diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Localization/locales/de.json b/src/ClaudeDo.Localization/locales/de.json
index 195d61e7..e4e661f5 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Localization/locales/de.json
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Localization/locales/de.json
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
     "removeFromQueueTip": "Aus Warteschlange entfernen",
     "toggleSubtasksTip": "Unteraufgaben ein-/ausklappen",
     "agentSuggestedTip": "Vom Agenten vorgeschlagen",
+    "interactiveChipTip": "Interaktive Sitzung offen — klicken, um im Mission Control dorthin zu springen",
     "scheduleTitle": "Aufgabe planen",
     "scheduleWhen": "WANN",
     "scheduleConfirm": "Planen",
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@
     "connection": { "online": "Online", "connecting": "Verbinden…", "offline": "Offline" },
     "shell": { "restartingWorker": "Worker wird neu gestartet…" },
     "agentStatus": { "idle": "Leerlauf", "queued": "In Warteschlange", "running": "Läuft", "review": "Prüfung", "children": "Wartet auf Teilaufgaben", "done": "Fertig", "failed": "Fehlgeschlagen", "cancelled": "Abgebrochen" },
-    "taskStatus": { "idle": "Leerlauf", "queued": "In Warteschlange", "running": "Läuft", "waitingForReview": "Wartet auf Prüfung", "waitingForChildren": "Wartet auf Teilaufgaben", "done": "Fertig", "failed": "Fehlgeschlagen", "cancelled": "Abgebrochen", "parked": "Geparkt" },
+    "taskStatus": { "idle": "Leerlauf", "queued": "In Warteschlange", "running": "Läuft", "waitingForReview": "Wartet auf Prüfung", "waitingForChildren": "Wartet auf Teilaufgaben", "done": "Fertig", "failed": "Fehlgeschlagen", "cancelled": "Abgebrochen", "parked": "Geparkt", "interactive": "Interaktiv" },
     "planningBadge": { "active": "PLANUNG", "finalized": "GEPLANT" },
     "taskRow": { "createdPrefix": "Erstellt {0}", "stepsText": "{0}/{1} Schritte" },
     "tasksIsland": { "completedHeader": "ABGESCHLOSSEN", "completedHeaderCount": "ABGESCHLOSSEN · {0}", "planningOpenFailed": "Planungssitzung konnte nicht geöffnet werden: {0}", "planningResumeFailed": "Planungssitzung konnte nicht fortgesetzt werden: {0}", "pickUpInTerminalFailed": "Im Terminal fortsetzen fehlgeschlagen: {0}", "approveFailed": "Genehmigen & Mergen fehlgeschlagen: {0}" },
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Localization/locales/en.json b/src/ClaudeDo.Localization/locales/en.json
index 251147da..70f26da1 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Localization/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Localization/locales/en.json
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
     "removeFromQueueTip": "Remove from queue",
     "toggleSubtasksTip": "Expand / collapse subtasks",
     "agentSuggestedTip": "Suggested by the agent",
+    "interactiveChipTip": "Interactive session open — click to jump to it in Mission Control",
     "scheduleTitle": "Schedule task",
     "scheduleWhen": "WHEN",
     "scheduleConfirm": "Schedule",
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@
     "connection": { "online": "Online", "connecting": "Connecting…", "offline": "Offline" },
     "shell": { "restartingWorker": "Restarting worker…" },
     "agentStatus": { "idle": "Idle", "queued": "Queued", "running": "Running", "review": "Review", "children": "Waiting for Subtasks", "done": "Done", "failed": "Failed", "cancelled": "Cancelled" },
-    "taskStatus": { "idle": "Idle", "queued": "Queued", "running": "Running", "waitingForReview": "Waiting for Review", "waitingForChildren": "Waiting for Subtasks", "done": "Done", "failed": "Failed", "cancelled": "Cancelled", "parked": "Parked" },
+    "taskStatus": { "idle": "Idle", "queued": "Queued", "running": "Running", "waitingForReview": "Waiting for Review", "waitingForChildren": "Waiting for Subtasks", "done": "Done", "failed": "Failed", "cancelled": "Cancelled", "parked": "Parked", "interactive": "Interactive" },
     "planningBadge": { "active": "PLANNING", "finalized": "PLANNED" },
     "taskRow": { "createdPrefix": "Created {0}", "stepsText": "{0}/{1} steps" },
     "tasksIsland": { "completedHeader": "COMPLETED", "completedHeaderCount": "COMPLETED · {0}", "planningOpenFailed": "Couldn't open planning session: {0}", "planningResumeFailed": "Couldn't resume planning session: {0}", "pickUpInTerminalFailed": "Pick up in terminal failed: {0}", "approveFailed": "Approve & merge failed: {0}" },
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Design/IslandStyles.axaml b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Design/IslandStyles.axaml
index 3169b4e9..bf78db41 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Design/IslandStyles.axaml
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Design/IslandStyles.axaml
@@ -247,6 +247,21 @@
     <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#8FB9D6" />
   </Style>
 
+  <!-- interactive → accent, the "live" family shared with running: the task has a ConPTY session
+       open in Mission Control. Clickable (jumps to that pane), hence the hand cursor + hover lift.
+       Deliberately NOT the slate-blue parked treatment — telling the two apart is the whole point. -->
+  <Style Selector="Border.chip.interactive">
+    <Setter Property="Background"  Value="{StaticResource RunningTintBrush}" />
+    <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource AccentBrush}" />
+    <Setter Property="Cursor"      Value="Hand" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="Border.chip.interactive > TextBlock">
+    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource AccentBrush}" />
+  </Style>
+  <Style Selector="Border.chip.interactive:pointerover">
+    <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource AccentSoftBrush}" />
+  </Style>
+
   <!-- Worktree-state chips (worktrees overview) -->
   <!-- active → slate-blue (same hue as parked: a live worktree) -->
   <Style Selector="Border.chip.wt-active">
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TaskRowViewModel.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TaskRowViewModel.cs
index dad98126..cb3e377e 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TaskRowViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TaskRowViewModel.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
     [ObservableProperty] private bool _parentInView = true;
     [ObservableProperty] private int _roadblockCount;
     [ObservableProperty] private bool _isRefining;
+    // Set by the shell from Mission Control's open ConPTY panes: this task has a live hand-driven
+    // session, which outranks the persisted status on the lifecycle chip (an interactive task is
+    // typically Idle+Active-worktree, i.e. would otherwise read "Parked").
+    [ObservableProperty] private bool _hasInteractiveSession;
     // Set by the custom drag while this row is being dragged — drives the "grabbed" row style.
     [ObservableProperty] private bool _isDragging;
 
@@ -84,8 +88,10 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
     public bool IsOverdue   => ScheduledFor is { } d && d.Date < DateTime.Today && !Done;
     public bool IsRunning   => Status == TaskStatus.Running;
     public bool IsWaitingForReview => Status == TaskStatus.WaitingForReview;
-    // Parked = set aside from review: Idle but still holding its Active worktree (vs a plain Idle task).
-    public bool IsParked    => Status == TaskStatus.Idle && WorktreeState == ClaudeDo.Data.Models.WorktreeState.Active;
+    // Parked = set aside from review: Idle but still holding its Active worktree (vs a plain Idle
+    // task). A live ConPTY session is that same shape but not parked — it reads "Interactive".
+    public bool IsParked    => Status == TaskStatus.Idle && WorktreeState == ClaudeDo.Data.Models.WorktreeState.Active
+                               && !HasInteractiveSession;
     public bool IsQueued    => Status == TaskStatus.Queued && string.IsNullOrEmpty(BlockedByTaskId);
     public bool IsWaiting   => Status == TaskStatus.Queued && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(BlockedByTaskId);
     public bool CanRemoveFromQueue => IsQueued || HasQueuedSubtasks;
@@ -115,7 +121,14 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
     public string DiffDeletionsText => $"−{DiffDeletions}";
     public string StepsText         => Loc.T("vm.taskRow.stepsText", StepsCompleted, StepsCount);
 
-    public string StatusLabel => IsParked ? Loc.T("vm.taskStatus.parked") : Status switch
+    // Null on a plain status chip so no tooltip shows there — the chip is only actionable
+    // while a session is open.
+    public string? InteractiveChipTooltip
+        => HasInteractiveSession ? Loc.T("tasks.interactiveChipTip") : null;
+
+    public string StatusLabel
+        => HasInteractiveSession ? Loc.T("vm.taskStatus.interactive")
+         : IsParked ? Loc.T("vm.taskStatus.parked") : Status switch
     {
         TaskStatus.Idle             => Loc.T("vm.taskStatus.idle"),
         TaskStatus.Queued           => Loc.T("vm.taskStatus.queued"),
@@ -130,10 +143,14 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
 
     // A planning parent that is still Idle (Active planning, or Finalized-but-not-yet-queued)
     // already shows its state via the PLANNING/PLANNED badge next to the title. The lifecycle
-    // chip would read "Idle" (or "Parked"), which is misleading, so hide it in that case.
-    public bool ShowStatusChip => !(PlanningPhase != PlanningPhase.None && Status == TaskStatus.Idle);
+    // chip would read "Idle" (or "Parked"), which is misleading, so hide it in that case —
+    // unless there's a live session, where "Interactive" is exactly what the user needs to see.
+    public bool ShowStatusChip => HasInteractiveSession
+                                  || !(PlanningPhase != PlanningPhase.None && Status == TaskStatus.Idle);
 
-    public string StatusChipClass => (Status, IsBlocked: !string.IsNullOrEmpty(BlockedByTaskId)) switch
+    public string StatusChipClass => HasInteractiveSession
+        ? "interactive"
+        : (Status, IsBlocked: !string.IsNullOrEmpty(BlockedByTaskId)) switch
     {
         (TaskStatus.Running,            _) => "running",
         (TaskStatus.WaitingForReview,   _) => "review",
@@ -208,6 +225,15 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
 
     partial void OnIsRefiningChanged(bool value) => OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CanRefine));
 
+    partial void OnHasInteractiveSessionChanged(bool value)
+    {
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsParked));
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(StatusChipClass));
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(StatusLabel));
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ShowStatusChip));
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(InteractiveChipTooltip));
+    }
+
     partial void OnHasQueuedSubtasksChanged(bool value)
     {
         OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CanRemoveFromQueue));
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs
index 3c600eed..65d7c878 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
     private readonly Dictionary<string, bool> _expandedState = new();
     private ListNavItemViewModel? _currentList;
     private CancellationTokenSource? _loadCts;
+    // Task ids with a live ConPTY pane in Mission Control; kept here so rows loaded later still
+    // pick the flag up (see SyncInteractiveSessions).
+    private readonly HashSet<string> _interactiveSessionIds = new();
     private static readonly TaskListFilterRegistry _filters = new();
 
     public event EventHandler? SelectionChanged;
@@ -274,6 +277,7 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
             {
                 var row = TaskRowViewModel.FromEntity(t);
                 row.ShowListChip = showListChip;
+                row.HasInteractiveSession = _interactiveSessionIds.Contains(row.Id);
                 Items.Add(row);
             }
 
@@ -441,6 +445,17 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
         TasksChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Replaces the set of tasks that currently have an open interactive (ConPTY) session,
+    /// so their lifecycle chip reads "Interactive" instead of "Parked".</summary>
+    public void SyncInteractiveSessions(IEnumerable<string> taskIds)
+    {
+        _interactiveSessionIds.Clear();
+        foreach (var id in taskIds)
+            _interactiveSessionIds.Add(id);
+        foreach (var r in Items)
+            r.HasInteractiveSession = _interactiveSessionIds.Contains(r.Id);
+    }
+
     public bool CanReorder => _currentList?.Kind == ListKind.User;
 
     public void ClearDropHints()
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/IslandsShellViewModel.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/IslandsShellViewModel.cs
index 7ba0ed6b..86ebf9a3 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/IslandsShellViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/IslandsShellViewModel.cs
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ public sealed partial class IslandsShellViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
         MissionControl.ShowDetached = (monitor, reDock) => Dialogs?.ShowDetachedMonitor(monitor, reDock);
         MissionControl.OpenSettingsRequested = () => Lists.OpenSettingsCommand.Execute(null);
         MissionControl.ErrorReported += FlashFooterError;
+        // Keep the task rows' "Interactive" chip in step with Mission Control's open ConPTY panes.
+        MissionControl.ConPtySessions.CollectionChanged += (_, _) => SyncInteractiveSessionChips();
         _updateCheck = updateCheck;
         _installerLocator = installerLocator;
         _workerLocator = workerLocator;
@@ -330,6 +332,16 @@ public sealed partial class IslandsShellViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
             Dialogs.ShowMissionControl(MissionControl);
     }
 
+    private void SyncInteractiveSessionChips()
+    {
+        if (MissionControl is null) return;
+        Tasks.SyncInteractiveSessions(
+            MissionControl.ConPtySessions
+                .Select(s => s.TaskId)
+                .Where(id => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(id))
+                .Select(id => id!));
+    }
+
     [RelayCommand]
     private async Task OpenAbout()
     {
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml
index 4329eef1..a2250059 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml
@@ -154,9 +154,13 @@
                       IsVisible="{Binding IsAgentSuggested}"
                       ToolTip.Tip="{loc:Tr tasks.agentSuggestedTip}"/>
 
-            <!-- Status chip -->
+            <!-- Status chip. When a ConPTY session is open it reads "Interactive" and is tappable —
+                 it jumps to that pane in Mission Control. -->
             <Border Classes="chip"
                     IsVisible="{Binding ShowStatusChip}"
+                    Tapped="OnStatusChipTapped"
+                    ToolTip.Tip="{Binding InteractiveChipTooltip}"
+                    Classes.interactive="{Binding HasInteractiveSession}"
                     Classes.parked="{Binding IsParked}"
                     Classes.running="{Binding Status, Converter={StaticResource EqStatus}, ConverterParameter=Running}"
                     Classes.review="{Binding Status, Converter={StaticResource EqStatus}, ConverterParameter=WaitingForReview}"
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml.cs
index cc096214..e713868a 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ public partial class TaskRowView : UserControl
             vm.OpenConPtySessionCommand.Execute(row);
     }
 
+    // The status chip is only actionable while a ConPTY session is open; the open command dedupes
+    // by task id, so it surfaces Mission Control and focuses the existing pane.
+    private void OnStatusChipTapped(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (DataContext is not TaskRowViewModel { HasInteractiveSession: true } row) return;
+        if (FindTasksVm() is { } vm)
+            vm.OpenConPtySessionCommand.Execute(row);
+    }
+
     private async void OnPickUpInTerminalClick(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
     {
         if (DataContext is TaskRowViewModel row && FindTasksVm() is { } vm)