diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/__tests__/runtime-host-bot-session-adapter.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/__tests__/runtime-host-bot-session-adapter.test.ts
index e9fd46f15a..780eaae806 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/__tests__/runtime-host-bot-session-adapter.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/__tests__/runtime-host-bot-session-adapter.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { runtimeHostSessionFixture } from './runtime-host-session-test-fixture.j
 
 type BotClient = RuntimeHostBotSessionAdapterDeps['client'];
 
-test('creates an explore Session through the Host-owned default model route', async () => {
+test('creates a bot-mode Session through the Host-owned default model route', async () => {
   const creates: unknown[] = [];
   const changes: unknown[] = [];
   const client = botClient({
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ test('creates an explore Session through the Host-owned default model route', as
       name: 'Telegram conversation',
       labels: ['bot', 'telegram'],
       modelTarget: { kind: 'default' },
-      permissionMode: 'explore',
+      mode: 'bot',
     },
   ]);
   assert.deepEqual(changes, [
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/__tests__/runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/__tests__/runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.test.ts
index a173957d97..26ae63728f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/__tests__/runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/__tests__/runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.test.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@
 
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
-import type { SessionCatalogProjection } from '@maka/runtime-host/protocol';
-import { toDesktopHostSessionSummary } from '../runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.js';
+import type { IpcMain } from 'electron';
+import type { SessionCatalogProjection, SessionCreateInput } from '@maka/runtime-host/protocol';
+import {
+  registerRuntimeHostSessionCatalogIpc,
+  toDesktopHostSessionSummary,
+  type RuntimeHostSessionCatalogIpcDeps,
+} from '../runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.js';
 
 test('maps Runtime Host live run state without collapsing unknown and known-empty', () => {
   const unknown = toDesktopHostSessionSummary(projection());
@@ -36,6 +41,58 @@ test('maps Runtime Host live run state without collapsing unknown and known-empt
   assert.deepEqual(running.runningTurnIds, ['turn-live']);
 });
 
+test('session creation forwards the caller name for a mode that carries none', async () => {
+  const creates: SessionCreateInput[] = [];
+  const ipc = ipcHarness();
+  registerRuntimeHostSessionCatalogIpc(createDeps(creates), ipc as unknown as IpcMain);
+
+  await ipc.invoke('sessions:create', { mode: 'bot', name: '飞书 任务' });
+  await ipc.invoke('sessions:create', { mode: 'deep_research', name: '飞书 任务' });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    creates.map((input) => [input.mode, input.name]),
+    [
+      ['bot', '飞书 任务'],
+      ['deep_research', '飞书 任务'],
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
+type IpcHandler = Parameters<Pick<IpcMain, 'handle'>['handle']>[1];
+
+function ipcHarness() {
+  const handlers = new Map<string, IpcHandler>();
+  return {
+    handle(channel: string, handler: IpcHandler) {
+      handlers.set(channel, handler);
+    },
+    async invoke(channel: string, ...args: unknown[]): Promise<unknown> {
+      const handler = handlers.get(channel);
+      assert.ok(handler, `missing handler: ${channel}`);
+      return handler({} as never, ...args);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function createDeps(creates: SessionCreateInput[]): RuntimeHostSessionCatalogIpcDeps {
+  return {
+    client: {
+      createSession: async (input: SessionCreateInput) => {
+        creates.push(input);
+        return projection({ id: input.sessionId });
+      },
+    } as unknown as RuntimeHostSessionCatalogIpcDeps['client'],
+    runningTurnIds: () => [],
+    resolveCreateProject: async () => ({ kind: 'host_path', path: '/workspace' }),
+    emitSessionsChanged: () => {},
+    releaseSessionResources: () => {},
+    sessionCopyCleanup: {
+      ownCreation: async <T>(_creation: unknown, operation: () => Promise<T>) => operation(),
+      recover: async () => ({ removed: [], failed: [] }),
+    } as unknown as RuntimeHostSessionCatalogIpcDeps['sessionCopyCleanup'],
+  };
+}
+
 function projection(overrides: Partial<SessionCatalogProjection> = {}): SessionCatalogProjection {
   return {
     id: 'session-1',
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/create-session-input.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/create-session-input.ts
index b61ea0b931..d098cf9614 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/create-session-input.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/create-session-input.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import type { OrchestrationMode } from '@maka/core/orchestration';
 
 import type { PermissionMode } from '@maka/core/permission';
 
-import type { SessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/deep-research';
+import type { SessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/session-start-mode';
 import { DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME } from '@maka/core/session-name';
 
 import { isChatDefaultPermissionMode } from '@maka/core/settings';
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import { isCollaborationMode } from '@maka/core/collaboration';
 
 import { isOrchestrationMode } from '@maka/core/orchestration';
 
-import { isSessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/deep-research';
+import { isSessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/session-start-mode';
 
 /**
  * `unknown`, because this is an IPC boundary and the renderer's type is a
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/runtime-host-bot-session-adapter.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/runtime-host-bot-session-adapter.ts
index e0d0f31a90..9f7fdfc275 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/runtime-host-bot-session-adapter.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/runtime-host-bot-session-adapter.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function createRuntimeHostBotSessionAdapter(
           name: input.name,
           labels: [...input.labels],
           modelTarget: { kind: 'default' },
-          permissionMode: 'explore',
+          mode: 'bot',
         });
       } catch (error) {
         if (
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.ts
index 1c9325ec0d..94afaa8730 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/runtime-host-session-catalog-ipc-main.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ export function registerRuntimeHostSessionCatalogIpc(
       sessionId: newId(),
       workspace,
       ...(request.mode === undefined ? {} : { mode: request.mode }),
-      ...(request.mode === undefined ? { name: request.name } : {}),
+      // A nameless mode (`bot`) keeps the caller's name, so always forward it.
+      name: request.name,
       ...(request.labels === undefined ? {} : { labels: request.labels }),
       modelTarget: normalizeModelTarget(input),
       ...normalizeCreateThinkingLevel(input?.thinkingLevel),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/app-shell-command-actions.ts b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/app-shell-command-actions.ts
index 0cfcb58143..90ac526ac6 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/app-shell-command-actions.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/app-shell-command-actions.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import { useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 import type { LlmConnection } from '@maka/core/llm-connections';
 import type { PermissionMode } from '@maka/core/permission';
-import type { SessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/deep-research';
+import type { SessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/session-start-mode';
 import type { SessionSummary, StoredMessage } from '@maka/core/session';
 import type { SettingsSection, ThemePreference } from '@maka/core/settings';
 import type { UiLocale } from '@maka/core/ui-locale';
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/app-shell-session-start-actions.ts b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/app-shell-session-start-actions.ts
index 344ebbd502..14fd92a0d2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/app-shell-session-start-actions.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/app-shell-session-start-actions.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import type { SessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/deep-research';
+import type { SessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/session-start-mode';
 import type { UiLocale } from '@maka/core/ui-locale';
 import type { NavSelection } from '@maka/ui';
 import type { DesktopNewTaskTarget } from '../preload/bridge-contract.js';
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index bab15ee8f4..c935846b49 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     "./daily-review": "./dist/daily-review.js",
     "./work-board": "./dist/work-board.js",
     "./deep-research": "./dist/deep-research.js",
+    "./session-start-mode": "./dist/session-start-mode.js",
     "./long-term-memory": "./dist/long-term-memory.js",
     "./local-memory": "./dist/local-memory.js",
     "./web-search": "./dist/web-search.js",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/deep-research.ts b/packages/core/src/deep-research.ts
index 9f480ed920..3088a90fee 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/deep-research.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/deep-research.ts
@@ -20,47 +20,7 @@
 /** Read-only Deep Research session semantics and prompt contract. */
 
 import type { DeepResearchRun } from './deep-research-run.js';
-import type { PermissionMode } from './permission.js';
-
-/**
- * A product intent a caller can open a new session at, distinct from the
- * ordinary chat that needs no intent at all. Absence is spelled `undefined`,
- * not a `'chat'` member: a second spelling of "no mode" is a second thing to
- * keep in agreement.
- */
-export interface SessionStartModeSpec {
-  readonly name: string;
-  readonly labels: readonly string[];
-  readonly permissionMode: PermissionMode;
-}
-
-export const SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS = {
-  deep_research: {
-    name: 'Deep Research',
-    labels: ['mode:deep_research'],
-    permissionMode: 'explore',
-  },
-} as const satisfies Record<string, SessionStartModeSpec>;
-
-export type SessionStartMode = keyof typeof SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS;
-export const SESSION_START_MODES: readonly SessionStartMode[] = Object.keys(
-  SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS,
-) as SessionStartMode[];
-export const SESSION_START_MODE_LABELS: readonly string[] = [
-  ...new Set(Object.values(SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS).flatMap((spec) => spec.labels)),
-];
-
-export function isSessionStartMode(value: unknown): value is SessionStartMode {
-  return typeof value === 'string' && Object.hasOwn(SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS, value);
-}
-
-export function sessionStartModeSpec(mode: SessionStartMode): SessionStartModeSpec {
-  return SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS[mode];
-}
-
-export function isSessionStartModeLabel(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === 'string' && SESSION_START_MODE_LABELS.includes(value);
-}
+import { SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS } from './session-start-mode.js';
 
 export const DEEP_RESEARCH_SESSION_NAME = SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS.deep_research.name;
 export const DEEP_RESEARCH_SESSION_LABEL = SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS.deep_research.labels[0];
diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime-inputs.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime-inputs.ts
index a3ac133ed2..b104f44346 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime-inputs.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime-inputs.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import type { PermissionMode } from './permission.js';
 import type { ThinkingLevel } from './model-thinking.js';
 import type { CollaborationMode } from './collaboration.js';
 import type { OrchestrationMode, TurnOrchestration } from './orchestration.js';
-import type { SessionStartMode } from './deep-research.js';
+import type { SessionStartMode } from './session-start-mode.js';
 import type { SubagentWorkspaceBinding } from './subagent-workspace.js';
 import type { ToolMode } from './tool-mode.js';
 import type { TurnOrigin } from './turn-origin.js';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/session-start-mode.ts b/packages/core/src/session-start-mode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b90dc13859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/session-start-mode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import type { PermissionMode } from './permission.js';
+
+/**
+ * A product intent a caller can open a new session at, distinct from the
+ * ordinary chat that needs no intent at all. Absence is spelled `undefined`,
+ * not a `'chat'` member: a second spelling of "no mode" is a second thing to
+ * keep in agreement.
+ */
+export interface SessionStartModeSpec {
+  /** Omitted where the mode keeps the caller's name, as `bot` does. */
+  readonly name?: string;
+  readonly labels: readonly string[];
+  readonly permissionMode: PermissionMode;
+}
+
+export const SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS = {
+  deep_research: {
+    name: 'Deep Research',
+    labels: ['mode:deep_research'],
+    permissionMode: 'explore',
+  },
+  bot: {
+    labels: ['mode:bot'],
+    permissionMode: 'explore',
+  },
+} as const satisfies Record<string, SessionStartModeSpec>;
+
+export type SessionStartMode = keyof typeof SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS;
+export const SESSION_START_MODES: readonly SessionStartMode[] = Object.keys(
+  SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS,
+) as SessionStartMode[];
+export const SESSION_START_MODE_LABELS: readonly string[] = [
+  ...new Set(Object.values(SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS).flatMap((spec) => spec.labels)),
+];
+
+export function isSessionStartMode(value: unknown): value is SessionStartMode {
+  return typeof value === 'string' && Object.hasOwn(SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS, value);
+}
+
+export function sessionStartModeSpec(mode: SessionStartMode): SessionStartModeSpec {
+  return SESSION_START_MODE_SPECS[mode];
+}
+
+export function isSessionStartModeLabel(value: unknown): value is string {
+  return typeof value === 'string' && SESSION_START_MODE_LABELS.includes(value);
+}
diff --git a/packages/runtime-host/src/__tests__/session-catalog-coordinator.test.ts b/packages/runtime-host/src/__tests__/session-catalog-coordinator.test.ts
index c02dde9c3c..614998f366 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-host/src/__tests__/session-catalog-coordinator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-host/src/__tests__/session-catalog-coordinator.test.ts
@@ -921,6 +921,40 @@ test('creation materializes Deep Research semantics inside the Host transaction'
   assert.equal(fixture.drainRequests(), 0);
 });
 
+test('bot mode grants explore while keeping the Bot-supplied Session name', async () => {
+  let created: Parameters<CatalogStores['createStableSession']>[0] | undefined;
+  const fixture = createFixture({
+    stores: {
+      createStableSession: async (request) => {
+        created = request;
+        return {
+          kind: 'existing',
+          record: headerSnapshot(sessionHeader(request.sessionId, request.input.labels ?? []), 3),
+        };
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  const outcome = await fixture.coordinator.handlers['session.create'](
+    {
+      sessionId: fixture.sessionId,
+      workspace: { kind: 'host_path', path: process.cwd() },
+      mode: 'bot',
+      name: '飞书 任务',
+      labels: ['bot', 'feishu'],
+      modelTarget: { kind: 'default' },
+    },
+    context,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(outcome.ok, true);
+  assert.ok(created);
+  assert.equal(created.input.name, '飞书 任务');
+  assert.deepEqual(created.input.labels, ['bot', 'feishu', 'mode:bot']);
+  assert.equal(created.input.permissionMode, 'explore');
+  assert.equal(fixture.drainRequests(), 0);
+});
+
 test('configuration update admits Plan mode through Runtime authority', async () => {
   const fixture = createFixture();
   const input = configurationInput(fixture.sessionId, fixture.revision());
diff --git a/packages/runtime-host/src/protocol/index.ts b/packages/runtime-host/src/protocol/index.ts
index 5c208bf3d8..c52c7b5e5a 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-host/src/protocol/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-host/src/protocol/index.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const RUNTIME_HOST_REGISTRATION_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1 as const;
 export const RUNTIME_HOST_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 0 as const;
 // Increment when the same protocol version no longer guarantees safe Client-Host
 // interoperability. Mismatches are rejected before domain commands are admitted.
-export const RUNTIME_HOST_COMPATIBILITY_EPOCH = 68 as const;
+export const RUNTIME_HOST_COMPATIBILITY_EPOCH = 69 as const;
 // 68: Connection onboarding replaces nullable canonical-slug targeting with
 // explicit create/existing identity and returns the committed Connection.
 // Older peers reject the closed target and saved-result shapes.
diff --git a/packages/runtime-host/src/protocol/session-catalog.ts b/packages/runtime-host/src/protocol/session-catalog.ts
index 62c5309a48..dec7244ff6 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-host/src/protocol/session-catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-host/src/protocol/session-catalog.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import { isCollaborationMode, type CollaborationMode } from '@maka/core/collaboration';
 import { isOrchestrationMode, type OrchestrationMode } from '@maka/core/orchestration';
 import { isPermissionMode, type PermissionMode } from '@maka/core/permission';
-import { isSessionStartMode, type SessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/deep-research';
+import { isSessionStartMode, type SessionStartMode } from '@maka/core/session-start-mode';
 import {
   isSessionBlockedReason,
   isSessionToolProfile,
diff --git a/packages/runtime-host/src/server/session-catalog-coordinator.ts b/packages/runtime-host/src/server/session-catalog-coordinator.ts
index 10dd15752b..937a64ce44 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-host/src/server/session-catalog-coordinator.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-host/src/server/session-catalog-coordinator.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME, normalizeUserSessionName } from '@maka/core/sessi
 import {
   isSessionStartModeLabel as isExecutionSemanticLabel,
   sessionStartModeSpec,
-} from '@maka/core/deep-research';
+} from '@maka/core/session-start-mode';
 import {
   isWorkHubCoordinationSessionId,
   isWorkHubCoordinationSessionTarget,