diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
index 78e347e..1d23168 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "originHash" : "997519e7bf6b3bb52f6f766bab10b0bf950c6beb140aa897dc50ba77eaaa5801",
+  "originHash" : "fa70224ebd92e3bfa55fbdf5bbea5d2a51a1f6402e805a443a323509fbc905ed",
   "pins" : [
     {
       "identity" : "async-http-client",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/swift-server/async-http-client.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "7744c2a035c68ec14726c709f031835e3e30bde1",
-        "version" : "1.34.0"
+        "revision" : "4603a8036d921ea999fadb742931546c341f4bd7",
+        "version" : "1.35.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/groue/GRDB.swift.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "9ed8c8457e00ff9c7aedb3bf213f20a2cfdf509e",
-        "version" : "7.11.0"
+        "revision" : "b83108d10f42680d78f23fe4d4d80fc88dab3212",
+        "version" : "7.11.1"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift-2.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "21fe69ab7ce0e87ac089534733c52f037e74a3eb",
-        "version" : "2.4.1"
+        "revision" : "28cdd63ef88583ddc67d7bb179eab46fab465ce9",
+        "version" : "2.4.2"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift-nio-transport.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "e7d463749f9037b047dcd6da4e633718ddc432b8",
-        "version" : "2.8.0"
+        "revision" : "2ca31f06658ed288a2560e23ad649acbb3d6b3a3",
+        "version" : "2.9.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift-protobuf.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "b05885fa9bdd88f1eab2e7162f1ee81340b0da33",
-        "version" : "2.4.0"
+        "revision" : "176c5a434fd76f6f479848d1a8f7d44967534168",
+        "version" : "2.4.1"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "d46d456107feacc80711b21847b82b07bd9fb46e",
-        "version" : "2.9.3"
+        "revision" : "b6496a74a087257ef5e6da1c5b29a447a60f5bd7",
+        "version" : "2.9.4"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-async-algorithms.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "d0b4a06d0f173a2f3be27d3ea21b3c3aa18db440",
-        "version" : "1.1.4"
+        "revision" : "3da39bbc4e687d4192af7c9cf4eab805745a0b9c",
+        "version" : "1.1.5"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-certificates.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "bde8ca32a096825dfce37467137c903418c1893d",
-        "version" : "1.19.1"
+        "revision" : "89fbc3714264cce8db8e4ec51b64e01c3e28c6c5",
+        "version" : "1.19.3"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "92448c359f00ebe36ae97d3bd9086f13c7692b5a",
-        "version" : "1.13.2"
+        "revision" : "a878e7f8f46cfc0e1125e565b5c08e7d5272dc9a",
+        "version" : "1.14.0"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "77b84ac2cd2ac9e4ac67d19f045fd5b434f56967",
-        "version" : "2.101.0"
+        "revision" : "cd3e1152083706d77b223fb29110e590efcc70c0",
+        "version" : "2.101.2"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-extras.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "d2eeec0339074034f11a040a74aa2a341a2c4506",
-        "version" : "1.34.1"
+        "revision" : "88a51340f59cf181ebde888bd1b749296b3ec029",
+        "version" : "1.34.3"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-system.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "7502b711c92a17741fa625d722b0ccbd595d8ed1",
-        "version" : "1.7.2"
+        "revision" : "b5544ba79a70a0cb3563e75bf26dc198d6b40ed3",
+        "version" : "1.7.4"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/ToolGroupRow.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/ToolGroupRow.swift
index 0566120..6b24d46 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/ToolGroupRow.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/ToolGroupRow.swift
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ enum SubagentRunState {
 
     init(group: ToolGroup) {
         if !group.finished { self = .running }
-        else if group.isError { self = .failed }
+        // A `Task` subagent surfaces failure as an error result. A `nucleic_subagent` worker
+        // instead returns a *non-error* result whose JSON envelope carries `{"ok": false}` (or
+        // `{"denied": true}`) in-band, so read that too — otherwise a failed worker reads "Done".
+        else if group.isError || Subagent.workerFailed(group) { self = .failed }
         else { self = .done }
     }
 
@@ -234,9 +237,14 @@ enum Subagent {
         return (raw?.isEmpty == false) ? raw : nil
     }
 
-    /// The one-line task the parent handed the subagent (`description`), falling back to the
-    /// full `prompt`, then a generic label.
+    /// The one-line task the parent handed the subagent: a `nucleic_subagent` worker's `task`
+    /// label, or a `Task` subagent's `description`, falling back to the full `prompt`, then a
+    /// generic label.
     static func taskLabel(_ group: ToolGroup) -> String {
+        if let task = group.input["task"]?.stringValue?
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines), !task.isEmpty {
+            return task
+        }
         if let description = group.input["description"]?.stringValue?
             .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines), !description.isEmpty {
             return description
@@ -258,9 +266,48 @@ enum Subagent {
     /// The subagent's returned report, or nil while it's still working / reported nothing.
     static func report(_ group: ToolGroup) -> String? {
         guard let result = group.result else { return nil }
+        // A `nucleic_subagent` worker returns a JSON envelope — surface its actual `output` (or
+        // failure `message`) rather than a one-line gist of the raw `{ok,session_id,…}` object. A
+        // `Task` subagent returns prose, which falls through to the gist unchanged.
+        if let worker = workerText(result.resultText), !worker.isEmpty { return worker }
         let text = result.compactSummary
         return text.isEmpty ? nil : text
     }
+
+    /// Whether a `nucleic_subagent` worker result reports failure — a `{"ok": false}` completion
+    /// or a `{"denied": true}` refusal, both delivered as non-error tool results. False for any
+    /// other tool (a `Task` subagent, whose failure is an error result handled separately).
+    static func workerFailed(_ group: ToolGroup) -> Bool {
+        guard let result = group.result,
+              let envelope = workerEnvelope(result.resultText) else { return false }
+        if let denied = envelope["denied"] as? Bool, denied { return true }
+        if let ok = envelope["ok"] as? Bool { return !ok }
+        return false
+    }
+
+    /// The human-facing text of a `nucleic_subagent` worker envelope — the worker's `output` on
+    /// success, or its `message` on failure/denial — or nil when `text` isn't such an envelope
+    /// (so a `Task` subagent's prose report falls through unchanged).
+    private static func workerText(_ text: String) -> String? {
+        guard let envelope = workerEnvelope(text) else { return nil }
+        if let denied = envelope["denied"] as? Bool, denied {
+            return envelope["message"] as? String ?? ""
+        }
+        guard let ok = envelope["ok"] as? Bool else { return nil }
+        return ok ? (envelope["output"] as? String ?? "")
+                  : (envelope["message"] as? String ?? "")
+    }
+
+    /// Parses a `nucleic_subagent` result string into its JSON envelope, gated on the envelope's
+    /// signature keys (`ok` / `denied`) so an arbitrary JSON-shaped tool result isn't mistaken for
+    /// one. Nil for anything that isn't a worker envelope.
+    private static func workerEnvelope(_ text: String) -> [String: Any]? {
+        guard let data = text.data(using: .utf8),
+              let object = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any],
+              object["ok"] != nil || object["denied"] != nil
+        else { return nil }
+        return object
+    }
 }
 
 /// A small leading status glyph for a subagent — a gold spinner while it works, a green check or
@@ -531,7 +578,7 @@ enum ToolGlyph {
         case "Edit", "Write", "MultiEdit", "NotebookEdit": return "pencil"
         case "Grep", "Glob", "Search": return "magnifyingglass"
         case "WebFetch", "WebSearch": return "globe"
-        case "Task", "Agent": return "person.2"
+        case "Task", "Agent", ToolGroup.orchestraSubagentToolName: return "person.2"
         case "TodoWrite": return "checklist"
         case "AskUserQuestion": return "questionmark.bubble"
         case HostCommandSummary.hostExecToolName: return "desktopcomputer"
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift
index f53cb91..2b60f2e 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift
@@ -76,8 +76,16 @@ struct ToolGroup: Equatable {
 
     struct FilePatch: Equatable { let path: String; let change: FileChange.ChangeKind }
 
-    /// Subagent orchestration (`Task`/`Agent`) gets the gold card treatment, like the Mac.
-    var isOrchestration: Bool { name == "Task" || name == "Agent" }
+    /// Nucleic's own Orchestra worker spawn — the qualified `nucleic_subagent` MCP wire name.
+    /// Unlike a `Task` subagent, a worker runs as its own observed session, so it carries no
+    /// nested `children` here; its card shows the final output it returned instead.
+    static let orchestraSubagentToolName = "mcp__nucleic__nucleic_subagent"
+
+    /// Subagent orchestration — a `Task`/`Agent` spawn or a `nucleic_subagent` worker — gets the
+    /// gold card treatment, like the Mac.
+    var isOrchestration: Bool {
+        name == "Task" || name == "Agent" || name == Self.orchestraSubagentToolName
+    }
     var isAskUserQuestion: Bool { name == "AskUserQuestion" }
 
     /// The literal shell command a `Bash` call ran, if any (nil for every other tool). Used to