diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/create-agent-panel.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/create-agent-panel.tsx
index 281edf904..b28c3e6cb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/create-agent-panel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/create-agent-panel.tsx
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ export function CreateAgentPanel({
     <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={handleOpenChange}>
       <DialogContent side="right">
         <DialogHeader>
-          <DialogTitle>New workbench</DialogTitle>
+          <DialogTitle>New agent</DialogTitle>
           <DialogDescription>
             A name is enough to start — Myra drafts the starting instructions,
             and you teach it the rest in conversation.
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ export function CreateAgentPanel({
           <div className="create-agent-identity">
             <Avatar
               initials={initialsFromName(values.name)}
-              label={values.name.trim() === "" ? "New workbench" : values.name}
+              label={values.name.trim() === "" ? "New agent" : values.name}
               tone={tone}
               size="lg"
             />
diff --git a/apps/web/test/create-agent-panel.test.tsx b/apps/web/test/create-agent-panel.test.tsx
index f2c52fa91..a8733fd35 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/create-agent-panel.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/create-agent-panel.test.tsx
@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ describe("CreateAgentPanel happy path", () => {
     expect(details?.open).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  // CL-6745: create-agent dialog is an agent-definition mint, not a
+  // workbench mint — title and CTA must use the agent noun.
+  test("dialog title and primary CTA use the agent noun, not workbench", async () => {
+    await mount();
+    const heading = [
+      ...document.body.querySelectorAll("h2, [role='heading']"),
+    ].find((el) => (el.textContent ?? "").trim() === "New agent");
+    expect(heading).toBeDefined();
+    expect(document.body.textContent).not.toContain("New workbench");
+    const cta = findButton("Get started");
+    expect(cta).toBeDefined();
+    expect(cta?.textContent).not.toMatch(/workbench/i);
+  });
+
   test("a name alone is enough — purpose is optional, never a gate", async () => {
     await mount();
     const button = findButton("Get started");
diff --git a/scripts/checks/ui-vocabulary.ts b/scripts/checks/ui-vocabulary.ts
index 30c01a4f4..ed3af28f4 100644
--- a/scripts/checks/ui-vocabulary.ts
+++ b/scripts/checks/ui-vocabulary.ts
@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ const BANNED_TERMS: readonly { name: string; pattern: RegExp }[] = [
   // this cannot false-positive on the legal word the same way "bench"
   // above does not match inside "workbench".
   { name: "workspace", pattern: /\bworkspaces?\b/i },
-  // CL-6138: one creation verb. "agent" alone stays legal copy — it's a
-  // starting point you pick, not something you mint ("Search or create
-  // agents", "No agents available") — but the two-and-three-word
-  // creation-verb phrases below are banned outright: "New workbench" is
-  // the only mint action a person ever sees, so nothing may offer "New
-  // agent" or "Create new agent" as a second one.
+  // CL-6138: one creation verb for minting a workbench. "agent" alone stays
+  // legal copy — it's a starting point you pick, not something you mint
+  // ("Search or create agents", "No agents available") — but the
+  // two-and-three-word creation-verb phrases below are banned from
+  // workbench-mint surfaces: "New workbench" is the only mint action a
+  // person ever sees there. CL-6745 restores "New agent" on the
+  // create-agent *definition* dialog (allowlisted below) — that path drafts
+  // an agent template, not a workbench.
   { name: "new agent", pattern: /\bnew agent\b/i },
   { name: "create new agent", pattern: /\bcreate new agent\b/i },
 ];
@@ -96,7 +98,11 @@ const BAND_LABEL_PATTERN =
  * phrase landing in a different file still fails — an allowlist entry
  * is a ruling about one spot, never a blanket exemption for a phrase.
  */
-const ALLOWLIST: readonly { relPath: string; text: string }[] = [];
+const ALLOWLIST: readonly { relPath: string; text: string }[] = [
+  // CL-6745: create-agent dialog drafts an agent definition; avatar
+  // fallback label uses the agent noun (title is JSX text, unscanned).
+  { relPath: "apps/web/src/pages/create-agent-panel.tsx", text: "New agent" },
+];
 
 /** Strips comments and console/logger calls so log lines and
  * documentation never count as user-facing copy. Deliberately simple —