diff --git a/GraphcodeKit/Sources/Sessions/SummaryModelWriter.swift b/GraphcodeKit/Sources/Sessions/SummaryModelWriter.swift
index 85fa9efa..d660c5b4 100644
--- a/GraphcodeKit/Sources/Sessions/SummaryModelWriter.swift
+++ b/GraphcodeKit/Sources/Sessions/SummaryModelWriter.swift
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ public enum SummaryModelWriter {
     case .pi:
       return ["pi", "-p", "--no-tools", "--no-session", prompt] + model
     case .nod:
-      // The runtime's one-shot print mode — NodRuntime/README.md.
-      return ["graphcode-nod", "-p", prompt] + model
+      // The runtime's one-shot print mode — NodRuntime/README.md. By its path inside the
+      // app: a bare `graphcode-nod` is not on the login shell's PATH, so every rewrite failed.
+      let executable = NodRuntimeLocator.binaryURL()?.path ?? "graphcode-nod"
+      return [executable, "-p", prompt] + model
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/GraphcodeKit/Sources/Sessions/ZmxSessionLauncher.swift b/GraphcodeKit/Sources/Sessions/ZmxSessionLauncher.swift
index be4a2d37..fe14e406 100644
--- a/GraphcodeKit/Sources/Sessions/ZmxSessionLauncher.swift
+++ b/GraphcodeKit/Sources/Sessions/ZmxSessionLauncher.swift
@@ -402,11 +402,20 @@ public enum ZmxSessionLauncher {
     let prefix = exports.isEmpty ? "" : "env \(exports)"
     // `$0` has to be something, and it shows up in error messages — name it after us.
     return [
-      "/bin/zsh", "-i", "-l", "-c", "exec \(prefix)\(command) \"$@\"\(scriptSuffix)",
+      "/bin/zsh", "-i", "-l", "-c",
+      "exec \(prefix)\(shellWord(command)) \"$@\"\(scriptSuffix)",
       "graphcode",
     ] + arguments
   }
 
+  /// A bare name like `claude` stays as typed, so every CLI launch is unchanged; a path that
+  /// needs it — Nod's runtime inside an app whose name has a space — is single-quoted.
+  static func shellWord(_ word: String) -> String {
+    let plain = CharacterSet.alphanumerics.union(CharacterSet(charactersIn: "/._-+,:@%="))
+    let isPlain = !word.isEmpty && word.unicodeScalars.allSatisfy(plain.contains)
+    return isPlain ? word : PresenceHooks.singleQuoted(word)
+  }
+
   /// `zmx get <name> <key>` reads a per-session label. This is the channel a backend's
   /// own lifecycle hooks report presence through — a Claude Code hook running
   /// `zmx set "$ZMX_SESSION" presence=busy` is what makes a reading `.reported` rather
diff --git a/graphcode/Sources/Clients/TitleSuggestionClient.swift b/graphcode/Sources/Clients/TitleSuggestionClient.swift
index 27f039d7..9d7b4cfb 100644
--- a/graphcode/Sources/Clients/TitleSuggestionClient.swift
+++ b/graphcode/Sources/Clients/TitleSuggestionClient.swift
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ extension TitleSuggestionClient: DependencyKey {
         "exec codex exec --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox \"$\(promptVariable)\""
     case .openCode: command = "exec opencode run \"$\(promptVariable)\""
     case .pi: command = "exec pi -p --no-tools --no-session \"$\(promptVariable)\""
-    case .nod: return nil
+    // Never a PATH lookup: Nod ships inside the app and is not on the login shell's PATH.
+    case .nod:
+      guard let binary = NodRuntimeLocator.binaryURL() else { return nil }
+      command = "exec \(PresenceHooks.singleQuoted(binary.path)) -p \"$\(promptVariable)\""
     }
     return ["/bin/zsh", "-i", "-l", "-c", command]
   }
diff --git a/graphcode/Tests/NodLaunchTests.swift b/graphcode/Tests/NodLaunchTests.swift
index 396eb43a..fbedb5c6 100644
--- a/graphcode/Tests/NodLaunchTests.swift
+++ b/graphcode/Tests/NodLaunchTests.swift
@@ -446,6 +446,52 @@ struct NodLaunchArgumentTests {
       try String(contentsOf: file, encoding: .utf8) == "Every paid route goes through UsageGate")
     #expect(NodRuntimeLocator.writeGoal(of: LoopNode(title: "t", backend: .nod)) == nil)
   }
+
+  /// Nod is not on the login shell's PATH, so a headless call that names it bare never
+  /// runs: a blank-titled Nod loop stayed "NewNode", and every summary rewrite failed.
+  @Test
+  func titleRequestsRunTheBundledRuntimeByPath() throws {
+    NodRuntimeLocator.binaryOverride = URL(
+      fileURLWithPath: "/Apps/Graph Code.app/nod/graphcode-nod")
+    NodRuntimeLocator.rampOverride = true
+    defer {
+      NodRuntimeLocator.binaryOverride = nil
+      NodRuntimeLocator.rampOverride = nil
+    }
+    let title = try #require(TitleSuggestionClient.invocation(for: .nod)?.last)
+    #expect(
+      title == "exec '/Apps/Graph Code.app/nod/graphcode-nod' -p \"$GRAPHCODE_TITLE_PROMPT\"")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  func summaryRewritesRunTheBundledRuntimeByPath() {
+    NodRuntimeLocator.binaryOverride = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/Apps/nod/graphcode-nod")
+    NodRuntimeLocator.rampOverride = true
+    defer {
+      NodRuntimeLocator.binaryOverride = nil
+      NodRuntimeLocator.rampOverride = nil
+    }
+    let summary = SummaryModelWriter.invocation(forBackend: .nod, prompt: "p")
+    #expect(Array(summary.prefix(3)) == ["/Apps/nod/graphcode-nod", "-p", "p"])
+  }
+
+  /// The login shell splits an unquoted path at its spaces, so a runtime inside an app
+  /// named with one never launched; a bare CLI name is still typed exactly as before.
+  @Test
+  func aRuntimePathWithASpaceSurvivesTheLoginShell() {
+    let spaced = ZmxSessionLauncher.loginShellInvocation(
+      of: "/Apps/Graph Code.app/nod/graphcode-nod", arguments: ["-p", "x"])
+    #expect(spaced[4] == "exec '/Apps/Graph Code.app/nod/graphcode-nod' \"$@\"")
+    let bare = ZmxSessionLauncher.loginShellInvocation(of: "claude", arguments: [])
+    #expect(bare[4] == "exec claude \"$@\"")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  func noRuntimeMeansNoTitleRequest() {
+    NodRuntimeLocator.rampOverride = false
+    defer { NodRuntimeLocator.rampOverride = nil }
+    #expect(TitleSuggestionClient.invocation(for: .nod) == nil)
+  }
 }
 
 private func failure(of result: Result<Void, NodControlClient.Failure>)