diff --git a/extensions/subagents/index.ts b/extensions/subagents/index.ts
index e2ba73bd..e0c042dd 100644
--- a/extensions/subagents/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/subagents/index.ts
@@ -810,10 +810,11 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
       const meta = [details.harness, details.model]
         .filter(Boolean)
         .join(" \u00b7 ");
-      // A spawn adds an agent to the pool: a quiet plus, then the strip's
-      // spinner carries the running state from here on.
+      // A spawn is an event, not a state, so it speaks in the activity rows'
+      // verb language ("Wrote" / "Ran" / "Spawned") rather than a glyph; the
+      // strip's spinner carries the running state from here on.
       return new Text(
-        `${theme.fg("dim", "+")} ${theme.bold(details.title ?? details.id)} ${theme.fg("dim", meta)}`,
+        `${theme.fg("toolTitle", "Spawned")}  ${theme.bold(details.title ?? details.id)} ${theme.fg("dim", meta)}`,
         0,
         0,
       );