diff --git a/src/event-bus.ts b/src/event-bus.ts
index b075a66..e43e0db 100644
--- a/src/event-bus.ts
+++ b/src/event-bus.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ export interface BrainStatusEvent {
   current?: number;
   total?: number;
   scanning?: boolean;
+  searching?: boolean;
+  ingesting?: boolean;
   blocked?: boolean;
   busy?: boolean;
-  searching?: boolean;
   version?: string;
   error?: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/four-opencode-brain.ts b/src/four-opencode-brain.ts
index 83cc7e1..9d3ce19 100644
--- a/src/four-opencode-brain.ts
+++ b/src/four-opencode-brain.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ function calculateIngestTimeout(fileCount: number): number {
 }
 
 /** Unified status updates — see src/status.ts */
-import { createToast } from "@four-bytes/opencode-plugin-lib";
 import { updateStatus, initStatus, initVersion } from "./status";
 
 
@@ -64,16 +63,12 @@ const _serverPlugin = async (input: PluginInput) => {
   sessionCache.reset();
   initStatus(client, directory);
   initVersion(VERSION);
-  const toast = createToast(client, "Brain 🧠"); // replaced inline with @four-bytes/opencode-plugin-lib
   log("info", "init", `v${VERSION} loaded`, { pid: process.pid });
   setSilent(true); // suppress all subsequent console output
 
   // Status published via event bus — TUI subscribes to push-based updates
 
 
-  // Signal TUI we're initializing
-  updateStatus("busy", { text: "initializing" });
-
   // Ensure DB + schema on startup
   try {
     const db = initBrainDatabase();
@@ -100,19 +95,20 @@ const _serverPlugin = async (input: PluginInput) => {
     // Fire-and-forget — don't block plugin readiness
     (async () => {
       // Signal TUI we're scanning the directory tree
-      updateStatus("busy", { text: "scanning files" });
+      updateStatus("busy", { text: "scanning files", scanning: true, total: 0 });
 
       // Quick preliminary file count for toast + timeout calculation
       let fileCount = 0;
       try {
         const walked = await resolveFiles(directory, true);
         fileCount = walked.files.length;
+        updateStatus("busy", { text: "scanning files", scanning: true, total: fileCount });
         const timeoutS = (calculateIngestTimeout(fileCount) / 1000).toFixed(0);
         toast( `Indexing ${fileCount} files… (timeout: ${timeoutS}s)`, "info", "Brain 🧠");
-        updateStatus("busy", { text: `ingesting 0/${fileCount}`, progress: 0, current: 0, total: fileCount });
+        updateStatus("busy", { text: `ingesting... 0/${fileCount}`, progress: 0, current: 0, total: fileCount, ingesting: true });
       } catch {
         toast( `Indexing ${project?.name ?? "project"}…`, "info", "Brain 🧠");
-        updateStatus("busy", { text: "ingesting…", progress: 0 });
+        updateStatus("busy", { text: "ingesting...", progress: 0, ingesting: true });
       }
 
       const ingestDb = initBrainDatabase();
@@ -126,7 +122,7 @@ const _serverPlugin = async (input: PluginInput) => {
             progressCallback: ({ current, total }) => {
               const pct = total > 0 ? Math.round((current / total) * 100) : 0;
               // Update status file every tick so TUI spinner stays live
-              updateStatus("busy", { text: `ingesting ${current}/${total} (${pct}%)`, progress: pct, current, total });
+              updateStatus("busy", { text: `ingesting... ${current}/${total}`, progress: pct, current, total, ingesting: true });
             },
           }),
           timeoutMs,
@@ -254,7 +250,7 @@ const _serverPlugin = async (input: PluginInput) => {
             progressCallback: ({ current, total }) => {
               const pct = total > 0 ? Math.round((current / total) * 100) : 0;
               // Update status file every tick so TUI spinner stays live
-              updateStatus("busy", { text: `ingesting ${current}/${total} (${pct}%)`, progress: pct, current, total });
+              updateStatus("busy", { text: `ingesting... ${current}/${total}`, progress: pct, current, total, ingesting: true });
             },
           }),
           timeoutMs,
@@ -299,7 +295,7 @@ const _serverPlugin = async (input: PluginInput) => {
       project: s.string().optional().describe("Project name or hash to scope search"),
     },
     execute: async (args, toolCtx) => {
-      updateStatus("busy", { text: "searching" });
+      updateStatus("busy", { text: "searching...", searching: true });
       const db = initBrainDatabase();
       try {
         const results = await withTimeout(
diff --git a/src/hooks/auto-capture.ts b/src/hooks/auto-capture.ts
index bf4a0e2..b1edf0f 100644
--- a/src/hooks/auto-capture.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/auto-capture.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { log } from "../logger";
 /**
  * TUI toast notification — silently handles all errors.
  */
-import { createToast } from "@four-bytes/opencode-plugin-lib";
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Constants
@@ -346,7 +345,7 @@ export async function onSessionIdle(
     });
 
     if (client && (decisionsSaved + consideredSaved + errorsSaved) > 0) {
-      createToast(client, "Brain 🧠")(`Auto-captured ${summaryText}`, "success");
+      client.tui.showToast({ body: { title: "Brain 🧠", message: `Auto-captured ${summaryText}`, variant: "success", duration: 5000 } });
     }
   } finally {
     if (!db) conn.close();
diff --git a/src/status.ts b/src/status.ts
index fe0385d..1514354 100644
--- a/src/status.ts
+++ b/src/status.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync } from "fs";
-import { createToast } from "@four-bytes/opencode-plugin-lib";
 import type { PluginInput } from "@opencode-ai/plugin";
 import { brainBus, type BrainStatusEvent } from "./event-bus";
 import { getBrainStatusFile } from "./shared";
@@ -17,13 +16,16 @@ export interface StatusOpts {
   progress?: number;
   current?: number;
   total?: number;
+  scanning?: boolean;
+  searching?: boolean;
+  ingesting?: boolean;
 }
 
 /** Merged state — published via event bus on every update */
 let currentStatus: Record<string, unknown> = { phase: "init", version: "" };
 let _version = "";
 
-let toastFn: ReturnType<typeof createToast> | null = null;
+let _client: PluginInput["client"] | null = null;
 let _statusFile = "";
 
 /** Initialize with client for toast support */
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ export function initVersion(v: string): void {
 }
 
 export function initStatus(client: PluginInput["client"], directory: string): void {
-  toastFn = createToast(client, "Brain 🧠");
+  _client = client;
   _statusFile = getBrainStatusFile(directory);
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +70,9 @@ export function updateStatus(state: StatusState, opts?: StatusOpts): void {
         progress: opts?.progress,
         current: opts?.current,
         total: opts?.total,
-        scanning: false,
+        scanning: opts?.scanning ?? false,
+        searching: opts?.searching ?? false,
+        ingesting: opts?.ingesting ?? false,
         blocked: false,
       });
       break;
@@ -79,8 +83,8 @@ export function updateStatus(state: StatusState, opts?: StatusOpts): void {
         statusText: opts?.text ?? "",
         busy: false,
       });
-      if (opts?.toast && toastFn) {
-        toastFn(opts.toast, opts.toastVariant ?? "success");
+      if (opts?.toast && _client) {
+        _client.tui.showToast({ body: { title: "Brain 🧠", message: opts.toast, variant: opts.toastVariant ?? "success", duration: 5000 } });
       }
       break;
 
@@ -90,8 +94,8 @@ export function updateStatus(state: StatusState, opts?: StatusOpts): void {
         statusText: opts?.text ?? "",
         busy: false,
       });
-      if (opts?.toast && toastFn) {
-        toastFn(opts.toast, opts.toastVariant ?? "warning");
+      if (opts?.toast && _client) {
+        _client.tui.showToast({ body: { title: "Brain 🧠", message: opts.toast, variant: opts.toastVariant ?? "warning", duration: 5000 } });
       }
       break;
 
@@ -101,8 +105,8 @@ export function updateStatus(state: StatusState, opts?: StatusOpts): void {
         statusText: opts?.text ?? "error occurred",
         busy: false,
       });
-      if (opts?.toast && toastFn) {
-        toastFn(opts.toast, "error");
+      if (opts?.toast && _client) {
+        _client.tui.showToast({ body: { title: "Brain 🧠", message: opts.toast, variant: "error", duration: 7000 } });
       }
       break;
 
@@ -118,5 +122,5 @@ export function updateStatus(state: StatusState, opts?: StatusOpts): void {
 
 /** Convenience wrapper for direct toast calls without status file updates */
 export function toast(msg: string, variant: "info" | "success" | "warning" | "error" = "info", _title?: string): void {
-  if (toastFn) toastFn(msg, variant);
+  _client?.tui.showToast({ body: { title: "Brain 🧠", message: msg, variant, duration: variant === "error" ? 7000 : 5000 } });
 }
diff --git a/src/tui.tsx b/src/tui.tsx
index a3dc8a1..e30e1cb 100644
--- a/src/tui.tsx
+++ b/src/tui.tsx
@@ -33,28 +33,32 @@ function BrainStatusBar(props: { centered?: boolean; api: TuiPluginApi }) {
         return;
       }
 
-      if (data.phase === "busy") {
+      if (data.phase === "init") {
         setBusy(true);
-        setStatus(data.statusText ?? "working");
+        setStatus(data.statusText ?? "initializing...");
         setFg(pulse % 2 === 0 ? theme().warning : theme().accent);
       } else if (data.scanning) {
         setBusy(true);
-        setStatus("scanning files");
+        setStatus("scanning files... " + (data.total ?? 0));
         setFg(pulse % 2 === 0 ? theme().warning : theme().accent);
-      } else if (data.phase === "init") {
+      } else if (data.ingesting) {
         setBusy(true);
-        setStatus(data.statusText ?? "initializing...");
-        setFg(pulse % 2 === 0 ? theme().warning : theme().accent);
+        setCurrent(data.current ?? 0);
+        setTotal(data.total ?? 0);
+        setPct(data.progress ?? 0);
+        setStatus("ingesting... " + (data.current ?? 0) + "/" + (data.total ?? 0) + " (" + (data.progress ?? 0).toFixed(1) + "%)");
+        setFg(pulse % 2 === 0 ? theme().warning : theme().success);
       } else if (data.phase === "ingest") {
+        // fallback for legacy ingest phase
         setBusy(true);
         setCurrent(data.current ?? 0);
         setTotal(data.total ?? 0);
         setPct(data.progress ?? 0);
-        setStatus("ingesting " + (data.current ?? 0) + "/" + (data.total ?? 0) + " (" + (data.progress ?? 0).toFixed(1) + "%)");
+        setStatus("ingesting... " + (data.current ?? 0) + "/" + (data.total ?? 0) + " (" + (data.progress ?? 0).toFixed(1) + "%)");
         setFg(pulse % 2 === 0 ? theme().warning : theme().success);
       } else if (data.searching) {
         setBusy(true);
-        setStatus("searching");
+        setStatus("searching...");
         setFg(pulse % 2 === 0 ? theme().warning : theme().success);
       } else if (data.blocked) {
         setBusy(false);