diff --git a/hooks/notify-attention.sh b/hooks/notify-attention.sh
index 4e6cf84..e931e21 100755
--- a/hooks/notify-attention.sh
+++ b/hooks/notify-attention.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Notification + Stop hook — signal the user through the terminal when
-# Claude needs input (permission prompt, question, idle wait) or has
-# finished responding.
+# Claude needs input (permission, question, idle wait) or has finished
+# responding. Each case gets its own readable label so the toast says
+# which one fired.
 #
 # Runs on the remote (Linux); the only channel that crosses SSH into the
 # VS Code client is the terminal stream. Hooks have no controlling TTY,
@@ -12,27 +13,34 @@
 #     volume for Code in the Windows volume mixer (BLK-020).
 #   - OSC 777 notify -> Windows toast via the client-side extension
 #     "Terminal Notification" (wenbopan.vscode-terminal-osc-notifier).
-#     The extension only instruments terminals created AFTER it is
-#     active: install it first, then start or re-attach the session.
+#     A terminal can be deaf to OSC while the bell still rings; test it
+#     before attaching a session to it (LRN-148).
 # Both are invisible no-ops in terminals that ignore them.
 set -u
 
 payload=$(cat 2>/dev/null)
 read_field() {
   printf '%s' "$payload" | jq -r "$1 // empty" 2>/dev/null \
-    | tr -d '\000-\037' | cut -c1-200
+    | tr -d '\000-\037' | cut -c1-160
 }
 
-msg=$(read_field '.message // .notification_type')
-if [ -z "$msg" ]; then
-  case "$(read_field '.hook_event_name')" in
-    Stop) msg="Claude has finished responding" ;;
-    *) msg="Claude Code needs your input" ;;
-  esac
-fi
+event=$(read_field '.notification_type')
+[ -n "$event" ] || event=$(read_field '.hook_event_name')
+
+case "$event" in
+  Stop) label="Finished responding" ;;
+  permission_prompt) label="Needs your permission" ;;
+  agent_needs_input) label="Asks you a question" ;;
+  idle_prompt) label="Waiting for you" ;;
+  elicitation_dialog|elicitation_url_dialog) label="Needs your input" ;;
+  *) label="Needs your attention" ;;
+esac
+
+detail=$(read_field '.message')
+[ -z "$detail" ] || label="${label}: ${detail}"
 
 bell=$(printf '\a')
 esc=$(printf '\033')
-seq="${bell}${bell}${esc}]777;notify;Claude Code;${msg}${esc}\\"
+seq="${bell}${bell}${esc}]777;notify;Claude Code;${label}${esc}\\"
 jq -cn --arg seq "$seq" '{suppressOutput: true, terminalSequence: $seq}'
 exit 0