diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
index 430aa729..b3ec6793 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ body:
         - Connector (SQL Server)
         - Connector (SQLite)
         - Python semantic layer
-        - Python daemon
+        - KTX daemon
         - Docs
         - Other
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
index 5b2f8502..f4304878 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ body:
         - Connectors
         - Context engine
         - Python semantic layer
-        - Python daemon
+        - KTX daemon
         - Docs
         - Other
     validations:
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index a5447c9d..f6ce3d98 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ KTX is a pnpm + uv workspace.
 - LLM package: `packages/llm`
 - Database connectors: `packages/connector-*`
 - Python semantic layer: `python/ktx-sl`
-- Python daemon: `python/ktx-daemon`
+- KTX daemon: `python/ktx-daemon`
 - Examples and fixtures: `examples/`
 - Workspace scripts: `scripts/`
 - Local agent skills and internal planning docs are private overlays. Do not
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ shared contracts or package exports are affected.
   test file
 - TypeScript dead-code tooling/config changes: `pnpm run dead-code`
 - Python semantic layer: `uv run pytest python/ktx-sl/tests -q`
-- Python daemon: `uv run pytest python/ktx-daemon/tests -q`
+- KTX daemon: `uv run pytest python/ktx-daemon/tests -q`
 - Python files: also run `uv run pre-commit run --files [FILES]` when
   pre-commit is configured
 
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 0ff83e2f..a599cd3d 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ component_management:
       paths:
         - python/ktx-sl/semantic_layer/**
     - component_id: py_daemon
-      name: Python daemon
+      name: KTX daemon
       paths:
         - python/ktx-daemon/src/ktx_daemon/**
 
diff --git a/docs-site/content/agents-setup.md b/docs-site/content/agents-setup.md
index 24614ea8..4fcaeb3f 100644
--- a/docs-site/content/agents-setup.md
+++ b/docs-site/content/agents-setup.md
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Success requires (canonical shape - supersedes the example in the docs):
 
 Do **not** run `--deep` ingest in this flow - that requires LLM time and is out of scope.
 
-### Optional: directly probe the embeddings daemon
+### Optional: directly probe the KTX daemon
 
 If the user asks for stronger verification that `sentence-transformers` is actually serving (not just that setup said "ok"), do all of:
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ If the user asks for stronger verification that `sentence-transformers` is actua
 3. `curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:<port>/health` → expect HTTP 200 with `{"status":"healthy",…}`.
 4. `curl -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:<port>/embeddings/compute -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"text":"hello"}'` → expect `{"embedding": [...384 floats...]}`.
 
-Discover the port from setup's log line `Started KTX local embeddings daemon: http://127.0.0.1:<port>` or from the daemon's OpenAPI at `GET /openapi.json`. Note: the routes are `/health` and `/embeddings/compute` - not `/healthz` or `/embeddings`.
+Discover the port from setup's log line `Started KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:<port>` or from the daemon's OpenAPI at `GET /openapi.json`. Note: the routes are `/health` and `/embeddings/compute` - not `/healthz` or `/embeddings`.
 
 ## Phase 6 - Final report
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ KTX SETUP COMPLETE
 Project:     <path>
 LLM:         <backend> / <model>
 Embeddings:  <backend> / <model>
-Runtime:     managed Python ✓ (if sentence-transformers daemon was started)
+Runtime:     managed Python ✓ (if the KTX daemon was started)
 
 Connections:
   - <name> (<driver>)  status=ok  schemas=[…]  tables=<N>
diff --git a/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/ktx-admin.mdx b/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/ktx-admin.mdx
index c7df5461..966eac5a 100644
--- a/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/ktx-admin.mdx
+++ b/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/ktx-admin.mdx
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ directory. Use it from any directory to generate editor or agent schema files.
 | Subcommand | Description |
 |-----------|-------------|
 | `install` | Install the bundled Python runtime wheel into the managed runtime |
-| `start` | Start the KTX-managed Python HTTP daemon |
-| `stop` | Stop the KTX-managed Python HTTP daemon |
+| `start` | Start the KTX daemon |
+| `stop` | Stop the KTX daemon |
 | `status` | Show managed Python runtime status and readiness checks |
 
 ## `admin runtime` Options
diff --git a/docs-site/content/docs/community/contributing.mdx b/docs-site/content/docs/community/contributing.mdx
index 63b08cd6..bf66f546 100644
--- a/docs-site/content/docs/community/contributing.mdx
+++ b/docs-site/content/docs/community/contributing.mdx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ documentation, connector coverage, and examples.
 | Context engine | `packages/context`, including project config, ingest orchestration, and semantic search |
 | Connectors | `packages/connector-*`, plus connector-specific tests and integration docs |
 | Python semantic layer | `python/ktx-sl` for planning and SQL generation |
-| Python daemon | `python/ktx-daemon` for the portable runtime API |
+| KTX daemon | `python/ktx-daemon` for the portable runtime API |
 | Documentation | `docs-site/content/docs` for public docs and `docs-site/tests` for docs behavior |
 
 ## Development setup
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index e84d9330..f18440b2 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ warehouse credential.
 
 `postgres-historic/` is a manual Docker-backed smoke for Postgres
 query-history ingest via `pg_stat_statements`. It verifies setup, staged
-query-history artifacts, managed daemon batch SQL analysis, bounded pattern
+query-history artifacts, KTX daemon batch SQL analysis, bounded pattern
 WorkUnit shards, and no-WorkUnit idempotency for unchanged bucketed table
 inputs and pattern shards.
 
diff --git a/examples/package-artifacts/README.md b/examples/package-artifacts/README.md
index ed72f13f..7fa39fb3 100644
--- a/examples/package-artifacts/README.md
+++ b/examples/package-artifacts/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ generated local project.
 The managed Python runtime smoke requires `uv` on `PATH`, isolates
 `KTX_RUNTIME_ROOT`, verifies `ktx admin runtime status`, runs `ktx sl query --yes` to
 install the core runtime from the bundled wheel, checks `ktx admin runtime status`,
-starts and reuses the managed daemon, and stops it.
+starts and reuses the KTX daemon, and stops it.
 
 The artifact manifest contains the public `@kaelio/ktx` npm tarball and the
 bundled `kaelio-ktx` runtime wheel. The smoke does not install standalone
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/runtime-commands.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/runtime-commands.ts
index 12af875c..ef0d06cc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/runtime-commands.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/runtime-commands.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function registerRuntimeCommands(program: Command, context: KtxCliCommand
 
   runtime
     .command('start')
-    .description('Start the KTX-managed Python HTTP daemon')
+    .description('Start the KTX daemon')
     .addOption(createRuntimeFeatureOption())
     .option('--force', 'Restart even when a matching daemon is already running', false)
     .action(async (options: { feature: RuntimeFeature; force?: boolean }, command: CommandWithGlobalOptions) => {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function registerRuntimeCommands(program: Command, context: KtxCliCommand
 
   runtime
     .command('stop')
-    .description('Stop the KTX-managed Python HTTP daemon')
+    .description('Stop the KTX daemon')
     .option('--all', 'Stop all KTX daemon processes recorded or discoverable on this machine', false)
     .action(async (options: { all?: boolean }, command: CommandWithGlobalOptions) => {
       await runRuntimeArgs(context, {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts b/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts
index 74aee915..7f47e33f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ function failedStepDetail(result: KtxPublicIngestTargetResult): string | null {
 const INTERNAL_FAILURE_LINE_RE =
   /^(Report|Run|Job|Status|Adapter|Connection|Sync|Mode|Dry run|Diff|Tasks|Work units|Failed tasks|Saved memory|Provenance rows):\s*/;
 const ACTIONABLE_FAILURE_LINE_RE =
-  /^(Missing bundled Python runtime manifest|KTX Python runtime is required|KTX managed daemon|Error:|Failed\b|Could not\b|Cannot\b)/;
+  /^(Missing bundled Python runtime manifest|KTX Python runtime is required|KTX daemon HTTP|Error:|Failed\b|Could not\b|Cannot\b)/;
 
 function trimErrorPrefix(line: string): string {
   return line.replace(/^Error:\s*/, '');
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts
index 8dbad0e9..d3451e0c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ describe('runKtxIngest', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('passes managed daemon options to adapters and pull-config options when no explicit daemon URL is set', async () => {
+  it('passes KTX daemon options to adapters and pull-config options when no explicit daemon URL is set', async () => {
     const projectDir = join(tempDir, 'managed-daemon-ingest-project');
     await initKtxProject({ projectDir });
     await writeWarehouseConfig(projectDir);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.test.ts
index 85fa00c9..fead0655 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.test.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe('managedLocalEmbeddingProjectConfig', () => {
 });
 
 describe('managedLocalEmbeddingHealthConfig', () => {
-  it('uses the active managed daemon URL for the immediate health check', () => {
+  it('uses the active KTX daemon URL for the immediate health check', () => {
     expect(
       managedLocalEmbeddingHealthConfig({
         baseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:61234',
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe('managedLocalEmbeddingHealthConfig', () => {
 });
 
 describe('ensureManagedLocalEmbeddingsDaemon', () => {
-  it('ensures the local-embeddings feature and starts the managed daemon', async () => {
+  it('ensures the local-embeddings feature and starts the KTX daemon', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const ensureRuntime = vi.fn(async () => runtime());
     const startDaemon = vi.fn(async () => daemonResult('started'));
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ describe('ensureManagedLocalEmbeddingsDaemon', () => {
       features: ['local-embeddings'],
       force: false,
     });
-    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Started KTX local embeddings daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
+    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Started KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
   });
 
   it('reuses an already running daemon without reporting a new start', async () => {
@@ -184,6 +184,6 @@ describe('ensureManagedLocalEmbeddingsDaemon', () => {
       startDaemon: vi.fn(async () => daemonResult('reused')),
     });
 
-    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Using KTX local embeddings daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
+    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Using KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.ts b/packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.ts
index f485a942..d9a1c309 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export async function ensureManagedLocalEmbeddingsDaemon(
   });
 
   const verb = daemon.status === 'started' ? 'Started' : 'Using';
-  options.io.stderr.write(`${verb} KTX local embeddings daemon: ${daemon.baseUrl}\n`);
+  options.io.stderr.write(`${verb} KTX daemon: ${daemon.baseUrl}\n`);
 
   return {
     baseUrl: daemon.baseUrl,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.test.ts
index 8797fb8f..d56a27b1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.test.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function daemonOptionsBase(root: string) {
   } as const;
 }
 
-describe('managed Python daemon lifecycle', () => {
+describe('KTX daemon lifecycle', () => {
   let tempDir: string;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.ts b/packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.ts
index bcf7b446..e36435c3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.ts
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ async function waitForHealth(input: {
     return;
   }
   lastDetail = finalHealth.detail;
-  throw new Error(`KTX Python daemon failed to start: ${lastDetail}. stderr: ${input.state.stderrLog}`);
+  throw new Error(`KTX daemon failed to start: ${lastDetail}. stderr: ${input.state.stderrLog}`);
 }
 
 async function removeState(layout: ManagedPythonDaemonLayout): Promise<void> {
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ export async function startManagedPythonDaemon(
     );
     child.unref();
     if (!child.pid) {
-      throw new Error(`KTX Python daemon did not report a pid. stderr: ${layout.daemonStderrPath}`);
+      throw new Error(`KTX daemon did not report a pid. stderr: ${layout.daemonStderrPath}`);
     }
     const state: ManagedPythonDaemonState = {
       schemaVersion: 1,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.test.ts
index 84d70cf8..73cae844 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.test.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('createManagedPythonDaemonBaseUrlResolver', () => {
       features: ['core'],
       force: false,
     });
-    expect(testIo.stderr()).toContain('Started KTX Python daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
+    expect(testIo.stderr()).toContain('Started KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
   });
 
   it('reports daemon reuse without reinstalling after the first resolved URL', async () => {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('createManagedPythonDaemonBaseUrlResolver', () => {
 
     expect(ensureRuntime).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(startDaemon).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(testIo.stderr()).toContain('Using existing KTX Python daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
+    expect(testIo.stderr()).toContain('Using existing KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
   });
 });
 
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ describe('createManagedDaemonHttpJsonRunner', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('managed daemon ingest ports', () => {
-  it('creates a Looker table parser backed by the managed daemon runner', async () => {
+describe('KTX daemon ingest ports', () => {
+  it('creates a Looker table parser backed by the KTX daemon runner', async () => {
     const requestJson = vi.fn(async () => ({
       results: {
         'model.explore': {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe('managed daemon ingest ports', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('creates a SQL analysis port backed by the managed daemon runner', async () => {
+  it('creates a SQL analysis port backed by the KTX daemon runner', async () => {
     const requestJson = vi.fn(async () => ({
       fingerprint: 'select-orders',
       normalized_sql: 'SELECT * FROM public.orders WHERE id = ?',
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe('managed daemon ingest ports', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('routes SQL batch analysis through the managed daemon runner', async () => {
+  it('routes SQL batch analysis through the KTX daemon runner', async () => {
     const requestJson = vi.fn(async () => ({
       results: {
         orders: {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.ts b/packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.ts
index 8496a9c9..e45caabb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function normalizedBaseUrl(baseUrl: string): string {
 function parseJsonObject(raw: string, path: string): Record<string, unknown> {
   const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as unknown;
   if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object' || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
-    throw new Error(`KTX managed daemon HTTP ${path} returned non-object JSON`);
+    throw new Error(`KTX daemon HTTP ${path} returned non-object JSON`);
   }
   return parsed as Record<string, unknown>;
 }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export async function postManagedDaemonJson(
           const text = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8');
           const statusCode = response.statusCode ?? 0;
           if (statusCode < 200 || statusCode >= 300) {
-            reject(new Error(`KTX managed daemon HTTP ${path} failed with ${statusCode}: ${text}`));
+            reject(new Error(`KTX daemon HTTP ${path} failed with ${statusCode}: ${text}`));
             return;
           }
           try {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export function createManagedPythonDaemonBaseUrlResolver(
       force: false,
     });
     const verb = daemon.status === 'started' ? 'Started' : 'Using existing';
-    options.io.stderr.write(`${verb} KTX Python daemon: ${daemon.baseUrl}\n`);
+    options.io.stderr.write(`${verb} KTX daemon: ${daemon.baseUrl}\n`);
     cachedBaseUrl = daemon.baseUrl;
     return cachedBaseUrl;
   };
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts b/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts
index 2c0a2856..3b49f629 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ function createCapturedPublicIngestIo(): CapturedPublicIngestIo {
 const INTERNAL_STATUS_LINE_RE =
   /^(Report|Run|Job|Status|Adapter|Connection|Sync|Diff|Tasks|Work units|Failed tasks|Saved memory|Provenance rows):\s*/;
 const ACTIONABLE_FAILURE_LINE_RE =
-  /^(Missing bundled Python runtime manifest|KTX Python runtime is required|KTX managed daemon|Error:|Failed\b|Could not\b|Cannot\b)/;
+  /^(Missing bundled Python runtime manifest|KTX Python runtime is required|KTX daemon HTTP|Error:|Failed\b|Could not\b|Cannot\b)/;
 const RUNTIME_BACKED_RETRY_LINE_RE = /^Then retry the runtime-backed KTX command\.?$/;
 
 function trimErrorPrefix(line: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/runtime-requirements.ts b/packages/cli/src/runtime-requirements.ts
index 1e35d90e..8594de7a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/runtime-requirements.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/runtime-requirements.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function resolveProjectRuntimeRequirements(
     requirements.push({
       feature: 'core',
       reason: 'database-introspection',
-      detail: 'Database introspection fallback uses the Python daemon.',
+      detail: 'Database introspection fallback uses the KTX daemon.',
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/runtime.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/runtime.test.ts
index e4a7883f..266359e4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/runtime.test.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
     expect(io.stderr()).toBe('');
   });
 
-  it('starts the managed Python daemon and prints the base URL', async () => {
+  it('starts the KTX daemon and prints the base URL', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const deps: KtxRuntimeDeps = {
       startDaemon: vi.fn(async (): Promise<ManagedPythonDaemonStartResult> => ({
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
       features: ['local-embeddings'],
       force: true,
     });
-    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Started KTX Python daemon');
+    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Started KTX daemon');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('url: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('pid: 4242');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('features: core, local-embeddings');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('stderr: /work/proj/.ktx/runtime/daemon.stderr.log');
   });
 
-  it('stops the managed Python daemon', async () => {
+  it('stops the KTX daemon', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const deps: KtxRuntimeDeps = {
       stopDaemon: vi.fn(async (): Promise<ManagedPythonDaemonStopResult> => ({
@@ -208,11 +208,11 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
     ).resolves.toBe(0);
 
     expect(deps.stopDaemon).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ cliVersion: '0.2.0', projectDir: '/work/proj' });
-    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Stopped KTX Python daemon');
+    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Stopped KTX daemon');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('pid: 4242');
   });
 
-  it('stops all discovered Python daemons and reports the summary', async () => {
+  it('stops all discovered KTX daemons and reports the summary', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const deps: KtxRuntimeDeps = {
       stopAllDaemons: vi.fn(async (): Promise<ManagedPythonDaemonStopAllResult> => ({
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
     ).resolves.toBe(0);
 
     expect(deps.stopAllDaemons).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ cliVersion: '0.2.0', projectDir: '/work/proj' });
-    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Stopped 2 KTX Python daemons');
+    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Stopped 2 KTX daemons');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('pid: 4242 source: state url: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('pid: 5252 source: process url: http://127.0.0.1:8765');
   });
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
       runKtxRuntime({ command: 'stop', cliVersion: '0.2.0', projectDir: '/work/proj', all: true }, io.io, deps),
     ).resolves.toBe(1);
 
-    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Stopped 0 KTX Python daemons; failed 1');
+    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Stopped 0 KTX daemons; failed 1');
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('pid: 4242 source: state url: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('process scan: ps failed');
   });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/runtime.ts b/packages/cli/src/runtime.ts
index 5630163f..ad978bd5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/runtime.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function writeInstallResult(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonRuntimeInstallRes
 
 function writeDaemonStart(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStartResult): void {
   const verb = result.status === 'reused' ? 'Using existing' : 'Started';
-  io.stdout.write(`${verb} KTX Python daemon\n`);
+  io.stdout.write(`${verb} KTX daemon\n`);
   io.stdout.write(`url: ${result.baseUrl}\n`);
   io.stdout.write(`pid: ${result.state.pid}\n`);
   io.stdout.write(`version: ${result.state.version}\n`);
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ function writeDaemonStart(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStartResult):
 
 function writeDaemonStop(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStopResult): void {
   if (result.status === 'already-stopped') {
-    io.stdout.write('KTX Python daemon already stopped\n');
+    io.stdout.write('KTX daemon already stopped\n');
     return;
   }
-  io.stdout.write('Stopped KTX Python daemon\n');
+  io.stdout.write('Stopped KTX daemon\n');
   io.stdout.write(`pid: ${result.state?.pid ?? 'unknown'}\n`);
   io.stdout.write(`state: ${result.layout.daemonStatePath}\n`);
 }
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ function writeDaemonStopAll(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStopAllResu
     result.failed.length === 0 &&
     result.scanErrors.length === 0
   ) {
-    io.stdout.write('No KTX Python daemons found\n');
+    io.stdout.write('No KTX daemons found\n');
     return 0;
   }
   if (failed === 0) {
-    io.stdout.write(`Stopped ${result.stopped.length} KTX Python daemons\n`);
+    io.stdout.write(`Stopped ${result.stopped.length} KTX daemons\n`);
     if (result.stale.length > 0) {
       io.stdout.write(`Cleaned ${result.stale.length} stale daemon states\n`);
     }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function writeDaemonStopAll(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStopAllResu
     return 0;
   }
   io.stderr.write(
-    `Stopped ${result.stopped.length} KTX Python daemons; failed ${result.failed.length}${
+    `Stopped ${result.stopped.length} KTX daemons; failed ${result.failed.length}${
       result.stale.length > 0 ? `; cleaned stale ${result.stale.length}` : ''
     }\n`,
   );
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/scan.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/scan.test.ts
index 8fa51130..9863be12 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/scan.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/scan.test.ts
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ describe('runKtxScan', () => {
     expect(io.stdout()).not.toContain('/~');
   });
 
-  it('passes managed daemon options to local ingest adapters when no explicit daemon URL is set', async () => {
+  it('passes KTX daemon options to local ingest adapters when no explicit daemon URL is set', async () => {
     await initKtxProject({ projectDir: tempDir });
     const createLocalIngestAdapters = vi.fn(() => []);
     const runLocalScan = vi.fn(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.test.ts
index 36df256a..cbbb5562 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.test.ts
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ describe('setup embeddings step', () => {
     );
 
     expect(result.status).toBe('failed');
-    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Recent local embeddings daemon stderr:');
+    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Recent KTX daemon stderr:');
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('daemon traceback line 6');
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('daemon traceback line 45');
     expect(io.stderr()).not.toContain('daemon traceback line 5');
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ describe('setup embeddings step', () => {
     );
 
     expect(result.status).toBe('failed');
-    expect(io.stderr()).not.toContain('Recent local embeddings daemon stderr:');
+    expect(io.stderr()).not.toContain('Recent KTX daemon stderr:');
   });
 
   it('uses fixed OpenAI defaults and only asks for credentials when OpenAI is selected', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.ts b/packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.ts
index 442b67bc..a114d3ac 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.ts
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function localEmbeddingSetupMessage(message: string, stderrTail: string[] = []):
     'The first run may download Python packages and the all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model.',
   ];
   if (stderrTail.length > 0) {
-    lines.push('Recent local embeddings daemon stderr:', ...stderrTail);
+    lines.push('Recent KTX daemon stderr:', ...stderrTail);
   }
   return lines.join('\n');
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/setup-runtime.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/setup-runtime.test.ts
index 1d739423..b1e3411f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/setup-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/setup-runtime.test.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('runKtxSetupRuntimeStep', () => {
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('ktx admin runtime install --yes');
   });
 
-  it('starts the managed local embeddings daemon for configured sentence-transformers embeddings', async () => {
+  it('starts the KTX daemon for configured sentence-transformers embeddings', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const ensureLocalEmbeddings = vi.fn(async () => ({
       baseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:61234',
diff --git a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs
index 6c9c6ed0..6b1787be 100644
--- a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs
+++ b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ export async function runLocalEmbeddingsRuntimeSmoke(options = {}) {
       900_000,
     );
     validateEmbeddingResponse(embeddingResponse, 384);
-    process.stdout.write('KTX local embeddings daemon computed a 384-dimensional embedding\n');
+    process.stdout.write('KTX daemon computed a 384-dimensional embedding\n');
 
     const setup = await run(commands[5].command, commands[5].args, {
       cwd: installDir,
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export async function runLocalEmbeddingsRuntimeSmoke(options = {}) {
     });
     requireSuccess(commands[6].label, stop);
     daemonStarted = false;
-    requireOutput(commands[6].label, stop, /Stopped KTX Python daemon/);
+    requireOutput(commands[6].label, stop, /Stopped KTX daemon/);
 
     process.stdout.write('KTX local embeddings runtime smoke verified\n');
   } finally {
diff --git a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
index 1b5cbfdd..ca14e0df 100644
--- a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ describe('localEmbeddingsSmokeCommands', () => {
 describe('parseDaemonBaseUrl', () => {
   it('extracts the daemon URL from runtime start output', () => {
     assert.equal(
-      parseDaemonBaseUrl('Started KTX Python daemon\nurl: http://127.0.0.1:61234\nfeatures: local-embeddings\n'),
+      parseDaemonBaseUrl('Started KTX daemon\nurl: http://127.0.0.1:61234\nfeatures: local-embeddings\n'),
       'http://127.0.0.1:61234',
     );
   });
 
   it('rejects output without a daemon URL', () => {
-    assert.throws(() => parseDaemonBaseUrl('Started KTX Python daemon\n'), /Daemon URL was not printed/);
+    assert.throws(() => parseDaemonBaseUrl('Started KTX daemon\n'), /Daemon URL was not printed/);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs b/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
index 96a04bf0..18a098bb 100644
--- a/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
+++ b/scripts/package-artifacts.mjs
@@ -804,19 +804,19 @@ try {
   const runtimeStart = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'admin', 'runtime', 'start']);
   requireSuccess('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart);
   daemonStarted = true;
-  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart, /Started KTX Python daemon/);
+  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart, /Started KTX daemon/);
   requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart, /url: http:\\/\\/127\\.0\\.0\\.1:\\d+/);
   requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart, /features: core/);
 
   const runtimeStartReuse = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'admin', 'runtime', 'start']);
   requireSuccess('ktx admin runtime start reuse', runtimeStartReuse);
-  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start reuse', runtimeStartReuse, /Using existing KTX Python daemon/);
+  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start reuse', runtimeStartReuse, /Using existing KTX daemon/);
   requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start reuse', runtimeStartReuse, /features: core/);
 
   const runtimeStop = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'admin', 'runtime', 'stop']);
   requireSuccess('ktx admin runtime stop', runtimeStop);
   daemonStarted = false;
-  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime stop', runtimeStop, /Stopped KTX Python daemon/);
+  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime stop', runtimeStop, /Stopped KTX daemon/);
   process.stdout.write('ktx admin runtime daemon lifecycle verified\\n');
 
   const structuralScan = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'ingest', 'warehouse',
diff --git a/scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs b/scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs
index 384eeb65..0104b836 100644
--- a/scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ describe('verification snippets', () => {
     assert.match(source, /status: ready/);
     assert.match(source, /ktx admin runtime start/);
     assert.match(source, /ktx admin runtime start reuse/);
-    assert.match(source, /Using existing KTX Python daemon/);
+    assert.match(source, /Using existing KTX daemon/);
     assert.match(source, /ktx admin runtime stop/);
     assert.doesNotMatch(source, /ktx admin runtime prune/);
     assert.doesNotMatch(source, /staleRuntimeDir/);