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feat(app): replace icon mark with terrain-gradient prompt peak - #63

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What

Replace the organic flowing-path icon mark with a >_ prompt chevron using a teal→amber terrain gradient.

Why

The old path mark had an unfortunately suggestive silhouette — the width envelope created a bulb→pinch→bulb→taper shape. The new mark is:

  • Unambiguous — a >_ terminal prompt, no organic shapes
  • Brand-connected — the teal→amber gradient is derived from the Umber identity map imagery (the terrain/topographic palette)
  • Readable at all sizes — the mitred chevron + underscore survive to 16px (Dock/menu bar)

Changes

  • make-icon.py: default variant "path""prompt", added TERRAIN gradient ramp, terrain-aware bloom tint
  • icon-1024.png: regenerated with the new default

All existing variants (path, caret, cursorline, inverse_*) still render unchanged via --variant.

The organic flowing-path mark had an unfortunately suggestive silhouette
(bulb→pinch→bulb→taper).  Replace it with the >_ prompt chevron using a
teal→amber terrain gradient derived from the Umber identity map imagery.

The diagonal gradient flows teal onto the > (left/top) and amber onto
the _ (right/bottom), matching the natural read direction and tying the
icon to the app's terrain-inspired visual identity.

Changes:
- VARIANT_DEFAULT: "path" → "prompt"
- Add TERRAIN ramp [(0x24,0x95,0xBC) → (0xF9,0xC8,0x5A)]
- Bloom tint: warm amber (0xC8,0x96,0x3C) for terrain variants
- Regenerate icon-1024.png

All existing variants (path, caret, cursorline, inverse_*) still render
unchanged — the terrain ramp applies only to prompt variants.
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