diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-23-conpty-interactive-sessions-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-23-conpty-interactive-sessions-design.md
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--- a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-23-conpty-interactive-sessions-design.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-23-conpty-interactive-sessions-design.md
@@ -65,18 +65,40 @@ chosen directory (no task). These also get MCP config + env set up so the
 `claudedo` tools are available, but no per-level session-skills seeding tied to a
 task.
 
-### Terminal host control
+### Terminal host control — RESOLVED by spike (2026-07-23)
 
-Embed a ConPTY-capable Avalonia terminal control in the UI. Candidates:
+**Library: `Iciclecreek.Avalonia.Terminal` 2.0.3** (namespace `Iciclecreek.Terminal`).
+It needs Avalonia >= 12.0.2; the repo is on 12.0.4 → compatible, no bump.
+`SvcSystems.UI.Terminal` (latest) needs Avalonia 12.1+ → rejected.
 
-- **SvcSystems.UI.Terminal** (IvanJosipovic) — explicit ConPTY, full-screen TUI
-  render + resize reflow, selection/mouse reporting.
-- **Iciclecreek.Avalonia.Terminal** — XTerm.NET + Porta.Pty, clean
-  `TerminalControl` embed API.
+Visual pass (user, 2026-07-23): the real `claude` TUI renders correctly inside
+the embedded control — Claude Code opened and was usable.
 
-Selection is resolved by a **spike** (first plan step): the acceptance criterion
-is that the real `claude` TUI renders correctly inside the control — colors,
-resize/reflow, and a live permission prompt are usable.
+**Binding approach — drive Porta.Pty ourselves, reuse Iciclecreek's VT engine.**
+The convenience `TerminalControl.LaunchProcess()` spawns the child itself and
+never sets `PtyOptions.Environment`, and there is no settable pty/env seam on
+`TerminalControl`/`TerminalView` (env-building lives in the non-virtual
+`TerminalView.LaunchProcess()` using private fields). But the VT parser/renderer
+is the public `XTerm.Terminal` object exposed via `TerminalControl.Terminal`, so
+we reuse it without forking:
+
+- `Porta.Pty.PtyProvider.SpawnAsync(new PtyOptions { Name, App, Cwd, CommandLine,
+  Environment = <fully populated dict> }, ct)` → `IPtyConnection`.
+- Do **not** call `TerminalControl.LaunchProcess()` (leaves its `_ptyConnection`
+  null).
+- Get `TerminalControl.Terminal` (public, `XTerm.Terminal`) after template apply.
+- Pump `IPtyConnection.ReaderStream` → `Terminal.Write(text)`; subscribe
+  `Terminal.DataReceived` → `IPtyConnection.WriterStream`; mirror
+  `Terminal.Resized` ↔ `IPtyConnection.Resize(cols, rows)`.
+- Implement our **own** exit-code / kill / wait-for-exit against our
+  `IPtyConnection` — do NOT touch `TerminalControl.ExitCode`/`Pid`/`Kill()`/
+  `WaitForExit()`, they NRE on the null `_ptyConnection`.
+
+Note on environment: `Porta.Pty.SpawnAsync` already seeds the child from the
+current (ClaudeDo) process environment (PATH/APPDATA/etc.) and merges
+`PtyOptions.Environment` on top — so we only need to ADD our custom vars (MCP
+config path, `MAX_THINKING_TOKENS`, …), not rebuild the whole environment. (The
+earlier spike's "child gets zero env vars" claim was wrong.)
 
 ### Command Center layout
 
@@ -108,10 +130,11 @@ UI:
 ## Open items (implementation time)
 
 - Whether `LiveSessionRegistry` is referenced outside the interactive path.
-- Exact env dictionary handed to the ConPTY control (parity with the autonomous
-  run environment).
 - Session-id availability for a never-run task (no `--resume` → start fresh).
 
+Resolved: env approach (see Terminal host control — add custom vars on top of the
+inherited process env via `PtyOptions.Environment`); library + binding seam.
+
 ## Non-goals
 
 - No screen-scraping of terminal output back into task status/diff/review.