diff --git a/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.claude/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.claude/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.claude/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.cursor/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.cursor/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.cursor/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.cursor/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.gemini/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.gemini/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.gemini/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.gemini/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.github/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.github/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.github/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.github/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.kiro/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.kiro/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.kiro/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.kiro/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.opencode/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.opencode/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.opencode/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.opencode/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.pi/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.pi/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.pi/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.pi/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.rovodev/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.rovodev/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.rovodev/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.rovodev/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.trae-cn/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.trae-cn/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.trae-cn/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.trae-cn/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/.trae/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/.trae/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/.trae/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/.trae/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/source/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js b/source/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
index 82afa6b61..66a54435a 100644
--- a/source/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/source/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -905,7 +905,12 @@
     pill.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleActionPicker(); });
     row.appendChild(pill);
 
-    // Freeform input
+    // Freeform input. Focus state shows an accent-colored border only —
+    // an earlier version tinted the background with `BP.accentSoft`, which
+    // composited against the dark bar surface to a murky purple where the
+    // browser's default placeholder gray was unreadable. Placeholder color
+    // is set explicitly via a one-shot stylesheet keyed off this input's id
+    // so it picks up the bar's `textDim` token in both themes.
     const input = document.createElement('input');
     input.id = PREFIX + '-input';
     input.type = 'text';
@@ -916,15 +921,20 @@
       border: '1px solid transparent', background: 'transparent',
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '12px', color: BP.text,
       outline: 'none',
-      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease',
+      transition: 'border-color 0.15s ease',
     });
+    if (!document.getElementById(PREFIX + '-input-style')) {
+      const s = document.createElement('style');
+      s.id = PREFIX + '-input-style';
+      s.textContent =
+        '#' + PREFIX + '-input::placeholder { color: ' + BP.textDim + '; opacity: 1; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(s);
+    }
     input.addEventListener('focus', () => {
-      input.style.borderColor = BP.hairline;
-      input.style.background = BP.accentSoft;
+      input.style.borderColor = BP.accent;
     });
     input.addEventListener('blur', () => {
       input.style.borderColor = 'transparent';
-      input.style.background = 'transparent';
     });
     input.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.stopPropagation(); e.preventDefault(); handleGo(); return; }
diff --git a/tests/live-e2e/agent.mjs b/tests/live-e2e/agent.mjs
index c33f012e4..ff00542f7 100644
--- a/tests/live-e2e/agent.mjs
+++ b/tests/live-e2e/agent.mjs
@@ -318,12 +318,17 @@ export async function runAgentLoop({
       log(`generate id=${event.id} action=${event.action} count=${event.count}`);
       try {
         // 1. Wrap the original element in the variant scaffold (deterministic CLI)
+        // wrapTarget can be a static {classes, tag, elementId} (test fixtures
+        // know what they pick) or a function (event) => target (real-use
+        // sessions: the agent must derive the selector from the picked
+        // element on the fly).
+        const target = typeof wrapTarget === 'function' ? wrapTarget(event) : wrapTarget;
         const wrapInfo = await runWrap({
           tmp,
           scriptsDir,
           id: event.id,
           count: event.count,
-          ...wrapTarget,
+          ...target,
         });
         log(`wrapped: ${wrapInfo.file} insertLine=${wrapInfo.insertLine}`);
 
diff --git a/tools/live-loop.mjs b/tools/live-loop.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ca4419fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/live-loop.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ * Attach an LLM-backed agent loop to a live-server that is already running
+ * in the current working directory. Reads port + token from the PID file
+ * (.impeccable-live.json) that live-server.mjs --background writes on boot.
+ *
+ * Usage (from the project root):
+ *   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... node tools/live-loop.mjs
+ *
+ * Optional:
+ *   IMPECCABLE_E2E_LLM_MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-6  (default: claude-haiku-4-5)
+ *
+ * Stop with Ctrl-C; the live-server keeps running until you call
+ * `node source/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-server.mjs stop`.
+ */
+
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+import { runAgentLoop } from '../tests/live-e2e/agent.mjs';
+import { createLlmAgent } from '../tests/live-e2e/agents/llm-agent.mjs';
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const REPO_ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+const SCRIPTS_DIR = path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'source', 'skills', 'impeccable', 'scripts');
+const PID_FILE = path.join(REPO_ROOT, '.impeccable-live.json');
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(PID_FILE)) {
+  console.error(
+    `No live-server PID file at ${PID_FILE}. Start one first:\n` +
+      `  node source/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-server.mjs --background\n` +
+      `  node source/skills/impeccable/scripts/live-inject.mjs --port <PORT>`,
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const { port, token } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(PID_FILE, 'utf-8'));
+console.log(`Attaching agent loop to live-server on :${port}`);
+
+const agent = await createLlmAgent({
+  model: process.env.IMPECCABLE_E2E_LLM_MODEL,
+  log: (m) => console.log('[llm] ' + m),
+});
+if (!agent) {
+  console.error('ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is not set. Set it and re-run.');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const controller = new AbortController();
+
+process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+  console.log('\nStopping agent loop (live-server stays running).');
+  controller.abort();
+  setTimeout(() => process.exit(0), 200);
+});
+process.on('SIGTERM', () => controller.abort());
+
+console.log(
+  `Agent ready (model=${process.env.IMPECCABLE_E2E_LLM_MODEL || 'claude-haiku-4-5'}).\n` +
+    `Pick an element in the browser and hit Go. Ctrl-C to stop.`,
+);
+
+await runAgentLoop({
+  tmp: REPO_ROOT,
+  scriptsDir: SCRIPTS_DIR,
+  port,
+  token,
+  agent,
+  signal: controller.signal,
+  log: (m) => console.log('[agent] ' + m),
+  // Per-event wrap target derived from the picked element's payload.
+  // Preference: id > first class > tag-only.
+  wrapTarget: (event) => {
+    const el = event.element || {};
+    const out = {};
+    if (el.id) out.elementId = el.id;
+    else if (Array.isArray(el.classes) && el.classes.length > 0) {
+      // live-wrap matches when ALL listed classes are present on the source
+      // node, so include only the first to maximize match likelihood.
+      out.classes = el.classes[0];
+    }
+    if (el.tagName) out.tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
+    return out;
+  },
+});