diff --git a/nanobot/cli/entry.py b/nanobot/cli/entry.py
index 4a2c6f975..b7ccc6c20 100644
--- a/nanobot/cli/entry.py
+++ b/nanobot/cli/entry.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import os
 import sys
 from contextlib import suppress
 
+from nanobot.cli.process_identity import set_cli_process_identity
+
 
 def _native_tui_candidate(args: list[str]) -> bool:
     """Return whether ``agent`` can start without the classic agent stack."""
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ def _configure_windows_console() -> None:
 
 def main() -> None:
     """Dispatch native TUI startup without importing the complete CLI graph."""
+    set_cli_process_identity(sys.argv[1:])
     _configure_windows_console()
     if _native_tui_candidate(sys.argv[1:]):
         import typer
diff --git a/nanobot/cli/process_identity.py b/nanobot/cli/process_identity.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7828a11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nanobot/cli/process_identity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""Give nanobot processes recognizable operating-system names."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Final
+
+from setproctitle import setproctitle
+
+_ROLES: Final = {"agent", "gateway", "webui"}
+
+
+def set_cli_process_identity(args: list[str]) -> None:
+    """Name this CLI process after the nanobot role it is running."""
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        # Windows process managers use the console launcher's executable name,
+        # which packaging already generates as ``nanobot.exe``.
+        return
+    role = args[0] if args and args[0] in _ROLES else None
+    setproctitle(f"nanobot-{role}" if role else "nanobot")
+
+
+def named_executable(executable: str, *, name: str, directory: Path) -> str:
+    """Return a stable POSIX symlink whose basename identifies a child process."""
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        return executable
+    try:
+        target = Path(executable).resolve(strict=True)
+        digest = hashlib.sha256(os.fsencode(target)).hexdigest()[:12]
+        link_dir = directory / digest
+        link = link_dir / name
+        link_dir.mkdir(mode=0o700, parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        if link.is_symlink() and link.resolve(strict=False) == target:
+            return str(link)
+        if link.exists():
+            return executable
+        pending = link.with_name(f".{name}.{os.getpid()}")
+        pending.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        pending.symlink_to(target)
+        os.replace(pending, link)
+    except OSError:
+        return executable
+    return str(link)
diff --git a/nanobot/cli/tui_launcher.py b/nanobot/cli/tui_launcher.py
index 7ce3f92a0..934cde5db 100644
--- a/nanobot/cli/tui_launcher.py
+++ b/nanobot/cli/tui_launcher.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
 from nanobot import __version__
+from nanobot.cli.process_identity import named_executable
 from nanobot.cli.runtime_config import _model_display
 from nanobot.cli.webui_support import (
     _gateway_health_ready,
@@ -229,7 +230,12 @@ def _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir: Path, bun: str) -> list[str]:
         detail = (install.stderr or install.stdout).strip().splitlines()
         suffix = f": {detail[-1]}" if detail else ""
         raise TuiUnavailableError(f"could not install TUI dependencies{suffix}")
-    return [bun, str(source_dir / "src" / "index.ts")]
+    executable = named_executable(
+        bun,
+        name="nanobot-tui",
+        directory=get_data_dir() / "run" / "executables",
+    )
+    return [executable, str(source_dir / "src" / "index.ts")]
 
 
 def _download_release_tui(asset: str) -> Path | None:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c7f75d1f8..bfab2b573 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "qrcode[pil]>=8.0",
     "croniter>=6.0.0,<7.0.0",
     "prompt-toolkit>=3.0.50,<4.0.0",
+    "setproctitle>=1.3.7,<2.0.0",
     "questionary>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
     "mcp>=1.26.0,<2.0.0",
     "json-repair>=0.57.0,<1.0.0",
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_process_identity.py b/tests/cli/test_process_identity.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b539ba530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/test_process_identity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from nanobot.cli.process_identity import named_executable, set_cli_process_identity
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("args", "expected"),
+    [
+        (["agent"], "nanobot-agent"),
+        (["gateway", "--background"], "nanobot-gateway"),
+        (["webui"], "nanobot-webui"),
+        (["status"], "nanobot"),
+        ([], "nanobot"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_cli_process_identity_uses_product_and_role(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    args: list[str],
+    expected: str,
+) -> None:
+    titles: list[str] = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.process_identity.os.name", "posix")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.process_identity.setproctitle", titles.append)
+
+    set_cli_process_identity(args)
+
+    assert titles == [expected]
+
+
+def test_cli_process_identity_keeps_windows_launcher_name(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    titles: list[str] = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.process_identity.os.name", "nt")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.process_identity.setproctitle", titles.append)
+
+    set_cli_process_identity(["agent"])
+
+    assert titles == []
+
+
+def test_named_executable_creates_stable_role_symlink(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    executable = tmp_path / "bun"
+    executable.write_text("runtime", encoding="utf-8")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.process_identity.os.name", "posix")
+
+    first = Path(
+        named_executable(executable.as_posix(), name="nanobot-tui", directory=tmp_path / "run")
+    )
+    second = Path(
+        named_executable(executable.as_posix(), name="nanobot-tui", directory=tmp_path / "run")
+    )
+
+    assert first == second
+    assert first.name == "nanobot-tui"
+    assert first.is_symlink()
+    assert first.resolve() == executable
+
+
+def test_named_executable_uses_original_on_windows(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.process_identity.os.name", "nt")
+
+    assert (
+        named_executable("bun.exe", name="nanobot-tui", directory=tmp_path / "run")
+        == "bun.exe"
+    )
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_tui_launcher.py b/tests/cli/test_tui_launcher.py
index 6727393be..3d438c6eb 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_tui_launcher.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_tui_launcher.py
@@ -467,9 +467,13 @@ def test_source_checkout_refreshes_locked_tui_dependencies(
         return subprocess.CompletedProcess(command, 0, "", "")
 
     monkeypatch.setattr("nanobot.cli.tui_launcher.subprocess.run", install)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "nanobot.cli.tui_launcher.named_executable",
+        lambda executable, **_kwargs: f"{executable}-named",
+    )
 
     assert _resolve_source_tui_command(source_dir, bun) == [
-        bun,
+        f"{bun}-named",
         str(source_dir / "src" / "index.ts"),
     ]