diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Design/IslandStyles.axaml b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Design/IslandStyles.axaml
index 50c5234..36b4da8 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Design/IslandStyles.axaml
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Design/IslandStyles.axaml
@@ -364,6 +364,84 @@
     <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource TextDimBrush}" />
   </Style>
 
+  <!-- ============================================================ -->
+  <!-- TERMINAL HEADER                                              -->
+  <!-- ============================================================ -->
+  <!-- traffic-light dot colors -->
+  <Style Selector="Ellipse.dot-red">
+    <Setter Property="Width"  Value="8" />
+    <Setter Property="Height" Value="8" />
+    <Setter Property="Fill"   Value="#5A2A26" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="Ellipse.dot-yellow">
+    <Setter Property="Width"  Value="8" />
+    <Setter Property="Height" Value="8" />
+    <Setter Property="Fill"   Value="#6A5A28" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="Ellipse.dot-green">
+    <Setter Property="Width"  Value="8" />
+    <Setter Property="Height" Value="8" />
+    <Setter Property="Fill"   Value="#2F4D2F" />
+  </Style>
+
+  <!-- LIVE chip (pulsing dot + text) -->
+  <Style Selector="Border.live-chip">
+    <Setter Property="Padding"      Value="5,2" />
+    <Setter Property="CornerRadius" Value="4" />
+    <Setter Property="Background"   Value="#267C9166" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="Border.live-chip > StackPanel > TextBlock">
+    <Setter Property="FontFamily"    Value="{StaticResource MonoFont}" />
+    <Setter Property="FontSize"      Value="9" />
+    <Setter Property="Foreground"    Value="{StaticResource AccentBrush}" />
+    <Setter Property="LetterSpacing" Value="1.2" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="Border.live-chip > StackPanel > Ellipse">
+    <Setter Property="Width"  Value="6" />
+    <Setter Property="Height" Value="6" />
+    <Setter Property="Fill"   Value="{StaticResource AccentBrush}" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="Border.live-chip.pulsing > StackPanel > Ellipse">
+    <Style.Animations>
+      <Animation Duration="0:0:1.4" IterationCount="INFINITE" Easing="CubicEaseInOut">
+        <KeyFrame Cue="0%">  <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="1.0"/></KeyFrame>
+        <KeyFrame Cue="50%"> <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.3"/></KeyFrame>
+        <KeyFrame Cue="100%"><Setter Property="Opacity" Value="1.0"/></KeyFrame>
+      </Animation>
+    </Style.Animations>
+  </Style>
+
+  <!-- Terminal log-line timestamp column -->
+  <Style Selector="TextBlock.log-ts">
+    <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{StaticResource MonoFont}" />
+    <Setter Property="FontSize"   Value="10" />
+    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource TextFaintBrush}" />
+    <Setter Property="Width"      Value="60" />
+    <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Top" />
+    <Setter Property="Margin"     Value="0,0,4,0" />
+  </Style>
+  <!-- Kind marker column -->
+  <Style Selector="TextBlock.log-kind">
+    <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="{StaticResource MonoFont}" />
+    <Setter Property="FontSize"   Value="10" />
+    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource TextMuteBrush}" />
+    <Setter Property="Width"      Value="46" />
+    <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Top" />
+    <Setter Property="Margin"     Value="0,0,6,0" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="TextBlock.log-kind[Tag=log-tool]">
+    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource SageBrush}" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="TextBlock.log-kind[Tag=log-claude]">
+    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource TextBrush}" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="TextBlock.log-kind[Tag=log-stderr]">
+    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource BloodBrush}" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="TextBlock.log-kind[Tag=log-done]">
+    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource MossBrightBrush}" />
+  </Style>
+
   <!-- ============================================================ -->
   <!-- WORKTREE MODAL STATUS BADGES                                -->
   <!-- Tag="M" → peat, "A" → moss, "D" → blood, "?" → faint      -->
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/LogLineViewModel.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/LogLineViewModel.cs
index 052a6a0..eed803d 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/LogLineViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/LogLineViewModel.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ public sealed class LogLineViewModel
 {
     public required LogKind Kind { get; init; }
     public required string Text { get; init; }
+    public string TimestampFormatted { get; } = DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss");
+    public string KindMarker => Kind switch
+    {
+        LogKind.Sys    => "sys",
+        LogKind.Tool   => "tool",
+        LogKind.Claude => "claude",
+        LogKind.Stdout => "out",
+        LogKind.Stderr => "err",
+        LogKind.Done   => "done",
+        LogKind.Msg    => "claude",
+        _              => "",
+    };
     public string ClassName => Kind switch
     {
         LogKind.Sys    => "log-sys",
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/SessionTerminalView.axaml b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/SessionTerminalView.axaml
index 1ddfb49..7f10327 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/SessionTerminalView.axaml
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/SessionTerminalView.axaml
@@ -3,33 +3,89 @@
              xmlns:vm="using:ClaudeDo.Ui.ViewModels.Islands"
              x:Class="ClaudeDo.Ui.Views.Islands.SessionTerminalView"
              x:DataType="vm:DetailsIslandViewModel">
-  <Border Classes="terminal" Padding="10">
+  <Border Classes="terminal" Margin="18,8,18,0">
     <DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
-      <!-- Prompt input bar (docked to bottom) -->
-      <Grid DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*" Margin="0,8,0,0">
-        <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="[you]" FontFamily="{DynamicResource MonoFamily}"
+
+      <!-- ── Terminal header bar ── -->
+      <Grid DockPanel.Dock="Top" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*,Auto"
+            Background="{DynamicResource Surface2Brush}"
+            Height="28">
+        <!-- Traffic-light dots -->
+        <StackPanel Grid.Column="0" Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="4"
+                    VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="10,0,0,0">
+          <Ellipse Classes="dot-red"/>
+          <Ellipse Classes="dot-yellow"/>
+          <Ellipse Classes="dot-green"/>
+        </StackPanel>
+        <!-- Session label -->
+        <TextBlock Grid.Column="1"
+                   Text="{Binding BranchLine, StringFormat='claude-session · {0}'}"
+                   FontFamily="{DynamicResource MonoFont}" FontSize="10"
+                   LetterSpacing="0.8"
+                   Foreground="{DynamicResource TextMuteBrush}"
+                   HorizontalAlignment="Center"
+                   VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
+        <!-- LIVE chip -->
+        <Border Grid.Column="2" Classes="live-chip"
+                Classes.pulsing="{Binding IsRunning}"
+                Margin="0,0,8,0" VerticalAlignment="Center">
+          <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="5" VerticalAlignment="Center">
+            <Ellipse VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
+            <TextBlock Text="LIVE" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
+          </StackPanel>
+        </Border>
+      </Grid>
+
+      <!-- ── Prompt input (docked bottom) ── -->
+      <Grid DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*"
+            Margin="0,0,0,0"
+            Background="{DynamicResource Surface2Brush}">
+        <Border Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
+                BorderBrush="{DynamicResource LineBrush}"
+                BorderThickness="0,1,0,0"/>
+        <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="›"
+                   FontFamily="{DynamicResource MonoFont}"
                    FontSize="11" Foreground="{DynamicResource MossBrush}"
-                   VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,0,8,0"/>
-        <TextBox Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding PromptInput, Mode=TwoWay}"
-                 FontFamily="{DynamicResource MonoFamily}" FontSize="11">
+                   VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="10,0,8,0"/>
+        <TextBox Grid.Column="1"
+                 Text="{Binding PromptInput, Mode=TwoWay}"
+                 FontFamily="{DynamicResource MonoFont}" FontSize="11"
+                 Background="Transparent" BorderThickness="0"
+                 Padding="0,6">
           <TextBox.KeyBindings>
             <KeyBinding Gesture="Enter" Command="{Binding SendPromptCommand}"/>
           </TextBox.KeyBindings>
         </TextBox>
       </Grid>
-      <!-- Log output -->
-      <ScrollViewer Name="LogScroll" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
+
+      <!-- ── Log output ── -->
+      <ScrollViewer Name="LogScroll" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"
+                    Padding="10,8,10,4">
         <ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Log}">
           <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
             <DataTemplate DataType="vm:LogLineViewModel">
-              <TextBlock Text="{Binding Text}" Tag="{Binding ClassName}"
-                         FontFamily="{DynamicResource MonoFamily}" FontSize="11"
-                         Foreground="{DynamicResource TextDimBrush}"
-                         TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
+              <Grid ColumnDefinitions="60,46,*" Margin="0,1">
+                <!-- Timestamp -->
+                <TextBlock Grid.Column="0"
+                           Classes="log-ts"
+                           Text="{Binding TimestampFormatted}"/>
+                <!-- Kind marker -->
+                <TextBlock Grid.Column="1"
+                           Classes="log-kind"
+                           Tag="{Binding ClassName}"
+                           Text="{Binding KindMarker}"/>
+                <!-- Message text — inherits terminal TextBlock color from parent selector -->
+                <TextBlock Grid.Column="2"
+                           Text="{Binding Text}" Tag="{Binding ClassName}"
+                           FontFamily="{DynamicResource MonoFont}" FontSize="11"
+                           Foreground="{DynamicResource TextDimBrush}"
+                           TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
+              </Grid>
             </DataTemplate>
           </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
         </ItemsControl>
       </ScrollViewer>
+
     </DockPanel>
   </Border>
 </UserControl>