar** forward in the pipeline
+- **Advances the pipeline map** to that node
 - **Broadcasts to the UI** so connected dashboards see the update in real-time
 
 ### Full command signature

openapi.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 openapi: 3.0.3
 info:
   title: Agent Dashboard for Claude Code API
-  version: 1.6.5
+  version: 1.6.7
   description: HTTP API for real-time Claude Code session monitoring, agent lifecycle tracking, analytics, pricing, hooks ingestion, and workflow intelligence.
   contact:
     name: Nguyễn Ngọc Trí Vĩ
@@ -10700,7 +10700,7 @@ paths:
             type: integer
       responses:
         '200':
-          description: available:true with {branch, head, subject, dirty, untracked}, or available:false alone.
+          description: available:true with {branch, head, subject, dirty, untracked, files}, or available:false alone. files holds the raw `git status --porcelain` lines behind those counts, capped at 20; the counts themselves are never capped.
         '404':
           description: Lane not found.
   /api/lanes/{id}/runtime:

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "agenthub",
-  "version": "1.6.5",
+  "version": "1.6.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "agenthub",
-      "version": "1.6.5",
+      "version": "1.6.7",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "UNLICENSED",
       "dependencies": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agenthub",
-  "version": "1.6.5",
+  "version": "1.6.7",
   "bin": {
     "agenthub": "bin/agenthub.js"
   },

server/__tests__/worktree.test.js

@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ describe("worktree", () => {
     assert.equal(s.dirty, 1);
     assert.equal(s.untracked, 1); // node_modules is ignored, so it does not count
     assert.match(s.head, /^[0-9a-f]{7,40}$/);
+    // The same lines the counts came from, so a caller can name the files.
+    assert.deepEqual(s.files.sort(), [" M README.md", "?? scratch.txt"]);
     // The fixture has no remotes. Given the lane's base branch, unpushedCount
     // measures base..HEAD — this worktree has committed nothing of its own, so 0.
     assert.equal(await wt.unpushedCount(dir, "main"), 0);

server/lib/worktree.js

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
 const LANES_ROOT = process.env.LANES_ROOT || path.join(os.homedir(), ".claude", "agenthub-lanes");
 const PROTECTED_BRANCHES = new Set(["main", "master"]);
+/** Most status lines `statusCounts` reports by name; the counts stay exact. */
+const STATUS_FILE_CAP = 20;
 
 /**
  * Promisified git wrapper. On failure, throws an Error with err.git = { args, code, stderr }.
@@ -549,11 +551,16 @@ async function removeWorktree(lane) {
 /**
  * Parse git status --porcelain to count dirty, untracked, and get HEAD commit.
  * Lines starting with ?? are untracked; others are dirty.
+ *
+ * `files` carries the same lines back verbatim so a caller can show WHICH
+ * files the counts mean, capped because this rides a polled endpoint and a
+ * lane mid-`npm install` can report thousands.
  */
 async function statusCounts(dir) {
   const result = await git(dir, ["status", "--porcelain=v1", "--untracked-files=normal"]);
   let dirty = 0;
   let untracked = 0;
+  const files = [];
 
   for (const line of result.stdout.split("\n")) {
     if (!line.trim()) continue;
@@ -562,13 +569,14 @@ async function statusCounts(dir) {
     } else {
       dirty++;
     }
+    if (files.length < STATUS_FILE_CAP) files.push(line.trimEnd());
   }
 
   // Get short commit hash
   const headResult = await git(dir, ["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"]);
   const head = headResult.stdout.trim();
 
-  return { dirty, untracked, head };
+  return { dirty, untracked, head, files };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -581,10 +589,10 @@ async function statusCounts(dir) {
  * caller shows what git says rather than inventing a nicer word for it.
  */
 async function gitFacts(dir) {
-  const { dirty, untracked, head } = await statusCounts(dir);
+  const { dirty, untracked, head, files } = await statusCounts(dir);
   const branch = (await git(dir, ["rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"])).stdout.trim();
   const subject = (await git(dir, ["log", "-1", "--format=%s"])).stdout.trim();
-  return { branch, head, subject, dirty, untracked };
+  return { branch, head, subject, dirty, untracked, files };
 }
 
 /**

server/openapi-extra/lanes.js

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ const paths = {
       responses: {
         200: {
           description:
-            "available:true with {branch, head, subject, dirty, untracked}, or available:false alone.",
+            "available:true with {branch, head, subject, dirty, untracked, files}, or available:false alone. files holds the raw `git status --porcelain` lines behind those counts, capped at 20; the counts themselves are never capped.",
         },
         404: { description: "Lane not found." },
       },