diff --git a/9p b/9p
index fdcf048..818ccf2 160000
--- a/9p
+++ b/9p
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fdcf048a705e6c7ad5b71b0799903502e5470177
+Subproject commit 818ccf2632ca9d71c4ffd5cc31ac477c0187d5ab
diff --git a/core b/core
index aa32d17..bebe301 160000
--- a/core
+++ b/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit aa32d17e818f89361c8fd6bf61ced66dee09b42f
+Subproject commit bebe3014fc3fbb99ee34e22f711b82b7bd1edb54
diff --git a/doc/IDEAS.md b/doc/IDEAS.md
index 48fa78d..e89cbf9 100644
--- a/doc/IDEAS.md
+++ b/doc/IDEAS.md
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ cd ~/mnt/ollie
 # Count existing sessions so we can identify the newly created ones by offset.
 n=$(ls s/ | wc -l)
 
-echo "new agent=developer workdir=$workdir" > ctl
-echo "new agent=reviewer  workdir=$workdir" > ctl
-echo "new agent=tester    workdir=$workdir" > ctl
+echo "new agent=developer cwd=$workdir" > ctl
+echo "new agent=reviewer  cwd=$workdir" > ctl
+echo "new agent=tester    cwd=$workdir" > ctl
 
 dev=$(ls s/ | sort | sed -n "$((n+1))p")
 rev=$(ls s/ | sort | sed -n "$((n+2))p")
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def session_ids():
 def spawn_session(agent="default", workdir=""):
     with _spawn_lock:
         before = session_ids()
-        (BASE / "ctl").write_text(f"new agent={agent} workdir={workdir}\n")
+        (BASE / "ctl").write_text(f"new agent={agent} cwd={workdir}\n")
         while True:
             new = session_ids() - before
             if new:
diff --git a/doc/help.md b/doc/help.md
index f37542c..6aec180 100644
--- a/doc/help.md
+++ b/doc/help.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ An AI agent exposed as a filesystem. Mount it, then use shell tools.
 
 ```sh
 olliesrv start                                       # start the 9P server
-echo "workdir=$PWD" > ~/mnt/ollie/s/new              # create a session
+echo "cwd=$PWD" > ~/mnt/ollie/s/new              # create a session
 ls ~/mnt/ollie/s/                                    # find the session ID
 echo "hello" > ~/mnt/ollie/s/<id>/prompt             # send a prompt
 cat ~/mnt/ollie/s/<id>/chat                          # read the conversation
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ollie/
   p/              prompt templates (r/w)     ls, cat, edit
   pl/             plans (r/w)                ls, cat, edit
   s/              sessions                   ls
-    new           create session (w)         echo "workdir=/path" >
+    new           create session (w)         echo "cwd=/path" >
     <id>/         session directory           rm -r to kill; mv to rename
       agent       active agent (r/w)
       backend     active backend (r/w)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ollie/
       reply       last reply (ro)
       state       agent state (ro)           idle | thinking | calling: <tool>
       usage       token counts (ro)
-      workdir     working directory (r/w)
+      cwd         working directory (r/w)
   sk/             skills (r/w)               ls, cat, edit
   t/              tool scripts (r/w)         ls, cat, edit, chmod
 ```
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ollie/
 ## Session management
 
 ```sh
-echo "workdir=/path backend=ollama model=qwen3:8b" > ~/mnt/ollie/s/new
+echo "cwd=/path backend=ollama model=qwen3:8b" > ~/mnt/ollie/s/new
 mv ~/mnt/ollie/s/<id> ~/mnt/ollie/s/my-name         # rename
 rm -r ~/mnt/ollie/s/<id>                             # kill
 echo stop > ~/mnt/ollie/s/<id>/ctl                   # interrupt current turn
diff --git a/toys/ollie.sh b/toys/ollie.sh
index d51a4cb..dbe38a6 100755
--- a/toys/ollie.sh
+++ b/toys/ollie.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ drain() {
 
 # Parse flags
 new=0; resume=0; id_flag=
-backend=; model=; agent=; workdir=
+backend=; model=; agent=; cwd=
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case $1 in
         -new)      new=1 ;;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         -backend)  backend=$2; shift ;;
         -model)    model=$2; shift ;;
         -agent)    agent=$2; shift ;;
-        -workdir)  workdir=$2; shift ;;
+        -cwd)      cwd=$2; shift ;;
         *) die "unknown flag: $1" ;;
     esac
     shift
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ new_cmd() {
     [ -n "$backend" ] && cmd="$cmd backend=$backend"
     [ -n "$model"   ] && cmd="$cmd model=$model"
     [ -n "$agent"   ] && cmd="$cmd agent=$agent"
-    cmd="$cmd workdir=${workdir:-$(pwd)}"
+    cmd="$cmd cwd=${cwd:-$(pwd)}"
     printf '%s\n' "$cmd"
 }
 
diff --git a/tui b/tui
index 7d19d42..e4d9abb 160000
--- a/tui
+++ b/tui
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7d19d4238079a90ac3323079a8fbde2d65fc6a54
+Subproject commit e4d9abbadb0907e6bb63d71ac4d85fd315289709