diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15c5fe63..123ddb4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.0.11-beta.3 — 2026-06-08
+## 0.0.11-beta.3 — 2026-06-09
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Swap the Vitest DOM environment from `happy-dom` to `jsdom` (`vitest.config.mts`, `package.json`, 15 `docs/*/testing.mdx`). happy-dom is single-maintainer and had a 2024 critical CVE; jsdom has 6 maintainers, ~7× the weekly downloads, and a perfect Snyk maintenance score. Test suite (1691 tests across 82 files) stays green on jsdom (#419).
 
 ### Features
+- Make the dashboard chrome scale to fill ultrawide monitors. `.report` in `app/globals.css` swaps the fixed `max-width: 1380px; padding: 0 40px` for `max-width: clamp(720px, 96vw, 1840px); padding: 0 clamp(20px, 3vw, 56px)` — on a 2400px viewport the content shell now occupies ~1840px (~530px of empty side margin → ~280px) without letting tabular line measure get unreadably long on 4K. The audit-page override in `app/audit/audit-styles.css` matches, narrower: `clamp(720px, 92vw, 1480px)` so the archetype hero stays composed. `.archetype-frame` itself gets a `max-width: 1320px` cap with `margin: 0 auto` so the giant Bitcount headline + pink-shadowed border don't stretch past their compositional break-point on huge screens. Prose blocks (`.arch-desc`, `.arch-tagline` at 580px max-width) and side gutters keep readability tight at every step of the clamp.
+- Subtle polish pass across all 5 pages — same brutalist pixel-craft aesthetic, more carefully made. `app/globals.css` gets a global `::selection` pink wash, an opt-in `:focus-visible` ring system that fires keyboard-only on every interactive element (`a`, `button`, `input`, `.btn`, `.tab`, `.btn-press`), and the existing `.btn` / `.btn-press` / `.tab` / `.panel` transitions are repointed at the `cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)` curve already used by `.audit-bar-fill` (away from `transition: all 120ms ease`, which was animating layout properties unintentionally). New: a `.btn:active` press-down, a `.btn-press:active` collapse, a `.tab::after` underline that emerges from center on hover for inactive tabs, and an opt-in `.panel.is-interactive` hover that grows the pink corner brackets from 10px → 16px. `app/projects/page.tsx` gains a section-mast row with the `━━ projects` glyph + folder counter, swaps "Projects" for the lowercased "your agent footprint." headline, and the empty state now renders a 6×6 pixel-grid "no projects" sigil with a 4px hard-offset pink shadow. `app/projects/loading.tsx` staggers its 8 skeleton rows with the same `audit-row-enter` keyframe used by the audit findings table and adds an `aria-busy` "loading…" pip in the mast. `app/project/[name]/page.tsx` migrates from the old shadcn-style `container mx-auto bg-card rounded-lg` chrome to the unified `.report` + `.section` + `.panel` shell — `<ArrowLeft />` becomes a `.btn` with the same `━━` glyph, the path / modified pair is a tight green-eyebrow `<dl>` grid, and the sessions block gets its own section-label mast. `components/navbar.tsx` tightens the slipping-through badge aria (pluralised, `role="status"`, native title tooltip). All new motion respects `prefers-reduced-motion: reduce` — `globals.css` and `audit-styles.css` each got a guard that stills the new tab underline, panel corner growth, button micro-motion, the audit terminal cursor blink, spinner step, marquee shine, and identity dot pulse for vestibular-sensitive users.
+
 - Drop the standalone pixel icon from the top navbar (`components/navbar.tsx`) — the brand cluster is now wordmark-only. Logo resolution is also reworked: a new `useBrandLogo` hook attempts a runtime `fetch` of the remote brand URL on mount, blob-wraps the response into an object URL on success, and falls back to the bundled `/logo.svg` (served from `public/`, mirrored at `assets/logos/company/logo.svg`) on any error/non-OK status. The local fallback is also rendered as the initial state so SSR + pre-fetch frames show the brand without a flash.
 - Swap the display font across the app from `Architype Stedelijk` to `Bitcount Prop Single` (the wordmark treatment used on befailproof.ai). Replaces both font binaries — `public/audit/fonts/architype-stedelijk.{woff2,ttf}` and `assets/audit/assets/fonts/architype-stedelijk.{woff2,ttf}` — with the single self-hosted static instance `bitcount-prop-single.woff2` (wght 417 + ELSH 55 baked in, so no `font-variation-settings` plumbing is needed). Both `@font-face` blocks (`app/globals.css`, `assets/audit/styles.css`) and both `--font-display` declarations are updated; the CSS variable name and fallback stack (`"VT323", "JetBrains Mono", monospace`) stay unchanged so every consumer of `var(--font-display)` picks up the new face with no further edits. Stale Architype references in the comment headers of `components/navbar.tsx`, `app/audit/_components/empty-state.tsx`, and `app/audit/_components/show-off-cta.tsx` are renamed to match.
 - Pin the `/audit` report footer to the viewport bottom on the empty / running states. `ReportFooter` (`app/audit/_components/report-footer.tsx`) gains an optional `fixed` prop that adds a `report-footer--fixed` class (`position: fixed; left/right/bottom: 0; padding: 16px 32px; z-index: 10`, defined in `app/audit/audit-styles.css`); `ShellEmpty` in `audit-dashboard.tsx` passes it so the pre-run `EmptyState` and the `RunProgress` view — both short pages where the in-flow footer was floating mid-viewport and scrolling with the page — get a sticky status-bar style footer. The post-run dashboard mount is left unchanged because its long content places the footer at the document end naturally.
diff --git a/app/audit/audit-styles.css b/app/audit/audit-styles.css
index 7041c893..9534734c 100644
--- a/app/audit/audit-styles.css
+++ b/app/audit/audit-styles.css
@@ -192,10 +192,18 @@
 
 /* ───────────────────────── audit page shell ───────────────────────── */
 
+/* the audit page intentionally runs narrower than the global .report — the
+   archetype hero, findings cards, and score-share card are tuned for a
+   ~1400px-max layout where the headline line measure stays "billboard"
+   tight. On a 2400px+ monitor we still want to break out of the 1180px
+   feel that used to leave too much black on both flanks; clamp up to
+   1480px and let `.archetype-frame` cap itself further so the hero doesn't
+   stretch past its compositional break-point. */
 .report {
-  max-width: 1180px;
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: clamp(720px, 92vw, 1480px);
   margin: 0 auto;
-  padding: 0 32px;
+  padding: 0 clamp(20px, 3vw, 48px);
 }
 
 .section {
@@ -242,6 +250,11 @@
 
 .archetype-frame {
   position: relative;
+  /* hero composition was tuned for ~1180px max — let it grow a little but
+     don't let the giant Bitcount name turn into a billboard on 4K */
+  max-width: 1320px;
+  margin-left: auto;
+  margin-right: auto;
   border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
   background:
     repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(228,88,125,0.025) 0 1px, transparent 1px 16px),
@@ -295,6 +308,9 @@
   0%, 100% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
   50% { opacity: 0.4; transform: scale(0.85); }
 }
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .arch-target .dot-live { animation: none; }
+}
 .arch-counter {
   font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 11px;
   letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--dim);
@@ -1724,3 +1740,17 @@
   .strength-metric { grid-column: 2; text-align: left; margin-top: 6px; }
   .return-hook { padding: 28px 24px; }
 }
+
+/* reduced-motion: silence the ambient terminal motion (blinking cursor,
+   spinner, marquee shine, status pulse) so vestibular-sensitive users get a
+   still UI. Functional progress (.running-bar-fill width) still updates;
+   only the decorative loops are stopped. */
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .running-cursor,
+  .running-stage-spin,
+  .running-bar-fill::after,
+  .auth-status-pill .dot {
+    animation: none;
+  }
+  .running-bar-fill { transition: none; }
+}
diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index ba5b9139..feced63a 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -155,6 +155,35 @@ select { color-scheme: dark; }
 select option { background-color: var(--bg-2); color: var(--ink); }
 input[type="date"] { color-scheme: dark; }
 
+/* selection — pink wash ties prose snippets and code-like fragments to the
+   accent without redesigning anything; used app-wide. */
+::selection {
+  background: var(--accent-pink-bg);
+  color: var(--accent-light);
+}
+::-moz-selection {
+  background: var(--accent-pink-bg);
+  color: var(--accent-light);
+}
+
+/* focus-visible — keyboard users get a clear pink ring on every interactive
+   element. Pointer users see nothing different (`:focus-visible` only fires
+   on keyboard-driven focus). Bracketed outline + outline-offset matches the
+   pixel-craft chrome (no rounded glow). */
+:where(a, button, [role="button"], input, textarea, select, summary, [tabindex]):focus-visible {
+  outline: 1px solid var(--accent-pink);
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+.btn:focus-visible,
+.tab:focus-visible {
+  outline: 1px solid var(--accent-pink);
+  outline-offset: 3px;
+}
+.btn-press:focus-visible {
+  outline: 1px solid var(--accent-pink);
+  outline-offset: 4px;
+}
+
 @theme inline {
   --color-background: var(--background);
   --color-foreground: var(--foreground);
@@ -250,16 +279,32 @@ input[type="date"] { color-scheme: dark; }
   padding: 7px 12px;
   font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.04em;
   border: 1px solid var(--line-2); background: transparent; color: var(--ink);
-  transition: all 120ms ease; white-space: nowrap;
+  /* limit transitioned props so width/height/font don't animate, and use the
+     same cubic-bezier curve as .audit-bar-fill for a coherent motion feel */
+  transition:
+    color 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    background-color 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    border-color 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    box-shadow 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    transform 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 .btn:hover { border-color: var(--ink); background: rgba(255,255,255,0.03); }
+.btn:active { transform: translateY(1px); }
+.btn[aria-disabled="true"], .btn:disabled { opacity: 0.5; cursor: not-allowed; }
+.btn[aria-disabled="true"]:hover, .btn:disabled:hover { border-color: var(--line-2); background: transparent; }
 .btn-primary { border-color: var(--accent-pink); color: var(--accent-pink); }
 .btn-primary:hover { background: var(--accent-pink); color: var(--bg); }
 .btn-press {
   box-shadow: 4px 4px 0 0 var(--accent-pink-shadow);
-  transition: box-shadow 120ms, transform 120ms;
+  transition:
+    box-shadow 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    transform 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    background-color 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    color 140ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
 }
 .btn-press:hover { box-shadow: 2px 2px 0 0 var(--accent-pink-shadow); transform: translate(2px, 2px); }
+.btn-press:active { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 var(--accent-pink-shadow); transform: translate(4px, 4px); }
 
 /* primary tab strip — used by both the audit page and the policies/projects nav rows */
 .tabs {
@@ -269,26 +314,49 @@ input[type="date"] { color-scheme: dark; }
 }
 .tabs::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
 .tab {
+  position: relative;
   display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
   padding: 12px 16px;
   font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.04em;
   color: var(--ink-2);
   border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin-bottom: -1px;
-  transition: color 120ms, border-color 120ms; white-space: nowrap;
+  transition:
+    color 160ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    border-color 160ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
+  white-space: nowrap;
   background: transparent;
 }
 .tab:hover { color: var(--ink); }
+/* faint underline preview on hover — emerges from center on inactive tabs;
+   active state keeps the existing sharp full-width pink line. */
+.tab::after {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 16px; right: 16px; bottom: -1px;
+  height: 1px;
+  background: var(--accent-pink);
+  transform: scaleX(0);
+  transform-origin: center;
+  opacity: 0.4;
+  transition: transform 220ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
+}
+.tab:hover::after { transform: scaleX(1); }
 .tab.is-active { color: var(--accent-pink); border-bottom-color: var(--accent-pink); }
+.tab.is-active::after { display: none; }
 
 /* ───────────────────────── canonical page chrome ───────────────────────── */
 
+/* the canonical content shell. Scales to fill ultrawide monitors without
+   collapsing on mobile or letting prose lines get unreadable. The cap at
+   1840px keeps the line measure for tabular pages (policies activity,
+   sessions list) comfortably below "scan back to start of next row" length
+   on a 2560px display. Side gutter is clamped 20→56px so the chrome breathes
+   on big screens without crowding small ones. */
 .report {
-  max-width: 1380px;
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: clamp(720px, 96vw, 1840px);
   margin: 0 auto;
-  padding: 0 40px;
-}
-@media (max-width: 720px) {
-  .report { padding: 0 20px; }
+  padding: 0 clamp(20px, 3vw, 56px);
 }
 
 .section {
@@ -347,6 +415,15 @@ input[type="date"] { color-scheme: dark; }
   border: 1px solid var(--line-2);
   background: var(--bg-2);
   padding: 28px;
+  transition:
+    border-color 200ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+    box-shadow 200ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
+}
+.panel::before,
+.panel::after {
+  transition: width 200ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+              height 200ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1),
+              border-color 200ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
 }
 .panel::before {
   content: ""; position: absolute; top: -1px; left: -1px;
@@ -360,6 +437,13 @@ input[type="date"] { color-scheme: dark; }
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--accent-pink);
   border-right: 1px solid var(--accent-pink);
 }
+/* opt-in interactive flavour: hovering grows the corner brackets and softens
+   the panel border. Apply to clickable card-like panels (e.g. project rows). */
+.panel.is-interactive { cursor: pointer; }
+.panel.is-interactive:hover { border-color: var(--line); }
+.panel.is-interactive:hover::before,
+.panel.is-interactive:hover::after { width: 16px; height: 16px; }
+.panel.is-interactive:focus-within { border-color: var(--accent-pink-soft); }
 
 /* ───────────────────────── animations (preserved from previous globals) ───────────────────────── */
 
@@ -407,4 +491,15 @@ input[type="date"] { color-scheme: dark; }
     animation: none;
     opacity: 1;
   }
+  .section-h-dot {
+    animation: none;
+  }
+  .tab::after,
+  .panel,
+  .panel::before,
+  .panel::after,
+  .btn,
+  .btn-press {
+    transition: none;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/project/[name]/page.tsx b/app/project/[name]/page.tsx
index 0a1aa092..918c7fbd 100644
--- a/app/project/[name]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/project/[name]/page.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
 import { existsSync } from "fs";
 import { stat } from "fs/promises";
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { ArrowLeft } from "lucide-react";
 import { formatDate } from "@/lib/format-date";
 import SessionsList from "@/app/components/sessions-list";
 
@@ -115,50 +114,101 @@ export default async function ProjectPage({ params }: ProjectPageProps) {
   const displayPath = claudeExists && claudeProjectPath ? claudeProjectPath : canonicalRoot;
 
   return (
-    <main className="min-h-screen bg-background">
-      <div className="container mx-auto p-8">
-        <Link
-          href="/projects"
-          className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground mb-6 transition-colors"
-        >
-          <ArrowLeft className="w-4 h-4" />
-          <span>Back to Projects</span>
-        </Link>
-
-        <div className="mb-8">
-          <h1 className="text-4xl font-bold text-foreground mb-2 break-words break-all">
-            {canonicalRoot}
-          </h1>
-          <div className="space-y-1">
-            <p className="text-muted-foreground">
-              <span className="font-medium">Path:</span> {displayPath}
-            </p>
-            {lastModifiedFormatted && (
-              <p className="text-muted-foreground">
-                <span className="font-medium">Modified:</span> {lastModifiedFormatted}
-              </p>
-            )}
+    <main className="report">
+      <section className="section" data-screen-label="project">
+        <div className="section-mast">
+          <Link
+            href="/projects"
+            className="btn"
+            style={{ fontSize: 11, letterSpacing: "0.18em", textTransform: "uppercase" }}
+            aria-label="Back to projects"
+          >
+            <span style={{ color: "var(--accent-pink)", letterSpacing: "-2px" }}>━━</span>
+            back to projects
+          </Link>
+          <div className="section-meta">
+            <span className="g">●</span> {sessionFiles.length} session{sessionFiles.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        {/* Sessions Section */}
-        <div className="bg-card text-card-foreground rounded-lg border border-border p-6 shadow-sm">
-          <h2 className="text-2xl font-semibold mb-4">Sessions</h2>
+        <h1
+          className="section-h"
+          style={{ textTransform: "none", marginBottom: 18, wordBreak: "break-word" }}
+        >
+          {canonicalRoot}
+        </h1>
 
-          {sessionFiles.length === 0 ? (
-            <div className="text-center py-8">
-              <p className="text-muted-foreground mb-2">
-                No .jsonl files found in this project.
-              </p>
-              <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-                Session files will appear here once they are created.
-              </p>
-            </div>
-          ) : (
-            <Suspense><SessionsList files={sessionFiles} projectName={name} /></Suspense>
+        <dl
+          style={{
+            display: "grid",
+            gridTemplateColumns: "auto 1fr",
+            gap: "8px 18px",
+            margin: "0 0 36px",
+            fontFamily: "var(--font-mono)",
+            fontSize: 12,
+            color: "var(--ink-2)",
+          }}
+        >
+          <dt
+            style={{
+              color: "var(--accent-green)",
+              letterSpacing: "0.2em",
+              textTransform: "uppercase",
+              fontSize: 10,
+              alignSelf: "center",
+            }}
+          >
+            path
+          </dt>
+          <dd style={{ margin: 0, wordBreak: "break-all" }}>{displayPath}</dd>
+          {lastModifiedFormatted && (
+            <>
+              <dt
+                style={{
+                  color: "var(--accent-green)",
+                  letterSpacing: "0.2em",
+                  textTransform: "uppercase",
+                  fontSize: 10,
+                  alignSelf: "center",
+                }}
+              >
+                modified
+              </dt>
+              <dd style={{ margin: 0 }}>{lastModifiedFormatted}</dd>
+            </>
           )}
+        </dl>
+
+        <div className="section-mast" style={{ marginBottom: 18 }}>
+          <div className="section-label">
+            <span className="glyph">━━</span> sessions
+          </div>
         </div>
-      </div>
+
+        {sessionFiles.length === 0 ? (
+          <div
+            className="panel"
+            style={{ textAlign: "center", padding: "48px 32px" }}
+          >
+            <p style={{ color: "var(--ink-2)", marginBottom: 8 }}>
+              no .jsonl files found in this project.
+            </p>
+            <p
+              style={{
+                color: "var(--dim)",
+                fontSize: 12,
+                letterSpacing: "0.05em",
+              }}
+            >
+              session files will appear here once they are created.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="panel" style={{ padding: 0 }}>
+            <Suspense><SessionsList files={sessionFiles} projectName={name} /></Suspense>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </section>
     </main>
   );
 }
diff --git a/app/projects/loading.tsx b/app/projects/loading.tsx
index a8804495..4fea943b 100644
--- a/app/projects/loading.tsx
+++ b/app/projects/loading.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
 /** Skeleton loading UI for the projects page — audit-styled to match
- *  the dashed `.panel` chrome of the loaded state. */
+ *  the dashed `.panel` chrome of the loaded state. Staggered fade-in on the
+ *  rows gives the skeleton its own rhythm rather than every bar blinking in
+ *  lockstep. */
 export default function ProjectsLoading() {
   return (
     <main className="report">
       <section className="section" data-screen-label="projects">
+        <div className="section-mast">
+          <div className="section-label">
+            <span className="glyph">━━</span> projects
+          </div>
+          <div
+            className="section-meta"
+            aria-live="polite"
+            aria-busy="true"
+          >
+            <span className="p">●</span> loading…
+          </div>
+        </div>
         <h2 className="section-h" style={{ textTransform: "none" }}>
-          Projects
-          <span className="section-h-dot" aria-hidden />
+          your agent footprint.
         </h2>
         <div className="panel" style={{ padding: 24 }}>
           <div className="bg-muted h-6 w-40 mb-5 animate-pulse" />
           <div className="space-y-2">
             {Array.from({ length: 8 }).map((_, i) => (
-              <div key={i} className="bg-muted/50 h-10 animate-pulse" />
+              <div
+                key={i}
+                className="bg-muted/50 h-10 audit-row-enter"
+                style={{ ["--row-delay" as string]: `${i * 60}ms` }}
+              />
             ))}
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/app/projects/page.tsx b/app/projects/page.tsx
index 4e547ff2..ed46ea48 100644
--- a/app/projects/page.tsx
+++ b/app/projects/page.tsx
@@ -26,18 +26,53 @@ export default async function ProjectsPage() {
   return (
     <main className="report">
       <section className="section" data-screen-label="projects">
+        <div className="section-mast">
+          <div className="section-label">
+            <span className="glyph">━━</span> projects
+          </div>
+          <div className="section-meta">
+            <span className={count > 0 ? "g" : "p"}>●</span>{" "}
+            {count} {count === 1 ? "folder" : "folders"}
+          </div>
+        </div>
         <h2 className="section-h" style={{ textTransform: "none" }}>
-          Projects
-          {/* <span className="section-h-dot" aria-hidden /> */}
+          your agent footprint.
         </h2>
 
         {count === 0 ? (
           <div
             className="panel"
-            style={{ textAlign: "center", padding: "48px 32px" }}
+            style={{ textAlign: "center", padding: "56px 32px" }}
           >
+            <div aria-hidden="true" style={{ marginBottom: 20 }}>
+              <div
+                style={{
+                  display: "inline-grid",
+                  gridTemplateColumns: "repeat(6, 10px)",
+                  gridTemplateRows: "repeat(6, 10px)",
+                  gap: 2,
+                  padding: 12,
+                  border: "1px solid var(--line-2)",
+                  background: "var(--bg)",
+                  boxShadow: "4px 4px 0 0 var(--accent-pink-shadow)",
+                }}
+              >
+                {Array.from({ length: 36 }).map((_, i) => {
+                  // a sparse "empty box" glyph
+                  const on = [0, 5, 30, 35, 7, 10, 25, 28].includes(i);
+                  return (
+                    <span
+                      key={i}
+                      style={{
+                        background: on ? "var(--dim)" : "transparent",
+                      }}
+                    />
+                  );
+                })}
+              </div>
+            </div>
             <p style={{ color: "var(--ink-2)", marginBottom: 8 }}>
-              no projects found in the .claude/projects directory.
+              no projects found in the <code style={{ color: "var(--accent-pink)" }}>.claude/projects</code> directory.
             </p>
             <p
               style={{
@@ -46,7 +81,7 @@ export default async function ProjectsPage() {
                 letterSpacing: "0.05em",
               }}
             >
-              make sure the directory exists and contains project folders.
+              run an agent in any folder and it will show up here.
             </p>
           </div>
         ) : (
diff --git a/components/navbar.tsx b/components/navbar.tsx
index 3d406af6..51332a85 100644
--- a/components/navbar.tsx
+++ b/components/navbar.tsx
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export const Navbar: React.FC<{
               {label}
               {showAuditBadge && (
                 <span
+                  role="status"
                   style={{
                     display: "inline-flex",
                     alignItems: "center",
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ export const Navbar: React.FC<{
                     border: "1px solid var(--amber)",
                     marginLeft: 2,
                   }}
-                  aria-label={`${auditSlippingCount} slipping through`}
+                  aria-label={`${auditSlippingCount} action${auditSlippingCount === 1 ? "" : "s"} slipping through your policies`}
+                  title={`${auditSlippingCount} slipping through`}
                 >
                   {auditSlippingCount}
                 </span>