diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
index 561794c7..985e2813 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ h2, h3 {
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--red) 18%, transparent);
   color: var(--red);
 }
-.header-pill-tasks .header-pill-count {
+.header-pill-todos .header-pill-count {
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--green) 18%, transparent);
   color: var(--green);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
index 71a38068..ba5cfb01 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
@@ -130,18 +130,11 @@ window.marked = marked;
           buildInboxList(lastInbox));
       });
     }
-    const loosePill = $('loose-ends-pill');
-    if (loosePill) {
-      loosePill.addEventListener('click', () => {
-        Panel.open('loose-ends', 'loose ends · ' + lastLooseEnds.length,
-          buildLooseEndsList(lastLooseEnds));
-      });
-    }
-    const bashPill = $('bash-tasks-pill');
-    if (bashPill) {
-      bashPill.addEventListener('click', () => {
-        Panel.open('bash-tasks', 'tasks · ' + lastBashTasks.length,
-          buildBashTasksList(lastBashTasks));
+    const todosPill = $('todos-pill');
+    if (todosPill) {
+      todosPill.addEventListener('click', () => {
+        Panel.open('todos', 'todos · ' + lastTodos.length,
+          buildTodosList(lastTodos));
       });
     }
   })();
@@ -829,10 +822,26 @@ window.marked = marked;
     }
     renderStateBadge();
   }
-  // Loose-ends section: same data the get_loose_ends MCP tool
-  // returns. Best-effort fetch on cold load + after every turn_end
-  // (a turn likely answered or asked something). Silent failure
-  // keeps the pill count at zero rather than surfacing a stale chrome.
+  // Todos section: in-agent todos (loose-ends v2) pushed by subsystems
+  // (matrix, forge, bash). Best-effort fetch on cold load + after every
+  // turn_end. Silent failure keeps the pill at zero.
+  async function refreshTodos() {
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch('api/todos');
+      if (!resp.ok) {
+        renderTodos([]);
+        return;
+      }
+      const data = await resp.json();
+      renderTodos(data.todos || []);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('todos fetch failed', err);
+      renderTodos([]);
+    }
+  }
+  // Loose-ends: fetched silently (background only) for reconcileAskBinds.
+  // Not displayed as a pill; provides the question/reminder/approval data
+  // the inline ask-form wiring needs.
   async function refreshLooseEnds() {
     try {
       const resp = await fetch('api/loose-ends');
@@ -849,6 +858,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
   }
   /** Latest snapshot kept in module state so the pill click handler
    *  has fresh data to render into the panel without re-fetching. */
+  let lastTodos = [];
   let lastLooseEnds = [];
   let lastInbox = [];
 
@@ -923,47 +933,22 @@ window.marked = marked;
     return wrap;
   }
 
-  /** Pill-count + open-panel-refresh wiring for loose-ends. The legacy
-   *  in-page `<details>` block is gone — operator clicks the header
-   *  pill to surface the list in the side panel. */
+  /** Loose-ends render: background-only (no pill). Keeps lastLooseEnds
+   *  fresh for reconcileAskBinds (inline ask-form wiring). */
   function renderLooseEnds(threads) {
     lastLooseEnds = threads;
-    const pill = $('loose-ends-pill');
-    const count = $('loose-ends-count');
-    if (count) count.textContent = threads.length;
-    if (pill) pill.hidden = threads.length === 0;
-    Panel.refresh('loose-ends', 'loose ends · ' + threads.length,
-      buildLooseEndsList(threads));
     // Wire inline answer forms into any `ask → operator` rows
     // waiting on a broker-assigned question id.
     reconcileAskBinds();
   }
 
-  // Running bash tasks: `GET /api/bash-tasks` returns the in-flight
-  // (Pending/Running) TaskFiles from the in-container bash-tasks dir. Same
-  // best-effort, silent-failure contract as loose-ends — a fetch miss keeps
-  // the pill at zero rather than surfacing stale chrome.
-  let lastBashTasks = [];
-  async function refreshBashTasks() {
-    try {
-      const resp = await fetch('api/bash-tasks');
-      if (!resp.ok) {
-        renderBashTasks([]);
-        return;
-      }
-      const data = await resp.json();
-      renderBashTasks(data.tasks || []);
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.warn('bash-tasks fetch failed', err);
-      renderBashTasks([]);
-    }
-  }
-
-  function buildBashTasksList(tasks) {
+  /** Build the todos side-panel list. Each entry is a LooseEnd::Todo
+   *  (subsystem, summary, source, age_seconds). */
+  function buildTodosList(todos) {
     const wrap = el('div', { class: 'agent-inbox' });
-    if (!tasks.length) {
+    if (!todos.length) {
       wrap.append(el('p', { class: 'side-panel-empty' },
-        'no running bash tasks.'));
+        'no todos — all subsystem queues are clear.'));
       return wrap;
     }
     const list = el('ul');
@@ -973,20 +958,13 @@ window.marked = marked;
       if (s < 86400) return Math.floor(s / 3600) + 'h';
       return Math.floor(s / 86400) + 'd';
     };
-    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-    for (const t of tasks) {
+    for (const t of todos) {
       const li = el('li');
-      const running = t.status === 'running';
-      // Elapsed since the task started (running) or was queued (pending).
-      const since = running ? (t.started_at || t.created_at || now) : (t.created_at || now);
-      const elapsed = Math.max(0, now - since);
-      // Single-line, truncated command preview (the cmd can be multi-line).
-      const cmdPreview = (t.cmd || '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().slice(0, 100);
+      const label = t.source ? t.subsystem + ' · ' + t.source : t.subsystem;
       li.append(
-        el('span', { class: 'bash-task-status bash-task-' + t.status }, running ? '▶ running' : '◷ queued'), ' ',
-        el('span', { class: 'inbox-from' }, t.id), ' ',
-        el('span', { class: 'inbox-ts' }, (running ? '' : 'queued ') + fmtAge(elapsed) + (running ? ' elapsed' : '')),
-        el('div', { class: 'inbox-body bash-task-cmd' }, cmdPreview),
+        el('span', { class: 'inbox-from' }, label), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'inbox-ts' }, fmtAge(t.age_seconds || 0) + ' ago'),
+        el('div', { class: 'inbox-body' }, t.summary || ''),
       );
       list.append(li);
     }
@@ -994,14 +972,15 @@ window.marked = marked;
     return wrap;
   }
 
-  function renderBashTasks(tasks) {
-    lastBashTasks = tasks;
-    const pill = $('bash-tasks-pill');
-    const count = $('bash-tasks-count');
-    if (count) count.textContent = tasks.length;
-    if (pill) pill.hidden = tasks.length === 0;
-    Panel.refresh('bash-tasks', 'tasks · ' + tasks.length,
-      buildBashTasksList(tasks));
+  /** Pill-count + open-panel-refresh wiring for todos. */
+  function renderTodos(todos) {
+    lastTodos = todos;
+    const pill = $('todos-pill');
+    const count = $('todos-count');
+    if (count) count.textContent = todos.length;
+    if (pill) pill.hidden = todos.length === 0;
+    Panel.refresh('todos', 'todos · ' + todos.length,
+      buildTodosList(todos));
   }
 
   /** Walk `pendingAskBinds` against the latest `lastLooseEnds`
@@ -1363,16 +1342,11 @@ window.marked = marked;
       renderModelChip(s.model);
       renderEffortChip(s.effort);
       renderTokenUsage({ ctx: s.ctx_usage, cost: s.cost_usage });
-      // Open-threads aren't part of /api/state (kept on the broker
-      // db, fetched via the per-agent socket). Cold-load fetches
-      // it here; turn_end refreshes it via the renderer below.
+      // Open-threads: loose-ends (background, for reconcileAskBinds) and
+      // todos (displayed pill). Cold-load fetches both; turn_end refreshes
+      // them via the renderers below.
       refreshLooseEnds();
-      // Cold-load populate of the running-bash-tasks pill. Tasks complete
-      // asynchronously between turns (independent of turn_end SSE) and
-      // /api/state isn't polled while online, so a dedicated interval (set
-      // up next to the initial refreshState() below) keeps the count live;
-      // this call just fills it immediately on first paint.
-      refreshBashTasks();
+      refreshTodos();
       // Skip the re-render if nothing structurally changed. The most
       // common case is `online` polling itself — without this guard, the
       // operator's <input value> gets clobbered every cycle.
@@ -1402,12 +1376,10 @@ window.marked = marked;
     }
   }
   refreshState();
-  // Keep the running-bash-tasks pill live. Unlike loose-ends (refreshed on
-  // turn_end SSE), bash tasks start + finish asynchronously between turns and
-  // /api/state isn't polled while online — so poll the cheap snapshot endpoint
-  // on a light interval. Fails silently (renders zero) when offline. v1 is
-  // polling; an SSE push for task state could replace this later.
-  setInterval(refreshBashTasks, 4000);
+  // Keep the todos pill live. Todos change asynchronously (matrix syncs,
+  // bash task starts/completions) independent of turn_end SSE, so poll
+  // the snapshot endpoint on a light interval. Fails silently when offline.
+  setInterval(refreshTodos, 4000);
 
   // ─── live event stream ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
   // Scrolling, pill, backfill + SSE plumbing live in hive-fr0nt::TERMINAL_JS
@@ -1766,8 +1738,9 @@ window.marked = marked;
             openTurnsFromHistory = Math.max(0, openTurnsFromHistory - 1);
           } else {
             setBannerActive(false); setState('idle');
-            // Likely answered/asked/scheduled something — refresh.
+            // Likely answered/asked/scheduled something — refresh both.
             refreshLooseEnds();
+            refreshTodos();
           }
           const cls = ev.ok ? 'turn-end-ok' : 'turn-end-fail';
           const row = api.row(cls,
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/index.html b/frontend/packages/agent/src/index.html
index 3e0ce46a..0e1c1d68 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/index.html
@@ -58,17 +58,11 @@
         <span class="header-pill-label">inbox</span>
         <span class="header-pill-count" id="inbox-count">0</span>
       </button>
-      <button type="button" id="loose-ends-pill" class="header-pill header-pill-loose" hidden
-              title="open loose-ends flyout">
-        <span class="header-pill-icon" aria-hidden="true">🪢</span>
-        <span class="header-pill-label">loose ends</span>
-        <span class="header-pill-count" id="loose-ends-count">0</span>
-      </button>
-      <button type="button" id="bash-tasks-pill" class="header-pill header-pill-tasks" hidden
-              title="open running bash-tasks flyout">
-        <span class="header-pill-icon" aria-hidden="true">⚙</span>
-        <span class="header-pill-label">tasks</span>
-        <span class="header-pill-count" id="bash-tasks-count">0</span>
+      <button type="button" id="todos-pill" class="header-pill header-pill-todos" hidden
+              title="open todos flyout">
+        <span class="header-pill-icon" aria-hidden="true">📋</span>
+        <span class="header-pill-label">todos</span>
+        <span class="header-pill-count" id="todos-count">0</span>
       </button>
       <button type="button" id="overflow-btn" class="overflow-btn"
               aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false"
diff --git a/hive-agent/src/web_ui/mod.rs b/hive-agent/src/web_ui/mod.rs
index 2908a212..4f692a42 100644
--- a/hive-agent/src/web_ui/mod.rs
+++ b/hive-agent/src/web_ui/mod.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
         .route("/api/logout", post(auth::post_logout))
         .route("/api/loose-ends", get(stats::api_loose_ends))
         .route("/api/bash-tasks", get(stats::api_bash_tasks))
+        .route("/api/todos", get(stats::api_todos))
         .route("/api/stats", get(stats::api_stats))
         .route("/screen/ws", get(screen::screen_ws))
         .route("/icon", get(screen::serve_icon));
diff --git a/hive-agent/src/web_ui/stats.rs b/hive-agent/src/web_ui/stats.rs
index cc310603..60ccfe7f 100644
--- a/hive-agent/src/web_ui/stats.rs
+++ b/hive-agent/src/web_ui/stats.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Stats + loose-ends + bash-tasks read endpoints.
+//! Stats + loose-ends + bash-tasks + todos read endpoints.
 
 use axum::extract::State;
 use axum::http::StatusCode;
@@ -130,3 +130,45 @@ pub(super) async fn api_bash_tasks() -> Response {
     .unwrap_or_default();
     axum::Json(serde_json::json!({ "tasks": tasks })).into_response()
 }
+
+/// `GET /api/todos` — snapshot of this agent's local todos (loose-ends v2).
+///
+/// Connects to the in-agent harness socket (`HIVE_AGENT_SOCKET`) and calls
+/// `ListTodos`. Returns `{ "todos": [...] }` where each entry is a
+/// `LooseEnd::Todo` (subsystem, key, summary, source, `age_seconds`). Returns
+/// an empty array when the socket is unavailable — best-effort, same
+/// silent-failure contract as `/api/bash-tasks`.
+pub(super) async fn api_todos() -> Response {
+    use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt as _, AsyncWriteExt as _, BufReader};
+    use tokio::net::UnixStream;
+
+    let socket_path = match std::env::var_os("HIVE_AGENT_SOCKET") {
+        Some(p) => std::path::PathBuf::from(p),
+        None => return axum::Json(serde_json::json!({ "todos": [] })).into_response(),
+    };
+    if !socket_path.exists() {
+        return axum::Json(serde_json::json!({ "todos": [] })).into_response();
+    }
+    let todos = tokio::time::timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3), async move {
+        let mut stream = UnixStream::connect(&socket_path).await?;
+        let req = hive_agent_sock::Request::ListTodos { subsystem: None };
+        let mut line = serde_json::to_string(&req)?;
+        line.push('\n');
+        stream.write_all(line.as_bytes()).await?;
+        stream.flush().await?;
+        let mut lines = BufReader::new(stream).lines();
+        let resp_line = lines
+            .next_line()
+            .await?
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("agent socket closed without response"))?;
+        let resp: hive_agent_sock::Response = serde_json::from_str(&resp_line)?;
+        anyhow::Ok(match resp {
+            hive_agent_sock::Response::LooseEnds { loose_ends } => loose_ends,
+            _ => Vec::new(),
+        })
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(anyhow::anyhow!("timeout")))
+    .unwrap_or_default();
+    axum::Json(serde_json::json!({ "todos": todos })).into_response()
+}