diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/home.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/home.css
index 8dd673ff..946ec551 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/home.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/home.css
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ body.home-shell {
   box-shadow: 0 -2px 14px -6px color-mix(in srgb, var(--purple) 50%, transparent);
 }
 
+/* Icon + label share the top row of each tile; the description sits
+   below. The icon is decorative (aria-hidden) — the label carries the
+   accessible name. */
+.home-tile-head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.55em;
+}
+.home-tile-icon {
+  font-size: 1.25em;
+  line-height: 1;
+  flex: none;
+}
 .home-tile-label {
   font-weight: bold;
   letter-spacing: 0.08em;
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
index d8c51f64..669b40a1 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
@@ -29,27 +29,42 @@
     <nav class="home-menu" aria-label="hyperhive surfaces">
 
       <a class="home-tile" href="/dashboard.html">
-        <span class="home-tile-label">Dashboard</span>
+        <span class="home-tile-head">
+          <span class="home-tile-icon" aria-hidden="true">🖥</span>
+          <span class="home-tile-label">Dashboard</span>
+        </span>
         <span class="home-tile-desc">containers · approvals · permissions · schedules · system</span>
       </a>
 
       <a class="home-tile" href="/flow.html">
-        <span class="home-tile-label">Flow</span>
+        <span class="home-tile-head">
+          <span class="home-tile-icon" aria-hidden="true">📡</span>
+          <span class="home-tile-label">Flow</span>
+        </span>
         <span class="home-tile-desc">live all-agents message firehose</span>
       </a>
 
       <a class="home-tile" href="/logs.html">
-        <span class="home-tile-label">Logs</span>
+        <span class="home-tile-head">
+          <span class="home-tile-icon" aria-hidden="true">📜</span>
+          <span class="home-tile-label">Logs</span>
+        </span>
         <span class="home-tile-desc">build · agent · system logs</span>
       </a>
 
       <a class="home-tile" href="/stats.html">
-        <span class="home-tile-label">Stats</span>
+        <span class="home-tile-head">
+          <span class="home-tile-icon" aria-hidden="true">📊</span>
+          <span class="home-tile-label">Stats</span>
+        </span>
         <span class="home-tile-desc">hive-wide turn stats · cost · model mix</span>
       </a>
 
       <a class="home-tile" href="/settings.html">
-        <span class="home-tile-label">Settings</span>
+        <span class="home-tile-head">
+          <span class="home-tile-icon" aria-hidden="true">⚙</span>
+          <span class="home-tile-label">Settings</span>
+        </span>
         <span class="home-tile-desc">operator-local prefs · browser notifications</span>
       </a>
 
@@ -57,7 +72,10 @@
            enabled (state.matrix_gui_enabled), mirroring the dashboard
            tab gating so operators without it don't see a dead link. -->
       <a class="home-tile" id="home-tile-matrix" href="/matrix/" hidden>
-        <span class="home-tile-label">Matrix</span>
+        <span class="home-tile-head">
+          <span class="home-tile-icon" aria-hidden="true">💬</span>
+          <span class="home-tile-label">Matrix</span>
+        </span>
         <span class="home-tile-desc">matrix chat client</span>
       </a>