diff --git a/hive-c0re/assets/app.js b/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
index 18f9c4d..3364cee 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
+++ b/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
@@ -48,13 +48,18 @@
   // perspective (we'd need to know which agent the message is about
   // to translate it). Prefer `/agents/<name>/state/...` in agent
   // outputs and the link will resolve.
-  // Each branch insists the tail is at least one segment AND the
-  // last character is `[\w.-]` (not `/`), so trailing-slash paths
-  // — i.e. plain directories — don't linkify. The /api/state-file
-  // endpoint also refuses non-files; this is the front-end peer so
-  // the operator doesn't see a dead link they'll just get an error
-  // from on click.
-  const PATH_RE = /(\/var\/lib\/hyperhive\/agents\/[\w.-]+\/state\/(?:[\w.-]+\/)*[\w.-]+|\/var\/lib\/hyperhive\/shared\/(?:[\w.-]+\/)*[\w.-]+|\/agents\/[\w.-]+\/state\/(?:[\w.-]+\/)*[\w.-]+|\/shared\/(?:[\w.-]+\/)*[\w.-]+)/g;
+  // Each branch insists the final segment looks like a filename:
+  // at least one non-dot char, a literal dot, then an extension
+  // (`[\w-]+\.[\w.-]+`). That catches the common case (`notes.md`,
+  // `2026-01.log`, `foo.bar.baz`) while skipping bare directory
+  // names like `/agents/foo/state/notes` whether or not they carry
+  // a trailing slash. Misses extensionless files (`README`,
+  // `Makefile`) — accepted trade-off; the /api/state-file endpoint
+  // still serves them if the operator types the path manually.
+  // The endpoint also refuses non-files at the server level; this
+  // is the front-end peer so the operator doesn't see a dead link
+  // they'll just get an error from on click.
+  const PATH_RE = /(\/var\/lib\/hyperhive\/agents\/[\w.-]+\/state\/(?:[\w.-]+\/)*[\w-]+\.[\w.-]+|\/var\/lib\/hyperhive\/shared\/(?:[\w.-]+\/)*[\w-]+\.[\w.-]+|\/agents\/[\w.-]+\/state\/(?:[\w.-]+\/)*[\w-]+\.[\w.-]+|\/shared\/(?:[\w.-]+\/)*[\w-]+\.[\w.-]+)/g;
   async function fetchStateFile(path) {
     const resp = await fetch('/api/state-file?path=' + encodeURIComponent(path));
     const text = await resp.text();