diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 57531fd2..8ede80f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "hive-agent-sock",
  "hive-sh4re",
+ "hive-types",
  "libc",
  "rmcp",
  "rusqlite",
diff --git a/docs/tools/bash.md b/docs/tools/bash.md
index 1e802ac1..d0a4b500 100644
--- a/docs/tools/bash.md
+++ b/docs/tools/bash.md
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ delivered the terminal result inline, in which case no todo is created
   the loose-ends list — a memorable label instead of an opaque id. A name
   is **reusable once its previous task has finished**; submitting a
   name whose task is still `pending`/`running` is rejected. Allowed
-  characters: ASCII letters, digits, `.`, `_`, `-` (max 64). Omit for
-  the auto-generated id.
+  characters: `[a-z0-9-]` (a valid identifier — lowercase, digits,
+  hyphen; max 63). Omit for the auto-generated id.
 
 Exposed as `mcp__bash__run`.
 
diff --git a/hive-bash-mcp/Cargo.toml b/hive-bash-mcp/Cargo.toml
index 06269257..e1f2a766 100644
--- a/hive-bash-mcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-bash-mcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
 hive-agent-sock.workspace = true
 hive-sh4re.workspace = true
+hive-types.workspace = true
 libc.workspace = true
 rmcp.workspace = true
 rusqlite.workspace = true
diff --git a/hive-bash-mcp/src/bin/mcp.rs b/hive-bash-mcp/src/bin/mcp.rs
index 9c365a0a..0bab814e 100644
--- a/hive-bash-mcp/src/bin/mcp.rs
+++ b/hive-bash-mcp/src/bin/mcp.rs
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ struct BashRunArgs {
     /// in `status` lookups and your loose-ends list — handy for recognising
     /// a task later instead of an opaque hex id. A name can be reused once
     /// its previous task has finished; reusing a name whose task is still
-    /// running is rejected. Allowed chars: ASCII letters, digits, `.`,
-    /// `_`, `-` (max 64). Omit to get the auto-generated id.
+    /// running is rejected. Allowed chars: `[a-z0-9-]` (a valid
+    /// identifier — lowercase, digits, hyphen; max 63). Omit to get the
+    /// auto-generated id.
     #[serde(default)]
     name: Option<String>,
 }
diff --git a/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs b/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
index e17319fc..ef401ac6 100644
--- a/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
+++ b/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
@@ -247,31 +247,16 @@ async fn clear_bash_todo(socket: &Path, id: &str) {
 // Public API used by daemon dispatch
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/// Longest accepted caller-chosen task name.
-const MAX_TASK_NAME_LEN: usize = 64;
-
 /// Validate a caller-chosen task name. The name doubles as the task id
-/// and therefore as the `<name>.json` filename, so it must be a single
-/// safe path segment. Allows ASCII alphanumerics plus `.`, `_`, `-`;
-/// rejects empties, over-long names, `.`/`..`, and anything that could
-/// escape the tasks dir or collide with the `.json.tmp` scratch suffix.
+/// and therefore as the `<name>.json` filename, so it must be a valid
+/// [`hive_types::Ident`] — a single safe path segment of `[a-z0-9-]`,
+/// non-empty and ≤63 bytes. Delegating to `Ident` also rejects `.`/`..`
+/// traversal and the `.json.tmp` scratch suffix (both contain `.`), and
+/// makes the derived `bash-task-<name>` wake sender a valid identifier.
 fn validate_task_name(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    if name.is_empty() {
-        bail!("task name must not be empty");
-    }
-    if name.len() > MAX_TASK_NAME_LEN {
-        bail!("task name too long (max {MAX_TASK_NAME_LEN} chars)");
-    }
-    if name == "." || name == ".." {
-        bail!("task name {name:?} is reserved");
-    }
-    if !name
-        .chars()
-        .all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || matches!(c, '.' | '_' | '-'))
-    {
-        bail!("task name {name:?} may only contain ASCII letters, digits, '.', '_', '-'");
-    }
-    Ok(())
+    hive_types::Ident::parse(name)
+        .map(|_| ())
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("invalid task name {name:?}: {e}"))
 }
 
 /// Submit a new pending task. Returns the task ID.
@@ -834,18 +819,20 @@ fn done_summary(id: &str, summary: &str, output: Option<(bool, bool)>) -> String
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{MAX_TASK_NAME_LEN, validate_task_name};
+    use super::validate_task_name;
+    use hive_types::Ident;
 
     #[test]
-    fn accepts_reasonable_names() {
-        for ok in ["build", "ci-check", "nix_flake.check", "t1", "A.B-C_9"] {
+    fn accepts_ident_names() {
+        for ok in ["build", "ci-check", "t1", "task-123", "abc"] {
             assert!(validate_task_name(ok).is_ok(), "{ok} should be valid");
         }
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn rejects_unsafe_names() {
-        // Empty, traversal, separators, control/space, and over-long.
+    fn rejects_non_ident_names() {
+        // Empty, traversal, separators, control/space, and — now that names
+        // must be a valid `Ident` ([a-z0-9-]) — uppercase, `.`, and `_` too.
         for bad in [
             "",
             ".",
@@ -855,15 +842,18 @@ mod tests {
             "has space",
             "tab\tname",
             "slash\\back",
+            "Uppercase",
+            "under_score",
+            "dot.name",
         ] {
             assert!(
                 validate_task_name(bad).is_err(),
                 "{bad:?} should be rejected"
             );
         }
-        assert!(validate_task_name(&"x".repeat(MAX_TASK_NAME_LEN + 1)).is_err());
+        assert!(validate_task_name(&"x".repeat(Ident::MAX_LEN + 1)).is_err());
         // Exactly at the cap is allowed.
-        assert!(validate_task_name(&"x".repeat(MAX_TASK_NAME_LEN)).is_ok());
+        assert!(validate_task_name(&"x".repeat(Ident::MAX_LEN)).is_ok());
     }
 
     // Wake suppression is a single process-wide registry (see