diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Modals/MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Modals/MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel.cs
index 89bdba47..c8878362 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Modals/MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Modals/MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel.cs
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.ViewModels.Modals;
 public sealed partial class MergeHelperTaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
 {
     public required string Id { get; init; }
+    public int Number { get; init; }
     public required string Title { get; init; }
     public required string StatusText { get; init; }
+
+    public bool ShowNumber => Number > 0;
     public string? ParentTaskId { get; init; }
 
     /// <summary>The owning list — only set in review mode, where rows span lists.</summary>
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ public sealed partial class MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel : ViewModelBase
                 .Where(t => t.Status == TaskStatus.WaitingForReview && !t.IsManual)
                 .Join(ctx.Lists.Where(l => l.WorkingDir != null && l.WorkingDir != ""),
                     t => t.ListId, l => l.Id,
-                    (t, l) => new { t.Id, t.Title, t.Status, t.ParentTaskId, t.ListId, ListName = l.Name, t.SortOrder, t.CreatedAt })
+                    (t, l) => new { t.Id, t.Number, t.Title, t.Status, t.ParentTaskId, t.ListId, ListName = l.Name, t.SortOrder, t.CreatedAt })
                 .OrderBy(x => x.ListName).ThenBy(x => x.SortOrder).ThenBy(x => x.CreatedAt)
                 .ToListAsync(ct);
 
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@ public sealed partial class MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel : ViewModelBase
                     var reviewRow = new MergeHelperTaskRowViewModel
                     {
                         Id = c.Id,
+                        Number = c.Number,
                         Title = c.Title,
                         StatusText = c.Status.ToString(),
                         ParentTaskId = c.ParentTaskId,
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ public sealed partial class MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel : ViewModelBase
             // Manual tasks are reminders the user owns — never offer them to the handler.
             .Where(t => !t.IsManual)
             .OrderBy(t => t.SortOrder).ThenBy(t => t.CreatedAt)
-            .Select(t => new { t.Id, t.Title, t.Status, t.ParentTaskId })
+            .Select(t => new { t.Id, t.Number, t.Title, t.Status, t.ParentTaskId })
             .ToListAsync(ct);
 
         var candidateIds = candidates.Select(c => c.Id).ToHashSet();
@@ -230,17 +234,17 @@ public sealed partial class MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel : ViewModelBase
         // (including orphaned children whose parent isn't a candidate) interleaved with their
         // visible children, preserving the SortOrder/CreatedAt order within each level.
         var emitted = new HashSet<string>();
-        var ordered = new List<(string Id, string Title, TaskStatus Status, string? ParentTaskId)>();
-        void Emit(string id, string title, TaskStatus status, string? parentTaskId)
+        var ordered = new List<(string Id, int Number, string Title, TaskStatus Status, string? ParentTaskId)>();
+        void Emit(string id, int number, string title, TaskStatus status, string? parentTaskId)
         {
             if (!emitted.Add(id)) return;
-            ordered.Add((id, title, status, parentTaskId));
+            ordered.Add((id, number, title, status, parentTaskId));
             if (childrenByParent.TryGetValue(id, out var kids))
                 foreach (var kid in kids)
-                    Emit(kid.Id, kid.Title, kid.Status, kid.ParentTaskId);
+                    Emit(kid.Id, kid.Number, kid.Title, kid.Status, kid.ParentTaskId);
         }
         foreach (var c in candidates.Where(c => !ParentIsCandidate(c.ParentTaskId)))
-            Emit(c.Id, c.Title, c.Status, c.ParentTaskId);
+            Emit(c.Id, c.Number, c.Title, c.Status, c.ParentTaskId);
 
         foreach (var c in ordered)
         {
@@ -248,6 +252,7 @@ public sealed partial class MergeHelperSelectionModalViewModel : ViewModelBase
             var row = new MergeHelperTaskRowViewModel
             {
                 Id = c.Id,
+                Number = c.Number,
                 Title = c.Title,
                 StatusText = c.Status.ToString(),
                 ParentTaskId = c.ParentTaskId,
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Modals/MergeHelperSelectionModal.axaml b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Modals/MergeHelperSelectionModal.axaml
index 1aa5db3b..b8b9326f 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Modals/MergeHelperSelectionModal.axaml
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Modals/MergeHelperSelectionModal.axaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       </Grid>
 
       <!-- Column headers -->
-      <Grid DockPanel.Dock="Top" ColumnDefinitions="24,32,*,120" Margin="20,0,20,4"
+      <Grid DockPanel.Dock="Top" ColumnDefinitions="24,32,*,140" Margin="20,0,20,4"
             IsVisible="{Binding HasTasks}">
         <TextBlock Grid.Column="2" Classes="eyebrow" Text="{loc:Tr modals.mergeHelper.columnTask}"/>
         <TextBlock Grid.Column="3" Classes="eyebrow" Text="{loc:Tr modals.mergeHelper.columnStatus}"/>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
           <ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Tasks}">
             <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
               <DataTemplate DataType="vm:MergeHelperTaskRowViewModel">
-                <Grid ColumnDefinitions="24,32,*,120" Margin="0,1">
+                <Grid ColumnDefinitions="24,32,*,140" Margin="0,1">
                   <!-- Review mode: non-selectable list-name section header -->
                   <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Classes="eyebrow"
                              Text="{Binding Title}" IsVisible="{Binding IsListHeader}"
@@ -66,18 +66,23 @@
                             IsChecked="{Binding IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}"
                             IsVisible="{Binding !IsListHeader}"
                             VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
-                  <StackPanel Grid.Column="2" Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="4"
-                              IsVisible="{Binding !IsListHeader}"
-                              VerticalAlignment="Center">
-                    <TextBlock Classes="body" Text="{Binding Title}"
+                  <Grid Grid.Column="2" ColumnDefinitions="Auto,*,Auto"
+                        IsVisible="{Binding !IsListHeader}"
+                        VerticalAlignment="Center">
+                    <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Classes="meta"
+                               Text="{Binding Number, StringFormat='#{0}'}"
+                               IsVisible="{Binding ShowNumber}"
+                               VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="4,0,6,0"/>
+                    <TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Classes="body" Text="{Binding Title}"
                                VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="4,0,0,0"
-                               TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"/>
-                    <Border Classes="badge manual" VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                               TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
+                    <Border Grid.Column="2" Classes="badge manual" VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                            Margin="4,0,0,0"
                             IsVisible="{Binding IsOrphanChild}"
                             ToolTip.Tip="{loc:Tr modals.mergeHelper.orphanHintTip}">
                       <TextBlock Text="{loc:Tr modals.mergeHelper.orphanHint}"/>
                     </Border>
-                  </StackPanel>
+                  </Grid>
                   <Border Grid.Column="3" Classes="chip"
                           IsVisible="{Binding !IsListHeader}"
                           HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center">