diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index 733314d..b80c693 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "name": "projectstore",
       "displayName": "projectstore",
       "description": "📚 Your project's knowledge base, written by your AI agent — ADRs · epics · stories · runbooks · research. An Obsidian-friendly markdown vault, agent-maintained, you approve every write. Like Karpathy's LLM Wiki, but for engineering project artifacts.",
-      "version": "0.9.0",
+      "version": "0.10.0",
       "author": {
         "name": "Evgenii Konev",
         "email": "ekonev@smartandpoint.com",
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 57f5421..a12ddb0 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "projectstore",
   "displayName": "projectstore",
-  "version": "0.9.0",
+  "version": "0.10.0",
   "description": "Opinionated project-management paradigms (ADR / epics / stories / kanban / runbooks) for agentic development. Markdown-first, git-portable, human-readable.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Evgenii Konev @ SmartAndPoint",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d648259..bde81ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,14 +158,15 @@ PreCompact [...pre-compact.mjs] completed successfully: {
 
 The packet contains the vault path, the command list, the last 15 vault touches, and the newest in-flight ADR / epic / story / research. The post-compact agent picks up drafting from where the previous one left off, no manual rehydration.
 
-## What's in the box (v0.9)
+## What's in the box (v0.10)
 
-- **13 commands** — `bind`, `scaffold`, `status`, `adr`, `epic`, `story`, `kanban`, `research`, `concept`, `meeting`, `runbook`, `search`, `review`
+- **14 commands** — `bind`, `scaffold`, `status`, `adr`, `epic`, `story`, `kanban`, `research`, `concept`, `meeting`, `runbook`, `search`, `review`, `statusline`
 - **3 passive skills** — `decision-detector`, `story-completion`, `peer-reviewer`. They suggest commands; they never write directly.
 - **3 bundled agents** — `projectstore-critic`, `code-planner`, `code-reviewer`. Opus, max-effort, read-only, independent fresh-context passes. See [Bundled agents](#bundled-agents).
 - **1 layout** — `engineering` (`adr/`, `epics/<id>/stories/`, `research/`, `concepts/`, `meetings/`, `ops/`, `diagrams/`)
 - **9 templates** — opinionated markdown with frontmatter (English + Russian variants)
 - **3 hooks** — `SessionStart` (vault map + multi-session warning), `PreToolUse` (per-session activity log), `PreCompact` (survival packet)
+- **1 status line** — opt-in HUD line with the current epic & story, composed above an existing status line (e.g. oh-my-claudecode). See [Status line](#status-line).
 
 ## Philosophy
 
@@ -201,11 +202,28 @@ For high-stakes artifacts (ADR / research / epic), `/projectstore:review <path>`
 
 `/projectstore:review` uses `projectstore-critic` as its default critic. Because plugin agents resolve at the **lowest** priority, a same-named agent in `.claude/agents/` (project) or `~/.claude/agents/` (user) transparently overrides the bundled one — so your own tuned version always wins where you have one.
 
+## Status line
+
+See the epic and story the agent is working on this session, right in Claude Code's status line — composed **above** your existing HUD, not replacing it:
+
+![projectstore status line: the 📚 epic › story line sitting above an existing oh-my-claudecode HUD](docs/images/statusline-hud.png)
+
+**It does not overwrite your current status-line settings.** `statusLine` is a single slot and not plugin-declarable, so projectstore ships `scripts/statusline.mjs` plus a `/projectstore:statusline on|off` command that wires it into the project's `.claude/settings.local.json` (local scope, this-project-only, reverts cleanly; conventionally git-ignored). Rather than clobber your HUD, the script **composes**: it re-runs whatever base `statusLine` command you already have — for example [oh-my-claudecode](https://github.com/Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode)'s HUD, read from `~/.claude/settings.json` — prints its output verbatim, and adds the `📚 <epic> › <story> (<status>)` line above it (position via `projectstore.json` → `statusline.position`, default `above`). With no base command it renders a standalone line: `<model> · <dir> · ⎇ <branch> · 📚 …`.
+
+So in a projectstore project you keep your full [oh-my-claudecode](https://github.com/Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode) context / rate-limit / session HUD **and** gain the current epic & story on top. The epic/story is derived from this session's `recent_activity` log — it appears once you touch an epic or story, and stays transparent (base HUD only) otherwise.
+
+```
+/projectstore:statusline on      # wire it into this project (project-local)
+/projectstore:statusline off     # remove it
+/projectstore:statusline status  # current state + the base HUD it composes over
+```
+
 ## Roadmap
 
 | Version | What ships | Status |
 |---|---|---|
-| **v0.9** | Bundled review agents (`projectstore-critic`, `code-planner`, `code-reviewer`) | ✅ current |
+| **v0.10** | Status line — current epic & story in the HUD, composes with an existing status line | ✅ current |
+| v0.9 | Bundled review agents (`projectstore-critic`, `code-planner`, `code-reviewer`) | ✅ |
 | v0.8 | Russian (`ru`) templates | ✅ |
 | v0.7 | First-run welcome (SessionStart one-shot), auto-update follow-up in `/projectstore:bind` | ✅ |
 | v0.6 | Session isolation (Claude `session_id`), safer rebind, PreCompact `systemMessage` | ✅ |
diff --git a/commands/statusline.md b/commands/statusline.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90772db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/statusline.md
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+---
+description: Enable/disable the projectstore status line (current epic & story in the HUD). Composes above an existing status line (e.g. oh-my-claudecode) instead of replacing it.
+argument-hint: "on | off | status"
+---
+
+You are configuring the projectstore status line for THIS project. It shows the epic & story the agent is touching this session, composed **above** any existing status line: `scripts/statusline.mjs` delegates to the base `statusLine` command in your `settings.json`, prints its output verbatim, and adds one `📚 <epic> › <story>` line.
+
+`statusLine` is **not** plugin-declarable, so this writes a `statusLine` entry into the **project's `.claude/settings.local.json`** (local scope, highest precedence, conventionally git-ignored — it overrides a global HUD ONLY in this project, and reverts cleanly). If the project tracks `.claude/settings.local.json` in git, tell the user (the baked absolute path is machine-specific and shouldn't be committed).
+
+## 1. Parse `$ARGUMENTS`
+
+- `on` (or empty) — install / refresh the status line.
+- `off` — remove it.
+- `status` — report current state; modify nothing.
+
+## 2. Resolve paths
+
+```bash
+echo "SCRIPT=$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/statusline.mjs"
+echo "SETTINGS=${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$PWD}/.claude/settings.local.json"
+```
+
+The `statusLine.command` MUST be a baked absolute path — `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}` is not expanded in `statusLine.command` (unlike in hooks). Build the command as `node "<SCRIPT>"` and **keep the inner quotes** — the plugin path may contain spaces, and `statusLine.command` runs in a shell.
+
+## 3. `on`
+
+1. Read `SETTINGS` if it exists and `JSON.parse` it; keep **all** existing keys. If absent, start from `{}`.
+2. Inspect the existing `statusLine`:
+   - **Absent** → proceed.
+   - **Already ours** (`command` contains `scripts/statusline.mjs`) → tell the user it's already on; offer `off`. Stop.
+   - **A different local status line** → warn: the wrapper composes over a base command found in `~/.claude/settings.json` or `<project>/.claude/settings.json`, but NOT one already sitting in `settings.local.json`; replacing it here drops that local line. Ask via AskUserQuestion: **Replace / Cancel**.
+3. Set (preserving other keys) — note the escaped inner quotes around the path:
+   ```json
+   "statusLine": { "type": "command", "command": "node \"<SCRIPT>\"" }
+   ```
+4. **Preview** the full resulting file + path. **AskUserQuestion**: Yes / No.
+5. On **Yes** → create `.claude/` if needed and Write the file.
+6. Report: "Status line wired. `📚 <epic> › <story>` will appear above your existing HUD once this session touches an epic/story. statusLine loads at session start — if it doesn't show, restart Claude Code in this project."
+
+## 4. `off`
+
+1. Read `SETTINGS`. No `statusLine` → say "already off"; stop.
+2. If `statusLine` is **not** ours → AskUserQuestion before removing (**Remove / Cancel**).
+3. Remove only the `statusLine` key; keep the rest. Preview + AskUserQuestion, then Write. (If the object becomes `{}`, leaving `{}` is fine.)
+4. Confirm removed; note a restart may be needed.
+
+## 5. `status`
+
+Read `SETTINGS` and report: is `statusLine` present, and is it ours (`command` contains `scripts/statusline.mjs`)? Then read `~/.claude/settings.json` → `statusLine.command` and report the base HUD it will compose over (or "none — standalone line").
+
+## Notes
+
+- Every settings write goes through AskUserQuestion. Never write without approval.
+- The status line works without a bound vault (it shows the base line / passes the base HUD through); the `📚 epic › story` segment appears only in a projectstore-bound project after the session touches an epic/story.
+- Position of our line (`above` / `below` the base HUD) is read from `.claude/projectstore.json` → `statusline.position` (default `above`).
diff --git a/docs/images/statusline-hud.png b/docs/images/statusline-hud.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..223555c
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diff --git a/scripts/statusline.mjs b/scripts/statusline.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fb5686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/statusline.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// projectstore — statusline.mjs
+//
+// Renders the Claude Code status line for a projectstore-bound project.
+// Wired manually (or via /projectstore:statusline) into a project's
+// .claude/settings.local.json — statusLine is NOT a plugin-declarable
+// capability, so it lives in settings.json with an absolute command path.
+//
+// COMPOSING, not clobbering: the statusLine slot is single. Rather than
+// replace an existing status line (e.g. oh-my-claudecode's HUD), this script
+// DELEGATES to the base statusLine command already configured in
+// ~/.claude/settings.json (or the project's .claude/settings.json), prints
+// its output verbatim, and adds ONE projectstore line — "📚 epic › story
+// (status)" — above it (position configurable via projectstore.json:
+// statusline.position = "above" | "below", default "above"). When no base
+// command exists (e.g. a user without a custom HUD), it renders a standalone
+// base line instead: <model> · <dir> · ⎇ <branch> · 📚 epic › story.
+//
+// Consumes hook-style JSON on stdin (fields used):
+//   session_id            — Claude's session id (matches the session file)
+//   workspace.project_dir — the project root (statusLine gets NO
+//                           CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR, so we must feed it ourselves)
+//   cwd                   — fallback project dir
+//   model.display_name    — e.g. "Opus" (standalone mode only)
+//
+// Everything is best-effort. On any missing piece we drop that segment; on
+// any error we emit whatever we have and exit 0. A status line script must
+// never crash or block the UI. The base command is re-run with the same
+// stdin; if it fails or is absent we fall back to the standalone line.
+
+import { readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join, basename, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { readConfig, readSessionActivity, parseFrontmatter } from "./lib.mjs";
+
+const SELF = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const SEP = " · ";
+const BRANCH = "⎇ ";
+const BOOK = "📚 ";
+const ARROW = " › ";
+
+// Claude Code cancels an in-flight statusLine by closing our stdout pipe when
+// a newer update arrives. A write to a closed pipe emits an async 'error'
+// event that the outer try/catch (sync-only) cannot catch → Node would exit 1
+// with a stack trace. Guard the pipe so we honour the never-crash contract.
+process.stdout.on("error", () => process.exit(0));
+
+function escRe(s) {
+  return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
+function readRawStdin() {
+  try {
+    return readFileSync(0, "utf8");
+  } catch {
+    return "";
+  }
+}
+
+// Current git branch by reading .git/HEAD directly — no process spawn.
+// Handles worktree/submodule .git-file pointers and detached HEAD.
+function gitBranch(projectDir) {
+  try {
+    const dotgit = join(projectDir, ".git");
+    let gitDir;
+    if (statSync(dotgit).isDirectory()) {
+      gitDir = dotgit;
+    } else {
+      const m = readFileSync(dotgit, "utf8").trim().match(/^gitdir:\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (!m) return null;
+      gitDir = resolve(projectDir, m[1].trim());
+    }
+    const head = readFileSync(join(gitDir, "HEAD"), "utf8").trim();
+    const ref = head.match(/^ref:\s*refs\/heads\/(.+)$/);
+    if (ref) return ref[1];
+    if (/^[0-9a-f]{7,40}$/i.test(head)) return head.slice(0, 7); // detached
+    return null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function relToVault(abs, vault) {
+  if (typeof abs !== "string") return null;
+  if (abs.startsWith(vault + "/")) return abs.slice(vault.length + 1);
+  return null;
+}
+
+// The "📚 epic › story (status)" segment from this session's recent activity.
+// Newest-first: first entry under epics/<id>/ is the current epic; the most
+// recent story file under that epic is the current story. At most one file
+// read (the story, for its status). Returns null on any miss.
+function bookSegment(cfg, input) {
+  if (!cfg || !cfg.vault_path) return null;
+  const sid = input.session_id;
+  if (!sid) return null;
+
+  const vault = cfg.vault_path;
+  const activity = readSessionActivity(vault, sid);
+  if (!activity.length) return null;
+
+  let epicId = null;
+  for (const e of activity) {
+    const rel = relToVault(e && e.path, vault);
+    if (rel) {
+      const m = rel.match(/^epics\/([^/]+)\//);
+      if (m) {
+        epicId = m[1];
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (!epicId) return null;
+
+  let storyFile = null;
+  let storyPath = null;
+  const storyRe = new RegExp(`^epics/${escRe(epicId)}/stories/([^/]+\\.md)$`);
+  for (const e of activity) {
+    const rel = relToVault(e && e.path, vault);
+    if (rel) {
+      const m = rel.match(storyRe);
+      if (m) {
+        storyFile = m[1];
+        storyPath = e.path;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  let seg = BOOK + epicId;
+  if (storyFile) {
+    const label = storyFile.replace(/\.md$/, "");
+    let status = null;
+    try {
+      const { data } = parseFrontmatter(readFileSync(storyPath, "utf8"));
+      if (data.status) status = String(data.status).toLowerCase();
+    } catch {}
+    seg += ARROW + label + (status ? ` (${status})` : "");
+  }
+  return seg;
+}
+
+function safeBook(cfg, input) {
+  try {
+    return bookSegment(cfg, input);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+// The base statusLine command we compose with — the highest-precedence one
+// BELOW our own local entry: project .claude/settings.json, else user
+// ~/.claude/settings.json. Skips a command that points back at us (recursion).
+function discoverBaseCommand(projectDir) {
+  const candidates = [
+    join(projectDir, ".claude", "settings.json"),
+    join(homedir(), ".claude", "settings.json"),
+  ];
+  for (const p of candidates) {
+    try {
+      const cmd = JSON.parse(readFileSync(p, "utf8"))?.statusLine?.command;
+      if (
+        typeof cmd === "string" &&
+        cmd.trim() &&
+        !cmd.includes(SELF) &&
+        !cmd.includes("statusline.mjs")
+      ) {
+        return cmd;
+      }
+    } catch {}
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function runBase(cmd, rawStdin, env) {
+  try {
+    const r = spawnSync(cmd, {
+      shell: true,
+      input: rawStdin,
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      timeout: 2000,
+      maxBuffer: 1 << 20,
+      env,
+    });
+    if (r.status !== 0) return null;
+    const out = (r.stdout || "").replace(/\s+$/, "");
+    return out || null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function standaloneLine(input, projectDir, book) {
+  const parts = [];
+  const model = input.model && input.model.display_name;
+  if (model) parts.push(model);
+  if (projectDir) parts.push(basename(projectDir));
+  const branch = gitBranch(projectDir);
+  if (branch) parts.push(BRANCH + branch);
+  if (book) parts.push(book);
+  return parts.join(SEP);
+}
+
+function main() {
+  const raw = readRawStdin();
+  let input = {};
+  try {
+    input = JSON.parse(raw) || {};
+  } catch {
+    input = {};
+  }
+
+  // statusLine is spawned with no CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR and an unspecified cwd,
+  // so feed the project dir from stdin BEFORE readConfig() (which resolves
+  // via CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR || cwd). Mutates only this short-lived process.
+  const projectDir =
+    (input.workspace && input.workspace.project_dir) || input.cwd || process.cwd();
+  // Snapshot CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR before we inject it, so the composed base
+  // command can be given the env it would have as the top-level statusLine
+  // (which is NOT handed this var).
+  const hadCPD = "CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR" in process.env;
+  const prevCPD = process.env.CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR;
+  if (projectDir) process.env.CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR = projectDir;
+
+  let cfg = null;
+  try {
+    cfg = readConfig();
+  } catch {
+    cfg = null;
+  }
+
+  const book = safeBook(cfg, input);
+  const baseCmd = discoverBaseCommand(projectDir);
+  // The base HUD is re-executed on EVERY render (300ms debounce); a heavy base
+  // may want its own caching / refreshInterval. Hand it the same env a real
+  // top-level statusLine would have (no injected CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR).
+  const baseEnv = { ...process.env };
+  if (hadCPD) baseEnv.CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR = prevCPD;
+  else delete baseEnv.CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR;
+  const baseOut = baseCmd ? runBase(baseCmd, raw, baseEnv) : null;
+
+  const lines = [];
+  if (baseOut) {
+    // Compose: keep the base HUD intact, add only our 📚 line.
+    const position =
+      (cfg && cfg.statusline && cfg.statusline.position) || "above";
+    if (book && position === "above") lines.push(book);
+    lines.push(baseOut);
+    if (book && position !== "above") lines.push(book);
+  } else {
+    // No base HUD — render our own standalone line.
+    lines.push(standaloneLine(input, projectDir, book));
+  }
+
+  process.stdout.write(lines.join("\n") + "\n");
+}
+
+try {
+  main();
+} catch {
+  // A status line must never crash. Emit nothing rather than an error.
+  process.stdout.write("\n");
+}