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+++ b/dot_config/kitty/tab_bar.py
@@ -1,52 +1,179 @@
-# ── tab_bar.py · kitty tab titles: repo dir, or the file nvim is editing ──
+# ── tab_bar.py · kitty tab titles: program icon + repo dir (or nvim's file) ──
 #
 # kitty loads this file from the config dir and exposes `draw_title` as the
 # `{custom}` field of tab_title_template (kitty/tab_bar.py:
 # load_custom_draw_title). kitty still draws the powerline chrome; only the text
 # inside a tab comes from here.
 #
-# A title is one of:
-#     2  chezmoi        <- repo the tab's cwd belongs to (dir name if no repo)
-#     3  astrocore.lua  <- nvim is the active process: the file it is editing
+# A title is `<index> <icon> <label>`:
+#     2  chezmoi        repo the tab's cwd belongs to (dir name if no repo)
+#     3  astrocore.lua  an editor: the file it is editing
+#     4  chezmoi        a known program: its icon, repo as the label
 #
-# No subprocesses, no timers: the repo root is found by walking up for `.git`,
-# and the edited file comes from the window title nvim already sets
-# (~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua, custom_title autocmd:
-# "<file> | <org/repo>" or "<file> | Nvim", and "<org/repo>" / "Nvim" with no
-# file). kitty repaints the tab bar whenever that title changes, so the tab
-# tracks buffer switches for free.
+# No subprocesses, no timers. The repo root is found by walking up for `.git`;
+# the icon comes from the foreground process' cmdline; the edited file comes from
+# the title nvim already sets (~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua,
+# custom_title autocmd: "<file> | <org/repo>" / "<file> | Nvim", and
+# "<org/repo>" / "Nvim" with no file). kitty repaints the tab bar when a window
+# title changes, so buffer switches and program changes show up on their own.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 from typing import Any
 
-# Nerd Font glyphs; VictorMono Nerd Font Mono covers both.
-FOLDER = '\uf07b'  # nf-fa-folder
-NVIM = '\ue62b'  # nf-custom-neovim
+# Nerd Font glyphs; VictorMono Nerd Font Mono covers every codepoint used here
+# (checked with `fc-list ":charset=<hex>:family=VictorMono Nerd Font Mono"`).
+FOLDER = '\uf07b'  # nf-fa-folder — the fallback: "a shell somewhere"
+EDITOR = '\ue62b'  # nf-custom-neovim
+
+ICONS: dict[str, str] = {
+    # editors (label becomes the edited file, see EDITORS below)
+    'nvim': EDITOR,
+    'vim': EDITOR,
+    'nvim-qt': EDITOR,
+    'hx': EDITOR,
+    'helix': EDITOR,
+    # agents / harnesses
+    'claude': '\U000f06a9',  # nf-md-robot
+    'omp': '\U000f09da',  # nf-md-brain
+    'opencode': '\uf121',  # nf-fa-code
+    'crush': '\uf0e7',  # nf-fa-bolt
+    'codex': '\uf120',  # nf-fa-terminal
+    'gemini': '\U000f0674',  # nf-md-creation
+    'aider': '\U000f0068',  # nf-md-auto_fix
+    # git
+    'lazygit': '\uf1d3',  # nf-fa-git
+    'git': '\uf1d3',
+    'gitui': '\uf1d3',
+    'tig': '\uf1d3',
+    'gh': '\uf113',  # nf-fa-github_alt
+    # containers
+    'lazydocker': '\uf308',  # nf-linux-docker
+    'docker': '\uf308',
+    'docker-compose': '\uf308',
+    'podman': '\uf308',
+    'kubectl': '\ue7b2',  # nf-dev-kubernetes
+    # multiplexers / terminals-in-terminals
+    'herdr': '\uf009',  # nf-fa-th_large — panes
+    'tmux': '\uf00a',  # nf-fa-th
+    # files, monitors, history
+    'yazi': '\uf07c',  # nf-fa-folder_open
+    'ranger': '\uf07c',
+    'lf': '\uf07c',
+    'btop': '\uf0e4',  # nf-fa-dashboard
+    'htop': '\uf0e4',
+    'top': '\uf0e4',
+    'atuin': '\uf1da',  # nf-fa-history
+    'atuin-pick': '\uf1da',
+    'ssh': '\uf0ac',  # nf-fa-globe
+    'chezmoi': '\uf013',  # nf-fa-cog
+    # runtimes / build / data
+    'python': '\ue235',  # nf-dev-python
+    'python3': '\ue235',
+    'ipython': '\ue235',
+    'node': '\ue718',  # nf-dev-nodejs_small
+    'bun': '\ue718',
+    'deno': '\ue718',
+    'cargo': '\ue7a8',  # nf-dev-rust
+    'rustc': '\ue7a8',
+    'make': '\uf085',  # nf-fa-gears
+    'just': '\uf085',
+    'psql': '\uf1c0',  # nf-fa-database
+    'sqlite3': '\uf1c0',
+    'duckdb': '\uf1c0',
+    'man': '\uf02d',  # nf-fa-book
+    'less': '\uf02d',
+    'bat': '\uf02d',
+    'glow': '\uf02d',
+}
+
+# These get the edited file as their label instead of the repo.
+EDITORS = frozenset({'nvim', 'vim', 'nvim-qt', 'hx', 'helix'})
+
+# Skipped when reading a cmdline, so `node .../claude` is claude and
+# `uv run python x.py` is python — unless nothing else is left, in which case the
+# interpreter itself is the program (a bare `python` REPL).
+INTERPRETERS = frozenset({
+    'sh', 'bash', 'zsh', 'fish', 'env', 'sudo', 'doas', 'nohup', 'setsid',
+    'node', 'bun', 'deno', 'npx', 'uv', 'uvx', 'python', 'python3',
+})
+
+# Subcommands of the runners above ("uv run python x.py"), skipped only after a
+# runner has been skipped so a program genuinely called `run` still resolves.
+RUNNER_WORDS = frozenset({'run', 'exec', 'x', 'tool', '--'})
 
-EDITORS = frozenset({'nvim', 'vim', 'nvim-qt'})
 MAX_LEN = 28
 
 # wd -> repo root (or ''), memoized: a working dir keeps its answer for the life
 # of the kitty instance, so `git init` in an already-open dir needs a config
-# reload (ctrl+shift+alt+, in the herdr host, ctrl+shift+f5 here) to show up.
+# reload (ctrl+shift+f5) to show up.
 _repo: dict[str, str] = {}
 
 
 def draw_title(data: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     tab = data['tab']
-    label = ''
-    if tab.active_exe in EDITORS:
-        label = _nvim_file(data['title'])
-        if label:
-            return f'{data["index"]} {NVIM} {_elide(label)}'
+    program = _program(_cmdline(data['tab_id']), tab.active_exe)
+    index = data['index']
+    if program in EDITORS:
+        edited = _nvim_file(data['title'])
+        if edited:
+            return f'{index} {ICONS[program]} {_elide(edited)}'
+    icon = ICONS.get(program, FOLDER)
     wd = tab.active_wd
+    label = ''
     if wd:
-        label = os.path.basename(_repo_root(wd) or wd.rstrip('/'))
-        if wd == os.path.expanduser('~'):
-            label = '~'
-    return f'{data["index"]} {FOLDER} {_elide(label or data["title"])}'
+        label = '~' if wd == os.path.expanduser('~') else os.path.basename(_repo_root(wd) or wd.rstrip('/'))
+    return f'{index} {icon} {_elide(label or data["title"])}'
+
+
+def _cmdline(tab_id: int) -> list[str]:
+    """argv of the tab's active window's foreground process, [] if unavailable."""
+    from kitty.boss import get_boss
+
+    try:
+        tab = get_boss().tab_for_id(tab_id)
+        window = tab.active_window if tab is not None else None
+        return list(window.child.foreground_cmdline) if window is not None else []
+    except Exception:
+        return []
+
+
+def _program(cmdline: list[str], fallback_exe: str) -> str:
+    """Program name a tab should be iconified by.
+
+    Walks the cmdline past runners and flags: `node …/claude` is claude, an
+    unknown script keeps its runtime's icon (`uv run python train.py` is
+    python, `bun run dev` is bun), and a bare `python` stays python. Falls back
+    to kitty's own exe for the active window when the cmdline is unreadable.
+    """
+    runtime = ''
+    skipped = False
+    for arg in cmdline:
+        if arg.startswith('-'):
+            continue
+        name = os.path.basename(arg).lower()
+        if name.endswith(('.js', '.mjs', '.cjs', '.py', '.ts')):
+            name = name.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
+        if not name:
+            continue
+        name = _canonical(name)
+        if name in INTERPRETERS or (skipped and name in RUNNER_WORDS):
+            skipped = True
+            runtime = runtime or (name if name in ICONS else '')
+            continue
+        return name if name in ICONS or not runtime else runtime
+    return runtime or _canonical(os.path.basename(fallback_exe or '').lower())
+
+
+def _canonical(name: str) -> str:
+    """`omp-linux-x64` -> `omp`, `docker-compose` stays itself."""
+    if name in ICONS:
+        return name
+    for known in ICONS:
+        if name.startswith(known + '-'):
+            return known
+    return name
 
 
 def _repo_root(wd: str) -> str:
@@ -67,7 +194,7 @@ def _repo_root(wd: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _nvim_file(title: str) -> str:
-    """The file name out of an nvim window title, '' when it is editing none.
+    """The file name out of an editor window title, '' when it is editing none.
 
     Handles this config's "<file> | <org/repo>" / "<file> | Nvim" and nvim's own
     default "%t - Nvim" / "<file> (<dir>) - NVIM".