diff --git a/easel/src/tui.mjs b/easel/src/tui.mjs
index b4d5d08a1..da96f4bf2 100755
--- a/easel/src/tui.mjs
+++ b/easel/src/tui.mjs
@@ -284,11 +284,13 @@ const state = {
   // so the prompt is the whole boundary again and it starts closed.
   autoAllow: !pro,
   entries: [
-    {
+    // Pro opens onto nothing but the bar: the mode and the model sit under
+    // it, and the agreement was the disclosure.
+    ...(pro ? [] : [{
       id: "privacy",
       kind: "notice",
       text: "REMOTE INFERENCE · prompt content may leave this machine",
-    },
+    }]),
     // Say why the session is not the default one, once. A piece session
     // opened by default has nothing to explain.
     // Pro says nothing about itself here; the status line under the bar
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ if (!profile.private) try {
     metadata:{medium:state.medium},version:currentVersion(),session});
   await transcriptJournal.init();
   const status=await transcriptJournal.enableSharing({userSub:sharingAcknowledgment.owner,acknowledged:true,disclosureVersion:DISCLOSURE_VERSION});transcriptSharing=status.sharing;
-  state.entries.push({id:'transcript-status',kind:'notice',text:`Transcript: ${status.label} · /sharing`});
+  if (!pro) state.entries.push({id:'transcript-status',kind:'notice',text:`Transcript: ${status.label} · /sharing`});
 } catch(error) {
   transcriptJournal=null;
   state.entries.push({id:'transcript-error',kind:'error',text:`Local transcript unavailable: ${error.message}`});
@@ -646,6 +648,9 @@ function openEngine({ resume = "" } = {}) {
       }
     },
     environment: {
+      // The engine is this session's, not a rock of its own: Slab's Claude
+      // hooks see this and leave the marker to Easel.
+      EASEL_SESSION_ID: slabSession.sessionId,
       SLAB_PROMPT_SESSION_ID: slabSession.sessionId,
       SLAB_TERMINAL_TTY: slabSession.tty,
       SLAB_AGENT_TYPE: "easel",
@@ -2604,8 +2609,10 @@ try {
   state.status = "ready";
   state.model = connection?.model || model;
   await rememberProvider();
-  if (desktopRestored) {
-    // Restoring an existing thread is silent.
+  if (desktopRestored || pro) {
+    // Restoring an existing thread is silent, and so is pro: the status line
+    // under the bar already says the engine is there.
+    if (pro && resumeThreadId) restoreThread(connection.thread);
   } else if (resumeThreadId && !restoreThread(connection.thread)) {
     addEntry("notice", `Resumed thread · ${engineLabel()}`);
   } else {
diff --git a/slab/bin/claude-notify.sh b/slab/bin/claude-notify.sh
index bcab5bd2d..9770b38b3 100755
--- a/slab/bin/claude-notify.sh
+++ b/slab/bin/claude-notify.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #   3. Speak "help me" with a short fade tail (claude-help.py).
 # The pause flag is cleared by the next UserPromptSubmit (user responded)
 # or by Stop (work ended). Does NOT sleep the Mac.
+# A Claude that Easel is driving is that session's engine, not a rock of its
+# own; Easel keeps the marker, so this hook has nothing to say.
+[[ -n "${EASEL_SESSION_ID:-}" ]] && exit 0
 set -u
 SLAB_HOME=${SLAB_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/slab}
 SLAB_BIN=${SLAB_BIN:-$HOME/.local/bin}
diff --git a/slab/bin/claude-ping-repeat.sh b/slab/bin/claude-ping-repeat.sh
index f2832c567..c34a0ab03 100755
--- a/slab/bin/claude-ping-repeat.sh
+++ b/slab/bin/claude-ping-repeat.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Random high-pitched major-chord ping every INTERVAL seconds while lid is CLOSED.
 # Exits automatically once the lid is reopened.
+# A Claude that Easel is driving is that session's engine, not a rock of its
+# own; Easel keeps the marker, so this hook has nothing to say.
+[[ -n "${EASEL_SESSION_ID:-}" ]] && exit 0
 set -u
 SLAB_HOME=${SLAB_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/slab}
 SLAB_BIN=${SLAB_BIN:-$HOME/.local/bin}
diff --git a/slab/bin/claude-prompt-log.sh b/slab/bin/claude-prompt-log.sh
index 3214b6378..b042beacb 100755
--- a/slab/bin/claude-prompt-log.sh
+++ b/slab/bin/claude-prompt-log.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # UserPromptSubmit hook: log prompt, mark session as active, set awake.
 # Writes JSON metadata to active-prompts/<session_id> so the menubar can
 # render per-session status (subject, cwd, tty, claude pid).
+# A Claude that Easel is driving is that session's engine, not a rock of its
+# own; Easel keeps the marker, so this hook has nothing to say.
+[[ -n "${EASEL_SESSION_ID:-}" ]] && exit 0
 set -u
 SLAB_HOME=${SLAB_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/slab}
 SLAB_BIN=${SLAB_BIN:-$HOME/.local/bin}
diff --git a/slab/bin/claude-sleep-schedule.sh b/slab/bin/claude-sleep-schedule.sh
index e63c4d62b..ac0092e3a 100755
--- a/slab/bin/claude-sleep-schedule.sh
+++ b/slab/bin/claude-sleep-schedule.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Sleeps the Mac after DELAY seconds if the lid is still closed at that point.
 # Plays the sleep tone first for a dreamy auditory cue.
+# A Claude that Easel is driving is that session's engine, not a rock of its
+# own; Easel keeps the marker, so this hook has nothing to say.
+[[ -n "${EASEL_SESSION_ID:-}" ]] && exit 0
 set -u
 SLAB_HOME=${SLAB_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/slab}
 SLAB_BIN=${SLAB_BIN:-$HOME/.local/bin}
diff --git a/slab/bin/claude-stop.sh b/slab/bin/claude-stop.sh
index a022cf913..7fef747c8 100755
--- a/slab/bin/claude-stop.sh
+++ b/slab/bin/claude-stop.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #   others = 0 → "all done" chime (lid open) OR TTS "i'm tired" with fade-out
 #                tail → `pmset sleepnow` (lid closed: stops ambient first, so
 #                the transition to sleep is a gentle dissolve instead of a cut).
+# A Claude that Easel is driving is that session's engine, not a rock of its
+# own; Easel keeps the marker, so this hook has nothing to say.
+[[ -n "${EASEL_SESSION_ID:-}" ]] && exit 0
 set -u
 SLAB_HOME=${SLAB_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/slab}
 SLAB_BIN=${SLAB_BIN:-$HOME/.local/bin}
diff --git a/slab/bin/claude-subagent-stop.sh b/slab/bin/claude-subagent-stop.sh
index 1cea730ef..c895694ef 100755
--- a/slab/bin/claude-subagent-stop.sh
+++ b/slab/bin/claude-subagent-stop.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # ping. FIFO-per-session removal keeps each session's count accurate even when
 # subagents finish out of order. Falls back to the globally-oldest marker if
 # the session subdir is empty, so counts can never leak upward.
+# A Claude that Easel is driving is that session's engine, not a rock of its
+# own; Easel keeps the marker, so this hook has nothing to say.
+[[ -n "${EASEL_SESSION_ID:-}" ]] && exit 0
 set -u
 SLAB_HOME=${SLAB_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/slab}
 SLAB_BIN=${SLAB_BIN:-$HOME/.local/bin}
diff --git a/slab/bin/claude-tool-heartbeat.sh b/slab/bin/claude-tool-heartbeat.sh
index 953949467..437a3d41d 100755
--- a/slab/bin/claude-tool-heartbeat.sh
+++ b/slab/bin/claude-tool-heartbeat.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 # marker mtime ages). See ClaudeSession.swift isInterrupted().
 #
 # Usage: claude-tool-heartbeat.sh <pre|post>   (hook JSON on stdin)
+# A Claude that Easel is driving is that session's engine, not a rock of its
+# own; Easel keeps the marker, so this hook has nothing to say.
+[[ -n "${EASEL_SESSION_ID:-}" ]] && exit 0
 set -u
 MODE="${1:-pre}"
 SLAB_HOME=${SLAB_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/slab}
diff --git a/slab/bin/claude-tool-pre.sh b/slab/bin/claude-tool-pre.sh
index 5e45007ba..617332b3b 100755
--- a/slab/bin/claude-tool-pre.sh
+++ b/slab/bin/claude-tool-pre.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # THAT session's polygon edge. SubagentStop removes the session's oldest marker.
 # (Workflow-tool agents don't fire this hook — the menubar counts those live
 # from the workflow transcript dir instead.)
+# A Claude that Easel is driving is that session's engine, not a rock of its
+# own; Easel keeps the marker, so this hook has nothing to say.
+[[ -n "${EASEL_SESSION_ID:-}" ]] && exit 0
 set -u
 SLAB_HOME=${SLAB_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/slab}
 SUBAGENT_DIR="$SLAB_HOME/state/active-subagents"