diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
index 6570813fa..cca26e6f6 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ import { BUILTIN_SLASH_COMMANDS, loadSlashCommands } from "../extensibility/slas
 import type { Goal, GoalModeState } from "../goals/state";
 import { resolveLocalUrlToPath } from "../internal-urls";
 import { LSP_STARTUP_EVENT_CHANNEL, type LspStartupEvent } from "../lsp/startup-events";
-import { normalizePlanTitle, type PlanApprovalDetails, renameApprovedPlanFile } from "../plan-mode/approved-plan";
+import {
+	humanizePlanTitle,
+	normalizePlanTitle,
+	type PlanApprovalDetails,
+	renameApprovedPlanFile,
+} from "../plan-mode/approved-plan";
 import planModeApprovedPrompt from "../prompts/system/plan-mode-approved.md" with { type: "text" };
 import planModeCompactInstructionsPrompt from "../prompts/system/plan-mode-compact-instructions.md" with {
 	type: "text",
@@ -1440,6 +1445,7 @@ export class InteractiveMode implements InteractiveModeContext {
 		options: {
 			planFilePath: string;
 			finalPlanFilePath: string;
+			title: string;
 			preserveContext?: boolean;
 			compactBeforeExecute?: boolean;
 		},
@@ -1523,6 +1529,20 @@ export class InteractiveMode implements InteractiveModeContext {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		// Approved plans land in a fresh (or compacted) session whose first user-visible
+		// turn is the synthetic plan-approved prompt — that path bypasses the
+		// input-controller's title generation. Seed an auto-name from the plan title
+		// so the session is not left unnamed. `setSessionName("auto")` is a no-op
+		// when the user has already chosen a name (preserveContext paths).
+		const seededName = humanizePlanTitle(options.title);
+		if (seededName && !this.sessionManager.getSessionName()) {
+			const applied = await this.sessionManager.setSessionName(seededName, "auto");
+			if (applied) {
+				setSessionTerminalTitle(this.sessionManager.getSessionName(), this.sessionManager.getCwd());
+				this.updateEditorBorderColor();
+			}
+		}
+
 		// markPlanReferenceSent fires only on the dispatch path so the synthetic
 		// plan-approved prompt is the source of the reference injection.
 		this.session.markPlanReferenceSent();
@@ -1828,6 +1848,7 @@ export class InteractiveMode implements InteractiveModeContext {
 				await this.#approvePlan(latestPlanContent, {
 					planFilePath,
 					finalPlanFilePath,
+					title: details.title,
 					preserveContext: choice !== "Approve and execute",
 					compactBeforeExecute: choice === "Approve and compact context",
 				});
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/plan-mode/approved-plan.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/plan-mode/approved-plan.ts
index 27f1a3a8f..1e0d3388d 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/plan-mode/approved-plan.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/plan-mode/approved-plan.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ export function normalizePlanTitle(title: string): { title: string; fileName: st
 	return { title: normalizedTitle, fileName: withExtension };
 }
 
+/** Humanize a normalized plan title for use as a session display name.
+ *  Replaces `-`/`_` separators with spaces and capitalizes the first letter.
+ *  Returns an empty string when the input collapses to whitespace. */
+export function humanizePlanTitle(title: string): string {
+	const spaced = title.replace(/[-_]+/g, " ").trim();
+	if (!spaced) return "";
+	return spaced.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + spaced.slice(1);
+}
+
 interface RenameApprovedPlanFileOptions {
 	planFilePath: string;
 	finalPlanFilePath: string;
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/plan-mode/approved-plan.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/plan-mode/approved-plan.test.ts
index 16772d7a7..327c02e22 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/plan-mode/approved-plan.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/plan-mode/approved-plan.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import * as fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import * as os from "node:os";
 import * as path from "node:path";
-import { renameApprovedPlanFile } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/plan-mode/approved-plan";
+import { humanizePlanTitle, renameApprovedPlanFile } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/plan-mode/approved-plan";
 
 describe("renameApprovedPlanFile", () => {
 	let tmpDir: string;
@@ -45,3 +45,20 @@ describe("renameApprovedPlanFile", () => {
 		await expect(fs.stat(path.join(artifactsDir, "local", "PLAN.md"))).rejects.toThrow();
 	});
 });
+
+describe("humanizePlanTitle", () => {
+	it("replaces separators with spaces and capitalizes", () => {
+		expect(humanizePlanTitle("migrate-mcp-loader")).toBe("Migrate mcp loader");
+		expect(humanizePlanTitle("fix_session_naming")).toBe("Fix session naming");
+		expect(humanizePlanTitle("RefactorRouter")).toBe("RefactorRouter");
+	});
+
+	it("collapses runs of separators", () => {
+		expect(humanizePlanTitle("foo--bar__baz")).toBe("Foo bar baz");
+	});
+
+	it("returns empty string for blank-ish input", () => {
+		expect(humanizePlanTitle("")).toBe("");
+		expect(humanizePlanTitle("---")).toBe("");
+	});
+});