diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/commit/agentic/agent.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/commit/agentic/agent.ts
index 8ae14e79c..baad0cbe0 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/commit/agentic/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/commit/agentic/agent.ts
@@ -79,12 +79,14 @@ export async function runCommitAgentSession(input: CommitAgentInput): Promise<Co
 	let thinkingLineActive = false;
 	const toolArgsById = new Map<string, { name: string; args?: Record<string, unknown> }>();
 	const writeThinkingLine = (text: string) => {
+		if (!process.stdout.isTTY) return;
 		const line = chalk.dim(`… ${text}`);
 		process.stdout.write(`\r\x1b[2K${line}`);
 		thinkingLineActive = true;
 	};
 	const clearThinkingLine = () => {
 		if (!thinkingLineActive) return;
+		if (!process.stdout.isTTY) return;
 		process.stdout.write("\r\x1b[2K");
 		thinkingLineActive = false;
 	};
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/config/model-resolver.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/config/model-resolver.ts
index 0fd27c431..31602a645 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/config/model-resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/config/model-resolver.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 	modelsAreEqual,
 } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai";
 import { fuzzyMatch } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-tui";
-import chalk from "chalk";
+import { logger } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-utils";
 import MODEL_PRIO from "../priority.json" with { type: "json" };
 import { parseThinkingLevel, resolveThinkingLevelForModel } from "../thinking";
 import { isAuthenticated, kNoAuth, MODEL_ROLE_IDS, type ModelRegistry, type ModelRole } from "./model-registry";
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/title-generator.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/title-generator.ts
index c87ad7a61..d0fe8a729 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/title-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/utils/title-generator.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export function formatSessionTerminalTitle(sessionName: string | undefined, cwd?
  * Set the terminal title using OSC 0 (sets both tab and window title). Unsupported terminals ignore it.
  */
 export function setTerminalTitle(title: string): void {
+	if (!process.stdout.isTTY) return;
 	process.stdout.write(`\x1b]0;${sanitizeTerminalTitlePart(title) ?? DEFAULT_TERMINAL_TITLE}\x07`);
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ export function setSessionTerminalTitle(sessionName: string | undefined, cwd?: s
  * Save the current terminal title on terminals that support xterm window ops.
  */
 export function pushTerminalTitle(): void {
+	if (!process.stdout.isTTY) return;
 	process.stdout.write("\x1b[22;2t");
 }
 
@@ -184,5 +186,6 @@ export function pushTerminalTitle(): void {
  * Restore the previously saved terminal title on terminals that support xterm window ops.
  */
 export function popTerminalTitle(): void {
+	if (!process.stdout.isTTY) return;
 	process.stdout.write("\x1b[23;2t");
 }
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/terminal.ts b/packages/tui/src/terminal.ts
index 4bfcf18fc..89ab351ec 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/terminal.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/terminal.ts
@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ export class ProcessTerminal implements Terminal {
 
 	#safeWrite(data: string): void {
 		if (this.#dead) return;
+		// Skip control sequences when stdout isn't a TTY (piped output, tests, log
+		// files). They serve no purpose there and would surface as visible noise.
+		if (!process.stdout.isTTY) return;
 		try {
 			process.stdout.write(data);
 		} catch (err) {